Elections
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou don’t have to wait until Election Day to vote in person. Voters can take advantage of early voting at 39 vote centers starting Saturday, May 28.
Families
Reading Time: 3 minutesLos niños que se enteran de incidentes violentos como el tiroteo en las escuelas de Uvalde, Texas, pueden experimentar una gran ansiedad y miedo. Esas emociones pueden durar días o semanas.
Health
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn 89-year-old North County woman is the seventh influenza death reported in the region this season, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced today.
Families
Reading Time: 2 minutesA County mental health expert offers parents advice on responding to children after school shootings and other violent incidents.
Public Safety
Reading Time: 2 minutesCounty Fire and CAL FIRE are working to turn a sixth-grade camp site at the base of Palomar Mountain into a fire center to train new fire fighters. Today, a board letter from Supervisor Jim Desmond recommended the County finalize an agreement with CAL FIRE to use the Camp Fox site as a wildland firefighting base. The Camp Fox property was owned by the County, but transferred to the San Diego County Office of Education in 1977. It is now transferring back to the County.
Housing
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new grant program that makes $10 million available to cities for new emergency housing projects was approved Tuesday by the County Board of Supervisors.
Government
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAll public San Diego County offices, family resource centers, libraries and animal shelters will be closed Monday, May 30 for the Memorial Day holiday.
Health
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe County of San Diego is expanding its free menstrual product program due to high demand for free tampons and pads.
Government
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe County of San Diego garnered 61 Achievement Awards this year including a Best in Category nod from the National Association of Counties, which recognizes innovative county government programs.
Government
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County of San Diego has hired Ricardo Basurto-Dávila to be its new Chief Evaluation Officer and lead one of the County’s newest offices, the Office of Evaluation, Performance and Analytics.