Reading Time: < 1 minuteMay is Drowning Prevention and Water Safety Awareness Month in San Diego County and this year, the County has provided a $250,000 grant to expand the Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego’s swim lesson and water safety program.
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday, the County Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan, and other community partners joined forces in support of Vision Zero, a countywide initiative to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries related to driving under the influence of alcohol and/or other drugs to zero by 2025.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County of San Diego announced Thursday a legal defense program for immigrants going through removal proceedings in federal court. People detained, on monitoring or under house arrest can now receive free legal representation contracted by the Public Defender’s Office.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo align itself with the state, the County Health and Human Services Agency is now using the California Immunization Registry to record the number of San Diegans who have received COVID-19 and other recommended vaccines.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSince 2017, the County has invested $175 million towards the creation of affordable housing.
Credit: PhotoSpin Reading Time: 2 minutesA 72-year-old woman is the fifth San Diegan to die of influenza this season, the County Health and Human Services Agency reported today.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to strengthen aerial fire protection in the region by approving the purchase of a new twin-engine firefighting helicopter and adding two additional firefighting helicopters to a firefighting response agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe County Board of Supervisors paved the way today for a new supportive housing complex in El Cerrito.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt takes a special person to give the gift of time and the County of San Diego is lucky enough to have nearly 5,000 of them. Their contribution is so great, more than $16 million worth of County volunteer services went to the region’s residents this past year. The Board of Supervisors honored these volunteers prior to its regular board meeting on Tuesday.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSan Diego County is scheduled to carry out its first routine aerial larvicide drop of the year Wednesday and Thursday on more than four dozen waterways, to help stop mosquitoes from potentially spreading disease like West Nile virus.
