EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

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May 15, 2014 (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:

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LOCAL

U-Haul offering free storage to fire evacuees (KUSI)

Evacuees or other residents affected by this week's spate of wildfires in San Diego County will be provided 30 days of free self-storage, and U-Box portable moving and self-storage pods, by the U-Haul Company of Oceanside, the company announced Wednesday.

Displaced pet information (CBS-8)

List of locations accepting pets during the San Diego wildfires.

El Cajon puts moratorium on hookah lounges (U-T San Diego)

Long a leader in setting anti-smoking policy in San Diego County, the city of El Cajon continues to crack down on electronic cigarettes, hookah pipes and venues where they are sold and used.

Nuclear deal slams consumers, as usual(U-T San Diego)

Consumers don’t stand much of a chance in the California regulatory crap shoot. That’s the main lesson from a settlement that would stick consumers with a $3.3 billion first installment on the bill for shutting down the San Onofre nuclear plant.

Biotech conference will draw 16,000, feature Hilary Clinton (Times of San Diego)

San Diego biotechnology leaders are planning to host the world’s largest biotech convention in June, drawing some 16,000 people from 65 countries and featuring a keynote address by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Bio International Convention will be held June 23-26 at the San Diego Convention Center. It is the third time San Diego has hosted the convention, which was last here in 2008.

La Mesa Council supports change to clerk job (La Mesa Today)

The La Mesa City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to continue pursuing an effort to convert the City Clerk's position from an elected post to an appointed job.

San Diego Opera and Ken Cinema present `A Night At The Opera’ (KPBS)

Good things can come from bad. Landmark's Ken Cinema almost closed and now Landmark is working with San Diego Opera on a fundraiser to help that organization stay open as well. Woo-hoo!

STATE

Governor Brown urges Californians to prepare for long fire season (KUSI)

As flames tore through a swath of San Diego County from 4S Ranch to Rancho Santa Fe, Gov. Jerry Brown Tuesday urged Californians to prepare for what could be a long and severe fire season. "Fire season, first of all, is starting much earlier and will last much longer," Brown said at a San Diego news conference to tout revisions to his proposed state budget.

Governor Brown calls for ‘rainy day fund’, urges fix to teachers pension fund (Times of San Diego)

On a day his San Diego visit was overshadowed by fire, Gov. Jerry Brown talked up a $1.6 billion “rainy day fund” as part of his revised budget Tuesday and called on legislators to spend the reserve funds wisely.

Gov. Brown signs law requiring political nonprofits to disclose donors (Sacramento Bee)

Nonprofit organizations that make political contributions in California will have to disclose more information about the source of their money under a law Gov. Jerry Brown signed Wednesday.

 


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