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Sheriff's staff preparing meals for unsheltered. Credit: San Diego County Sheriff's Department

More Meals to be Served to Unsheltered through Sheriff, Nonprofit Partnership

| 4:13 PM

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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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County Lab, Fire Stations to Benefit from Backup Power Supply Funds

| 4:40 PM

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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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Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Campman

County Announces New Chief Medical Examiner

| 11:33 AM

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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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Public Defender, Probation Celebrate 10 Years of Veterans Treatment Court

| 7:56 AM

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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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RESPECT Project graduate Antonio Ramirez stands in front of the RESPECT Project logo

Success Story: County Man Finds Direction with RESPECT

| 12:19 PM

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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.