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In 2015, there were 17,975 domestic violence incidents reported to law enforcement in San Diego County, a 6 percent increase from the prior year and up 12 percent from 2011. Local groups and agencies recently came together to provide community education and awareness on domestic violence.
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The County Operations Center will soon add another large building to the growing campus in Kearny Mesa. A new 156,000 square-foot facility will house the Sheriff’s Regional Crime Laboratory, Central Investigations Division, and Property and Evidence Division. The current crime lab resides in an old, converted hospital. The new building will give staff more space to grow and collaborate […]
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An independent fire rating agency informed the Board of Supervisors Tuesday that the County Fire Authority’s capabilities when it comes to fighting structural fires now rank in the top 10 percent nationally.
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CAL FIRE Capt. Kendal Bortisser recommends that drivers carry a fire extinguisher in their vehicle in case of an engine or brush fire, and, if they have one, they can try to extinguish the fire on their own.
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“Fires don’t respect the legal boundaries, the city boundaries or the County boundaries, so it’s imperative that we all work together.” A new City-County partnership was established Wednesday out in San Pasqual Valley, where a County Fire Authority station sits. The city of San Diego added a brush fire engine and four fire fighters to […]
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Meet some veterans of disaster clean-up: the California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief organization. They come quietly to help with disaster relief efforts “just because they care.”
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It’s the seventh year the County of San Diego and the City of San Diego have teamed up with San Diego Gas & Electric to use its heavy lift helicopter to battle blazes during fire season throughout the county.
