January 20, 2016 (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

• Planners find compromise among winery owners (Ramona Sentinel)
• Study: Borrego water woes dire ( San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Job is homecoming for new Cuyamaca president (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• U.S. border/water panel seeks San Diego applicants (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Downhill from water flow, residents fear floods )San Diego Union-Tribune)
• State of the City - La Mesa (La Mesa Today)
• Program Trains Community College Employees To Help Police Stop Active Shooters (KPBS)
• County gonorrhea spike outstrips national trend (U-T)

STATE

• Sempra utility understated benzene levels in leak (U-T)
• California Ranks No. 1 On Gains In Health Coverage For Hispanic Kids (KPBS)
• California to investigate whether Exxon Mobil lied about climate-change risks (Los Angeles Times)

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January 7, 2016 (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

• A look ahead at East County in 2016 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• What’s in store for local schools in 2016 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Water Conservation Down In San Diego County (KPBS)
• San Diego Apartment Rents Rise Faster Than State, National Averages (KPBS)
• Wall encourages strangers to give (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• U.S. tuna fleet to be shut out of vast area of Pacific over fee dispute (Los Angeles Times)
• San Diego may explore legalized pot growing (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Ramona author Joyce Strand takes first and second spots on 2015 best seller list (Ramona Sentinel)
• Supervisors approve Fire Authority lease of Palomar Mountain volunteer fire department station (Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News)
• Lilac Hills vote delayed indefinitely (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• State Watchdog Tells Horn — Again — Not to Vote on Lilac Hills Ranch Project  (Voice of SD)
• Downtown: $6.4B development juggernaut (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Bright and dim views of San Diego job market  (SD Reader)
• Border Biometrics Take Deeper Look At Otay Mesa Crossers  (KPBS)

STATE

• New laws to have wide-ranging impact on life in California (San Francisco Chronicle)
• The most important new California laws of 2016 (KQED)
• 20 California laws that go into effect in 2016 (San Francisco Chronicle)
• These new laws will try to help California’s vulnerable students (Los Angeles Times)
• Forest Service renewing Nestle’s  water use in San Bernadino Mountains (Los Angeles Times)
• California volcanoes showing major movement: precursor to larger activity coming? (Dutchsinse)
• Uninsured Californians To Face Rising Tax Penalties In 2016 (KPBS)
• California prison reforms have reduced inmate numbers, not costs  (Reuters)
• California ERs in critical condition (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Emergency rooms are reaching capacity more frequently and beds for new patients are unavailable.

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December 22, 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

• San Diego’s Big Homeless Housing Problem, in One Chart (Voice of SD)
• FAA regulations won’t diminish danger of drones (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• District attorney releases police shooting video (KPBS)
• SD employers created most of the state’s jobs (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Law Enforcement Spending Up In San Diego County (KPBS)
• San Diego County Adds 28,000 Residents In 1 Year (KPBS)

State

• Solar industry declares victory in California net metering battle (PV Tech)
• California man, 22, accused of trying to join al-Nusrah Front (Reuters)
• U.S. to charge man who supplied guns to California shooters: sources (Reuters)

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December 8, 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

• San Diego Muslim community denounces Trump’s comments on ‘shutdown’ of Muslims entering U.S. (10 News)
• NFL to San Diego: Only Losers Hold Public Votes (Voice of San Diego)
• Just because somebody can make bail doesn’t make them safer  (Voice of San Diego)
• San Diego Pearl Harbor survivors recall the attack (KPBS)
• Principal Of High Performing San Diego School Credits Controversial Superintendent (KPBS)
• High Charges Lead San Diego County Schools To Battery Power (KPBS)

STATE

• Edison’s cost of corruption $16.7 million: return on corruption $3.3 billion (SD Reader)
• Exclusive: Accused California shooter lived in Saudi Arabia for years - Pakistani sources (Reuters)
• In California, Aid Withers For People With Developmental Disabilities (NPR)
• ‘Soft target’ terror comes to California? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Utility steps up efforts to plug massive California methane leak (Reuters)
• California man pleads guilty to seeking to join Islamic State (Reuters)
• Too hard for Californians to get into public universities: report (Reuters)
• Why rooftop solar advocates are upset about California’s clean energy law (L.A. Times)

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November 23, 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

