Government
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Microbusinesses Get More Time to Apply for $2,500 County Grants

| 8:43 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe smallest of San Diego County’s small businesses ― from dog walkers to tutors, sidewalk vendors and everything in between ― now have more time to apply for a $2,500 County grant.

Housing
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VIDEO: Valencia Pointe Grand Opening

| 3:28 PM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe County of San Diego, City of San Diego and community leaders celebrated the grand opening today of Valencia Pointe, a new affordable housing development at 5930 Division St. in the Valencia Park neighborhood.

Environment

County Invites Public to Events Celebrating Pollinator Week

| 12:37 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesBirds do it, bees do it, and without them and all the other pollinators in our world, life as we know it wouldn’t exist ― no flowers, no food, no terrestrial ecosystems. That’s why the County of San Diego’s Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures (AWM) wants to help people celebrate National Pollinator Week!

Health
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County Identifies Third Probable Case of hMPXV

| 4:51 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency has identified an additional probable case of hMPXV, also known as human monkeypox, bringing the total probable case count in the region to three.

Public Safety
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Probation Youth Learn Life Skills Through Woodworking Program

| 10:26 AM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudents at the County Probation Department’s new Youth Transition Campus are preparing for a woodworking exhibition Friday, June 17. Youth will get to show off their projects built over the last year in Career and Technical Education classes at the new Kearny Mesa campus and at the East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility.

Health
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Two Probable Cases of Monkeypox Identified in San Diego County

| 2:14 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency has identified two probable cases of monkeypox, that must be verified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Health

Recognizing the Signs of Elder Abuse

| 2:00 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn this World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, the County of San Diego Aging & Independence Services is asking San Diegans to be on the lookout for signs of elder abuse.