EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

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October 24, 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

STATE

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LOCAL

The numbers behind those fire station campaign pledges (Voice of San Diego)

The city’s top three mayoral candidates can agree on one thing: The city must improve its emergency response times, and that the effort will involve building new fire stations.

Mom of [Lakeside 10-year-old] boy held in stabbing speaks out (U-T San Diego)

Jan. 16, 2012. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Three boys were enjoying a day off from school in East County when playtime turned to tragedy.

Protesters Allege Racism At El Cajon City Hall (KPBS)

A rally was staged at the El Cajon Civic Center on Tuesday to call for equality and acceptance of minorities.

Backyard Trees Might Spell Doom For San Diego's Citrus Industry (KPBS_

A small insect carries the potential to kill San Diego County's commercial citrus industry. The Asian citrus psyllid is capable of spreading a disease that could wipe out a decades-old fixture of San Diego County's agricultural landscape

Duncan Hunter explains 'no' vote on shutdown bill (U-T San Diego)

Three-term lawmaker says long-term spending, deficit reduction deal is the his chief goal.

Free Drug Screening Offered For San Diego County Teens (KPBS)

The San Diego County Health and Human Services has partnered with local rehab facilities to combat teen drug-use.

Labor conflict brewing at KPBS  (City Beat)

 In response to a recent effort to unionize by KPBS employees, the public-radio station’s management sent an email to staff last week, saying it opposes the move and is directing workers to meet with a hired consultant.

 

STATE

Calif. Finds more instances of offshore fracking (SacBee)

The oil production technique known as fracking is more widespread and frequently used in the offshore platforms and man-made islands near some of California's most populous and famous coastal communities than state officials believed.

Calif. electric grid adding energy storage (U-T San Diego)

New requirements for energy storage designed to make solar, wind energy more useful

Los Angeles schools' plan for non-English speakers: Segregation or solution? (CS Monitor)

Los Angeles schools are moving forward with a plan to separate English language learner students from native speakers in all core elementary school classes. Protests have erupted. / The policy is an attempt to improve the performance of non-English-speaking students in response to a two-year-old federal civil rights lawsuit.


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