DANGEROUS NEW STORM SYSTEM HITS AREA, DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES
By Miriam Raftery Photo credit: SDG&E January 22, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) — Another round of heavy rain soaking our region will continue into Monday. This strong storm system is forecast to potentially bring more flash flooding, river flooding, and debris flows. A winter storm warning is in effect for mountain areas with snow likely to dip down to 3,500 feet by Monday night. Gusty winds across the county have already begun toppling trees and impacting power lines. An outage in Pine Valley is expected to be restored at 6 p.m. In La Mesa, Bancroft drive is closed between Golondrina and Edgewood due to a downed tree. A person rescued after being swept into the ocean by a high wave in Ocean Beach has died; please avoid walking along the shore, swimming or surfing until storms subside. Roads that cross the San Diego River in Mission Valley are closed due to flooding including Fashion Valley Rd., Avenida del Rio, San Diego Mission Rd. and La Media. Also, a gas protest in Mexico has shut down the border at San Ysidro. Southbound I-5 into Mexico is closed, Caltrans reports. Also closed are southbound I-5 and 805 South at I-905, with traffic rerouted to the Otay Mesa crossing. If you know of a storm-related incident such as a flooded road, downed powerlines, rockslide or other hazard, please post in comments section below this story and email editor@eastcountymagazine.org. You can also sign up for our free emergency alerts via email at the top right side of this page to get email alerts and follow EastCountyAlert on Twitter for alerts on your cell phone.
PARTY IN THE STARS JANUARY 28: LA MESA ARTS FOUNDATON BENEFIT
East County News Service January 22, 2017 (La Mesa) – The La Mesa Arts Foundation invites you to “Party in the Stars” at the La Mesa Community Center on January 28th. The event will benefit the La Mesa Arts Academy. The event will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. after an earlier VIP reception. Party in the Stars will include live music, food and a silent auction. For tickets ($50 main event, $500 VIP event) visit www.LaMesaArts.org.
COUNTY SUED OVER CHANGES TO FOREST CONSERVATION PLAN
By Miriam Raftery January 22, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) – Cleveland National Forest Foundation (CNF) and Save Our Forest and Ranchlands (SOFAR) filed a lawsuit against San Diego County last week in San Diego Superior Court. The suit argues that Supervisors adopted an amendment to the Forest Conservation Initiative (FCI) based on a faulty environmental analysis and failed to identity ways to minimize impacts of the new plan. Those contentions are disputed by the County and some prominent East County residents. The FCI was approved by over two-thirds of voters countywide in 1993 to protect Cleveland National Forest from piecemeal development. It set minimum lot sizes of 40 acres on privately owned properties within the forest and created boundaries for existing country towns in the forest to encourage “compact development,” according to a press release issued by the environmental groups CNF and SOFAR. A sunset clause allowed the FCI to expire on December 31, 2010, including a requirement for voter approval of zoning changes within the protected area. Supervisors recently approved an amendment to the General Plan that allows much smaller parcels in some portions of the forest. “The Forest Conservation Initiative is one of San Diego County’s most important planning success stories,” said Duncan McFetridge of the Cleveland National Forest Foundation. “The Board of Supervisors should do everything it can to protect and strengthen the FCI; instead, it’s doing just the opposite.” The groups’ press release contends, “Smaller parcels encourage development outside of existing town boundaries within the forest. San Diego County has already zoned sufficient land to support the development of tens of thousands of homes in the unincorporated parts of the county. Its own General Plan calls for consolidating development around existing country towns to reduce vehicle travel and minimize greenhouse gas emissions. The approved plan disregards those policies.” But George Barnett, a member of the Alpine Community Planning Group, disputes that contention and notes that the county’s changes are consistent with the ACPG’s recommendations. “It is very much the case…that in many instances the `old’ density in fact is more dense than the post-FCI proposals,” Barnett observes. In greatest dispute is an area of Alpine near the Viejas Casino along Interstate 8. Barnett adds, “The adoption of the old values for purposes of moving the general update forward was formally voted on by the ACPG at a meeting that CNFF’s president Jack Shue attended.” He said Shue presented his views but was “figuratively tarred and feathered from the floor by the large public turnout. They voiced frustrations of having their private property rights trampled by opponents that don’t live there.” But the lawsuit’s backers contend that there is more at stake than landowners’ rights. “San Diego County continues to underestimate the threat of climate change by encouraging development in far-flung areas,” noted attorney Catherine Engberg of Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, who represents CNFF in the case, along with Marco Gonzalez of Coast Law Group. “It’s unfortunate that yet another lawsuit had to be filed to force the county to comply with state mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” In addition to concerns about climate change and disrupting forest habitat, the lawsuit claims there are flaws in the environmental analysis for the FCI amendment with regard to threats to water supplies, increased fire risk and harm to wildlife in the forest. Under the California Environmental Quality Act, the county is required to consider alternatives that minimize environmental harm when it adopts a zoning change like the one included in the FCI amendment. The lawsuit argues that the environmental impact report used to justify the amendment was based on flawed assumptions that led to a faulty analysis. The lawsuit also argues that the FCI amendment is inconsistent with county General Plan policies aimed at aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions and flouts current court orders requiring the adoption of a robust and binding Climate Action Plan and related policies. The county is currently defending separate lawsuits brought by the Sierra Club and the Golden Door Spa challenging its failure to adopt and implement a legally adequate Climate Action Plan. Barring a judicial action to halt the County’s General Plan update, the update is expected to take another 18 months to be implemented, Barnett told ECM.
