Reaching out for Readers
May 4, 2012 | 11:44 AMReading Time: 2 minutes
Juvenile Hall is preparing to open its own library, but it still needs more books.
Stories by Yvette Urrea Moe
Whooping Cough Still Active in Schools
May 4, 2012 | 11:30 AMReading Time: < 1 minute
A 6-year-old potentially exposed elementary school students and staff to pertussis at a Coronado preschool and kindergarten program, County Health and Human Services Agency officials reported today.
Satellite Technology May Help During Emergency
Apr. 27, 2012 | 12:15 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
There is a new tool County Emergency Services might be able to use when normal communications are down. During an emergency, San Diego Gas and Electric will offer their two mobile command trailers when they don’t need them. The trailers use satellite technology to create a communications hot spot.
County Reclaims Landfill for Wildlife Habitat
Apr. 22, 2012 | 8:00 AMReading Time: 3 minutes
Looking at the San Marcos landfill now, it looks like any other natural hillside. You’d never know that it sits on top of 12.5 million cubic yards of trash….
Drinking and Driving Leads to Tragic Consequences
Apr. 20, 2012 | 5:36 PMReading Time: 3 minutes
The theme of the Safe Teen Driving Assembly at Serra High School Friday was “One Poor Choice … “
Emergency Services Program Meets National Standards of Excellence
Apr. 18, 2012 | 2:55 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
The Office of Emergency Services has once again passed a rigorous review of its emergency management capabilities and earned national accreditation. San Diego is one of just 35 government agencies in the country—and the only local government in California, to achieve these standards of excellence.
The Art of Storytelling Comes to Encinitas
Apr. 11, 2012 | 5:21 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
From campfire stories to Celtic folklore to true holocaust survivor and military service accounts, the Encinitas Library Storytelling Festival has something for everyone.