Health
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Special Ceremony Honors Abused and Neglected Children

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe County’s Child Welfare Services and its partners held a moment of silence and a special flag raising ceremony Friday to honor the more than 1,700 children who die in the U.S. each year as a result of abuse, violence and neglect.

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County Surpasses 30,000 COVID-19 Hospitalizations Since Start of Pandemic

| 4:20 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesMore than 30,000 San Diegans have been hospitalized with COVID-19 locally since the beginning of the pandemic, the County Health and Human Services Agency reported Wednesday.

Environment
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Earth Day Event at County Operations Center Friday

| 8:49 AM

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe County will put on an Earth Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the County Operations Center at 5520 Overland Ave. featuring planting activities at the County’s Demonstration Garden, electric fleet vehicles on display and information about numerous Earth-saving topics.

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Tuberculosis Case Reported at San Ysidro High School

| 4:39 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesA person at San Ysidro High School was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis and may have exposed students and school staff, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency announced today.

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VIDEO: County’s Newest Crisis Stabilization Unit Opens in Oceanside

| 3:19 PM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA ribbon cutting ceremony in Oceanside today marks the latest milestone in the County of San Diego’s commitment to prioritizing mental health and substance use services. A beautiful new community-based Crisis Stabilization Unit opened its doors, becoming the sixth CSU in the county with plans for even more in east and south San Diego.

Housing
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Five Affordable Housing Projects Receive Funding

| 9:59 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County Health and Human Services Agency is awarding more than $20 million in federal and state funding to five housing projects that serve low-income San Diegans and previously homeless seniors and veterans.