Health
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County Accepts One-Year Congressional Grant to Fund Mobile Crisis Response Team Expansion

| 12:59 PM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) program that supports people confronting mental health struggles is getting a multi-million-dollar boost. 

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COVID Vaccine

Public Health Recommends Staying ‘Up To Date’ With Updated COVID-19 Vaccine

| 12:27 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County of San Diego has received the new updated COVID-19 vaccine and joins the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in recommending all Californians stay up to date on this and all their vaccinations. 

Public Safety
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Make Sure You’re Prepared with AlertSanDiego

| 11:07 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a disaster or local emergency, information can change quickly so you need to have an official source for the information you need to keep yourself and your family safe. While the County already offers a source of emergency information through a website, an app, social media, phone and text alerts, that emergency source is getting a new name, look and feel.

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County Community Development Block Grant Applications Open

| 11:18 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County of San Diego’s Housing and Community Development Services (HCDS) have opened the 2024-2025 Community Development Block Grant Project Applications. Applications are available online, including a printable hard copy option at www.sdhcd.org. HCDS will accept applications through 5 p.m. on Nov. 10, 2023.  

Health

Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus at Los Peñasquitos Lagoon

| 4:17 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesA batch of mosquitoes collected from the north end of Los Peñasquitos Lagoon adjacent to Del Mar and parts of San Diego recently tested positive for West Nile virus, prompting County environmental health officials to remind people to protect themselves from mosquitoes that can transmit the virus to people. 

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TB Exposure Reported at Chuze Fitness

| 10:16 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Tuberculosis Control Branch in the Public Health Services department, of the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, in collaboration with Chuze Fitness officials are working to notify employees and members potentially exposed to tuberculosis at Chuze Fitness-Mission Valley and Chuze Fitness-Chula Vista. Based on available information, there is no evidence to show that these two exposures are related, at this time. These exposures are also unrelated to other recently announced TB exposures in our community.