December 4, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Poison pill: San Diego County’s battle against fentanyl (NBC San Diego)
• San Diego Has the Highest Rate of Whooping Cough in California  (NBC San Diego)
• East County Company Pleads Guilty To Selling Fake COVID Cleaner (Patch)
• Threatened coastal railroad is San Diego’s only link to national military rail network. What if it shuts down? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Construction begins in Poway on statewide high-speed internet project (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• The veteran who helped disarm the gunman at gay club says he followed his instincts (NPR)
• Data: no exact link between homeless voucher use, crime increase (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego to Release 250 Million Gallons of Water From Hodges Reservoir Into Nearby River (NBC 7)
• Musgrove Heads to Antarctica Not Just to Set World Record, But to Benefit Challenged Athletes (Times of San Diego)

STATE

• Drying California lake to get $250M in US drought funding (KPBS)
• The shadow race is on to succeed Feinstein (Politico)
• Big tobacco tries to stop California flavored tobacco ban (KPBS)

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November 13, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Uptick in flu cases prompts hospitals to put up overflow tents in parking lots to ease ER burden  (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Lemon Grove officials say a council member bullied employees. But the city is keeping alleged evidence secret (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Neighbors concerned about 64-unit apartment complex planned for La Mesa Village
• With Tuesday’s runoffs, San Diego Democrats will have a 9-0 City Council majority for the first time (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Republicans Won Big Races in Small Cities and That Could Change Regional Transportation and Development Plans (Voice of San Diego)
• Increased border crossings leads to influx of migrants in San Diego homeless shelters  (KPBS)

STATE

• California lost billions in COVID-related fraud and is trying to get some back  (NPR)
• Pipeline operator agrees to $50M California spill settlement  (AP)
• Audubon California says take down bird feeders to help stop avian flu  (KPBS)
• Congenital syphilis rates soar across California as public health funding dwindles (KPBS)
• Regulators propose $155M fine for PG&E for 2020 wildfire (KPBS)
• California enables sexual assault victims to track rape kits (KPBS)

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September 20, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Supervisors OK fee waivers for those affected by Border Fire (KPBS)
• The Group Seeking to Educate Conservatives to Influence Local Politics(Voice of San Diego)
• Homicide puts further scrutiny on troubled El Cajon nursing home (KPBS)
• The Navy arson trial for the burning of USS Bonhomme Richard will soon start (NPR)
• ‘Fat Leonard’ escapes weeks before sentencing in Navy bribery scandal(Washington Post)
• San Diego Fire Department sees wave of heat-related injuries at Snapdragon Stadium(10 News)
• Five sex offenders being housed in a single Lakeside home (KUSI)
• Spring Valley Kids, 2 and 6, Found Safe After Mom Fatally Shot in Tijuana: SDSO (NBC San Diego)

STATE

• Gov. Newsom OKs mental health courts for homeless (KPBS)  
• California school district is asking families to rent rooms to teachers (NPR)
• Bill to track and report toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in California heads to Gov. Newsom (Environmental Working Group)
• The impact of California's environmental regulations ripples across the U.S. (NPR)
• California becomes first state with a law to protect children's online privacy (KPBS)

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August 18, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

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July 19, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• East County has waited 20 years for a new hospital. Should it wait another decade? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• La Mesa, flush with federal cash, is now accepting pitches for new businesses (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Dozens of Cars Involved in Street ‘Takeovers' Seized: San Diego Police (NBC San Diego)
• Philanthropists Joan and Irwin Jacobs give $10 million to Planned Parenthood (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Heated hearing over possible placement of sexually violent predator in Borrego Springs (10 News)
• Tribe Runs State's Only On-Reservation Brewery – in Valley Center (San Diego Business Journal)

STATE

• Californians can vote to make abortion a part of the state's constitution (NPR)
• Yosemite wildfire updates: Firefighting force grows; Wawona, Mariposa Grove remain threatened (Fresno Bee)
• Newsom Signs Law Allowing Californians to Sue Gun Manufacturers for Negligence (Times of San Diego)
• Politicians punch holes in California’s sunshine laws  (Cal Matters)
• Gavin Newsom plants flag on climate, spurring 2024 chatter (The Hill)

