Public Safety
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VIDEO: Tour the Rose Canyon Fault – San Diego’s Biggest Earthquake Threat

| 10:34 AM

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We know all about the San Andreas Fault. But there’s a lesser known fault running through the heart of the San Diego, and it has the attention of emergency planners. A geology professor at San Diego State University shows us where you can see signs of the Rose Canyon Fault and how dangerous it could be.

Public Safety
00:31

VIDEO: Earn the Perfect 10 of Preparedness

| 11:27 AM

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While we hope there won’t ever be an ultimate “test” of our personal preparedness for a natural or man-made emergency, the County urges you to take 10 easy steps that will help you be ready if disaster strikes.

Public Safety
01:18

VIDEO: County Breaks Ground on New Crime Lab

| 3:54 PM

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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 […]

Public Safety
02:10

VIDEO: County, City Share Firefighting Resources in North County

| 2:58 PM

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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 […]