March 4, 2012 (East County) --Henri Migala sent in this close up image of sunshine-hued blooms here in East County--sure signs that Spring is in the air.
March 4, 2012 (Alpine) -- The Election Integrity Program is a free public education project. Do you want elections to be conducted correctly? Americans for a Constitutional Republic invites you to learn all you wanted to know about voting and elections but were afraid to ask. Come attend this informative session.
We still have tickets left! Students $10; $35 tickets for ECM subscribers
March 1, 2012 (San Diego) – If you care about the future of our region, come join a grassroots movement and discussion to shape the energy, water, transportation and food policies of tomorrow.Should we be investing in rooftop solar or wind farms?Algae-based fuels or offshore drilling? Greenbelts and community gardens? These are questions that can dramatically affect the future for our children in San Diego and East County.
The Conference will be held in ENS 280; park in lot 2. Find a map and details at www.unitedgreen.org . The event kicks off at 9 a.m. Saturday with a continental breakfast.Famed environmental leader and nationally-known “Ring of Fire” radio host Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will deliver the keynote speech at 3:30 on Saturday. Other participants include members of Congress and Congressional candidates, scientists, environmental planners, authors and educators.
March 3, 2012 (Julian) -- On Saturday March 10, at 1 p.m. the Congressional candidates running for the 50th District (previously the 52nd District before redistricting) will participate in a town hall forum. The candidates invitedare Congressman Duncan Hunter (R),Terri Linnell (R), David Secor(D), Connie Frankowiak (D), and Michael Benoit (I)(L).
March 3, 2012 (Jacumba) -- Members of the Boulevard Border Patrol Station Abatement Team (BLV SAT) executed a Federal Arrest Warrant on February 19 for the notorious alien smuggler Steven Virgin Zavala. Zavala, the last member of his family residing in the town of Jacumba, was the leader of Zavala Transnational Criminal Organization.
March 3, 2012 (Alpine) – On February 21 at the Alpine Fire District Board meeting, long-time Alpine Fire Protection District Board member Ron Fuller resigned his position due to health issues. The District is currently seeking interested individuals to fill out Mr. Fuller's term which runs through November of this year. Interested individuals must be at least 18 years of age, a resident of the District and a registered voter. Applications can be picked up at the Fire Station at 1364 Tavern Road or down loaded from the Districts website at: http://www.alpinefire.org. The AFPD Board will review all applications at its March 20 Board meeting.
March 3, 2012 (Santee) – The Santee Chamber of Commerce presented its annual awards for businesses and individuals who helped the Santeecommunity prosper in 2011. The awards were presented at the organization’s annual Rock n’ Santee's Finest awards banquet at the Barona Resort in Lakeside February 10. This year’s award winners are:
March 3, 2012 -- San Diego) -- The City of SanDiego has announced that the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the SanDiegoRiverBend project (aka the proposed Shawnee/CG7600 Master Plan redevelopment project) is now available for public review and comment. The deadline for comments is Monday, April 29.
March 3, 2012 (San Diego’s East County) – Marketing is any activity that furthers the cause of your business. Pretty much everything you do in business is either impacted by your marketing actions and/or has an impact on them.
Aztecs Kalena Tutt and Sajoyia Griffin Play in Last Home Game
By Ryan Schuler
March 2, 2012 (San Diego)--When the final buzzer hit 00.0 at Viejas Arena on Feb. 29, it was time for the celebration. Fans rushed the court. Music began blaring through the loud speakers. Both teams shook hands before the San Diego State women’s basketball team rushed to midcourt to join the rejoicing mob that had formed.
March 2, 2012 (El Cajon) – Registration for El Cajon’s Spring recreation programs begins March 13 online or by mail, with walk-in registrations accepted starting March 19. Spring recreation classes are offered for kids of all ages and include multi-sports camp, aquatics, dance, preschool programs and gymnastics.
March 2, 2012 (El Cajon) -- The Grossmont Union High School District will host its second Annual Visual and Performing Arts (V.A.P.A.) Festival on Saturday, March 10, from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Cuyamaca College Arts Center located at 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway, El Cajon. Admission to the event and parking are free.
