Credit: Shutterstock Oxy Abusers Turning to Heroin
Feb. 21, 2012 | 2:27 PMReading Time: 2 minutesThe County has seen a “scary” increase in heroin abuse and wants the public to be aware treatment is available.
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No Change in Condition of Dog Found with Gunshot Wound
Feb. 21, 2012 | 9:56 AMReading Time: < 1 minuteCounty Animal Services is looking for witnesses or anyone with information about who harmed the dog.
Pet of the Week Darla: More to Love
Feb. 18, 2012 | 6:00 AMReading Time: < 1 minuteThere’s a lot to love with this full-figured feline.
VIDEO: Acoustic Showcase: Barbara Nesbitt
Feb. 17, 2012 | 3:19 PMReading Time: < 1 minuteShe’s been touring overseas and is juggling multiple projects, but Barbara Nesbitt squeezed in a performance for the County Library’s Acoustic Showcase series.
VIDEO: Unwanted Guests
Feb. 17, 2012 | 7:01 AMReading Time: < 1 minuteA house overrun with rodents became a unique challenge for the County team that works to control disease-spreading animals.
VIDEO: Driven to Distraction
Feb. 16, 2012 | 9:52 PMReading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s dangerous. It’s illegal. But drivers’ cell phone use continues to be such a problem that Sheriff’s deputies launched a crackdown.
County Animal Services Medical Staff Frees Stuck Dog
Feb. 16, 2012 | 5:14 PMReading Time: 2 minutesUsing plenty of grease and a gentle touch, staff successfully freed the dog after he wedged his head between two boulders.
VIDEO: Road Patch
Feb. 16, 2012 | 3:33 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
The treatment doesn’t go deep but can make all the difference in keeping roads safe when it rains.
Free Tire Recycling/Household Hazardous Waste Collection in Valley Center March 10
Feb. 16, 2012 | 11:13 AMReading Time: < 1 minute
The County of San Diego will help unincorporated residents put a little spring into their cleaning March 10 by holding a special recycling event in Valley Center where people can safely get rid of old tires, household hazardous wastes, unwanted medicines, household medical “sharps” such as needles and lancets, old TVs and computer monitors.
Whooping Cough Case Reported At Local School
Feb. 16, 2012 | 10:43 AMReading Time: < 1 minute
A Carmel Valley high school student potentially exposed others to whooping cough, County Health and Human Services Agency officials said today.