RESIDENTS ASKED TO REPORT STORM DAMAGE
Source: SD County Emergency January 20, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) – San Diego County residents experiencing significant damage to their homes or businesses are requested to report it to the County Office of Emergency Services online: http://www.sdcountyrecovery.com/damages-resulting-from-disaster/ Completion of this form will assist the County and City in collecting damage information and associated costs with the series of winter storms moving through our area. Compiling total costs throughout the county will assist local governments in determining whether we might qualify for state or federal disaster recovery assistance. Completing the form is not a guarantee of any assistance. A third round of storms will hit the County Sunday afternoon. Winds will be somewhat less intense (10 mph less in most locations) but the National Weather Service predicts significant rain, particularly Sunday afternoon into the night. An additional 1-2 inches of rain is expected at the coast, as well as 3 inches inland and 4-6 inches in the mountains.
“A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER: NARCISSISM IN THE ERA OF DONALD TRUMP” A MUST READ
Book review by Joe Gandelman, Editor in Chief, The Moderate Voice Reprinted with permission from The Moderate Voice, a member of the San Diego Online News Network January 22, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) – A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissim in the Era of Donald Trump was written before the election — but boy is it needed to be read now. It’s a thoughtful volume comprised of contributions by psychiatrists, doctors, psychologists– and a notable storyteller-author-clinical-psychologist that’ll be read for many years and deserves to be read and studied. Because there is a history of narcissism in world history and politics. And in world history, leaders who fit the definition of having narcissistic personality disorder often don’t often fare well — and their countries may fare worse. One thing they do: they backhand societal and political norms, often get away with it and can change their societies, often little by little, sometimes abruptly — and often legally. You could now say Donald Trump is a narcissistic leader in a Viva Yo narcissistic century and country: after all, this is a century where many people post countless grinning selfies and some (including me) put photos of what they ate for lunch on Facebook. Anyone with a camera also can create their very own YouTube channel and smugly appear in videos. Deep down, youknow you’re a star. Now you can re-affirm this certainty via social media you put up yourself, without having to jump through hoops held up last century by pesky editors, casting agents, producers, etc. But Donald Trump is an extremely serious subject — a man who will lead the country and control the levers of Big Power that come with being voted into the Oval Office in a time of hyper-partisanship, when a key characteristic of our politics is unfettered hypocrisy. Long-held principles are quickly — and shamelessly — discarded to help a political tribe attain and cling to power. The U.S. has become a narcissistic society, but A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of Donald Trump focuses on the issue of narcissists who become politicians. They can be highly seductive, help transform minds by the use of a repeated lie stream so steady and whopping that they are almost impossible to all refute. They paint themselves as someone who’ll save the nation and become almost Gods as they carefully inspire and/or work to create a cult of personality. One author notes that a political narcissist will discard a person who is no longer useful “as Kleenex tissue full of mucus.” Since Trump’s election, we’ve seen signs of that and other traits described by this book’s many authors. A Clear and Present Danger is organized into four basic sections: “Narcissism in the Era of Donald Trump” and one on “Personal Narcissism”, “Archetypal Narcissism”, and “Closing Thoughts.” This is an extremely serious book, not a quickly done medley of blog posts or tiresome partisan rants. You could re-title this Demagoguery for Dummies since it shows how Trump fits an archetype we’ve seen throughout history, and also explores how and why his followers will accept anything he asserts as truth (even when it is not), excitedly applaud him when he name-calls, and defend him when he repeatedly ignores norms (which do not stay norms unless they are vigorously kept in place). Expect our “givens” not to be so given. We’ve seen this already not just during the campaign but since his election win. Above all, this is a serious, scholarly book written by serious authors. Some of the essays are easier to read than others. There are four standouts — and the two real standouts are the ones by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, who is known as “Dr. E,” and is The Moderate Voice’s Managing Editor. However, she is best known as an American poet, Jungian psychoanalyst, post-trauma recovery specialist, author and spoken word artist. Her book “Women Who Run With the Wolves” was on the New York Times’ best seller list for 144 weeks, and she has readers all over the world. One stand out is an essay on Italian dictator Benito Mussolini: John McClain explores Italian fascism, noting that one slogan was “Make Italy Great Again.” Mussolini actually articulated a specific