Public Safety
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The San Diego chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) honored eight sheriff’s deputies, San Diego County Probation Chief Mack Jenkins, and Deputy District Attorney Jodi Breton for their commitment to keeping drunk drivers off the roads.
Government
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Remember the big blackout last September? How did you get your news?
Environment
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The San Diego County General Services Department won an Energy All-Star Award for its San Pasqual Academy Residential Housing Project, the nation’s only residential campus for foster youth. The awards were presented by the California Center for Sustainable Energy.
Housing
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The new Cedar Gateway housing complex downtown gives residents at risk of homelessness a start at getting their lives back on track.
Agriculture
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County supervisors directed their environmental health staff Wednesday to keep working to create an ordinance that would give the County power to deal with eye-gnat pests that have troubled residents in Jacumba and Escondido.
Government
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Saying community planning advisory groups provide valuable input to the County’s land-use process, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to keep the groups unchanged.
Health
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A student at a Rancho Peñasquitos private school was diagnosed with pertussis, also known as whooping cough, County Health and Human Services Agency officials said today.