Car, pedestrian accident in Fern Glen
A 16-year-old male was driving a 2002 BMW eastbound in the 300 block of Fern Glen. A 16-year-old female was retrieving her backpack from a parked vehicle. The male driver of the BMW made an unsafe movement to the right because his vision was blocked by the sun, and struck the 16-year-old female. The female pedestrian suffered a fractured eye orbital. She was transported to the hospital for treatment. Traffic Division is handling the investigation. SDG&E seeks more storage to harness clean energy
On April 19, SDG&E announced that it has signed contracts for five new local battery storage facilities for a total of 83.5 megawatts (MW).  These four-hour energy storage facilities would be like having batteries from more than 5,500 all-electric, long-range vehicles at the ready. In addition, the company signed a contract to add a 4.5 MW demand response program. SDG&E has submitted all six contracts to the California Public Utilities Commission for approval.
If approved, two of the five lithium-ion battery energy storage facilities will be owned and operated by SDG&E to enhance regional energy reliability while maximizing renewable energy use. AES Energy Storage will construct a 40-MW storage facility, building on its successful 37.5 MWs of deployments in Escondido and El Cajon. A 30-MW facility will be built in Miramar by Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc. The other storage projects totaling 13.5 MW will be owned by third parties including Powin Energy, Enel through its U.S. subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, and Advanced Microgrid Solutions and constructed in Escondido, Poway and San Juan Capistrano.  
“These projects will add more flexibility to the system and help us to ensure reliability while providing greater levels of clean energy to all of our local communities,” said Emily Shults, SDG&E’s vice president of energy procurement. “By building these projects, SDG&E will remain at the forefront of helping the state achieve its bold clean-energy and carbon-emission targets.”
Rock tour “Text2Give” supports Immunotherapy at UCSD health
Rock star drummer Rikki Rockett feels very lucky to be on tour with his band, Poison, this spring. A year ago, he didn’t know if he would survive tongue cancer. But after participating in an immunotherapy clinical trial at Moores Cancer Center at UCSD Health, he was declared cancer-free in July 2016.
To give back, Rockett is now asking concert-goers to join him in supporting immunotherapy at Moores Cancer Center. At U.S. stops on the Poison tour now through June, attendees will hear his story, watch a video about Moores Cancer Center and be given the opportunity to donate $10 by texting “RIKKI” to 50555. (Anyone else at home can also participate at any time.)
“Without the doctors and staff at Moores Cancer Center, I can honestly say I don’t think I’d be here today, to say nothing about playing drums and going on tour again,” Rockett said. “I am incredibly grateful that I’ve got my life back and I’ll get to see my two children grow up.”
These “text2give” donations will directly support cancer immunotherapy at Moores Cancer Center, including research, clinical trials, and patient care. Rather than directly targeting tumors as in traditional cancer therapies, immunotherapy boosts the body’s immune system, better enabling it to attack cancer cells itself. This type of treatment is only available at a few specific medical centers around the country.