March 2015
East County Magazine
COUNTY OPENS PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM MARCH 16 – APRIL 30
Printer-friendly version March 5, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – The County of San Diego opens a new application cycle for the Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) Program! The program provides financial compensation to eligible property owners in exchange for placing an agricultural conservation easement on their property. Since the inception of the program over 1,150 acres have
SDG&E EXCEEDS DIVERSE SPENDING GOALS NINE YEARS IN A ROW
Printer-friendly version March 3, 2015 (San Diego)– San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) announced another strong year of purchasing goods and services with diverse suppliers, exceeding the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) diverse spending goal for the ninth year in a row. In 2014, SDG&E reported that 44.4 percent or nearly $492 million of products and services were purchased
COUNTY TO AUCTION 324 PROPERTIES MARCH 24
Printer-friendly version March 3, 2015 (San Diego) – San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister has announced that the County will be auctioning off 324 local properties on March 24th. Registration to bid on these properties is now open. The lowest minimum bid will start at $1,200 and the highest is currently set to start at $1,960,000. Minimum bids
SOITEC WITHDRAWS ONE OF TWO PROJECTS IN BOULEVARD
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery March 3, 2015 (Boulevard) – After winning approval of Supervisors for two controversial industrial-scale projects in Boulevard, Soitec Solar in a surprise announcement has withdrawn one of them. Soitec Project Manager Patrick Brown has advised the County that Soitec is exiting the solar business and has been unable to find a buyer for its
FEMALE EL CAJON POLICE OFFICER FILES SUIT ALLEGING DISCRIMINATION
Printer-friendly version East County News Service March 5, 2015 (El Cajon) – El Cajon Police Officer Christine Greer has filed a lawsuit against the department alleging discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation and disability. She also filed suit against Sergeant Richard Gonsalves, who reportedly texted nude photos of his genitals to Greer and other female officers. 10 News reports
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR THREATENING TO “SHOOT UP” LAKESIDE SCHOOL
Printer-friendly version March 5, 2015 (Lakeside) – Sheriff’s deputies arrested a woman Thursday for threatening to “shoot up” a school in the Lakeside area. Sarah Joy Lomaintewa, 26, will be charged with making terrorist threats and threatening a school. The incident began shortly after midnight, when the Sheriff’s Department received a radio call reporting a possible threat of violence
VIEW EL CAJON PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT DATA OBTAINED BY EAST COUNTY MAGAZINE THROUGH A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
Printer-friendly version By East County Magazine View a detailed list of pedestrian accidents resulting in serious injuries or deaths in El Cajon March 5, 2015 (El Cajon)–El Cajon has had 17 fatality pedestrian accidents from 2011 to 2014, including six on Main and East Main Street. The city also had 61 serious injury accidents involving pedestrians during the same
JULIAN’S NEW DISASTER ACTION TEAM
Printer-friendly version Left to right: Brian Kramer, CalFire Engineer Brian Hodo, Pat Landis, Jan Payne, Firefighter Dallas Tinsman, Sheana Fry, Firefighter Anthony Rossetti, Cathy Ozbun, Kathy Payne, Les Turner, Greg Hidley, Ron Ozbun March 6, 2015 (Julian)—Julian Cuyamaca Fire Department CERT and RED CROSS have partnered to develop a Disaster Action Team (DAT) to serve San Diego County back
THE ANOINTED SON
Printer-friendly version Valdez stars in Oedipus Rex, running March 7-29 By Mimi Pollack Photo by Daren Scott March 6, 2015 (San Diego)–It couldn’t always have been easy growing up as part of “Chicano theater royalty” or a Latino dynasty, yet Lakin Valdez, son of Luis and Lupe Valdez, comes across with ease and grace. The youngest of three brothers,
CAL-TRANS ANNOUNCES CLOSURES OF I-8 AND S-52 RAMPS
Printer-friendly version March 6, 2015 (San Diego) – I-8 on ramps at State Route 163 will be closed Saturday morning for maintenance. On Monday night, ramps and lanes at I-8 and I-5 will be temporarily shut down for work on a connector project. In addition, state route 52 connector routes at I-15 and 163 will be shut on
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