• Nearly 300 Syrian refugees expected in San Diego next year (NBC)
• Study finds more Mexicans leaving the U.S. than coming (KPBS)
• SDG&E Takes Legal Step To Lobby On 'Community Choice’ (KPBS)
• Middle-Easterners from the south: Border Patrol confirms apprehension of Pakistanis and Afghans in October (San Diego Reader)
• San Diego’s small wineries could die on the vine (San Diego Union-Tribune commentary)
• The month it rained, rained, and rained in San Diego (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• College trustees vote for union-friendly pact (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Desal plant launches amid ample water (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• ‘The most amazing dad’ – Walter McCoy (Negro Leagues Baseball Museum)
• San Ysidro to protect homeless students (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• Jerry Brown asks White House for more information on Syrian refugees (SacBee)
• Accept Syrian refugees? State politicians chart a moderate course (Los Angeles Times)
• AM Alert: Deadly fire brings more scrutiny to California utilities (SacBee)

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November 10, 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

• 410 acre open space acquisition in  East County helps meet regional environmental conservation goals (East County Californian)
• Justice rally for Anastasio Hernandez Rojas (San Diego Reader)
• Council unanimously opposes transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Miramar (Times of San Diego)
• U.S. Border agency staff rejects body cameras (I0 News)
• SeaWorld to phase out killer whale show in strategy change (Times of San Diego)
• Court rules in water district’s favor (Ramona Sentinel)
• Former Bush aide to challenge Rep. Peters for Congress (Times of San Diego)

STATE

• Poll finds most Californians dissatisfied with state's economy  (Reuters)
• California bans commercial crab fishing amid toxin scare (Sacramento Bee)
• Full disclosure: what California home sellers must tell buyers (KPBS)
• Rail authority has shameful excuse for its deception (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Now the FPPC wants to limit disclosures?(San Diego Union-Tribune)

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October 27, 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

• Ambulance firm seeks better response times (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Filner sexual battery suit settled for $99K (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Costly Turing drug gets competition (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Edison reaches $400 million settlement with nuclear insurer (Los Angeles Times)
• Major drug tunnel shut down at Otay Mesa (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Warner Springs Golf Course to reopen (Ramona Sentinel)
• San Onofre case judge must go (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• FEMA urges Californians to buy flood insurance before El Niño (Los Angeles Times)
• CHP sued over nude photo-sharing scandal (Inside Bay Area)
• Anthem Blue Cross Will Refund $8.3 Million To California Consumers (KPBS)
• El Niño or Not, Water Use Restrictions Likely to Continue (Voice of San Diego)
• Judge suggests $16.7M Edison fine (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Will California lawmakers ever again override a veto? (CAP Radio)

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October 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

• Firefighters object to ‘unreal’ ambulance delays (U-T)
• How San Diego's Emergency Room Wait Times Stack Up (KPBS)
• Jamul braces for utility work (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego Association Of Governments Approves Controversial $200 Billion Transportation Plan (KPBS)
• Coastal Commission Bans SeaWorld From Breeding Killer Whales (KPBS)
• Some Elected Officials Urge SANDAG To Reject Transportation Plan (KPBS)
• 10 local stores that overcharge the most (U-T)
• Imperial County’s Renewable Power Explosion, in One Map (Voice of SD)
• Water agency expands desal plant (U-T)
• Backup nat-gas pipeline would cost $595M (U-T)

STATE

• California Governor Vetoes Bill On Land Use Oversight
• California to enact comprehensive medical marijuana regulations (Reuters)
• Massive El Niño is now 'too big to fail,' scientist says (LA Times)

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September 29, 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

• San Diego Union-Tribune wins Pulitzer for covering its own demise (Reader)
• YMCA board authors probe into mismanagement allegations against CEO (KPBS)
• Housing developer in Santee gets turned down (U-T)
• Citizens group appeals San Onofre ruling (U-T)
• San Diego sheriff's costly overtime overpay (SD Reader)
• SDG&E attempts brazen caper #2 (SD Reader)
• SDG&E wants 90-10 split on wildfire costs  (U-T)
• Grossmont College Gets Grant To Help Low-Income Students (KPBS)
• Chargers May Be in Violation of Their Stadium Lease (NBC)
• San Diego Advocates Call For Better Regional Transportation Plan (KPBS)