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June 13, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Ex-Christian youth theater employee pleads guilty to sex abuse charge (10 News)
• Navy to ‘pause’ non-deployed flight operations Monday after spate of crashes (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Lemon Grove will likely have a balanced budget, but not for the best reasons (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• East County cities pledge to find more homes for the homeless. How many places actually exist? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Surge of fentanyl deaths, staffing shortages create backlog in county Medical Examiner’s Office (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• New leader takes over Taylor Guitars, as founder steps back (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego County family sues over alleged Hepatitis A infections linked to strawberries (10 News)
• Lemon Grove residents would have an easier time building accessory units under proposal (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Rules for Outdoor Dining Spaces About to Get More Strict in City of San Diego (NBC San Diego)
• What to know about Bishop McElroy, who will soon be a cardinal (Catholic News Agency)

STATE

• California lawmakers push gun control legislation toward final approval by Gov. Newsom  (Sacramento Bee)
• The California Highway Patrol has 1,000 officer vacancies. A new campaign aims to fill them (Sacramento Bee)
• Invasive jumping earthworms spotted in California (Ecowatch)
• Pelosi’s Husband Faces Drunken Driving Charge in California (New York Times)

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May 7, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Anza-Borrego Park faces claims of neglecting rain ‘guzzlers,’ leading to bighorn sheep deaths (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego received virtually no rain in April, pushing region closer to ‘severe drought’ ranking (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Sempra to give record profits to investors on heels of SDG&E customer bill spikes (inewssource)
• What military equipment do La Mesa Police have? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Housing Subsidies Can’t Keep Pace with Surging Rents (Voice of San Diego)
• El Cajon will try sending some 911 calls to nurses, not hospitals. Here’s how it’s gone elsewhere (Los Angeles Times)
• Former tribal chairman accused of embezzling nearly $400K in federal funds in indictment (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Local residents open homes to Ukrainian refugees (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Orbeez shooters invade El Cajon (San Diego Reader)
• El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells doesn’t think Hasan Ikhrata should resign for wasting taxpayer money on steaks (KUSI)
• Supreme Court Sides With La Mesa Resident in Nazi-Looted Painting Suit (Patch)

STATE

• California energy officials warn of potential summer blackouts (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• California voters agreed to give prisoners shorter sentences. Did they mean violent ones, too? (Sacramento Bee)
• Here we go again: California coronavirus cases rising. Is a new wave coming soon? (Los Angeles Times)
• California Investigating Oil Companies for Alleged Plastic Recycling Deception (NPR)
• California lifts five-day quarantine rule for people exposed to COVID-19 but show no symptoms (Los Angeles Times)

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March 28, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Why Your Energy Bill Spiked This Year (Voice of San Diego) 
• Early COVID-19 indicators hint that the virus’ transmission is growing in San Diego. (KPBS)
• La Mesa city workers will get bonuses for vaccinations under new spending plan (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Realtor Brett Combs Is Ushering In a New Frontier in San Diego's Backcountry (San Diego Magazine)
• Work starts on controversial solar farm in Jacumba Hot Springs (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Pedestrian-friendly upgrades are set to start in Downtown Ramona (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Small plane crashes in East County; no injuries reported (Fox 5)
• ‘Humanitarian Parole’: U.S. Lets Ukrainians Fleeing War into United States from Tijuana (Reuters)
• Community gathers donations bound for Ukraine (East County Californian)
• San Diego Shrunk Last Year Because of Negative Domestic Migration (Voice of San Diego)
• Tire slashed in early morning road rage on a Santee highway (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Six-year sentence for driver in fiery fatal crash near Jamul (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• Newsom’s ambitious new plan for court-ordered treatment aims to help stem homelessness  (Los Angeles Times)
• COVID-19 variants in California: What is BA.2 or ‘stealth omicron’ and when did it arrive?  (Sacramento Bee)
• Biden giving millions to battle the opioid epidemic. How will it help California? (Sacramento Bee)
• Newsom signs bill to prevent health insurance companies, plans from charging abortion co-pays, fees  (AP)

