EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

October 23, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego’s inland regions, published in other media. This week’s top “Roundup” headlines include:

LOCAL

• Settlement reached in lawsuit challenging how police cite homeless under San Diego’s encroachment law (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Syrian refugee, 17, attacked on San Diego trolley by man shouting slurs, police say (Guardian)
• Coastal Commission unanimously OKs plan to remove San Onofre nuclear plant domes (10 News)
• Sacramento Report:  the Big, Gnarly Issue Shirley Weber Plans to Tackle Next (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

• California’s high gas prices will be investigated for possible price fixing (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Firefighting foam leaves toxic legacy in Californians’ drinking water   (Los Angeles Times)
•   PG&E warns of 10 years of power shut-offs. California officials don’t like it   (Los Angeles Times)
• Unprecedented movement detected on California earthquake fault capable of 8.0 temblor (Los Angeles Times)
• California’s canine blood banks harvest from caged dogs and operate in secrecy (Los Angeles Times) 

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LOCAL

Settlement reached in lawsuit challenging how police cite homeless under San Diego’s encroachment law (San Diego Union-Tribune)

The number of homeless people cited or arrested for obstructing sidewalks and other public places in San Diego likely will decrease under a tentative settlement agreement reached in a federal lawsuit filed against the city.

Syrian refugee, 17, attacked on San Diego trolley by man shouting slurs, police say (Guardian) 

Assault comes amid spate of Islamophobic hate crimes in southern California, advocates say.

Coastal Commission unanimously OKs plan to remove San Onofre nuclear plant domes (10 News)

The California Coastal Commission has unanimously approved a plan that includes removing the twin reactor domes at the San Onofre nuclear power plant…Attorneys addressed the Coastal Commission during general public comment before the meeting began and called San Onofre’s decommissioning plan “rushed and reckless.”

Sacramento Report: The Big, Gnarly Issue Shirley Weber Plans to Tackle Next (Voice of San Diego)

Now that the bill to limit police use of deadly force is a done deal, Assemblywoman Shirley Weber has another big issue in mind to tackle next.

STATE

California’s high gas prices will be investigated for possible price fixing (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Gov. Newsom has asked the California attorney general to investigate the high cost of California’s gasoline.

Firefighting foam leaves toxic legacy in Californians’ drinking water (Los Angeles Times)

…Often referred to as “forever chemicals,” PFAS can persist indefinitely in the ground and water, be absorbed into people’s blood and accumulate in their bodies for years … In January, a new state law will mandate that customers be told if any of the chemicals are detected.

PG&E warns of 10 years of power shut-offs. California officials don’t like it (Los Angeles Times)

California residents face up to 10 years of widespread, precautionary forced power shut-offs until Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., the bankrupt utility giant, will be able to prevent its power transmission lines from sparking fires, the company’s top official said. 

 

Unprecedented movement detected on California earthquake fault capable of 8.0 temblor (Los Angeles Times)

A major California fault capable of producing a magnitude 8 earthquake has begun moving for the first time on record, a result of this year’s Ridgecrest earthquake sequence destabilizing nearby faults, Caltech scientists say in a new study released in the journal Science on Thursday.

California’s canine blood banks harvest from caged dogs and operate in secrecy (Los Angeles Times) 

…Pet hospitals often are short on dog blood amid a national shortage that lawmakers say is further exacerbated in California by the state’s restrictive laws that require veterinarians to buy dog blood solely from two blood banks, which operate in virtual secrecy…California’s two canine blood banks each use hundreds of dogs, which are kept caged in donor colonies, for the sole purpose of drawing their blood every 10 to 14 days.