March 2, 2012 (Spring Valley)--The San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection District has received a request from an interested agency for an extension of the due date for a Request for Proposal (RFP) submission for outsourcing of fire services. That request has been approved, district spokesman Leonard Villareal confirms. The Addendum documents that the new due date is March 23, 2012 at 4 p.m.
“Your guide to financial planning & socially responsible investing”
By Judith L. Seid, CFP ®
President, Blue Summit Wealth Management
March 2, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)--Many of our clients own some stock in clean energy companies and so, given the significant negative performance of this sector over the last couple of years, we’ve had numerous conversations about where these companies are headed and whether or not they still make good investment sense.
March 2, 2012 (El Cajon) -- A man acting "irrationally" who refused to put down knives when asked was shot in the arm by an El Cajon Police Sergeant, Lt. J.D. Arvan reports. The incident occurred shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday in the area of Villa Crest and Pepper Hill, after police received calls reporting a suspicious person in the area. Callers believed he might be casing homes in the neighborhood.
New complex to offer students state-of-the-art facilities
March 2, 2012 (La Mesa)--Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) and Helix Charter High School officials celebrated the groundbreaking of the school’s new performing arts complex on Wednesday, Feb. 29. The 34,000-square-foot complex will feature a 410-seat theatre, a Black Box for theater in the round, dance studio, recital rooms, costume shop and scene shop for performing arts students. The renovations also include new digital music labs, and classrooms for band and choir students.
March 2, 2012 (Lemon Grove) -- Sheriffs from the Lemon Grove Substation responded to a call yesterday afternoon from a woman in the 7900 block of Mt. Vernon Street. The caller told the dispatcher that her son had a gun and was threatening to hurt himself. After making the call, the woman left the house with her adult daughter.
Assembly Candidate says accelerating production of San Diego-made biofuels will ease pain at the pump and put hundreds back to work
March 2, 2012 (San Diego) –As oil prices hit a nine-month high this week,Dr. Shirley Weber, candidate for Assembly in San Diego’s southeastern 79th district, said that the ingenuity of San Diegans could have a hand in resolving the crisis.
“San Diego is home to groundbreaking research on biofuels, especially those developed from algae,” Dr. Weber said. “We need to accelerate the production being done here so that next time oil prices spike or a foreign regime tries to hold our economy hostage, we are in control of our own energy future. Accelerated biofuel production would not only ease pain at the pump, it would put hundreds of San Diegans back to work in good paying jobs in a growing sector.”
March 2, 2012 -- (San Diego’s East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:
U.S.
General news
7 U.S. soldiers wounded after Afghan naval base attacked (Reuters)
Cruiseline: 22 passengers robbed in Mexico resort (CNN)
National gas prices up 18 cents in last two weeks (San Francisco Chronicle)
House GOP leaders announce vote on jobs creation package as early as next week (The Hill)
Presidential Election
Romney wins Michigan, Arizona, in big night (CNN)
Presidential race highlights California GOP convention (KPBS)
Obama mocks GOP on gas price issue (USA Today)
Poll: Romney overtaking Santorum nationally (The Hill)
UAW to protest Romney at Daytona 500 (Detroit News)
Maher donates $1 million to Obama super pac (USA Today)
Santorum says he “almost threw up” after reading JFK speech on separation of church, state (Washington Post)
WORLD
Karzai urges Afghans to avoid violent retaliations over Koran burnings (Washington Post)
Children left behind in world’s city boom: UNICEF (RawStory)
Nigeria unrest: Suicide bomb targets church in Jos (BBC)
Iran poised for big nuke jump (UT San Diego)
HEALTH
FDA adds new safety warnings to statin drugs (USA Today)
Why doctors die differently (Wall Street Journal)
Scroll down for excerpts and links to full stories.