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March 2, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Some school districts in rural San Diego County can’t catch a break with COVID  (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego restaurants pull Russian vodka and wear flags of solidarity to protest war in Ukraine (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego passes San Francisco as least affordable city in the United States (KUSI)
• Baber announces he won’t seek reelection in La Mesa (SD Rostra)
• San Diego's Decades-Old Valley Farms Market Closes BBQ Shack & Releases Plans For New Brewery Restaurant (SanDiegoVille)
• Anger surfaces at SDSU over rule requiring faculty to include Kumeyaay acknowledgment in syllabi (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego firefighter dies of COVID-19 complications (10 News)
• Trial Ordered For Man Accused Of Killing Ex's Twin Daughters (Patch)

STATE

• Will Russia’s attack on Ukraine push gas and food prices even higher? (Los Angeles Times)
• Fast-moving wildfire grows to 500 acres in Cleveland National Forest (Los Angeles Times)
• More college freshmen want to attend University of California schools (San Jose Mercury)
• San Francisco voters recall 3 school board members  (NPR)
• Newsom Rips Into Fox News, OAN, Newsmax, Calling Them “Propaganda Networks”; Announces New State Unit To Combat Misinformation (Yahoo News)

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February 3, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• California to pay for wildfire retrofits up to $40,000 per home, starting with rural San Diego (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Federal agency confirms San Diego has the highest electricity rates in the country (CBS 8)
• San Diego unemployment rate sinks. Here are the industries that are hiring (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• SDG&E Rates Have Gone Up — a LOT — and Here's Why (NBC 7)
• San Diego representatives prepare for primary challenges in new districts (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Taylor Guitars: A San Diego Success Story – Owners Leave Legacy in the Hands of Employees (San Diego Business Journal)
• Arson Suspected In Fire That Damaged Supervisor Fletcher's Home (Patch)
• From the Inside: San Diego County jail inmates describe filthy conditions, few COVID-19 protections (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego-born fundraising firms unite: GoFundMe Buying Nonprofit Fundraising Platform Classy (San Diego Business Journal)

STATE

• Don’t have a 401(k) through work? Californians have CalSavers and other options (Los Angeles Times)
• Teens could get vaccinated against parents’ wishes under proposed California law (Sacramento Bee)
• Kamala Harris announces wildfire money in California visit  (Los Angeles Times)
• December storms allow for ‘modest increase’ in state water deliveries  (Los Angeles Times)
• California judge delays enforcement of part of new bacon law (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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January 9, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• County warns of fake COVID-19 testing sites (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• New district maps pit some San Diego Assemblymembers against each other (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego gains a state senator under new California voting districts ((San Diego)
• Ambulances forced to wait longer as COVID fills up emergency rooms  (KPBS)
• San Diegans Turn to Private COVID-19 Testing Companies As Demand Soars (NBC 7)
• Border wait times swell as staffing shortages plague inspections booths (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Internet Hall of Fame inducts local (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• A plan to offer COVID-19 survivor benefits could pave the way for California ‘baby bonds’  (Los Angeles Times)
• California 2022 ballot will be heavy on health care (San Jose Mercury News)
• Kind of ridiculous’: Snowy foothills face very long waits for PG&E to restore power (Sacramento Bee)
• Gov. Gavin Newsom declares state storm emergency in multiple counties (Sacramento Bee)

