Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Board of Supervisors has accepted $2.3 million in California Department of Public Health grant funds to support healthy living education and programming in under-resourced neighborhoods across the region.
Credit: CDC Reading Time: 3 minutesCounty Vector Control crews plan to hand-spray for mosquitoes at approximately 60 homes and a community center in Oceanside to protect public health and keep mosquitoes from potentially spreading the dengue virus based on a confirmed dengue case.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA once stray, terrified, shy and skinny black pit bull mix dog found her personality in a County Animal Services foster care placement and now has a new family who love and treasure her. Rita, now 2 years old, has her forever family.
Credit: Shutterstock Reading Time: 3 minutesThe County’s Tuberculosis Control Program is working in close collaboration with the University of California San Diego, Sweetwater Union High School District and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office to notify people who have been potentially exposed to tuberculosis (TB) in unrelated potential exposures at different sites during different time periods.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe County of San Diego is expanding its ongoing response to South County health concerns about exposure to raw sewage flowing in the Tijuana River Valley.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe County, City of Oceanside and other community partners celebrated the grand opening today of a new, centrally located affordable housing development in Oceanside. Greenbrier Village is a supportive housing community for people experiencing homelessness or on the brink of becoming homeless.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCounty Probation and County Fire have introduced a comprehensive education and training program to help justice-involved young people at Probation. The Fuel Crew training program provides hands-on experience in vegetation and fuel management, preparing participants for careers in the fire service.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County’s Office of Sustainability and Environmental Justice is looking for people who would like to be part of a new Environmental Justice Workgroup.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Together, we can,” was the theme for the 23rd International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) and press conference at the County Administration Center. The annual event features a garden of purple flags, each one representing an overdose death in San Diego County. This year featured 1,203 purple flags, 97 fewer flags than last year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAhead of peak wildfire season, County Animal Services is offering pet preparedness information at community fairs and is training community volunteers in pet rescues in the event of an emergency.
