Volunteer Emergency Response Teams Practice Skills
Apr. 8, 2015 | 12:53 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
Learn why Community Emergency Response Teams are important and what they do to help in a disaster.
Stories by Yvette Urrea Moe
Coastal Communities Roll Out Tailored Tsunami Evacuation Plans
Mar. 27, 2015 | 2:41 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
Revised plans will focus on areas that may be most affected and prevent the over-evacuation of coastal communities in the event of a tsunami warning.
County Offices to Close for Cesar Chavez Day
Mar. 25, 2015 | 3:52 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
In observance of the Cesar Chavez state holiday, San Diego County offices, libraries and animal shelters will be closed Tuesday, March 31.
Probation Gets Grant to Expand Juvenile Diversion Program
Mar. 11, 2015 | 2:03 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
Probation program helps troubled teens with minor offenses cool off, and refers them to appropriate family and individual counseling or services to try to prevent them from entering Juvenile Hall.
Partnership With TV Station Leads to Fugitive Arrests
Mar. 10, 2015 | 3:29 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
Two wanted felons are off the streets thanks to the Regional Fugitive Task Force who were acting on tips from viewers of a new television news segment.
Donation Adds Emergency Radios to Disaster Curriculum Classrooms
Mar. 3, 2015 | 1:22 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
The County wants to be sure young people are just as ready as anyone else during an emergency or disaster. A new program is being offered to teachers and school districts at no cost to help prepare kids.
Schools Adopt County Disaster Lessons
Feb. 20, 2015 | 2:49 PMReading Time: 3 minutes
Benchley-Weinberger Elementary fifth-graders are among the first in the County to adopt a new disaster curriculum that teaches science, language arts and safety and preparedness.