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VOL. 33, N0. 13
MARCH 29, 2019
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By Jordan P. Ingram
REGION — This past summer's fuel-loading fiasco involving the transport of THE nuclear waste at decommisVISTA sioning San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station won’t go NEWS unpunished by federal regulators. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a final enforcement decision to Southern California Edison, imposing a $116,000 civil penalty for two violations of federal requirements. A four-page letter outlining the proposed sanctions RANCHO was sent to Edison on Monday, March 25, folSFNEWS lowing a special inspection report and preliminary enforcement conference earlier this year in Arlington, Texas. Both violations are related to Edison’s handling of an Aug. 3 incident after a stainless steel Holtec canister containing 50 tons of spent nuclear fuel rods got stuck on a shield ring as it was lowered into its concrete housing. The first violation in-
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JACKSON SIMONE tends to rows of blooming giant tecolote ranunculus flowers on Tuesday, March 26, at the Carlsbad Flower Fields. Over 50 acres are devoted to raising the ranunculus bulb crop and approximately five acres are used for other specialty flowers. See Page 20. Photo by Gina Onori
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Federal hate crime probe into arson attempt at Escondido mosque By Steve Horn
ESCONDIDO — An attempted arson at a city mosque has prompted the Escondido Police Department and federal law enforcement agencies to investigate a possible hatecrime motive behind the act. Seven congregants were engaged in prayer at Dar-ul-Arqam mosque on March 24 when there was
an attempt to burn down the Islamic center located on West Sixth Avenue near outh Escondido Boulevard. But the suspect, or suspects, left behind a clue. A graffiti note at the scene referenced the deadly terrorist attack by a white supremacist two weeks prior in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left 50 dead and another 50 injured.
A press release disseminated by the Escondido Police Department the day of the arson attempt details that the agency has teamed up with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, as well as Escondido Fire Department arson investigators and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department bomb and arson unit.
“There were seven people in the mosque during the fire who were there for religious purposes. No one was injured during the incident and the structure had minor damage to the outside façade,” reads the press release. “There have been no suspects identified and the investigation is ongoing. The incident is TURN TO MOSQUE ON A17
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