Hear our interview with Brooke Haggarty, executive director of Foundation for Animal Care and Education (FACE) , originally aired on KNSJ Radio. 

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May 17, 2015 (San Diego) – “What we do is give families hope when they are about to lose their best friends, their furry family members. We are able to keep them together,” says Brooke Haggarty, executive director at Foundation for Animal Care (FACE). 

The San Diego-based nonprofit  provides funds to help families save the lives or health of pets with life-threatening injuries or conditions. Unlike some other organizations, FACE does not require owners to give up their pets to get help. Instead, FACE partners  with over 100 veterinary hospitals countywide to negotiate discounts of 25% or more and pay most of the remainder for families that can’t afford care.

East County News Service

May 16, 2015 (Mt. Laguna)--The County’s Department of Environmental Health has issued a Boil Water Order for the Mount Laguna Recreation Area’s water system on Sunrise Highway on Friday. The agency indicated that  the drinking water system tested positive for E.Coli and total coliform bacteria, which means water may be contaminated with human or animal waste.

May 14, 2015 (Lemon Grove)--At approximately 7:51 p.m., Sunday, May 3, Heartland Fire & Rescue crews in Lemon Grove, responded to reports of a structure fire in the 25-hundred block of Pergl Street. Upon arrival firefighters found heavy smoke coming from a single-story structure at 2523 Pergl Street.

May 14, 2015 (El Cajon)--The City of El Cajon has teamed up with Rady Children’s Hospital for school pedestrian safety improvements.

May 14, 2015 (La Mesa) -- Park Station is coming before the La Mesa Planning Commission for the third time since the application was first submitted in 2008. The hearing will be held on May 20 at 7:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers. The first time it was kicked to the curb on the basis of height and density. The second time everyone -including the applicant- was stunned when the American Legion Hall withdrew their co-application during the hearing, requiring the Kitzman’s to come up with a new plan.

May 13, 2015 (San Diego's East County)-- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect 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:

NATIONAL

• China, India Surpass Mexico As Leading Sources Of New Immigrants To U.S. (NPR)
• Court ruling against NSA practice could reverberate far beyond phone spying (CS Monitor)
• Federal Judge Rejects Warrantless Search of Laptop Seized at Airport (Reason)
• House Approves USA Freedom Act, Extending And Revising The Patriot Act (NPR)
• U.S. House votes to ban most abortions after 20 weeks (Reuters)
• Texas, Arkansas governors declare disasters after deadly tornadoes (Reuters)
• Illinois languishes as lowest ranked state by credit: survey (Reuters) 
• Christians In U.S. On Decline As Number Of 'Nones' Grows, Survey Finds (NPR)
• Puerto Rico orders water-rationing measures amid dry spell (AP)

INTERNATIONAL

• Exclusive: Czechs stopped potential nuclear tech purchase by Iran - sources (Reuters)
• North Korea warns of 'targeted strikes' against South's navy (Reuters)
• Nepal earthquake kills dozens, triggers panic (Reuters)
• 1,600 Rohingya, Bangladeshi migrants reach land while thousands remain at sea (CS Monitor)
• Insulting police online banned by Granby, Que., bylaw (CBS News)
• Israeli general sees common interests with Hamas (Reuters) 
• Venezuela Faces Crime Epidemic (NPR)
• Police torture in China still routine despite reforms: rights group (Reuters)
• Diplomats: Traces of chemical weapons agents found in Syria (AP)

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May 13, 2015 (Alpine) – Yesterday at 1:55 p.m., detectives from the Alpine Sheriff’s station responded to a radio call reporting a structure fire in the 1400 block of Marshall Road in Alpine.  Finding a home fully engulfed in flames, deputies evacuated nearby neighbors and check surroundings for any victims.

By Miriam Raftery

May 13, 2015 (San Diego) – UT San Diego, our region’s largest daily newspaper, has announced an agreement to sell to Chicago-based Tribune Publishing. The fourth largest newspaper chain in America, Tribune Publishing owns the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and other major newspapers.  The $85 million deal would end local ownership of the 146-year-old newspaper and the controversial reign of developer Doug Manchester as publisher, opening the door to a potential shift toward higher journalistic standards.

