Public Safety
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Law Enforcement Reminds Parents to Choose Right Car Seat to Fit Child

| 12:24 PM

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Is the child safety seat your child is using going to work effectively in a traffic collision? Unfortunately, it may not if it is the wrong size.

Environment

County to Conduct Mosquito Larvicide Drop Thursday

| 3:33 PM

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The County is scheduled to conduct a routine mosquito-fighting, aerial larvicide drop Thursday on more than 30 rivers, streams, ponds and other waterways to kill mosquito larvae. It’s also reminding people to find and dump out standing water in and around homes to keep mosquitoes from breeding.

Health
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Suicides Rise Slightly in San Diego County

| 3:55 PM

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The number and rate of people who died by suicide in San Diego County rose slightly again last year, according to the San Diego County Suicide Prevention Council’s 2019 Report to the Community released Thursday.

Government

Board Votes to Preserve 300 Acres of Agricultural Land

| 4:10 PM

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Supervisors voted unanimously to pay property owners to keep roughly 300 acres of their land in agricultural production instead of possibly selling it into development, as part of a program to preserve agriculture and still support farmers and ranchers.