Environment
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The County’s Air Pollution Control District has received $2.5 million from the California Air Resources Board to help conduct air pollution monitoring in the district’s Portside Environmental Justice Neighborhoods community.
Public Safety
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Residents in the Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District (JCFPD) have voted to join the San Diego County Fire Authority, bringing full-time professional firefighting and paramedic service to the popular East County tourist destinations. Julian was the last community in San Diego County to rely on volunteers for fire protection.
Transportation
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The Board of Supervisors approved an 11-page list of roadwork Wednesday to qualify for $39.5 million state gas-tax funding from California’s 2017 and received a “Building Better Roads” report.
Health
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An epidemiologist with the County Health and Human Services Agency searches multiple electronic health information systems to find out how influenza is impacting residents in the region.
Parks and Rec
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The time to go is now! Check out some of the beautiful flowers and green landscapes at Agua Caliente County Park.
Transportation
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The County Board of Supervisors took a step Wednesday toward the possibility of building a safe parking area for thousands of hikers who park and traipse dangerously close to traffic along Highway 67 in Ramona to get to Mount Woodson and the popular Potato Chip Rock trail.
Health
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Five new influenza deaths were reported last week, and flu cases went up as well, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced today.