Environment
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It’s hot now, but our rainy months are coming. County residents have until 11 p.m. Sunday to buy a discounted, top-of-the-line, $90 Ivy rain barrel online, thanks to San Diego County’s Watershed Protection Program and the nonprofit Solana Center.
Public Safety
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Do you have medications in your home that have expired or that you no longer need? Drop them off at 44 locations as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, and law enforcement officers will safely dispose of those medications for you.
Government
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Attention, small-business owners. One of the largest buyers in the region will be on the lookout for new vendors at the Small Business Expo. The County of San Diego’s Purchasing and Contracting Department is taking part in the expo’s one-day event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25 at the San Diego Convention Center.
Animals
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Captain is high energy and loves human attention. Bonus: he gives the best hugs!
Elections
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State law allows voters who missed the voter registration deadline on Oct. 22 to register on a later date and vote on that same day.
Public Safety
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After years of steadily decreasing populations across the County’s in-custody juvenile facilities, the County of San Diego’s Probation Department has closed the last remote camp program and moved the youth to a more centrally located Urban Camp facility in Kearny Mesa.
Health
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A 91-year-old man from La Jolla has been confirmed as the first person in San Diego County in 2018 to test positive for West Nile virus, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced Friday. The man was hospitalized in September with encephalitis but was confirmed yesterday to have West Nile virus after testing done […]