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PADRE DAM’S WATER RECLAMATION PROJECT DEEMED AFFORDABLE
By Mike Allen December 23, 2018 (Santee) — Based on future cost projections that involve multiple agencies and variable prices such as power and labor, the Advanced Water Purification Program still makes sense and is worth pursuing, staffers from Padre Dam Municipal Water District told its board this week. “The numbers right now look very favorable for us to
ANALYSIS: RAT POISON FOUND IN 85 PERCENT OF TESTED MOUNTAIN LIONS, BOBCATS, FISHERS
Poisonings prompt California to reassess super-toxic rodenticides East County New Service Mountain lion photo courtesy USFWS December 12, 2018 (La Mesa) — A new state analysis has documented super-toxic rat poisons in more than 85 percent of tested mountain lions, bobcats and protected Pacific fishers, prompting state regulators to open a new evaluation of whether
TWISTING IN THE WIND: AS RURAL RESIDENTS COMPLAIN OF WIND ENERGY IMPACTS, CAMPO TRIBE PROPOSES TOWERING NEW PROJECT: SCOPING MEETING DEC. 6
County denies request for health impacts of turbines, even as more are proposed By Miriam Raftery Photo: New proposed turbines would be much taller and produce more energy than these older Kumeyaay Wind turbines, also broadening the areas that could be impacted by noise, vibrations, and electromagnetic interefence with devices such as cell phones December 6, 2018 (Campo) –Tonight, the
AS EL CAJON DRAFTS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, SEE HOW OTHERS ARE ALREADY IMPROVING THE CITY’S QUALITY OF LIFE
Source: City of El Cajon Photo: Community Garden at Little House December 6, 2018 (El Cajon) — The City of El Cajon is currently underway with the development of a Climate Action Plan, a policy document intended to establish the City’s sustainable strategies. Identifying sustainable strategies for the City is a way to establish standards that can help improve
OPPONENTS OF SAND MINE PROPOSED AT COTTONWOOD GOLF IN RANCHO SAN DIEGO PACK COMMUNITY MEETING
By Paul Kruze, Contributing Editor Miriam Raftery, Editor, also contributed to this report Initial public comments deadline is Dec. 19 Hear audio of meeting December 5, 2018 (Rancho San Diego) — If a large contingent of residents in Rancho San Diego and Jamul have their say, a proposed sand mine in their community won’t get built. Over 200 residents opposed
LONG-PLANNED MAST PARK MAKEOVER GETS UNDERWAY IN SANTEE
By Mike Allen Photo from left to right: Councilman Ronn Hall, Councilwoman Laura Koval, Vice Mayor Rob McNelis, Mayor John Minto, Supervisor Dianne Jacob, Councilman Stephen Houlahan and son Stephen Dakota Houlahan. December 5, 2018 (Santee) — Santee’s Mast Park, the city’s oldest and most used park, is getting a facelift that will retain current features but create some
C.W. DRIVER COMPANIES BREAKS GROUND ON NEW COUNTY ASSESSOR/RECORDER/CLERK OFFICE IN SANTEE, NATION’S FIRST ZERO NET ENERGY ARCHIVE FACILITY
East County News Service December 4, 2018 (Santee) — C.W. Driver Companies, a prominent builder serving California since 1919, recently broke ground on County of San Diego’s new Assessor, Recorder, County Clerk (ARCC) office in Santee. The building will be the nation’s first zero net energy archive facility and will maintain strict temperature and humidity conditions to preserve delicate archive materials properly.
SAND MINE PROPOSED AT COTTONWOOD GOLF CLUB SITE: RESIDENTS OPPOSED SET COMMUNITY MEETING NOV. 28
By Miriam Raftery November 25, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) — The new owner of Cottonwood Golf Club wants to turn the site into a sand mine along the Sweetwater River in Jamacha Valley over the next 10 years. If approved, the project in the Rancho San Diego area of unincorporated El Cajon would mine an estimated 5.8 million tons of sand from 198 acres of the 280-acre site. A community meeting for concerned
HERE’S THE DIRE CLIMATE REPORT THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE DIDN’T WANT YOU TO SEE
“The decision to release this damning report when families are beginning to celebrate the holidays and newsrooms are short-staffed is a brazen attempt to bury the truth.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer, Common Dreams November 25, 2018 (San Diego) – In a move environmentalists and journalists denounced as a blatant effort to bury facts that conflict with the president’s
BORREGO SPRINGS WATER SHORTAGE LOOMS LARGE AFTER WATER BOND FAILURE
By Miriam Raftery Photo: Palm farm in Borrego Springs, by Miriam Raftery November 25, 2018 (Borrego Springs) – Borrego Springs is under a state mandate to submit a plan early next year to reduce the desert community’s water consumption by 75 percent by 2040. The town relies 100% on groundwater – and it’s using far more than is being replenished through rainfall. Citrus and palm farms use 70 to 80 percent of Borrego’s
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PADRE DAM’S WATER RECLAMATION PROJECT DEEMED AFFORDABLE