definition of Fascism (go here for a page with his quotes about fascism and democracy). In the case of Mussolini (who was one of German dictator Adolf Hitler’s role models), he notes that Mussolini was charismatic and how with narcissistic democracy-threatening leaders facts matter much less than their charisma and ability to create emotional connection. Mussolini was the youngest Prime Minister in Italian history, spawned the cult of Mussolini, and combined almost a mystical appeal to his followers combined with an appeal of extreme militarism. In the end, one writer notes, the narcissistic leader’s slogan should be “My will be done.” Yet another standout is “Trumplestilskin,” by Dr. Leonard Cruz, which among other things notes how a narcissist can get themselves in trouble which ultimately leads to self-destruction. Dr. Estes offers an essay that is compelling and highly unusual in concept and execution. The idea has been attempted since the book came out — but no one has done it as pointedly, clearly, and as well researched. She does an entire chapter dealing with Trump without once mentioning his name. Rather, she contrasts Hitler’s rise and fall with the rise and fall of the folk character Bluebeard. On the left side of the page, there’s a detailed, chronological account of Bluebeard’s rise and fall. On the left is a detailed parallel chronological account (clearly researched from many history books) on the rise and fall of Hitler. Immediately after Trump’s election, a California high school teacher was suspended for telling his class that there were historical parallels with the rise of Hitler and the rise of Trump. In fact, there ARE — as any number of books will show. Only Dr. Estes presents it so perfectly compact and detailed that the sense of
TRUMP CANCELS MORTGAGE INSURANCE RATE CUT FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS UNDER FHA, DRAWS OPPOSITION FROM REALTORS AND HOME BUILDERS
By Miriam Raftery January 22, 2017 (San Diego) – Representatives for the California Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors, and National Association of Homebuilders have all voiced opposition to an executive order issued by President Trump that could add as much as $1,500 to costs for some first-time homebuyers. The order cancels a pending rate cut for mortgage insurance paid by homebuyers on FHA-backed mortgages, that was ordered by the Obama administration. “With sufficient reserves on hand to meet future claims, it’s time for FHA to pass along some modest savings to working families,” Obama’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, said when he announced the cuts. But Trump’s nominee for HUD Secretary Ben Carson, said in Senate confirmation hearings that he supports cancelling those cuts. Carson has not yet been confirmed, but Trump issued the executive order rolling back the cuts Friday as one of his first presidential actions. Trump’s action to raise mortgage insurance costs for first-time and low-income homebuyers on FHA-backed loans seems to fly in the face of Trump’s inauguration speech pledge that every action he takes would aim to benefit working families. Some Republicans have sought to justify the rollback by saying if low-income buyers default on loans, the FHA could be unable to cover those losses, leaving taxpayers footing the bill. The FHA got a $1.7 billion bailout in 2013 when the subprime mortgage market collapsed. But the FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund’s capital reserve ratio has exceeded requirements for the past two years, the Los Angeles Times reports. California Association of Realtors President Geoff McIntosh issued a statement calling on Trump to reverse his action. McIntosh says, “FHA’s single-family home portfolio is financially sound as it has ever been, and we hope that once the new administration has thoroughly reviewed the merits of the premium reduction, the suspension will immediately be lifted.” The National Association of Realtors estimates Trump’s action will increase home buying costs for over a quarter of a million Americans in the next year alone.“ The association’s president bill Brown told Huffington Post, “We’re disappointed in the decision but will continue making the case to reinstate the cut in the months ahead.” A spokesman for the National Association of Home Builders also opposes the Trump executive order and says the organization will work with Trump’s administration. “We feel confident that they will reinstate the reduction,” the spokesman reportedly told Huffington Post. Nationwide, new FHA borrowers would have saved $500 a year with the rate cut, the Obama administration had estimated. But in California, where housing costs are higher than the national average, much more is at stake. The California Association of Realtors estimates that the cut would have saved homebuyers in California with FHA-backed loans an average of $860 a year. In San Diego, where the media cost of housing is even higher than statewide, losses for homebuyers could be far higher. On a $600,000 loan with a down payment under 5% on a 30-year mortgage, homebuyers must now pay $1,500 more due to Trump’s action. The hike in mortgage insurance costs for homebuyers helped by the FHA program is the second blow for first-time and low-income homebuyers, coming on the heels of an interest rate hike shortly after the November election. A slowdown in the nation’s home buying market could also have broad ramifications for the economy overall.
TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER COULD WEAKEN HEALTHCARE PROTECTIONS, RAISE PREMIUM COSTS AND DESTABILIZE INSURANCE MARKET, EXPERTS WARN
By Miriam Raftery January 22, 2017 (Washington D.C.) – In one of his first actions as President, Donald Trump signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies to reduce financial costs of the Affordable Care Act on insurance companies, healthcare providers and patients, allowing agencies to “waive, defer, grant exemptions or delay implementation of any provision or requirement” of the ACA, also known as Obamacare. California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued a stating blasting the decision. “Based on my experience as the regulator of the largest insurance market in the United States, this Executive Order is likely to destabilize health insurance markets across the United States. President Trump’s Executive Order is also contrary to his promise to provide health care coverage to all Americans,” Jones says. Trump has pledged to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with terrific “insurance for everybody,” though Republican leaders in Congress have quickly said they believe the President meant access to healthcare, meaning the option to purchase insurance—not guaranteed healthcare for all as all other industrialized nations in the world currently have. Jones says Trump’s order will “create uncertainty in health insurance markets as to whether the federal government will enforce critically important provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The Executive Order specifically directs federal agencies not to enforce ACA provisions that make sure that all Americans are getting health insurance so that the costs of treating sick and unhealthy Americans are spread across large enough risk pools,” he notes. “Without enforcement of these ACA provisions, many health insurers will ultimately be forced to withdraw from health insurance markets.” That would “decrease competition, make health insurance unavailable, and drive up health insurance prices,” he predicts. A major insurance company spokesman agrees. Larry Levitt, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, says Trump’s order is likely to result in widespread waivers from the individual mandate for insurance which he predicts “would likely create chaos in the individual insurance market.” David Anderson, health policy analyst at Duke University, believes such actions would make the market “sicker and an overage more expensive,” for consumers, Politico has reported. The order doesn’t specifically exactly what would be cut or waived. However, one stated goal is to “provide greater flexibility to States.” The Washington Post suggests this could open the door to changing rules for states that expanded Medicare under the ACA, an action that could affect many low-income Americans. Reuters reports that Joe Antos at the American Institute Think Tank has suggested that insurance companies might be allowed to offer policies that exclude costly items such as maternity care, coverage that is required under the ACA to protect mothers and their unborn babies. Under Trump’s order, agencies could also roll back taxes on health insurers, medical device makers and the wealthy that have been used to help finance costs of the ACA. Trump’s administration could allow employers to avoid ACA requirements to cover workers or face penalties. It is unclear how much of the ACA Trump could dismantle through executive action, without action by Congress, which passed the ACA. But the Republican-controlled Senate already voted to begin repeal of the ACA, without waiting for a replacement. The House, also in Republican control, voted many times during Obama’s administration to repeal the ACA without a replacement plan. Repeal of the ACA would also affect people who never had an ACA or Obamacare plan, since the ACA also set rules for private insurance companies such as prohibiting insurers from denying coverage to people due to preexisting conditions, and allowing parents to keep kids on their plans until age 25. President Trump, on the campaign trail, repeatedly vowed to repeal Obamacare but has said he would replace it—not create a massive void of uncertainty in the marketplace. Congressional Republicans who ran on a platform of repealing the ACA are now learning that it may be more difficult than they anticipated, with recent polls showing over 60% of Americans now support the ACA and don’t want it repealed, though many acknowledge problems with the ACA that they want to see fixed, such as high premiums for some middle-income people and a shortage of doctors accepting Medicare patients due to an increase in people enrolled in Medicare and lower reimbursement rates for physicians. Editor’s Note: We are basing our excerpts of Trump’s Executive Order from copies posted in articles by members of the White House press corps, since the White House website’s press room to date has nothing posted under presidential actions, executive orders, press briefings, statements or news releases. Other than Trump’s inaugural speech, not a word of anything he has done since the swearing in ceremony Friday has yet appeared at www.WhiteHouse.gov for the public and press across the nation to evaluate – a troubling departure from prior administrations that have promptly posted such materials. Nor is there any press contact listed for media to call or e-mail with questions.
