EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

August 28, 2013 (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

• Man who killed SDSU administrator sentenced (10 News)
• Padre Dam Board approves full advanced water treatment demonstration project  ( Padre Dam Municipal Water District)
• Cleaning up the Sunroad Mess (Voice of San Diego)
• Parks worker to file claim against Filner (U-T San Diego)
• Domestic violence aide accuses Filner (U-T SanDiego)
• Is Filner settlement a good deal?  (by Barry Jantz, SD Rostra)
• AG’s Office: Criminal Probe Into Filner Under Way (Voice of San Diego)
• Filner wasn’t the only mayoral candidate with sexual issue (Voice of San Diego)
• Helix Water to raise rates for two years (U-T)
• Brett Anderson: DNA tests 'ridiculous' (U-T)
• Calif. girl: I texted with kidnapper, didn't call(U-T)
• Nuclear waste pools under scrutiny (U-T)
• Assemblyman Jones’ office admits to “minor mistake” on crime-immigration bill (Santee Patch)

STATE

• Yosemite fire keeps growing, threatening giant sequoias (+video)
• Yosemite fire burns area size of Chicago, threatens homes (CNN)
• California Committee Delays Acting On Fracking Regulation Bill (KPBS)
• California governor proposes $315 million plan to ease prison overcrowding(Reuters)

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LOCAL

Man who killed SDSU administrator sentenced (10 News)

A handyman who bludgeoned a San Diego State University administrator to death when she tried to break off their romantic relationship was sentenced Monday to 16 years to life in state prison. Paul Carl Tomasini, 65, pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder in the killing last Sept. 30 of Mary Shojai, who was the director of student disability services at SDSU.

Padre Dam Board approves full advanced water treatment demonstration project  ( Padre Dam Municipal Water District)

The Project will take Padre Dam’s recycled water through three additional steps as part of the Full Advanced Water Treatment process…[and] is the next step in determining the feasibility of the Santee Basin Groundwater Recharge and Replenishment Project (GRRP) and creating a reliable local water supply for the Santee community.

Cleaning up the Sunroad Mess (Voice of San Diego)

It’s been almost two weeks since Mayor Bob Filner announced he had returned a $100,000 donation from Sunroad Centrum Partners after learning one of his top staffers secured the donation in exchange for the mayor’s agreement to drop his veto of a City Council-approved easement for the developer’s Kearny Mesa project….Here are answers to some lingering questions on how the deal unfolded, what the feds might be looking into and how this could all play out.

Parks worker to file claim against Filner (U-T San Diego)

A city parks employee will file a claim against Filner this morning, saying he grabbed her from behind, put her into a headlock and rubbed her breasts at a city park.

Domestic violence aide accuses Filner (U-T SanDiego)

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner grabbed a domestic violence advocate by the head to kiss her forehead and groped at a name tag on her chest, according to attorney Dan Gilleon, who is representing the woman.

Is Filner settlement a good deal?  (by Barry Jantz, SD Rostra)

Is the City of San Diego agreement with Bob Filner a good deal for taxpayers?

AG’s Office: Criminal Probe Into Filner Under Way (Voice of San Diego)

Despite his resignation, Mayor Bob Filner remains the subject of a criminal investigation by the California attorney general’s office.

Filner wasn’t the only mayoral candidate with sexual issue (Voice of San Diego)

...there never has been a public accounting of how during 2009 DeMaio allegedly would leave the San Diego City Council dais during meetings to masturbate in a men’s room — events known by elected officials and suspected by members of the media.

Helix Water to raise rates for two years (U-T)

The board overseeing water service for 268,000 customers voted 3-2 to hike fees.

Brett Anderson: DNA tests 'ridiculous' (U-T)

James DiMaggio's sister is asking for a paternity test for him and the Anderson children.

Calif. girl: I texted with kidnapper, didn't call(U-T)

The 16-year-old California girl who was kidnapped by a family friend clarified some details Thursday about her relationship with her kidnapper, including that they exchanged texts beforehand, not phone calls as police have said, and that they wrote each other letters a year ago when she wasn't getting along with her mother

Nuclear waste pools under scrutiny (U-T)

Nuclear industry, San Onofre in no hurry to empty cooling pools for nuclear waste.

Assemblyman Jones’ office admits to “minor mistake” on crime-immigration bill (Santee Patch)

Assemblyman Brian Jones added the TRUST Act to his "Are You Kidding Me" segment, but his office failed to get all the facts straight. The bill would dictate how long law enforcement can detain a person in the country illegally for federal officials.

STATE

Yosemite fire keeps growing, threatening giant sequoias (+video)

(CS Monitor) -- The Yosemite fire grew to more than 200 square miles Sunday, threatening two groves of giant sequoias. More than 2,800 firefighters are battling the blaze, which is just seven percent contained

Yosemite fire burns area size of Chicago, threatens homes (CNN)

A massive northern California wildfire that's threatening Yosemite National Park and San Francisco's key water and power sources grew Monday, becoming the 13th largest in state history, state fire authorities said. The Rim Fire, which has devoured 160,980 acres, has scorched an area about the size of the city of Chicago while more than 3,600 firefighters try to rein it in.

California Committee Delays Acting On Fracking Regulation Bill (KPBS)

A California Assembly committee has punted on a bill which would require companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to share information about the chemicals they use.

California governor proposes $315 million plan to ease prison overcrowding(Reuters)

 California Governor Jerry Brown, facing a federal court order to ease overcrowding in the state's prison system, proposed a $315 million plan on Tuesday to expand inmate capacity by leasing space from county jails and other facilities.