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Chairwoman Nora Vargas and community members stand in front of Live Well bus at press conference on Love Your Heart

VIDEO: Love Your Heart Week of Action Promotes Heart Health with Events, Information & More

| 5:16 PM

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This year Love Your Heart events and no-cost blood pressure screenings will be available over the course of several days in locations throughout the county and Mexico.

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AED in case on wall

Get Important Tools That Could Save Someone’s Life 

| 9:39 AM

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Knowing how to perform CPR and how to locate and use an AED, automated external defibrillator, can help someone when seconds are critical. 

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County Health Officials Report Love Your Heart Screened More Than 46,000 People

| 3:02 PM

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The County’s new Love Your Heart report shows the February blood-pressure screening campaign alerted 473 people they were in imminent medical danger and warned nearly 22,000 others they could be vulnerable to serious illness and death from heart disease, stroke and COVID-19.

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VIDEO: County Adding Mobile Offices to Deliver Services

| 3:53 PM

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A brand-new County of San Diego Live Well Mobile Office hit the road today, the second of its kind. They travel around the region and are equipped to deliver a wide range of county services directly to your community.

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County: $1.8 Mill Available to Youth Sports and Camps to Cut Kids’ Registration Fees

| 2:18 PM

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The County’s Department of Parks and Recreation wants to give youth sports and camp programs shares of $1.8 million to help get 15,000 to 20,000 kids back out to play in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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VIDEO: Artist Tells Story Behind Tubman Chavez Community Center Mural

| 12:56 PM

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For 14 years, a vibrant mural on an exterior wall of the Tubman Chavez Community Center has offered a beautiful narrative about the residents in this community… their history, their diversity and their hopes for the future.

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County Parks Earn National Thumbs Up

| 3:31 PM

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The County’s parks and recreation system was awarded reaccreditation this week from the national Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies, once again winning kudos for its parks, programs, community involvement and operations.