March 2, 2012 -- (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
Mayor: City’s structural deficit over (10 News)
San Diego has most expensive gas in nation (UT San Diego)
Low rainfall may mean more local conservation (10 News)
Get to know new District 9 candidates: Speak City Heights (Voice of San Diego)
Teen struck by trolley was becoming ‘man of integrity’ mentor says ; has shown improvement from brain injury (La Mesa Patch)
Case shows flaws at special police force (UT San Diego)
Boy accused of killing friend receiving ‘extraordinary care’ (10 News)
Heroin use jumps 229 percent amongst county’s young adults (Santee Patch)
Refugee moms and their American daughters bond through cooking (KPBS)
STATE
Consumer advocates, unions back healthcare ballot measures (Sacramento Bee)
California Republican party endorses auto rates initiative (Sacramento Bee)
Fewer than 1 in 3 California registered Republican (Sacramento Bee)
Democrats want to extend guaranteed retirement savings to private sector (Sacramento Bee)
Investigation alleges abuse cover-up at California centers for the disabled (KPBS)
Scroll down for excerpts and links to full stories.
“The only reason to consider gutting planning groups is to give free rein to every developer who wants to overwhelm a rural town—and keep the locals in the dark.” -- Patsy Fritz
By Miriam Raftery
March 1, 2012 (San Diego) – It wasn’t quite a public flogging, but it came close.Rural residents and their community planning representatives showed up at a County Board of Supervisors’ meeting yesterday to verbally excoriate those considering recommendations made by a developer-stacked “Red Tape Reduction Task Force.The Task Force wants to eliminate community planning groups(CPGs) or discourage participation through measures such as eliminating indemnification of planners against lawsuits, imposing term limits, and eliminating the County’s Resource Protection Ordinance.
“None of the Red Tape Reduction Task Force members were required to submit conflict of interest statements,” observed Boulevard Planning Group Chair Donna Tisdale.“They failed to disclose huge vested interests and profits to be made. That is illegal.”
March 1, 2012 (San Diego) -- One San Diegan commits suicide every day. We read of the most spectacular cases in the press, but on average, 365 local residents take their own lives. According to the County, “…as a cause of non-natural death, suicide ranks second, behind only drug/alcohol overdoses, and ahead of motor vehicle crashes.” http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/programs/phs/documents/CHS-SuicideReport_2011.pdf
March 1, 2012 (El Cajon) -- Travel back in time to your school days when the excitement of a spelling bee seemed like the most important thing in the universe! Grossmont College- Theatre Arts Department presents the musical comedy, "Putnam County Spelling Bee" from March 8 to 17 at the Stagehouse Theatre.
March 1, 2012 (Alpine) -- On March 15,there will be a meeting of land owners/residents in the former Forest Conservation Initiative lands of Eastern Alpine at 6 p.m. at the Alpine Community Center. The residents will hear a presentation from the County and then conduct a working group to create the densities/zoning for their property.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
March 1, 2012 (San Diego) -- Never put water on a grease fire, slide a lid sideways away from you, using the lid as a shield, over the pan - or use baking soda. CAL FIRE warns that you or your home could catch fire if you do not remember this simple technique. Never move a pan with burning contents from the stove - that can spread the fire. Be fire safe, not sorry!
March 1, 2012 (Alpine) -- A new comedy show airs Thursdays from 8-10 p.m. on www.my107.9 FM in Alpine. Need some laughs? Listen in to hear "The Week You Missed With Diane and Chris" and "The Amazing Al Gavi."
March 1, 2012 (East San Diego County) -- The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians has announced that they are donating $2,500 for the recovery of “Chance,” the dog that was found shot on the Viejas Reservation earlier this month.
February 29, 2011 (San Diego)--David Cobb from Move to Amend came to San Diego on a barnstorming tour . The organization aims to get money out of politics and to amend the Constitution to end corporate personhood.
This event took place at the Peace Resource Center and was attended by about 400 people. It was organized by Women Occupy San Diego.
Update 9:30 p.m. Lanes are reopened. ECM news partner 10 News reports the woman was struck while walking on the center median. She was taken to a local hospital, but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
February 29, 2012 (Bonita) – All lanes of State Route 54 westbound are closed after multiple vehicles struck a pedestrian, according to the CHP website at 7:53 p.m. Incident Page Network reports the collision is now a fatality.
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