September 5, 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:
LOCAL/REGIONAL
- San Diego-Based Ships In Red Sea As Syria Situation Heats Up (KPBS)
- Lightning knocks East County man off his feet (10 News)
- San Diego’s Best Lakes (U-T San Diego)
- An identity crisis for Julian? (U-T San Diego)
- Water board leaves Division II seat as is (Ramona Sentinel)
- Preventing Wildfire In San Diego County
- Doing time on the fire line ( U-T San Diego)
- Solar Power Advocates Challenge California Bill Regulating Rates
- Fire damages Lemon Grove BBQ restaurant (U-T San Diego)
- Sprawl is still sprawl, even if it’s green (Atlantic Cities)
- Expected front-runners (Todd Gloria and Carl DeMaio) bow out of mayoral race (Reuters)
- Fletcher on Jacobs’ Balboa Park plan (Voice of San Diego)
- The pawns line up in San Diego’s Mayoral Race (San Diego Free Press)
STATE
- Smoke from Sierra fire reaches Yosemite Valley (Yahoo news)
- Siskiyou County votes to pursue secession from California (Sacramento Bee)
- Senate, Calif. Governor Clash On Prison Spending (AP)
- Tsunami would swamp California’s economy (Sacramento Bee)
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