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 hap-happiest season of all is here again. And nothing makes the holiday season happier than putting smiles on the faces of children. You can get that happy feeling with the help of the U.S. Marine Corps and County of San Diego. All you have to do is drop off a new, unwrapped toy in a Toys for Tots donation box at one of five County airports. Donation boxes are out and will remain up until Saturday, Dec. 14 at those five airports: McClellan Airport in Carlsbad, Gillespie Field in El Cajon, Fallbrook Airpark in Fallbrook,...
Warm up the kitchen! Thanksgiving, our biggest day of feast is back. And if you're cooking, the last thing you want to do is serve your family and friends plentiful platefuls of salmonella, listeria or other dangerous bacteria. Those sickening things can be carried by your turkey, stuffing, vegetables, salads and desserts – if you're not prepping, cleaning and cooking right. Fortunately, there are some simple rules to keep you and everyone else happy and safe. Bone up on t... Full story
The holidays are the season for – food! And the County of San Diego wants to give you some tips to help make sure you don't waste a single bite. Believe it or not, up to 40% of the total U.S. food supply goes to waste every year, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The opportunity to waste food increases during the holidays, as our feasts march from Thanksgiving through New Year's. It's a waste that can also cost you money. The USDA estimates that the a...
Summer and even the fall months in San Diego County can bring extremely high temperatures that can be dangerous to people and pets. Excessive heat can spike body temperatures that can cause heatstroke, exhaustion, dizziness, nausea, confusion, headache and even death. Children and the elderly are particularly at risk. So, here are tips that can help keep you, your friends and loved ones safe. • The County’s Cool Zones, including the County’s 33 branch libraries, community centers and other locations, offer people safe, air-c...
Almost everybody knows the County Library is the place to go to get books, information and entertainment; all for free. But you may not know about all the things you can do at the County Library and with your library card – like learning a new language, exploring your family heritage, getting free seeds to plant in your garden, and even graduating high school. Yup. You can do all of that and more. Here are nine things you might not know you can do at a County library: Graduate high school If you’re one of those who did...
The County of San Diego opened its annual Cool Zones program June 3, just as the region is expecting to face its first potential summer-like temperatures this week. The Cool Zones program was created two decades ago. It was designed to give older adults, people with disabilities and people with health concerns free, safe air-conditioned shelters to visit to escape extreme heat. The program will run from Saturday, June 1 through Oct. 31. Cool Zone sites include the county's 33...
Do you like to read? Do you like to learn? How about, do you like to earn prizes? Well, this summer you can do all three. The County Library Summer Learning Challenge is back! This summer's "Read, Learn, Create" reading challenge started Saturday, June 1 and runs through Aug 31. Anyone and everyone can take part. Register online or at any of the 33 County libraries, read some books, have some fun, engage in some new activities and you could just earn a prize – from a...
The county has unveiled a new, easy, do-it-yourself website to help people submit public record requests, track their progress and even see if those records are already available because somebody else asked for them. Have you ever wanted to review county documents – maybe you were curious about a government function, or you were doing research for a project – but you didn’t know where to start? Now you can do it right online at the county’s Public Records Request Center website, https://www.sandiegocounty....
With hundreds of San Diegans already dealing with flood recovery and more rain predicted, everyone is encouraged to follow important safety and preparedness tips to deal with rain and floods. Here is a collection of handy tips from the county, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and SDG&E to prepare for and respond to rain and flooding. Protect your home and property Get free sand and bags at De Luz: De Luz Fire Station #16: 39431 De Luz Road, phone: 760-728-2422, or Fallbrook: Pala Mesa Fire Station #4, 4375 Pala Mesa...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County began notifying restaurants today of $4.5 million in permit fee refunds for the period of March 16, 2020 through June 15 of this year -- the result of a recent settlement in a lawsuit brought by a local restaurant group. The class-action settlement was for all restaurants and limited food preparation facilities that paid or were required to pay annual permit fees to the County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health and Quality. It provides a 50% refund of annual permit fees to... Full story
Looking to help County residents who are thinking about buying an electric vehicle, the County of San Diego has created a new consumer guide website with information about benefits, costs, incentives — even a link to start shopping for vehicles. The County’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Consumer Guide is the latest product of the EV Roadmap that the County’s Board of Supervisors approved in 2019 to build charging stations, encourage people to buy electric vehicles, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The County Board of Super...
A San Diego County advisory board task force is inviting people to help the county improve how it connects people to social services that help them get food, housing and health care by sharing their program experiences in four special webinars this month. Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer and the "Outreach, Accessibility, and Enrollment Ad-hoc Task Force," a subcommittee of the county's Social Services Advisory Board, are holding four listening session webinars in June. The...
