Parks and Rec

VIDEO: New Multi-Use Sports Court Unveiled at Lincoln Acres County Park

| 10:05 AM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCounty Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Nora Vargas joined the County of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation and its partners Thursday to celebrate the arrival of a set of retractable goal posts at Lincoln Acres County Park.

Housing
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Get in on the Ground Floor, Help Shape County’s Housing Blueprint

| 10:39 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutesCounty officials want San Diegans to help turn a house―or rather, the County’s draft housing blueprint―into a “home” by filling it with their opinions and advice.

Health

First Naloxone Vending Machine Installed in San Diego County

| 12:30 PM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe County has a new, groundbreaking resource to battle fatal opioid overdoses. A naloxone vending machine is now in operation at the McAlister South Bay Regional Recovery Center in Chula Vista and you don’t have to be a member of the Center to use it.

Health
Man getting blood pressure checked

Final Love Your Heart Week of Action Event March 11

| 11:06 AM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 12th Annual Love Your Heart Week of Action took place a few weeks ago and early results show that 3,000 San Diegans got blood pressure checks and 4% of those screened needed an urgent visit to their doctor. 

Families
little boy and his father using a laptop together at home.

County Expands Funding to Engage Fathers and Caregivers

| 11:58 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutesA Behavioral Health Services (BHS) program focused on culturally appropriate programming to strengthen relationships between fathers and their children and bolster fathers’ parenting skills was approved Tuesday by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. This Board approval signals an eight-fold expansion of these services. 

Health

VIDEO: Public Health Workers Make Hepatitis A Vaccines Easy to Access

| 10:14 AM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCounty health officials are keeping a close watch over a slight uptick of hepatitis A infection cases among people experiencing homelessness.