East County News Service

February 16, 2020 (El Cajon) – A man in his 30s was found dead this afternoon in a black 1998 Ford Explorer that struck a tree in the 1200 block of North Second Street. 

El Cajon Police officers and Heartland Fire personnel responded at 1:49 p.m., where  witnesses and an investigation indicated the Ford was traveling northbound when it drifted onto the center divider and hit a tree. The driver’s identity is being withheld pending notification of his family.

“It is unknown at this time if drugs or alcohol were a factor in this collision and no other vehicles or persons were involved,” says Lt. Jason Taub with Ell Cajon Police.

“Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less. I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand. Independence is happiness.” – Susan B. Anthony

By Hope C. Justice

Photo: Susan B. Anthony, public domain image, drawing by J.E. Baker, Boston

February 15, 2020 (San Diego) – Today is the 200^th birthday of Susan B. Anthony, who fought tirelessly to win the constitutional right for women to vote- a victory finally attained 100 years ago. She also fought for equal rights for women – a battle that two centuries later, has still not been won.

Alarmingly, as we see an erosion of protections for women across the nation in everything from equal pay to violence against women to reproductive health, we have men running for Congress here in California's 50^th  Congressional district whose voting records indicate that they are dangerous for women. 

Two of them, Brian Jones and Darrell Issa, have long legislative records of voting against freedoms for women and touting policies that belong in the Stone Age, not the modern era. A third Republican, Carl DeMaio, is less extreme but still opposes full equality in pay and health services access. (Mercifully, there are other choices in this race, including at least two candidates who support equal rights for women.)

Sophia Ramos had 25 points and a career-high 14 rebounds

Source:  goaztecs.com

Photo courtesy goaztecs.com

February 15, 2020 (San Diego) - The Aztec women’s basketball team (12-15, 7-8) lost to Boise State (18-9, 10-5) 69-67 in overtime inside Viejas Arena Saturday afternoon. The Broncos’ A’Shanti Coleman scored the game-winning bucket with three seconds left on a driving lay-up.

“Our reservation is in dire financial condition. We have really nothing to give our youth…All we have are false promises.” – Dennis Largo, tribal elder who delivered a petition calling for a vote to overturn wind project approval

By Miriam Raftery

Photo, left: Tribal elder Dennis Largo

February 14, 2020 (Campo)—Whistleblowers in the Campo band of Mission Indians claim that their tribal leadership pushed through approval of a massive wind project during an improperly noticed meeting. They have now collected enough signatures to overturn that approval with a revote.  But despite the Feb. 13th deadline to notify tribal members of a meeting to revote on the controversial project, several tribal members say they have not received any such notice.   

The proposed Campo Wind project would allow 60 turbines built by Terra-Gen on the reservation. Each would be 586 tall, the tallest wind turbines ever built on land, according to Donna Tisdale, chair of the Boulevard Community Planning Group, which also opposes the project.

February 13, 2020 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Trump slashes foreign aid, cuts safety net programs in new budget proposal (Reuters)
• Prosecutors Quit as Justice Dept. Moves to Lessen Roger Stone Sentence  (New York Times)
• Senate passes resolution to limit Trump’s power to order military action against Iran (Washington Post)
• In campaign of retribution, Trump punishes impeachment witnesses (Washington Post)
• Majority of voters say Hunter Biden's job at Burisma was 'inappropriate': poll (The Hill)
• What we learned from Trump’s state of the union speech (NPR)
• Federal Judge Reverses Conviction of Border Volunteers, Challenging Government’s “Gruesome Logic” (The Intercept)
• Bernie Sanders wins New Hampshire primary as race shifts to Nevada and South Carolina (CNN)
• How Amy Klobuchar Pulled Off the Big Surprise of the New Hampshire Primary (New York Times)
• Diana Taylor doesn’t have a name for her relationship with Mike Bloomberg. She just wants him to win. (Washington Post)
• Trump allies take aim at Buttigieg’s sexuality, a possible sign of things to come (NPR)

WORLD

• Wuhan coronavirus has now killed more people worldwide than SARS (CNN)
• Coronavirus 'could infect 60% of global population if unchecked'  (Guardian)
• IDF beefs up troops in West Bank as Palestinian terror attacks continue (Jerusalem Post)
• Airliner carrying 172 passengers nearly shot down over Syria, Russia says (Washington)
• ‘Lone soldier’ from San Diego was injured in Jerusalem car-ramming attack (Jerusalem Post)
• Death toll hits 21 from Thai shooting after raid into mall (Reuters)

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February 12, 2020 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Wuhan coronavirus has now killed more people worldwide than SARS (CNN)
• Coronavirus 'could infect 60% of global population if unchecked'  (Guardian)
• Baby tests positive for coronavirus just 30 hours after birth (CBS)
• The coronavirus crisis could shut auto plants around the world (CNN)
• Cruise ship coronavirus infections double, exceeding the total for any country but China (Washington Post)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Ancestry Fights The US Government As Feds Try To Grab DNA Data (Forbes)
• Twitter to label deepfakes and other deceptive media (Reuters)
• Don’t sell my data! We finally have a law for that (Washington Post)
• Solar orbiter: Sun mission blasts off (BBC)
• Amazon wants to question Trump over loss of $10bn 'war cloud' contract (Guardian)

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