RAMONA DRIVER, NOT WEARING SEATBELT, KILLED IN ROLLOVER ACCIDENT
East County News Service January 22, 2017 (Ramona) – A Ramona man died in a rollover crash Thursday evening after the 2006 Ford F-150 pickup he was driving on westbound Highland Valley Road west of Voorhes Lane drifted off the roadway. “He overcorrected back to the left and lost control prior to overturning. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the truck,” says California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Pearlstein. The Ramona man succumbed to his injuries at the scene. No other vehicles were involved and it appears alcohol may have been a factor, Officer Pearlstein said.
TOP CLIMATE SCIENTIST AT SCRIPPS INSTITUTE DENOUNCES TRUMP ENERGY PLAN AS “TRAGIC”
By Miriam Raftery, East County Magazine “In stark terms, hundreds of millions of people will die – and countless species become extinct – because of eight more years of US inaction.” – Jeffrey Severinghaus, PhD January 22, 2017 (San Diego) – One of the world’s top climate scientists is speaking out to denounce President Donald Trump’s energy plan and warn of its dire consequences for humanity. Jeffrey Severinghaus, PhD from Scripps Institute of Oceanography in San Diego actually measures the ice cores in Antaractica and Greenland. “This is sad, and tragic,” Jeffrey Severinghaus, PhD, told East County Magazine after we sent him a copy of the energy plan posted at Whitehouse.gov by the Trump administration and informed him that climate change has been removed from the issues page at the White House website, along with all data on climate science previously posted there. Severinghaus warns bluntly, “We as a species cannot afford four more years—or eight, of delay on climate action. The stakes are simply too high.” Severinghaus is a professor of geosciences at Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. He was recently appointed to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences during the Obama administration. His work on climate science has won many prestigious awards. Dr. Severinghaus has pioneered research efforts measuring trapped gas bubbles in ice cores in Antarctica and Greenland to detect past ocean temperature changes. (Hear our radio interview last year with Dr. Severinghaus, in which he explains clearly how molecular structures of those ice samples prove climate change is caused or accelerated by carbon from burning fossil fuels–not a natural cycle.) Trump’s energy plan posted at the White House website calls for increased oil drilling and fracking, especially on public lands, as well as increased coal production—all fossil fuels that emit greenhouse gas emissions, worsening climate change, according to 98% of the world’s climate scientists. Trump’s plan makes no mention of solar, wind, or any other renewable resource, nor even of conservation. In an email to East County Magazine on Saturday, Severinghaus elaborated on his concerns, stating, “Recent research has shown that we only have a decade to radically decarbonize the U.S. economy before we lock in a path exceeding the `safe’ threshold of 2 degrees C global warming. In stark terms, hundreds of millions of people will die – and countless species become extinct – because of eight more years of US inaction.” He does see one bright spot. “The good news is that California and other western states are going ahead without the federal government,” Dr. Severinghaus observes, adding, “We can be proud of our State and the visionary leadership it is providing on this issue. California is on track to meet its commitment to decarbonize, by investing heavily in solar and wind power, and by making direct agreements with dozens of other nations. We are also creating high-paying jobs by becoming the green-tech manufacturing hub.” What can citizens do? Severinghaus offers this advice on a proposal that he believes should have bipartisan appeal. “Now we need to push hard on our Congress to pass a carbon fee and dividend, which will make solar and wind even more competitive with fossil,” he says. “Carbon fee and dividend is the only solution that is politically palatable because the government does not keep one dime of revenue – all proceeds from the fee are returned to the US citizens with their tax return check each year.” Below is the Trump energy plan, as it appears today, posted Friday after the Inauguration, at https://www.whitehouse.gov/america-first-energy: An America First Energy Plan Energy is an essential part of American life and a staple of the world economy. The Trump Administration is committed to energy policies that lower costs for hardworking Americans and maximize the use of American resources, freeing us from dependence on foreign oil. For too long, we’ve been held back by burdensome regulations