Animals
Reading Time: < 1 minute One young girl made it her mission to raise money for animals in various County shelters. Find out how she pampered those pets still waiting for their forever homes.
Library
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the busiest library branches in the County got an upgrade that included a children’s area and Discovery Zone.
Elections
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Registrar’s office still needs 150 poll workers for Tuesday.
Health
Reading Time: 3 minutes Another 102 new cases of pertussis were confirmed by the County Health and Human Services Agency.
Health
Reading Time: < 1 minute How much standing-water breeds mosquitoes? These 3rd graders found out through a pilot program from Vector Control.
Public Safety
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The shift of felons from state parole supervision to County Probation supervision did not result in a spike in crime, as measured by arrests, said Probation Chief Mack Jenkins, citing a San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) study released late last week.
Public Safety
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The cost to local governments of responding to, fighting and recovering from last week’s disastrous wildfires is estimated at $27.9 million, the County of San Diego announced Friday. Private property owners suffered an additional estimated $29.8 million in losses.
Health
Reading Time: < 1 minute The 4-H Club is more than kids raising farm animals. It also has special programs that teach kids healthy alternatives while providing hands-on experience ─ like making edible body scrub.
Environment
Reading Time: 2 minutes County environmental health officials urged people living in or around fire-damaged neighborhoods Thursday to take simple precautions to keep disease-carrying pests from multiplying or getting into homes.