Health
A bottle of measles vaccine

First 2024 Measles Case Confirmed in San Diego County

| 5:34 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

The first case of measles this year in San Diego County has been confirmed in a 1-year-old resident who had recently traveled overseas, the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency announced Friday.

Housing
Woman holding keys

County Program Helps Qualifying First-Time Homebuyers

| 12:01 PM

Reading Time: < 1 minute

The County of San Diego’s Down Payment and Closing Cost Assistance Program helps first-time home buyers whose income is 80 percent or less than the annual area median income, which ranges from $77,200 or less for a single adult, to $110,250 for a family of four and $145,550 for a family of eight. 

Housing
wood frame of building

County Moves Ahead on Turning Excess Land into Affordable Housing

| 9:24 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

The County of San Diego is working to address the region’s housing crisis in a variety of ways including by designating unused properties as excess land. 

Health
woman giving blood in blood bank bus

County Kicks Off 39th Annual Blood Drive

| 4:03 PM

Reading Time: 3 minutes

One in seven people entering a hospital needs blood. Even more urgent, blood banks supplying those hospitals are often faced with shortages.  

Health
a woman talking on the phone and taking notes

VIDEO: COVID-19 Contact Tracing

| 4:31 PM

Reading Time: < 1 minute

Contact tracing is part of a 3-tiered strategy the County is using to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. It requires outreach, usually a phone call, to those who have been in close contact with a COVID-positive patient. This early notification of exposure can significantly cut down on the spread of the virus and keep San Diegans healthy.