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December 6, 2021 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Trial begins for former La Mesa police officer accused of lying on report (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Arsonist Who Set Fire to Chase Bank in La Mesa Sentenced to Probation (NBC San Diego)
• Lemon Grove Councilmember Liana LeBaron files complaint against city manager, city attorney (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego’s burrowing owls get new homes at Ramona Grasslands after sprawl drove them away (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• 'Making malicious threats'| CEO of Sullivan Solar Power arrested on felony stalking charges (CBS 8)
• Daniel Sullivan of Sullivan Solar Power a no-show at bail review hearing (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Santana Student Raped Countless Times in Early 1980s by Counselor, Suit Alleges (Times of San Diego)
• Black job applicant in San Diego sues company for discrimination over hairstyle (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• Police investigating several flash mob thefts in California (10 News)
• Rain, snow and chill are heading to Southern California this week (Los Angeles Times)
• ‘There is nothing alive on that tree’: Inside a giant sequoia grove scorched by the KNP Complex fire  (Los Angeles Times)
• Derby winner Medina Spirit collapses, dies in California (San Jose Mercury News)

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November 12, 2021 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Invasion of privacy or crime prevention? Santee considers new camera program (Fox 5)
• Common Cause warns El Cajon it may be violating state election law (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Poway Unified School District received death threats, board meetings now virtual (10 News)
• EXCLUSIVE: Sheriff Deputies’ Survey Airs Concerns, Resistance to Vaccines & Reforms (La Prensa)
• Rural Residents Largely on Their Own Negotiating Over Clean Energy Projects (Times of San Diego)
• La Mesa baker gets called into the spotlight (La Mesa Courier)
• The Pentagon released a new report showing….San Diego County receives more money from the Pentagon than almost any other county in the country.  (KPBS)
• Photographer lost 'entire life' in truck theft outside El Cajon theater (10 News)
• Recall effort launched against Poway Mayor Steve Vaus (10 News)

STATE

• Gavin Newsom reveals why he canceled Scotland trip: His kids staged an ‘intervention’ (Sacramento Bee)
• COVID-19 has cost LAFD $22.5 million in overtime, much of it to cover for sick firefighters (Los Angeles Times)
• Satellites reveal the secrets of water-guzzling farms in California (NPR)
• Can California Tourism Survive Climate Change? (New York Times)

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October 10, 2021 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Helix Water District does about-face with shutoff plan for non-paying customers (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• AT&T funded launch of San Diego’s far right One America News (Reuters)
• San Diego County Pays Nearly $3 Million to Settle Jail Suicide Lawsuit (NBC San Diego)
• Working families ordinance moves forward, but faces pushback from business owners (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Despite risks as front-line workers, many local police, sheriff’s deputies hold out on COVID-19 vaccines (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• Gavin Newsom signs law aimed at cracking down on illegal street racing and ‘sideshows’ (Sacramento Bee)
• California protects reporters covering protests with new law (10 News)
• As drought worsens, California farmers are being paid not to grow crops (Los Angeles Times)
• Beaches closed, wildlife dead after Southern California oil spill  (NPR)
• California makes ethnic studies a high school requirement (KPBS)

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August 31, 2021 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• ​Grossmont Center, family-owned for 60 years, sells to firm with redevelopment plans (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Ramona School Board bans teaching of race theories (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Legal Marijuana Shops Are Taking on the Black Market (Voice of San Diego)
• Angry County Meeting on COVID Rules: ‘We’re Coming After Every One of You’ (Times of San Diego)
• Bankruptcy for OAN? Dominion Libel Suit Imperils San Diego Cable Outlet (Times of San Diego)
• California Border Patrol agents fired upon from Mexico while detaining migrants in mountain range (Fox)
• Supervisors OK proposal for more law enforcement on illegal pot shops (Fox5)

STATE

• Caldor Fire Grows 15 Miles Overnight in California, Nearing Nevada Border (Newsweek)
• Visiting the hospital or a nursing home? Have your vaccination card ready (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Court rules California gig worker initiative is unconstitutional (Reuters)
• Kevin Faulconer blasts California recall rival Larry Elder over past comments on women (Sacramento Bee)
• Toxic algae bloom considered in death of California family in Sierra National Forest (Press Democrat)
• Drought-stricken California on Thursday shut down one of its largest hydroelectric plants because there's not enough water to power it. (KPBS)
• RFK assassin Sirhan granted parole with support of 2 Kennedys  (San Diego Union-Tribune) 
• California could require COVID-19 vaccines at indoor restaurants, bars, gyms and more (Mercury News) 

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