Health

Preventing Suicide: Question, Persuade and Refer

| 4:11 PM

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Suicide is preventable but no one entity or person can prevent suicide alone.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and September 4 through 10 is National Suicide Prevention Week. To commemorate the week, there will be many events taking place throughout the region. Complete list at the It’s Up to Us website.

Library

Ramona Library’s So Green It’s Gold

| 5:33 PM

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The Ramona Library sits on the town’s historical main street, and some residents have visited on horseback. But proof the library belongs to the future came this week when it became one of a handful of public buildings in the region to achieve LEED Gold Certification, an internationally recognized standard for sustainable, environmentally-friendly building design.

Health

Last-Chance Whooping Cough Vaccine Clinics Offered

| 12:00 PM

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Only four more Tdap – or whooping cough – vaccine clinics offering 1,600 doses will be held in the coming weeks to help middle and high school students meet the new requirement to get their booster shot, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) reported today.

Health

VIDEO: Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222

| 12:00 PM

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Every parent of a young child knows about the Poison Control Hotline. But did you know it serves more than just frantic parents looking for information to help their children in crisis.