Health

Live Well on Wheels Hits the Road

| 12:30 PM

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The County has two Live Well on Wheels buses (Live WoW) that visit local communities and provide residents with easy access to a wide range of County health and community services right in their own neighborhood.  

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County Breaks Ground on East County Crisis Stabilization Unit

| 3:29 PM

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The County of San Diego and partner agencies broke ground on the region’s seventh Crisis Stabilization Unit Thursday. The “CSUs” are designed to give many people who are in the midst of a behavioral health crisis a calm and better place to become stable and recover than emergency rooms, hospitals or jails.

Health

The Heat is On, Here are Tips on How to Protect Yourself

| 9:46 AM

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Summer and even the fall months in San Diego County can bring extremely high temperatures that can be dangerous to people and pets. So, here are tips that can help keep you, your friends and loved ones safe!

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More than 58,000 Screened for ‘Love Your Heart’

| 12:48 PM

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San Diego County released its 2024 Love Your Heart Report Monday, showing the annual February public health campaign gave more than 58,000 people free blood pressure checks and potentially saved 806 people from medical emergencies like strokes or heart attacks. 

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County Cool Zones Open as Temperatures Heat Up

| 1:46 PM

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The County of San Diego opened its annual Cool Zones program Saturday, just as the region is expecting to face its first potential summer-like temperatures this week.

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A County First – Affordable Housing Opens on Excess Land

| 5:05 PM

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The County reached a milestone in efforts to address the region’s housing crisis. Officials celebrated the grand opening of the Levant Senior Cottages in Linda Vista on Thursday. The development is the first of 11 affordable housing projects to complete construction on County excess land. 

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County Supervisors Advance Alternative to Incarceration Hub

| 5:46 PM

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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved two actions Wednesday to help people move forward after arrest and incarceration.