June 15, 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

• Broken from baseball: the rise in youth baseball injuries (10 News investigation)
• Ninth circuit approves Tule Wind farm approval (Courthouse News)
• Former desert rail line prez penalized (Reader)
• San Diego County deputy D.A. accused of texting naked selfies, sexting  on county time (10 News)
• Strike vote to be taken by supermarket workers in San Diego(Reporting San Diego)
• Chinese migrants flocking to San Diego, stats show (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Desalination test facility in the works (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• Judge in Stanford rapist case must go, California lawmakers urge (SacBee)
• Man with weapons and explosives arrested, was going to L.A. gay pride parade, police say (L.A. Times)
• California water savings increased despite eased mandates (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• California panels approve raft of gun control bills in wake of Orlando shootings (San Jose Mercury News)
• California Budget To Eliminate Contentious Welfare Policy  (KPBS)

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East County News Service

June 3, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) -- The California Department of Parks and Recreation proposes prohibiting public access off designated trails.  The public has until June 6 to comment. California State Parks System Map  In San Diego County, that would include Rancho Cuyamaca and Anza Borrego Desert state parks.

The Anza Borrego Desert Foundation raises serious concerns about negative impacts to the public in their message below, which includes links to send your comments:

Story and photo by Miriam Raftery

Photo: Assembly Chamber, State Capitol

May 30, 2016 (Sacramento) – California law prohibits the use of video from state Assembly hearings for political campaigns or commercial purposes, although these same videos can be used by news outlets. A candidate who runs Assembly video footage in an ad can be criminally charged—even if the video is of himself speaking on the Assembly floor.

Now a lawsuit has been filed against the state claiming that this law violates First Amendment free speech, Courthouse News reports.

May 16, 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

• Deputy justified in shooting death of man in Alpine: DA (KNSD)
• San Diego judicial races: local lawyers raise money and red flags (Katy’s Exposure)
• Bronzed Bill Walton statue is San Diego’s gold standard (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• 16 exonerated of crimes in San Diego County (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Fleets of turtles swim warming seas (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego, diversity city (San Diego Reader)
• The Donald Snubs The Duncan  (SD Rostra)

STATE

• Governor: We can’t buy our way out of affordable housing problem (Los Angeles Times)
• California immigrant kids gain state-funded healthcare (AP)
• Official Says 'Too Late' For White Nationalist To Resign As Trump Delegate (NPR)

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April 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

• What Elections Have San Diego Political Candidates Missed? (KPBS)
• San Diego County Water Authority Files Lawsuit Against MWD (KPBS)
• MTS Compass Card Was Insecure From The Beginning (KPBS)
• DA won’t file charges against Supervisor Dave Roberts (KPBS)
• Political fine from 2012 mayor's race sets record (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• The California Democrat setting the national agenda (Atlantic)
• Hunter repaid funds spent on surf shop, garage door (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego County Crime Rate Up 6 Percent (KPBS)

STATE

• Harris Questioned For Representing Gov. Brown During San Onofre Probe (KPBS)
• Donald Trump to speak at California Republican convention (Sacramento Bee)
•  Your Speeding Ticket Might Not Be Enforceable (Voice of SD)
• Calif. university spent $175,000 to counter negative Internet posts: newspaper  (Reuters)
• State nabs more than 80 for unlicensed contracting(San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Brickbat: Youthful Offender taken off terrorist watch list (Reason)

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March 30,  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

• In San Diego, Syrian refugee family finds safe haven (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• U.S. Border officials accused of denying food to asylum seekers (KPBS)
• Janitors carry the cross and have feet washed (Reporting San Diego)
• Elderly man robbed at his Rancho San Diego home (10 News)
• Sheriff investigates Ag Boosters missing funds (Ramona Sentinel)
• UCSD caught in debate over fetal tissue research (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• HIV trial set for next year (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Many Latino, African-American Students Opting Out Of AP Classes (KPBS)
• Records show dead frogs, moldy classrooms (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Transit Funding Emerges As Key Issue For SANDAG Tax Increase (KPBS)
• Water bill jump hard to swallow in Rainbow (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• Despite the Porter Ranch disaster, the top executive at SoCalGas is getting an enormous bonus (Los Angeles Times)  
• Audit: University of California undermines resident students (KPBS)
• Kamala Harris the `female Obama’ plots her course on the road to Washington (Guardian)
• Solar arrays in the desert: killing more birds than you imagine (Memories of the People)
• FPPC opens limited probe of Brown aide  (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Dianne Feinstein to Obama: Turn on the Taps! (Breitbart News)
• Everything We Thought We Knew About the Two-Thirds Voter Requirement Could Change if New Ruling Holds (Voice of San Diego)
• As Chinese Investors Sweep Into Bordeaux Region, French Winemakers Are Buying Up California Vineyards (The Daily Meal)

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March 15,  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

• Plan would allow Cleveland forest development (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Anza-Borrego Desert wildflower watch (DesertUSA)
• San Diego Doctors Win Long Campaign For Higher Medicare Pay (KPBS)
• Rideshare bills stall in Hueso's committee (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego Region Gets A Break On Water Conservation Goals (KPBS)
• Documents Raise Questions About San Diego Aquaculture Project (KPBS)
• Huge housing projects continue slow march forward (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Lawsuits cloud bid to build Rosarito desalination plant (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• California Lawmakers Approve Raising Smoking Age To 21 (KPBS)
• California To Permit Medically Assisted Suicide As Of June 9 (NPR)
• Report: Criminal Justice System Errors Cost Taxpayers Millions In California (KPBS)
• At Calif. Campuses, A Test For Free Speech, Privacy And Cybersecurity (NPR)
• Judge Keeps High-Speed Rail On Track In California (KPBS)
• How Southern California Gas Could Make Up For Aliso Canyon Disaster
• Storms replenish key reservoirs amid California drought
• California's biggest reservoir, Shasta, rises to key milestone

