VIDEO: Below the Surface
Jul. 26, 2011 | 12:00 AMReading Time: < 1 minute
An Environmental Health Specialist makes an annual inspection to make sure a local gas station is complying with Underground Storage Tank Regulations.
County’s 2011 Waterfront Park Debt Earns High Ratings
Jul. 25, 2011 | 4:00 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
Three national credit rating agencies rated the County of San Diego’s debt issuance for its County Administration Center Waterfront Park project among the highest, citing the County’s continued strong fiscal discipline and financial management. Moody’s Investors Service, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings rated the County’s upcoming Certificates of Participation sale “Aa3”, “AA+” and “AA+,” respectively.
County Jail Doubles as Clean Energy Power Station
Jul. 25, 2011 | 12:00 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
In a Monday ceremony, Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Ron Roberts and County officials kicked off construction on a one-megawatt solar power system at the East Mesa Detention Complex in Otay Mesa.
One San Diegan Dies by Suicide Every Day
Jul. 22, 2011 | 10:00 AMReading Time: 2 minutesThe County is launching a campaign to get people talking about their mental well-being, in hopes of saving lives.
VIDEO: Suicide Prevention Campaign Launches
Jul. 22, 2011 | 12:00 AMReading Time: < 1 minuteThe County is launching a campaign to get people talking about their mental well-being, in hopes of saving lives.
Youths Not Exposed to Rabies from Bat
Jul. 20, 2011 | 4:42 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
The Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) has determined the three boys who found a live bat, which later died and tested positive for rabies, were not exposed to the disease.
TB Case Reported at Juvenile Court and Community School
Jul. 19, 2011 | 4:37 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
An individual at a Southeast San Diego Juvenile Court and Community School was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) and may have exposed students and staff to the disease, the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) reported today.
Rabid Bat Found in North County
Jul. 13, 2011 | 4:30 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) is reporting that a bat found in Vista has tested positive for rabies. This brings the total number of bats that have tested positive for rabies this year to five.
VIDEO: Hot. Right. Now. TV! – Pirates
Jul. 13, 2011 | 2:30 PMReading Time: < 1 minuteIf you dream of sunken treasure and billowing sails, if you romanticize cold steel and swashbuckling adventure, here are some tales for you.
What Messages Do the Dead Leave for the Living?
Jul. 7, 2011 | 12:00 PMReading Time: < 1 minuteDeaths investigated by the San Diego County Medical Examiner provide lessons for the living by tracking trends, such as the increasing number of deaths caused by accidental falls, the growing prominence of heroin deaths among young people, and a decline in motor vehicle accidents that coincides with the rise in gas prices.