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The month of April is designated as National Volunteer Month, and while COVID-19 has limited many volunteer programs in the county, the San Diego County Fire Protection District’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program has remained active throughout the pandemic.
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously March 16 to execute a new three-year agreement between the County, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, and the local nonprofit Lucky Duck Foundation to help prepare and distribute 1,000 daily meals to unsheltered residents seven days a week.
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A group of 36 residents of San Diego County graduated Feb. 17 from the “Academia de Alguacil,” the first-of-its-kind Spanish language sheriff’s academy sponsored by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to ratify the acceptance of fiscal year 2020-2021 state community power resiliency funds, a key step in helping to improve backup energy sources for essential facilities and communications equipment as part of emergency preparedness efforts in the county.
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The County of San Diego has announced a new Chief Medical Examiner to lead an office with 57 personnel and a budget of $12.1 million responsible for the county’s medicolegal forensic death investigations.
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This month the San Diego County Office of the Public Defender and Probation Department have been celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the local Veterans Treatment Court, a program that has helped more than 140 veterans and active-duty service members get specialized treatment instead of time in jail.
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Five years ago, San Marcos resident Antonio Ramirez says, he was a teenager who was struggling with school, authority, peer pressure, gang influences, and the tragic death of a friend; luckily, he found his direction in life with help from the San Diego Sheriff’s Department and a little RESPECT.