Reading Time: 2 minutesEveryone knows libraries offer books. But 16 County Library branches are meeting a different kind of community need this time of year – summer meals and food pantries.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the County’s Carlsbad animal shelter, a volunteer group known as Kennel Comforters gathers the first weekend of every month to make cozy, handmade beds for shelter animals.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo young men who are in custody at East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility will soon head to four-year universities after walking across the graduation stage at Southwestern College.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWant to learn more about protecting yourself from mosquito-borne illness? County Vector Control is holding an open house to tell you how to do that, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22, at the County Operations Center plaza, located at 5520 Overland Drive in San Diego.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteElder fraud and senior scams are a billion-dollar industry. Criminals target older adults through technology, impersonating government officials, investment schemes and using scare tactics to trick seniors out for their money. San Diego County has a home-grown weapon against senior fraud, and it already has saved many would-be victims from devastating loses.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe County of San Diego has been honored with 51 Achievement Awards for programs it provides to the public by the National Association of Counties, which recognizes standout county government programs.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe County plans to expand and extend ultra-low volume, truck-mounted, pesticide-mist treatments between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. Monday and Tuesday mornings in parts of La Mesa to reduce mosquito populations and protect the public from the potential spread of West Nile virus.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 522,000 people learned hands-only CPR as part of the Revive & Survive San Diego Initiative launched in January 2024. The initiative is more than halfway to its goal of training one million people to do hands-only CPR.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe results are in from a second, larger community survey where 2,099 people in San Diego’s South Bay completed questionnaires about their experiences living, working or recreating near the Tijuana River Valley and polluted beaches from the border to Coronado.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith extreme heat expected across the region this week, County Animal Services is urging pet owners to take immediate steps to protect their animals.