on our energy industry. President Trump is committed to eliminating harmful and unnecessary policies such as the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. rule. Lifting these restrictions will greatly help American workers, increasing wages by more than $30 billion over the next 7 years. Sound energy policy begins with the recognition that we have vast untapped domestic energy reserves right here in America. The Trump Administration will embrace the shale oil and gas revolution to bring jobs and prosperity to millions of Americans. We must take advantage of the estimated $50 trillion in untapped shale, oil, and natural gas reserves, especially those on federal lands that the American people own. We will use the revenues from energy production to rebuild our roads, schools, bridges and public infrastructure. Less expensive energy will be a big boost to American agriculture, as well. The Trump Administration is also committed to clean coal technology, and to reviving America’s coal industry, which has been hurting for too long. In addition to being good for our economy, boosting domestic energy production is in America’s national security interest. President Trump is committed to achieving energy independence from the OPEC cartel and any nations hostile to our interests. At the same time, we will work with our Gulf allies to develop a positive energy relationship as part of our anti-terrorism strategy. Lastly, our need for energy must go hand-in-hand with responsible stewardship of the environment. Protecting clean air and clean water, conserving our natural habitats, and preserving our natural reserves and resources will remain a high priority. President Trump will refocus the EPA on its essential mission of protecting our air and water. A brighter future depends on energy policies that stimulate our economy, ensure our security, and protect our health. Under the Trump Administration’s energy policies, that future can become a reality.
AZTECS WOMEN’S TENNIS DEFEATS UC SAN DIEGO IN HOME OPENER
SDSU improves all-time record over Tritons to 6-0 Source: goaztecs.com Photo courtesy goaztecs.com January 21, 2017 (San Diego) – San Diego State women’s tennis team starts its season 1-0 after defeating UC San Diego at its home opener Saturday. The Aztecs were able to log a 4-3 victory over the Tritons, improving SDSU’s all-time record against UCSD to 6-0. The day began with doubles action, where Jana Buth and Paola Diaz were unable to get past Britta Mosser and Shannon Theisen, falling 6-4. SDSU was able to respond with a pair of 7-5 doubles victories shortly after, with Mia Smith and Berta Acero logging a win against Alexandra Weil and Madison Hale, and Kennedy Davis and Olivia Larsson taking down Ashley Chao and Becky Chou. After claiming the doubles point, the Aztecs logged the first singles win with Kennedy Davis downing Chou in the third spot, 6-3, 6-4. In the top spot, Buth also walked away with a win against Mosser in a two-set match, 7-6 (5), 6-1. The Tritons continued to battle in the last four singles matches, as Berta Acero gave way to UCSD’s Valeria Corral in the sixth position, falling in a 6-2, 6-4 decision. Larsson also fell in the fifth spot, as Alexandra Weil nailed down a 6-3, 7-6 (n) victory. With SDSU only needing one of the remaining points to clinch the decision, the No. 4 match went to the Aztecs as Diaz battled to take down Jasmine Hosseini, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, giving the Aztecs the overall win. In the day’s last match, Smith could not get past her opponent in the second spot, falling to UCSD’s Chao, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Entering its season 1-0, San Diego State will continue its home stand at the Aztec Tennis Center next weekend as the team takes on Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, Jan. 28, with first serve set for 10 a.m. San Diego State 4, UC San Diego 3 Aztec Tennis Center San Diego, Calif. Jan. 21, 2017 Doubles competition 1. Britta Mosser/Shannon Theisen (UCSD) def. Jana Buth/Paola Diaz (SDSU) 6-4 2. Kennedy Davis/Olivia Larsson (SDSU) def. Ashley Chao/Becky Chou (UCSD) 7-5 3. Mia Smith/Berta Acero (SDSU) def. Alexandra Weil/Madison Hale (UCSD) 7-5 Order of finish: 1, 3, 2 SDSU wins doubles point Singles competition 1. Jana Buth (SDSU) def. Britta Mosser (UCSD) 7-6 (5), 6-1 2. Ashley Chao (UCSD) def. Mia Smith (SDSU) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 3. Kennedy Davis (SDSU) def. Becky Chou (UCSD) 6-4, 6-3 4. Paola Diaz (SDSU) def. Jasmine Hosseini (UCSD) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 5. Alexandra Weil (UCSD) def. Olivia Larsson (SDSU) 6-3, 7-6 (n) 6. Valeria Corral (UCSD) def. Berta Acero (SDSU) 6-2, 6-4 Order of finish: 3, 1, 6, 5, 4*, 2 *Match clinching victory