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 21, 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

• City fines ambulance firm $230,000 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Morning report: A trolley to nowhere (Voice of San Diego)
• San Diego County Officials: 17 Residents Have Contracted West Nile In 2015 (KPBS)
• San Diego Scientists Turn Ocean Pink To Study Pollution (KPBS)
• SeaWorld To Challenge Coastal Commission's Ban On Orca Breeding (KPBS)

STATE

• Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom to lead California gun control ballot initiative (Sacramento Bee)
• California in danger of giving away its energy future (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• New California Law Allows For Fish Markets (KPBS)
• San Diego Environmental Groups Rake in Millions from Imperial Valley Solar Developers (Voice of San Diego)
• State ready to award San Onofre advocacy funds (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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By Leon Thompson

October 12, 2015 (Mission Valley) – The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) will hold its national conference in San Diego October 18-23.  The NCAI  is composed of Tribes and individual Native Americans to protect and enhance treaty and sovereign rights.  The Organization was started in 1944 in response to the termination and assimilation policies of the United States government toward American Indians.

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 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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June 25, 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 

• A more representative county democracy? (U-T) 
• Planners’ Density Dreams Are About to Come True on El Cajon Boulevard (Voice of San Diego) 
• Fact Check: Where San Diego’s Poorest Live (Voice of SD) 
• 3 water districts, 154 customers (UT San Diego) 
• San Diego: The Eighth Largest City — But Still Mostly a Suburb (Voice of SD) 
• FAA eyes changes to flight paths around SD airports (U-T) 
• Nearly 40K SD homeowners 'underwater'
• There’s Still Not Much Transparency Surrounding Those Transparency-Boosting Body Cameras (Voice of SD)  
• Mission Valley Needs More of What It Doesn’t Have, No More of What it Does (Voice of SD) 
• San Diego County Supervisors OK $5.4 Billion Budget (KPBS) 
• Krav Maga Another Non-Lethal Tool For San Diego County Law Enforcement (KPBS) 
• San Diego County's Taxable Property Is Valued At $439B (City News Service) 
• Renters pay up as homeownership drops (UT San Diego) 
• Entrepreneurs founded 446 San Diego startups last year (UT San Diego) 

STATE

• Debate over California’s renewable energy expansion goes through the roof (Sacramento Bee)
• Report calls for CPUC reforms (UT San Diego) 
• The secret life of Michael Peevey (SF Guardian) 
• Reverse "rape of the ratepayer" (SD Reader) 
• CPUC reform brings fairness, transparency (UT San Diego)
• Dispute flares over city charges on utility bills (U-T)
• Audit says state bar too lax on bad lawyers (U-T)

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By Miriam Raftery

June 15, 2015 (El Cajon)—Dozens of families are close to filing a lawsuit over the increased air traffic at Gillespie Field airport, where more expansion is planned. But with a June 30^th deadline to finalize paperwork with a class action lawyer, another two dozen residents are needed to join the suit by the deadline.

A meeting is set for Tuesday, June 23^rd at 6:30 p.m. with the lead attorney and interested residents. The meeting will be held at a private residence in Fletcher Hills. To RSVP and get the address and directions, contact info@asapgillespiefield.com.

“This is our last chance to get something done,” says Sue Strom with Advocates for Safe Airport Policies ASAP.