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East County News Service
November 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
- San Diego Somali community scared in wake of alleged hate crimes (KPBS)
- Plaza de Panama Project Banks on Paid Parking (Voice of San Diego)
- San Diego still struggling with police vacancies (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- 4 Things to Watch with San Diego’s New Seaport Development (KPBS)
- SeaWorld still trying to rebrand after 'Blackfish' (APM Marketplace)
- San Diego County results show Trump, Clinton strongholds by precinct (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Glossy snakes in El Monte Valley a rare surprise to USGS scientists (EC Californian)
- Gunman shot dead by police after killing 1, wounding 3 in City Heights (Times of SD)
STATE
- 7 things to know now that Prop 64 is law (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- More Californians Voted for Ballot Initiatives Than for a Senator (Reason)
- State office opposes SDG&E plan to charge ratepayers for $379 million of wildfire costs (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Silicon Valley reels after Trump’s election (New York Times)
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LOCAL
San Diego Somali community scared in wake of alleged hate crimes (KPBS)
San Diego law enforcement officers will meet on Thursday with the area's Somali community to discuss, "recent crimes in the community including hate crimes, and a fear of post election uncertainties," according to a flyer for the event distributed by the San Diego Police Department.
Plaza de Panama Project Banks on Paid Parking (Voice of San Diego)
The City Council will vote Monday on a plan that counts on the success of its first foray into paid parking at Balboa Park.
San Diego still struggling with police vacancies (San Diego Union-Tribune)
San Diego continues to struggle with a shortage of police officers despite recent compensation increases and new recruiting strategies.
4 Things to Watch with San Diego’s New Seaport Development (KPBS)
In light of the history of waterfront development in San Diego, here are four things to keep an eye on with the new Seaport project.
SeaWorld still trying to rebrand after 'Blackfish' (APM Marketplace)
It sounds like the SeaWorld of the future is going to be a lot more like a zoo than a theme park, which, after all, was the park’s original mission.
San Diego County results show Trump, Clinton strongholds by precinct (San Diego Union-Tribune)
…The majority of voters in San Diego County chose Democrat Hillary Clinton, who lost the nationwide election. With approximately 620,000 mail and provisional ballots still to be counted, Clinton led with 56 percent of the vote to Trump’s 39 percent.
Glossy snakes in El Monte Valley a rare surprise to USGS scientists (East County Californian)
The recent sand mining project in El Monte Valley has left many locals outraged with the disturbance it will cause… “USGS over the past 21 years have been studying snakes at 23 different sites and 3,700 were snake species and they only caught one glossy snake yet we caught 20 in one year at El Monte Valley so that was shocking to us,” said Richmond.
Gunman shot dead by police after killing 1, wounding 3 in City Heights (Times of San Diego)
A gunman who fatally shot one person and wounded three others, including a woman he took hostage following a fight outside a City Heights apartment building, was shot and killed by police Sunday night. See also: Officer involved shooting in City Heights (Reporting San Diego)
STATE
7 things to know now that Prop 64 is law (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Now that California voters have passed Proposition 64, legalizing marijuana use for adults for recreational purposes, what’s next? Here’s a look at seven things that reflect the new landscape in California when it comes to marijuana:
More Californians Voted for Ballot Initiatives Than for a Senator (Reason)
More than a million didn’t bother, given the ‘choice’ of two Democrats.
State office opposes SDG&E plan to charge ratepayers for $379 million of wildfire costs (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Consumer advocates at the California Public Utilities Commission are fighting a San Diego Gas & Electric Co. plan to charge customers hundreds of millions of dollars for expenses leftover from San Diego County’s 2007 wildfires. In testimony filed with state regulators, the Office of Ratepayer Advocates said utility shareholders should pay the costs remaining from three North County fires that killed two people and destroyed more than 1,300 homes.
Silicon Valley reels after Trump’s election (New York Times)
…Across the technology industry, the reaction to Donald J. Trump’s election to the presidency was beyond grim. There was a sense that the industry had missed something fundamental about the fears and motivations of the people who use its products, and that the miscalculation would cost the industry, and the world, greatly.
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