EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

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January 14, 2015 (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/REGIONAL

STATE

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LOCAL/REGIONAL

Parking to stay free in downtown La Mesa (UT San Diego)

Free parking for shoppers in downtown La Mesa will continue through 2015.

8 local hospitals fined for errors(U-T)

 The facilities are being docked 1 percent of their Medicare reimbursements

San Diego Muslims respond to attacks  (UT San Diego)

Killings called against Islam; some worries of reprisals

Home workshops coming to El Cajon (U-T)

 Free workshops about self-sufficient living, or what adult services librarian Jenne Bergstrom calls "home skills for a sustainable life," are on tap at 2 p.m. on consecutive Saturdays starting Jan. 10 and running through Feb. 14.... 

Five Things to Know About Police Cell-Phone Spying  (Voice of SD)

San Diego cops have their ear on you — maybe. You’re not allowed to know what they’re doing, or not doing, with top-secret cell-phone spying equipment.  But the wall of silence is crumbling. A lawsuit is pending over the San Diego Police Department’s use of “StingRay” technology, and journalists are gaining more insight into exactly what’s going on.

Railroad misses payment to MTS

Investor group hoping to revive border line also were late in July.

Calexico Police Department Under Fire And Under Investigation (KPBS)

The police department in a California border town is under investigation by the FBI. The outcome of that investigation is pending. But the new police chief of Calexico says the department is plagued by extortion and professional misconduct.

Councilman Gloria Wants To Make It Harder To Pass Referendums In San Diego (KPBS)

San Diego City Councilman Todd Gloria will ask the City Council and state lawmakers to look into making it harder to put referendums on the ballot after legislation he supported, including raising the minimum wage, were derailed.

STATE

Highlights of Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget plan (Sacramento Bee)

Here are the highlights of Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed $164.7 billion budget:

Gov. Brown promises to pay off debt to cities, counties (UT San Diego)

Big winners include California's county governments.

Rapid response to Governor’s budget (Sacramento Bee)

Here are early reviews of Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

California's AG Kamala Harris announces bid for Barbara Boxer's US Senate seat (CS Monitor)

California Attorney General Kamala Harris, the first woman and the first minority to serve as the state's top prosecutor, planned to announce the move Tuesday to become the first prominent Democrat to enter what's expected to be a full field in the 2016 senate race to replace Barbara Boxer.

 Barbara Boxer to retire from Senate: Start of tectonic change in California politics? (CS Monitor)

 The four-term senator announced Thursday that she would retire in 2016, opening the race to a wide field of contenders.... This has led some to speculate that she is positioning herself for a spot under a potential Hillary Rodham Clinton administration, suggests McCuan, perhaps as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Feds criticize California regulators for pipeline oversight (U-T Watchdog)

California utility regulators are plagued by investigative backlogs and poorly documented probes that rarely result in penalties against companies, federal authorities said in an audit. 

Gov. Jerry Brown takes fourth oath, targets climate change (SacBee)  

Two months after the Republican Party surged in a dismal midterm election for Democrats across the nation, Brown cast California as a lantern of liberal thought on policies ranging from the environment to health care and protections for undocumented immigrants


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