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In a local emergency, people who don’t speak English or Spanish may not understand urgent information put out by government agencies and media. This is a challenge faced by public health departments and local emergency managers throughout the country, but San Diego County is trying out a solution by partnering with a broad network of trusted community organizations.
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A three-foot section of plastic pipe wrapped in foam and rigged with tubing squirted out red-tinged water to represent a bleeding thigh. Told to stop the “bleeding,” trained community members were instructed to apply direct pressure, then wrap it with bandages.
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Saving for college can be a challenge for anyone, but perhaps it can be more so for families who rely on child support payments.
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Fourteen-year-old Nikki Benedict was heading home from a friend’s house on May 1, 1967, cutting through what was then just a field at Carriage and Poway Roads in Poway when someone stabbed her in broad daylight and left her to die.
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Voting is about making everyone’s voice mean something. That’s why the San Diego County Public Defender Youth Council has been out doing non-partisan voter outreach at their high schools and in their communities this month.
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The Palomar Mountain Fire Station will soon be getting a $1.8 million remodel including permanent living quarters to house four to six firefighters and other significant improvements.
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A fourth grade class got a lesson we can all learn from about San Diego’s risk for a tsunami and what to do in the event of a warning or a significant earthquake when at, or near, the coastline.