STATE

• Vietnamese Refugees Reach Out To Syrians Fleeing By Boat (AP)
• California draws $10 million from reserves for wildfire debris removal (Reuters)
• Banning the ban on clotheslines (U-T San Diego)
• Why L.A. wants to spend $100 million on the homeless (+video)  (CS Monitor)

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September 16, 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

• Navy To Limit Some Training That Harms Whales In Pacific (KPBS)
• ‘Mitigation bankers’see profit in converting developed lands back into natural habitat (KPBS)
• New Rate Structure Will Show Up On SDG&E Bills This Month (KPBS)
• Uncorking San Diego's wine potential (U-T)
• No receipts required for college bosses (U-T)
• A Look At How San Diego Resettles Refugees As Syrian Crisis Continues (KPBS)
• Split commission gives thumbs up to Lilac Hills (U-T)
• Natural gas pipe would pass through Escondido, Poway (U-T)
• Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against inewsource, San Diego State (KPBS)
• New publisher named for U-T and L.A. Times (U-T)
• Water Rates Have Soared and They’re Not Stalling (Voice of SD)
• Cancer risk study canceled at San Onofre (U-T)

STATE

• The Learning Curve: ‘What the Hell Are We Doing?’  (Voice of San Diego)
• 30% of California’s forest firefighters are prisoners (Mother Jones)
• CPUC reform bills sent to governor (U-T)
• California Legislature Approves Assisted Suicide Bill (NPR)
• Feds, unlike PUC, won’t accommodate PG&E’s bad behavior (U-T)
• New California tests present sobering picture of student achievement (LA Times)
• California Court Rules Water Pricing Plan Violates Law (NYTimes)
• University of California sells $200 million holdings in coal, oil sands firms (Reuters)
• CPUC’s Picker impressed senators (U-T)

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September 3, 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

East County

• New Technology To Help Fight San Diego County Wildfires (KPBS)
• Tribal fire departments help protect county (U-T)
• East County High Schoolers Spotlight Liquor Store Rule Violations (KPBS)
• For One Youth Soccer League In El Cajon, College Is The Goal (KPBS)
• Young at Art in La Mesa (NBC)
• Interim city manager named in Santee (SD Union-Tribune)

San Diego Region

• Huge Fish Farm Planned Near San Diego Aims To Fix Seafood Imbalance (NPR)
• Former UCAN founder wins lawsuit (SD Reader)
• San Diego Lands on FAA’s List of Aircraft-Drone Encounter Stats (NBC)
• Audits find airport leases amiss (U-T)
• Laboratory To Bring Career Pathways - And A Bit Of The Ocean- To City Heights (KPBS)
• UC San Diego, Scripps Institution Lead Way On Adapting To Warming Planet (KPBS)
• San Diego Police Have Turned Down Big Opportunities to Be Transparent (Voice of SD)
•  Imperial Valley Battery System Will Be Largest In West (KPBS)
• San Diego: Tech City, U.S.A. (San Diego Reader)
• Daily Transcript gets new life (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Poway bans drones in most of city (U-T)
• Sunny San Diego fights new utility charges on rooftop solar (SD Union-Tribune)
• Chula Vista Making $15M Investment In Arts Education (KPBS)

STATE

• California Cut Water Use By 31 Percent In July Amid Drought (KPBS)
• When the wells run dry, California neighbors cope in drought (CS Monitor)
• Five more California inmates diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease (Reuters)
• State is slow to approve water projects (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Group sues over bottling plant in parched California (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Californians Hope Alert System Will Help Catch Drivers Who Hit-And-Run (NPR)
• CPUC investigator: 'No records have been produced' (U-T)
• California Lawmakers Advance Aid-In-Dying Bill On Second Try (KPBS)
• California Lawmakers Consider Raising Smoking Age To 21 (KPBS)
• California Moves To Stop Misuse Of Psychiatric Meds In Foster Care (NPR)

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August 19, 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

• Developer Won’t Take No for an Answer on Massive Lilac Hills Ranch Project (Voice of San Diego)
• Helix water board OKs notice of rate changes (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Santee VFW post desperate to find new home (10 News)
• El Cajon wants to thank good businesses (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Measles Vaccination Rates Low At Many San Diego Schools (KPBS)
• July Water Consumption Down 32 Percent In San Diego Region (KPBS)
• Consumers can carry clout over cellphone tower placement (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• City answers to utility-tax rebellion (AP)