By Robert Gehr

May 13, 2015 (El Cajon)--Around 3 p.m. on May 4th, a fire broke out in a four-unit apartment building in El Cajon - located at 345 West Park Ave.

May 11, 2015 (San Diego) - The San Diego Blood Bank (SDBB), the primary supplier of blood to the majority of hospitals in San Diego County, will introduce their newest blood mobile with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 13, at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, 3020 Children’s Way, San Diego.

-- Health care library’s `Wellness Wednesday’ meeting will discuss de-cluttering and downsizing for health on May 27

May 10, 2015 (La Mesa) - The Grossmont Healthcare District’s Dr. William C. Herrick Community Health Care Library, 9001 Wakarusa St. in La Mesa, will host a free program on  “De-Clutter and Downsize for Happiness and Health,”  from 10 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27. The program is part of the Grossmont Healthcare District library’s “Wellness Wednesday” series, normally held on the fourth Wednesday of the month.

By Jack Haworth. Photos by permission of the artist, Kim Stringfellow.

Professor Kim Stringfellow of the School of Art + Design at San Diego State University has been awarded the 2015 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for her latest research project called, The Mojave Project.

“For me, the Guggenheim Fellowship is one of the most honorable recognitions possible for an artist and photographer,” Stringfellow said. “Some really important projects have been done on Guggenheim fellowships so it means a lot to join this group of fellows.”

Of the 3,100 applicants this year, the Fellowship awarded 175 recipients an average of $43,000 each to assist them with their work.

May 7, 2015 (Sacramento) - California water regulators adopted sweeping, unprecedented restrictions on how people, governments and businesses can use water amid the state's ongoing drought, hoping to push reluctant residents to deeper conservation, KPBS reports.

May 7, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH


• Tyson Foods plans to cut human antibiotics in U.S. chicken flocks by 2017 (Reuters)
• Why the conventional wisdom on hospice care was wrong (APM Marketplace)

TECH


• Measuring Earthquakes With More Than Just One Scale (NPR)
• EU to require cars to have automatic emergency call systems(AP)
• EU looks to cut use of flimsy plastic bags by 80 percent (AP)

NATURE


• Amazon: 1% of trees store 50% carbon (BBC)
• VIDEO: New York turns lights off for birds (BBC)
• Man-made Global Warming Likely to Be Moderate, Says Study (Reason)
• The green movement heads underground (APM Marketplace)

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May 7, 2015 (San Diego's East County)-- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect 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:

NATIONAL

• NSA phone surveillance not authorized: U.S. appeals court (Reuters)
• How Utah reduced homelessness by more than 90 percent (CS Monitor)
• U.S. government to pay New Mexico $73 million over radiation leak (Reuters)
• Exclusive: U.S. boosts bird flu emergency funds as Hormel cuts jobs (Reuters)
• Small town evacuated after oil train derails in North Dakota (Reuters)
• Ferry service between US and Cuba to resume (CS Monitor)
• Power Problems: Puerto Rico's Electric Utility Faces Crippling Debt (NPR)
• Surveillance planes spotted in the sky for days after West Baltimore rioting (Washington Post)

INTERNATIONAL

• European Union wants new rules for its digital economy (APM Marketplace)
• Virtual Volunteers Use Twitter And Facebook To Make Maps Of Nepal (NPR)
• Rocket-propelled grenade forced down Mexican helicopter(AP)
• On becalmed sea, Italy rescues nearly 4,000 migrants in 24 hours (CS Monitor)
• More than 50 Thai police punished over human trafficking links (Reuters)
• German spies curb Internet snooping for U.S. after row: media (Reuters)
• Kenya Pushes For Close Of Word's Largest Refugee Camp (NPR)
• Israel veterans group alleges Israeli misconduct in Gaza war (AP)
• Africa's richest economy surviving on borrowed cash (AP)

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