January 16, 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 

• Calif desert aquifers contain high chemical levels (Sacramento Bee)
• California Poverty Rate Highest in Nation Based on New Census Department Figures(Huffington Post)
• Judge continues to block part of Calif. Initiative on human trafficking  (Sacramento Bee)
• Calif. teachers fund moves to divest from firearms (Sacramento Bee)
• Pilfering plastic a booming industry in Calif. (Sacramento Bee)
• Can San Andreas Break At Once? Study Says Maybe (AP)

LOCAL//REGIONAL

• Gillespie Field Expansion Brings Promise And Controversy(KPBS)
• Filner’s agenda for change tempered by finances (U-T San Diego)
• Murder rises second year in row U-T San Diego)
• DA: La Mesa doctor is a fake (U-T San Diego)
• Date set for power plant implosion (UT San Diego)
• Steps taken for possible restart at Cal nuke plant (Sacramento Bee)
• Ground rules set for Somali terrorism trial (U-T San Diego)
• How Will Junior Seau's CTE Diagnosis Affect The Next Generation? (KPBS)
• Local college students turning to ‘sugar daddies?’ (U-T San Diego)
• FBI Says Crime Rates Increased Across San Diego Area In First Half Of 2012 (KPBS)
• San Diego Lawsuit Says Blue Cross Illegally Targeting HIV/AIDS Patients (KPBS)
• City Heights Stuck in the Middle of Filner-Gloria Spat (Voice of San Diego)
• San Diego Will Take A $40 Million Hit On Pension Costs (KPBS)
• San Diego Ordinance Would Require Businesses To Increase Recycling (KPBS)
• Shames sues UCAN for libel (U-T San Diego)

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September 20, 2012  --  (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

• County invokes state suspension of meeting laws (UT San Diego)
• SDG&E to pay federal government $643 million for fire damage (North County Times)
• Cal-Trans wins fatal crash suit, asks family to pay (UT San Diego)
• 2 former Navy Seals from San Diego killed in embassy attack (10 News)
• Scientists weigh effects of climate change: Scripps conference seeks solution to sea level rise (North County Times)
• Sycamore landfill approved after years of litigation (Santee Patch)
• Lawsuit aims to reveal misuse of baseball funds at Grossmont High (La Mesa Patch)

STATE

• Cal State system to hike tuition 5% if Prop 30 fails (Los Angeles Times)
• Jerry Brown and Molly Munger both want to raise taxes to help schools, but differ on approach (Sacramento Bee)
• Brown signs overhaul of California’s worker compensation (Sacramento Bee)
• 700 bills on Brown’s desk (Sacramento Bee)
• State restricts military funeral protests (UT San Diego)
• California Legislature approves public pension changes (Sacramento Bee)
• The Salton Sea: Death and Politics in the Great American Water War (Wired)

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