By Mike Allen December 23, 2018 (Santee) — Based on future cost projections that involve multiple agencies and variable prices such as power and labor, the Advanced Water Purification Program still makes sense and is worth pursuing, staffers from Padre Dam Municipal Water District told its board this week. “The numbers right now look very favorable for us to
ANALYSIS: RAT POISON FOUND IN 85 PERCENT OF TESTED MOUNTAIN LIONS, BOBCATS, FISHERS
Poisonings prompt California to reassess super-toxic rodenticides East County New Service Mountain lion photo courtesy USFWS December 12, 2018 (La Mesa) — A new state analysis has documented super-toxic rat poisons in more than 85 percent of tested mountain lions, bobcats and protected Pacific fishers, prompting state regulators to open a new evaluation of whether
TWISTING IN THE WIND: AS RURAL RESIDENTS COMPLAIN OF WIND ENERGY IMPACTS, CAMPO TRIBE PROPOSES TOWERING NEW PROJECT: SCOPING MEETING DEC. 6
County denies request for health impacts of turbines, even as more are proposed By Miriam Raftery Photo: New proposed turbines would be much taller and produce more energy than these older Kumeyaay Wind turbines, also broadening the areas that could be impacted by noise, vibrations, and electromagnetic interefence with devices such as cell phones December 6, 2018 (Campo) –Tonight, the
AS EL CAJON DRAFTS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, SEE HOW OTHERS ARE ALREADY IMPROVING THE CITY’S QUALITY OF LIFE
Source: City of El Cajon Photo: Community Garden at Little House December 6, 2018 (El Cajon) — The City of El Cajon is currently underway with the development of a Climate Action Plan, a policy document intended to establish the City’s sustainable strategies. Identifying sustainable strategies for the City is a way to establish standards that can help improve
OPPONENTS OF SAND MINE PROPOSED AT COTTONWOOD GOLF IN RANCHO SAN DIEGO PACK COMMUNITY MEETING
By Paul Kruze, Contributing Editor Miriam Raftery, Editor, also contributed to this report Initial public comments deadline is Dec. 19 Hear audio of meeting December 5, 2018 (Rancho San Diego) — If a large contingent of residents in Rancho San Diego and Jamul have their say, a proposed sand mine in their community won’t get built. Over 200 residents opposed
LONG-PLANNED MAST PARK MAKEOVER GETS UNDERWAY IN SANTEE
By Mike Allen Photo from left to right: Councilman Ronn Hall, Councilwoman Laura Koval, Vice Mayor Rob McNelis, Mayor John Minto, Supervisor Dianne Jacob, Councilman Stephen Houlahan and son Stephen Dakota Houlahan. December 5, 2018 (Santee) — Santee’s Mast Park, the city’s oldest and most used park, is getting a facelift that will retain current features but create some
C.W. DRIVER COMPANIES BREAKS GROUND ON NEW COUNTY ASSESSOR/RECORDER/CLERK OFFICE IN SANTEE, NATION’S FIRST ZERO NET ENERGY ARCHIVE FACILITY
East County News Service December 4, 2018 (Santee) — C.W. Driver Companies, a prominent builder serving California since 1919, recently broke ground on County of San Diego’s new Assessor, Recorder, County Clerk (ARCC) office in Santee. The building will be the nation’s first zero net energy archive facility and will maintain strict temperature and humidity conditions to preserve delicate archive materials properly.
SAND MINE PROPOSED AT COTTONWOOD GOLF CLUB SITE: RESIDENTS OPPOSED SET COMMUNITY MEETING NOV. 28
By Miriam Raftery November 25, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) — The new owner of Cottonwood Golf Club wants to turn the site into a sand mine along the Sweetwater River in Jamacha Valley over the next 10 years. If approved, the project in the Rancho San Diego area of unincorporated El Cajon would mine an estimated 5.8 million tons of sand from 198 acres of the 280-acre site. A community meeting for concerned
HERE’S THE DIRE CLIMATE REPORT THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE DIDN’T WANT YOU TO SEE
“The decision to release this damning report when families are beginning to celebrate the holidays and newsrooms are short-staffed is a brazen attempt to bury the truth.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer, Common Dreams November 25, 2018 (San Diego) – In a move environmentalists and journalists denounced as a blatant effort to bury facts that conflict with the president’s
BORREGO SPRINGS WATER SHORTAGE LOOMS LARGE AFTER WATER BOND FAILURE
By Miriam Raftery Photo: Palm farm in Borrego Springs, by Miriam Raftery November 25, 2018 (Borrego Springs) – Borrego Springs is under a state mandate to submit a plan early next year to reduce the desert community’s water consumption by 75 percent by 2040. The town relies 100% on groundwater – and it’s using far more than is being replenished through rainfall. Citrus and palm farms use 70 to 80 percent of Borrego’s
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Support community news in the public interest! As nonprofit news, we rely on donations from the public to fund our reporting — not special interests. Please donate to sustain East County Magazine’s local reporting and/or wildfire alerts at https://www.eastcountymedia.org/donate to help us keep people safe and informed across our region.