March 14, 2013--(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:

STATE

• Forest Service may let more fires burn (Sacramento Bee)
• California pushes - some say too hard - to recover money for fighting wildfires  (Sacramento Bee)
• Editorial: Public’s right to know is too basic to risk (Sacramento Bee)
• Lawsuit balks at PUC 'stakeholder' meeting (UT San Diego)
• Capitol Alert: Lawmakers scold California PUC for erroneous budget forecasts (Sacramento Bee)
• New Study Shows California's Local Road System In Crisis (KPBS)

LOCAL/REGIONAL

• ER wait times at Sharp Grossmont three times longer than national average (La Mesa Patch)
• Filner, Supervisors Announce New Solar Initiative (KPBS)
• Sex Offender Email Alert System Launching In San Diego County (KPBS)
• Uh, We Don't Have to Vote on Taxes Anymore (Voice of San Diego)
• Feds release confidential report on San Onofre nuclear plant (KPBS)
• Lakeside’s Mile of Trees hopes to create urban forest (EC Californian)
• Sprinter to shut down for up to 4 months (U-T San Diego)
• Say Shalom to La Mesa's Newest Holy Man: Rabbi Rafi Andrusier (La Mesa Patch)
• California Coastal Commission rejects Navy explosives training plan (10 News)

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By Joel A. Harrison

October 1, 2010 (San Diego) -- I recently paid SDG&E $1,599 for a job my plumber would have charged between $400 and $500 to do. The job involved relocating my gas meter approximately nine feet from its location under my bedroom window.

I decided to replace the window with a door and steps as an emergency exit, but couldn’t do this as long as the gas meter was in the way. SDG&E told me that its current safety code prohibits gas meters from being under windows, but my home was “grandfathered” in -- and they were under no obligation to move the meter.