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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for April 22, 2013

Today is Earth Day and there are events all day today. Almost all of them are happening at Balboa Park. The park has been celebrating all weekend and today is the last day. Al kinds of ecofriendly things to do and learn from making drinking glasses out of old beer bottles to learning how to compost. There has been so much interest that the San Diego Earth Works (they helped to organize Earth Day) web site has exceeded its bandwidth for the month.

PETA … the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is having what they call a “Nude PETA Protest” on the street in downtown San Diego. The group wants people to become vegan. They’ll be at corner of Fourth Avenue and Broadway at noon today.

Over the weekend a well know San Diego architect is beaten to death and his 31-year-old employee is accused. After a fight on Friday 56-year-old Grahm Downes dies Sunday. When police arrived they found the two men on the ground near Downs’s home. Police have not officially identified the suspect however UT San Diego says his name is Higinio Salgado.

Finally tonight over a thousand people are signed up to run to show their support for the victims of the Boston bombing. It is called Boston Strong San Diego. On the event’s Facebook page the organizers say “As a runner, I feel as though a group of my friends were attacked when the bombs in Boston went off.” The run starts at 6:00 PM in De Anza Cove.

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Boston manhunt: The day after

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Dzhokar Tsarnaev is currently intubated and sedated, a source who receives regular intelligence briefings on the Boston bombings said Saturday, according to CNN's Deborah Feyerick.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for April 18, 2013

San Diego’s first Red Flag Warning of the season is in effect. A dangerous weather cocktail of gusty winds, low humidity, and high temperatures are why the National Weather Service in San Diego issued the warning. The warning is in effect until 5:00 PM Friday.

San Diego County’s Health and Human Services is investigating two confirmed and two possible cases of meningococcal disease. Commonly known as meningitis. A 22-year-old man hospitalized on April 9th died from the disses and a 47-year-old man is still in the hospital. The disease is spread through close contact like sharing a drinking glass or kissing. Symptoms include fever, headache, lethargy, stiff neck and a rash. Health Officials say if you’ve had close contact with an infected person to seek medical treatment.

This morning at 6am Goodwill Industries and Kaiser Permantente are hosting an e-waste recycling event. If you have any old electronics you can take them to 4405 Vandever Ave.

At 10:00 AM University of California at San Diego students are going to sort through a thousand pounds of trash to show how most garbage still has many things in it that can be recycled.

And at 1:00 PM in Bonita Cove the San Diego Triathlon is having its pre-race expo. No word yet on any enhanced security because of the Boston Marathon bombing. The woman’s race is on Friday and the men Saturday.

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San Diego racing events to heighten security

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SAN DIEGO -- Event organizers and law enforcement agencies across San Diego County are “retuning” their security plans in light of Monday’s deadly explosions at the Boston Marathon.

“We’ll see more obvious presence as far as police and security,” said John Martinez with San Diego’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, coming up in June. “We are planning to increase the number of response personnel in case of a mass casualty, we will also have officials on bicycles to have better coverage of the area."

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Local woman finishes Boston Marathon moments before explosion

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LAKESIDE -- Lakeside resident Lee Ann Yarbor was just steps past the finish line when the first bomb exploded at the Boston Marathon.

“As they were placing the medal over my head,” said Yarbor. “The first explosion went off. It was so loud and so close and so powerful that it actually vibrated through my whole body.”

Yarbor said at first she was unsure of what was going on.

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Boston bombing prompts security review for Rock 'n' Roll Marathon

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 SAN DIEGO - Plans are underway to beef up security at San Diego's famed Rock `n' Roll Half Marathon and Marathon in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon explosions that killed at least three people and injured more than 170.

``We'll certainly elevate our procedures and policies to take greater caution given the tragic events,'' Competitor Group CEO Scott Dickey told U-T San Diego.

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California Homeland Security Leader Reacts to Boston Bombing

From the California Homeland Security

“Mark Ghilarducci, lead homeland security advisor to California Governor Brown, answers a few questions in the wake of the tragic bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on 4/15/13. Mark is also the Secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency in Sacramento, CA. More information visit calema.ca.gov.”

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for April 16, 2013

San Diegans are reacting to the Boston Marathon Bombing.

In a KSWB FOX5 story Jason Sloss talked to Ray Barrios, a San Diego man that had just finished the marathon and was being treated for dehydration when the blasts when off. In the story Barrios says “I just figured it was a power line or something that exploded. I really didn’t think much of it – didn’t have a reason to believe anything suspicious or bad happening,”

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner released a statement saying “What happened in Boston today is deplorable and heart-breaking. The City of San Diego weeps with the people of Boston and we stand with you in a nationwide desire and resolve to find a solution to keep random, violent tragedy from striking. Enough is enough.”

Locally San Diego Police, Sheriff, and the airport are not ramping up security but the personnel that is out is practicing a heightened awareness.

Today at San Diego’s City Hall Mayor Filner is going to officially propose his budget for this coming fiscal year. He presented his $2.75 billion budget to the media in it he has $1.2 billion going to the general fund.

On the controversial side Filner is cutting his political rival City Attorney Jan Goldsmith office budget by $1.4 Million. City Council President Todd Glorria describes the cuts as “curious [and] unlikely to be implemented as proposed.”

At 4:30 PM this evening gun control activists are going to rally at Congressman Darrell Issa‘s office. The activists will be submitting petitions in favor of increased background checks for gun buyer. Issa’s office is at 1800 Thibodo Road in the Northern San Diego County city Vista.

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Marathoners from San Diego Track Club ‘OK’

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SAN DIEGO – Twenty members of the San Diego Track Club took part in the marathon Monday along with scores of other people from San Diego County, which has “a very large running community,'' according to the club's president.

“As far as I know, everyone (from this area) is OK,'' said Kate Garcia, president of the organization.

Among the track club's contingent, 18 had completed the race when the explosives detonated, and the other two had not gotten close enough to the finish line to have been in any danger, Garcia said.

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