March 2015
East County Magazine
SCIENCE AND HEALTH HIGHLIGHTS
Printer-friendly versionMarch 19, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) — Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY A fully transparent solar cell that could make every window and screen a power source (OffGridQuest) All new EU cars will need emergency call technology from 2018 (Reuters) HEALTH Smart bandages detect bandages
JUDGE RULES FOR SD UNIFIED IN SUIT AGAINST ALPINE DISTRICT OVER ENDEAVOR ACADEMY
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery March 19, 2015 (Alpine) – Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Gunther has ruled in favor of the San Diego Unified School District in a lawsuit filed against the Alpine Union School District over the Endeavor Academy (also known as the Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences, Inc.). View the judge’s order here. “He
CITY SUES MONSANTO
Printer-friendly version By Ed Barrena March 18, 2015 (San Diego) – The City of San Diego has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto and other chemical companies in U.S. District Court. The suit seeks damages for harm caused by polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBS in the waters of San Diego Bay, the Reader reports. In 2012, a study by the San
BLUE SHIELD STRIPPED OF NONPROFIT STATUS IN CALIFORNIA
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery March 18, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – Blue Shield of California, the state’s third largest health insurance company, has lost its nonprofit status. The California Franchise Tax Board revoked Blue Shield’s nonprofit status in August but the decision was only made public this week in a Los Angeles Times article. Consumer Watchdog president
EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS
Printer-friendly versionMarch 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 Green-Friendly Rules Adopted For San Diego County Homes (City News Service) Drought Deepens But No New Water Restrictions For San Diego County (KPBS) We’re Having the Wrong Conversation
ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS
Printer-friendly versionMarch 19, 2015 (San Diego’s East County)– East County Magazine’s World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include: U.S.
DESTINATION EAST COUNTY: TOP FESTIVALS AND EVENTS MARCH 21 – APRIL 12
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery March 17, 2015 (San Diego’s East County)–This week’s Destination East County includes a star party and a free community festival in Lakeside, theater, and musical events. Plus we’ll have a preview of coming attractions including some major music festivals, historical renactments, egg hunt extravaganzas and a family fiddle camp. Stay tuned for all of these
APRIL POOLS DAY: APRIL 11 IN LA MESA
Printer-friendly version March 19, 2015 (La Mesa) – The City of La Mesa will host April Pools Day to promote water safety. The event will be held – no, not on April Fool’s Day, but on April 11th from 12-3 p.m. at the La Mesa Municipal Pool, 5100 Memorial Drive, La Mesa, CA 9142. Activities include swimming lessons, water
KRAFT RECALLS MACARONI AND CHEESE
Printer-friendly version By Leon Thompson March 18, 2015 – (San Diego’s East County) That familiar blue box dinner may have shards of metal in it. Kraft has recalled its Macaroni & Cheese dinners, after receiving eight consumer complaints. The recalled product is limited to the 242,000 cases of the Original flavor of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinners common 7.25-oz.
SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS IN OPEN GOVERNMENT LAWS
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery March 18, 2015 (San Diego)–This week is sunshine week, when media outlets are supposed to report to the public on just how well – or poorly—public officials and agencies have done in responding to public records requests under open government laws. Ironically, during sunshine week, the White House announced that it’s Office of Administration
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