Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a new citrus quarantine in Fallbrook on Sept. 16 after detecting the fatal citrus tree disease known as Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening, in one mandarin tree in a residential neighborhood in the Fallbrook area during regular inspections. This bacterial disease is a major threat to San Diego County's $138 million annual citrus crop and can impact residential citrus tree owners. HLB causes misshapen, bitter...
Two mice collected from a campground trail at San Onofre State Beach, as part of ongoing surveillance to protect public health, have tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus. The County Vector Control team is working with campground officials to notify campground visitors and staff. Finding hantavirus in wild rodents is not uncommon in San Diego County, these are the 19th and 20th findings in mice in 2024. However, people rarely come into direct contact with infec...
An attorney with 20 years' investigative experience as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will serve as the new Executive Officer of the San Diego County Citizen Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB). Brett Kalina's start date was Sept. 3, said CLERB Chairperson MaryAnne Pintar, who served on the selection committee. "Brett has extensive experience with complex, high-profile investigations involving narcotics trafficking, violent crimes, complicated...
Four new dogs trained in detecting explosives and firearms are now on duty with the K-9 Unit of the San Diego County Sheriff's Office. K-9s Archer, Bear, Dexter and Nalla are exclusively trained in detecting explosives and firearms. They are a regional resource which means they can answer calls from other law enforcement agencies to keep San Diego County safe. The Explosives Detection K-9s completed a ten-week academy and undergo testing and routine training to ensure their sk...
Asian citrus psyllid The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a new citrus quarantine in Fallbrook on Sept. 16 after detecting the fatal citrus tree disease known as Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening, in one mandarin tree in a residential neighborhood in the Fallbrook area during regular inspections. This bacterial disease is a major threat to San Diego County's $138 million annual citrus crop and can impact residential citrus tree owners. HLB causes... Full story
A dead American Crow found in the Clairemont area of San Diego has tested positive for West Nile virus, prompting County environmental health officials to remind people to protect themselves from mosquitoes that can transmit the virus to people. County officials said people should continue to follow the county's "Prevent, Protect, Report" guidelines, including finding and dumping out standing water around homes to keep mosquitoes from breeding. The crow is the first dead bird...
Business owners are encouraged to take a survey to help the County of San Diego improve its outreach about contracting opportunities. The goal is to find out what businesses, including nonprofits, need to successfully bid or propose on providing goods and services that help the County serve the public. This information will help the county determine improvements to its procurement and contracting program and increase the diversity of businesses that successfully bid or propose for county contracts, particularly local small...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved two actions March 13 to help people move forward after arrest and incarceration. The board’s vote advanced plans to open a new San Diego Resource and Reentry Hub in the central region of San Diego County. The hub will bring numerous services together in one place to support the needs of people who are leaving jail or who are referred by law enforcement. The board’s vote also directed county staff to return within 120 days with a proposed ordinance for supervisors to con...
Recognizing that the COVID-19 pandemic would prove to challenge the San Diego emergency response community in an unprecedented way, local producer Dave Meyer set about documenting individual experiences. Along with his co-collaborator and wife, Karen, Meyer began filming in spring 2020, chronicling in highly personal interviews, the toll, responsibilities, and hopes of a wide variety of first responders. "These people wanted to help their community, they had become part of...
The County of San Diego is working with the University of California San Diego on a pilot program that may provide a roadmap for schools to safely reopen while our community gets vaccinated. The Safer at School Early Alert system, or “Sassy” as it is called by participants, is an evidence-based program to detect SARS-CoV-2 at schools and child care centers. The project began with technology launched as part of UC San Diego’s Return to Learn program which collects daily wastewater samples that are tested for shed coron...
The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency is asking for the public's help in identifying one person, and possibly others, who may have been exposed to rabies while visiting San Diego Zoo Safari Park in San Pasqual Sunday, Sept. 6. A bat was witnessed flying around an unidentified female guest at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, at the Mombasa Cooker at Nairobi Village. It was later collected by a trained park employee and submitted to the county for rabies testing, and...
San Diego County is vulnerable to many types of emergencies: fires, floods, earthquakes and more. These disasters can strike at any time, and residents should all be prepared to keep their families safe. But a 2017 survey conducted by the county found only half of San Diego County residents are prepared to evacuate their homes within 15 minutes, and only 38 percent have an emergency plan. To help drive disaster preparedness, the county's Office of Emergency Services is...
Several new driving laws took effect in 2018 for all California drivers. Among them is a ban on marijuana use in vehicles for both the driver and any passengers. This law makes smoking or ingesting marijuana or marijuana products while driving or riding as a passenger in a vehicle illegal, even if the driver or a passenger has a medical marijuana card. Other new vehicle-related laws in California include: passengers must wear seat belts on buses equipped with the safety restraints; drivers of vehicles for hire such as public...
