VIDEO: Dairy Mart Loop Trail Opens
Mar. 9, 2012 | 3:58 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
The trail through the Tijuana River Valley includes an observation deck and a blind for viewing birds.
Stories by Suzanne Bartole
VIDEO: Report Card on Children and Families
Feb. 28, 2012 | 4:01 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
The Children’s Initiative’s 2011 San Diego County Report Card on Children and Families was released today, revealing a majority of health indicators are headed in the right direction. But there are a few issues that are trending in the wrong direction.
VIDEO: What’s In a Name
Feb. 26, 2012 | 9:58 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
A cause of death is not the only mystery for the Medical Examiner’s Office. Hundreds of times each year staff has to figure out who the person is.
VIDEO: Road Patch
Feb. 16, 2012 | 3:33 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
The treatment doesn’t go deep but can make all the difference in keeping roads safe when it rains.
VIDEO: Toxicology Timing
Feb. 13, 2012 | 4:14 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
Toxicology results are used to help pathologists determine what drugs and poisons may be involved in death. With a state of the art lab in San Diego County all the work can be done in-house with a quicker turn around time.
VIDEO: Examining the Medical Examiner
Feb. 7, 2012 | 11:25 AMReading Time: < 1 minute
Part doctors, part detectives, part grief counselors – the Medical Examiner’s Office brings a combination of skills to its mission of providing the community with answers and comfort.
VIDEO: Lifesharing
Jan. 31, 2012 | 5:25 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
Allyson Watson, badly burned in the 2003 wildfires, is one of many people helped by tissue or organ donations collected at the M.E.’s Office.