Supervisor Jim Desmond and Department of Public Works officials recently flipped the switch on a new traffic light backup battery system in San Dieguito that could eventually make residents around the county safer during emergencies.
Summertime means road trips — not just for those of us heading out for fun or vacation, but also for crews working to maintain and improve San Diego County’s unincorporated roads to protect drivers and keep the public safe.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to ratify the acceptance of fiscal year 2020-2021 state community power resiliency funds, a key step in helping to improve backup energy sources for essential facilities and communications equipment as part of emergency preparedness efforts in the county.
Credit: shutterstock The holiday season means gifts, packages, trees and yes — recycling! Here are some tips, from your trees to everything else.
A series of powerful storms means this rainy weather won’t be stopping anytime soon. County Public Works crews hit the road-even in heavy rain-to keep you safe. They work 12-hour shifts, setting up barricades on flooded roadways, and fill potholes, to make the hazardous driving conditions a little less hazardous.
We spent time with a road crew recently to see how they work to make sure roads in the unincorporated part of the County are well-maintained.
In this edition, we hit the road for repairs, go back to school with Probation and get a lesson in trash talk.
