Housing
Point in Time Volunteers speak with person experiencing homelessness.

Annual Point in Time Count Draws Hundreds of Volunteers

| 3:48 PM

Reading Time: 3 minutesNearly 1,500 volunteers walked the streets of San Diego County early this morning looking to engage with people experiencing homelessness as part of the region’s Point in Time Count.

Health
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Active Tuberculosis Reported at Boys & Girls Club National City

| 3:21 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents and staff at Boys & Girls Club’s National City location and some Boys & Girl Club summer camp sites may have been exposed to tuberculosis, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) announced today.

Government
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Board Paves Way for Taxation of Cannabis Businesses in the Unincorporated Area

| 5:11 PM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe County Board of Supervisors voted today to set taxation rates for existing cannabis businesses in the unincorporated area.

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Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care to See Increased Support

| 1:11 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to accept recommendations from Child Welfare Services (CWS) to increase funding to support foster youth for up to three years as they transition out of care. 

Health
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VIDEO: County and Local Law Enforcement Hand Out Naloxone Kits to Save Lives

| 5:49 PM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe County and Sheriff’s department announced the expansion of a partnership for the distribution of naloxone as part of a Comprehensive Harm Reduction Plan to help fight the illicit fentanyl crisis.

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Woman being given a COVID-19 vaccine by a nurse.

Eligible San Diegans Urged to Join the 540,000 Already Protected with Bivalent COVID-19 Booster 

| 4:57 PM

Reading Time: 3 minutesMore than 540,000 San Diegans have protected themselves, their family and friends by getting a bivalent COVID-19 booster since it became available in September 2022.

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New County Study Advances Ways to Close Digital Divide in Unincorporated Area

| 10:35 AM

Reading Time: 3 minutesA recent analysis of census data as part of the County Comprehensive Broadband Plan showed that approximately 37,000 households in the unincorporated area of San Diego don’t have a broadband internet subscription.