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March 4,  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

• 22 People Charged Under Provisions Of Chelsea's Law In San Diego County
• State laws prompt local marijuana backlash (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• MTS Admits Credit Card Security Gaps (KPBS)
• San Diego-Based Navy SEAL To Receive Medal Of Honor (City News Service)
• Navy’s new mission: alternative medicine(San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• Yosemite name changes: Park Service not giving up yet (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Why won't California track where $13 billion went? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Judge’s PUC action, friendship with Brown questioned (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Despite Porter Ranch disaster, Sempra reports strong earnings (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Surge pricing at Disneyland could boost pricing by 20% (Bloomberg)

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February 17,  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

• Porter Ranch Natural Gas Leak Temporarily Controlled (City News Service)
• Hungry? Amazon delivers from local eateries in an hour (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Obama to designate new national monuments in the California desert (The Washington Post)
• Hasty water policies don’t mix well with long-term planning (Voice of San Diego )
• Officials Show Off Facility Where Passengers Apply For TSA Pre-Check Program (KPBS)
• Dueling SANDAG Proposals Pit Transit Against Local Infrastructure (Voice of SD)
• CPUC boss and energy innovator were friendly (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Cell-tracking 'Stingray' device was kept secret (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• Coastal Commission fires executive director over objections of hundreds of supporters (Los Angeles Times)
• Governor Brown’s budget includes Salton Sea funding (The Sun)
• California farmers reap record sales in record drought (Chron.com) (AP)
• How the drought boosts your utility bills, and global warming (SF Gate)
• 2 Golden Gate Bridge pedestrians hit by blow darts (SF Gate)
• US hospital held to ransom by hackers (BBC)

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February 2,  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

• Poverty in San Diego: new report (Reporting San Diego)
• Senator Block bows out of race against Atkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Lindo Lake to undergo major upgrades (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Navy Commander Pleads Guilty In Bribery Case (KPBS)
• Openness at San Diego City Hall (San Diego Union-Tribune editorial)
• Morning Report: Filner’s Former Chief Writes Tell All (Voice of San Diego)
• Website devoted to retirees likes Santee (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego High’s land lease expires in 2024 (U-T)

STATE

• Legislators urge Jerry Brown to intervene in Coastal Commission spat (Sacramento Bee)
• California, Oregon moving to demolish Klamath River Dams despite Congress (Sacramento Bee)
• CPUC reform bills are passing again (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• The War on Charter Schools Ignores What’s Best for Students (Voice of SD)
• EPA announces $182M for California water projects (U-T)
• California Police Used Stingrays in Planes to Spy on Phones (Wired)

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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 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

• Drinking water starts flowing from Carlsbad desalinization plant (KPBS)
• Public weighs in on ambulance service (Ramona Sentinel)
• Police arrest homeless man for living in donated house given to him by good Samaritans (10 News)
• Protests filed over SDG&E’s move to lobby against energy choice (KPBS)
• Biometric test begins at Otay Border (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Dianne Jacob asks state to block SDG&E’s plan to lobby against community choice (Jacob letter on Facebook)
• Border Report: For Affordable Homes, San Diegans Go to Tijuana (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

• Natural gas leak in California raises health, environmental concerns (NPR)
• Gun and bomb attack threats close Los Angeles schools in likely hoax (Reuters)
• 10-year old Wukchumni boy’s refusal to sing derogatory song leads to its removal from school(Native News Online)
• Sources: Farook planned another attack years ago (CNN)
• Fire at Southern California mosque ‘intentional act’ (KNSD)
• Brown is no stranger to CPUC involvement (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Onofre: Gov. Brown, PUC inspire public cynicism (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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December 1, 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

• Murdoch says L.A. Times to be sold: If true, Union-Tribune will also likely have new owner soon (Reader)
• New winery law: good vintage or sour grapes? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• At least a dozen sickened by batch of spice near Petco Park (KNSD)
• Police warn homeless about El Nino flooding (10 News)
• Floating Another Way to Pay for New Water (Voice of San Diego)
• Medical marijuana dominates discussion with lieutenant (Ramona Sentinel)
• County deserves adjustments to state water restrictions (San Diego Union-Tribune editorial)
• Breceda sculptures find new home: Dinosaurs and serpents come to Vista (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases On The Rise In San Diego County  (KPBS)

STATE

• Widespread cheating by instructors, cadets alleged at California’s fire training academy (Sacramento Bee)
• Native American Tribe Bets On Olive Oil (NPR)
• Rogue agency enabled by governor (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Feinstein turns to Obama to protect California’s desert (San Francisco Chronicle)
• The feds just got sued for allowing Nestle to bottle water in California’s drought country (Mother Jones)
• Assemblywoman proposes double-time pay for retail employees working on Thanksgiving (10 News)
• E-mail hints at possible Brown complicity in corruption (Los Angeles Daily News)
• Email Suggests Brown Took Edison's Side On San Onofre; Governor Denies It  (KPBS)
• California Farmer Works To Restore Groundwater By Purposely Flooding Crops (NPR)

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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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