STATE

• Large counties could be required to increase number of Supervisors (Cal Watchdog)
• California bans secret hearings on most police shooting deaths (Reuters)
• California's Drought Is So Bad That Thousands Are Living Without Running Water (Mother Jones)
• California Pays Off $14B In Costly Debt From 2004 (AP)
• Despite strong returns, California pension funds’ fiscal hole got deeper (Sac Bee)
• Fraud suit filed against Edison (SD Reader)
• California Rations Birth, Death Certificates Amid Security Paper Shortage (NPR)
•  California will have more seniors living alone (U-T)

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August 5, 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

• Sempra earnings edge up on power plant sale (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Edison didn't provide blackout emails to regulator (SD Reader)
• Saving water adds up to rate hikes (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Helix water board discussing new rates (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Counting Customer Costs For San Onofre Closure: $10.4 Billion (KPBS)
• Some San Diegans Wonder, Can You Stop Phone Book Deliveries? (KPBS)
• City Ethics Commission picks get political (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Supes To Consider Backing Penalties For Drone Operators Interfering With Firefighting (KPBS)
• San Diego County Supervisors Approve Additional Funding For Stadium Consultants (KPBS)

STATE

• CPUC invites public to reform confab
• California Rocky Fire: why it fits a global trend (CS Monitor)
• California fires lead Gov. Brown to declare state of emergency (Sacramento Bee)
• California officials float state-run bank for marijuana industry (Sacramento Bee)
• Obamacare checkup: millions of previously uninsured Californians now have health coverage, but cost and access worries persist (Orange County Register)
• Mike Huckabee to address California Republican Convention (Sacramento Bee)

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July 22, 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

• San Diego County wades into nuclear-waste dilemma (U-T)
• Summit: County water supply stable (U-T)
• San Diego County Unemployment Rate At 5 Percent In June (KPBS)
• Median Price For San Diego County Home Rises (KPBS)
• County getting more mental healthcare teams (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• El Cajon Boulevard Night Market Expanding (KPBS)
• San Diego Won More Than Money in Ruling Against Rival Water Agency (Voice of SD)
• San Diego County's Water Use Drops In June (KPBS)
• San Diego Water Rates Could Increase Sharply (KPBS)
• District files geothermal anti-trust claim (U-T)
• Jacob fired up over challenge 'rumors' (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• High towing fees irk those caught in 15 Freeway firestorm; one charged $2,600 (Sun)
• CSU Approves 2 Percent Pay Hike For Chancellors, Presidents (KPBS)
• Washed-out California interstate highway set to reopen Friday (Reuters)
• House passes California drought bill, but Senate action is unlikely (LA Times)

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July 9, 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

• Chariot of fire: Jeep collected debris, led to destruction of Shriners camp, says lawsuit (SD Reader)
• CA Counties find issues with GPS company monitoring criminals (KNSD)
• Desert water agency approves $1 million for grass removal (Borrego Sun)
• Free speech zone: Wobbly ghosts haunt waterfront park (Union-Tribune)
• Santee budget is looking healthy, but PERS is concern (Union-Tribune)
• Family Raises Concern About Charity WishWarriors (NBC7)
• Council takes strong stance against density-bonus bill (Coast News)
• 400 Steps for San Diegans, a Giant Leap for Commuters (Voice of SD)
• City will keep filling lake with tap water (Union-Tribune)
• Following El Cajon’s Booze-Restricting Example (Voice of SD editorial)
• Refugee Students Experience Coronado Beach In Outreach Event (KPBS)
• Democrats struggling to muster mayoral candidates (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

• Making the community college to UC transfer a little easier (Los Angeles Times)
• California bills to raise smoking age and regulate e-cigarettes stall (Los Angeles Times)
• 2 new warrants served in CPUC case (Union-Tribune)
• Californian cities hike up water rates while customers conserve amid drought (CS Monitor)
• California's farm economy "ruined" (SD Reader)
• Sending cheap water to China in midst of drought (Union-Tribune)
• California’s leaders, not voters, to blame for bad roads  (Union-Tribune)

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