Public Safety
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County Probation is putting therapy and facility dogs to work in a “pawsitive” way at its youth facilities in Kearny Mesa and Otay Mesa. The program is so successful and benefits are so substantial that the Probation Behavioral Health Services Unit added its own facility canine, and her name is Coco Brulé.
Health
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Local leaders gathered in Chula Vista to mark the completion of the region’s seventh Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU).
Housing
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebration was held today for SkyLINE, a new mixed-use affordable housing development built next to the Rancho Bernardo Transit Center. The seven story, 100-unit project sits on a former Metropolitan Transit System parking lot and provides affordable homes for individuals and families.
Health
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Construction is underway to renovate a 13,500 square-foot wing at the County’s Edgemoor Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Facility campus to convert it into a new Acute Psychiatric Unit in Santee.
Agriculture
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The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) declared a new citrus quarantine in Ramona on March 2 after detecting the fatal citrus-greening disease known as Huanglongbing (HLB) in two residential citrus trees during regular inspections.
Families
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The County of San Diego is seeking community input around the future of San Pasqual Academy, a 238-acre residential campus that has provided foster youth with housing, education and enrichment for 25 years.
Transportation
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The Board of Supervisors approved three major infrastructure projects to improve safety, mobility and sustainability in unincorporated communities: new traffic signals in Lakeside and Fallbrook, road upgrades in Valley Center and a stormwater filtration project in Fallbrook.