With temperatures rising and summer coming, the County's Vector Control Program conducted its first routine mosquito-fighting aerial larvicide drop May 5-6 on dozens of waterways to help stop mosquitoes from potentially spreading diseases like West Nile virus. The waterways include Lake Rancho Viejo and the San Luis Rey River. The current schedule for more aerial larvicide drops includes June 2-3, 23-24; July 14-15; Aug. 4-5, 25-26; Sept. 15-16 and Oct. 6-7 if needed. These...
Thousands of local students in 19 schools and districts have a whole new world of digital and audio books to read and listen to, thanks to the San Diego County Library – and they won't even need a library card. The County Library has signed on to make its thousands of digital and audio books available to "Sora," an app used by many school districts for its students and libraries. Because of that, students at the schools and districts – using just their student IDs – can check...
San Diego County supervisors voted March 17 to buy the 2,151-acre, historic Star Ranch area in Campo, its largest acquisition of sensitive habitat, wetlands, potential passive park land and hiking trails in a decade. County officials said the land will provide a permanent home for sensitive species and conserve important habitat including 200 acres of wetlands, and it could eventually provide a large park and connections for hikers to nearby trails such as the Pacific Crest Tr...
With the state's new COVID-19 Stay Home order in effect, the County of San Diego's 33 libraries have moved to door-side service to help county residents practice social distancing and still enjoy all the library books, digital magazines, music, movies and other fare they love. People can still check out all library materials and safely pick them up right at their library's door. No appointments are necessary. Just use the county's online catalog, https://en...
The weather forecasts say this could be a relatively dry winter, which means having a rain barrel to collect every precious drop of rain and cut your gardening water costs could be more important than ever. And this month local residents can pick up a discounted top-of-the-line rain barrel for $90 – and potentially as little as $25 – thanks to the County of San Diego's Watershed Protection Program, the nonprofit Solana Center and the Metropolitan Water District of Sou...
The holiday season means gifts, packages, trees and yes – recycling. Now, recycling is probably not the first thing that pops into your mind when you think about the holidays. But the truth is Christmas and the holidays bring all kinds of recyclable things to our homes, from wrapping to all those packages from gifts and online purchases and yes, even our Christmas trees, if you're using a real tree. So, in keeping with the holiday spirit, the County Department of Public W...
San Diego County is expected to see its first widespread rains in months this weekend and the County of San Diego and CAL FIRE have free sandbags to help residents in unincorporated communities protect their homes and properties. The National Weather Service is forecasting rain and winds around San Diego County this weekend, meaning this could be a good time to pick up some free sand and bags. As they have in the past, the County of San Diego and CAL FIRE are providing free sand and bags to residents in unincorporated areas a...
The "calend-air" contest is back! San Diego County's Air Pollution Control District is calling on local student artists to submit their original artwork illustrating the importance of clean air in the district's 2021 Kids' Calendar Contest. The annual contest is a cool way for local kindergarten through 12th grade students to see their art get published and to make a difference by helping the APCD reduce air pollution and protect the public. Students are invited to mail their...
The County of San Diego's new Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk's Office & Archive building in Santee has a new record to file – 2020 Orchid award winner for outstanding architecture. The ARCC Office was one of 14 projects honored with a coveted "Orchid" award last week by the San Diego Architectural Foundation at its yearly "Orchids and Onions" gala. The event honors the best and worst in local architecture, historic preservation, interior design, urban planning and landscape a...
It's still hot outside, but fall has officially arrived and that means the winter rainy season is just around the corner. It also means October is the perfect time to get a discounted rain barrel for as little as $25 to catch every drop, cut gardening water costs and protect beaches simultaneously. Thanks to San Diego County's Watershed Protection Program and the nonprofit Solana Center, residents can order a top-of-the-line, discounted $90 Ivy rain barrel online. And the...
Agriculture values blossomed for the third year out of the past four and grew close to $1.8 billion, a height they last reached in 2014, in San Diego County's annual crop report. The value of all agriculture crops and commodities rose about 1.5% in the new crop report that covers the 2019 growing season, from $1,769,815,715 in 2018 to $1,795,528,573. Total agriculture values also increased in the 2016 and 2017 reports, before slipping by one-quarter of 1% in 2019's 2018 report. This year's increase was fueled in large part...
Standing in front of 645 placards representing every person who died by accidental drug overdose in San Diego County last year, county and other officials said Monday, Aug. 31, these deaths did not have to happen – and no one else has to die. County Supervisor Kristin Gaspar, County District Attorney Summer Stephan, County Behavioral Health Director Dr. Luke Bergmann, law enforcement, drug prevention and health care officials gathered at the County Administration Center Monday morning to commemorate International Overdose A...
It’s the summer of coronavirus – and to keep it from spreading we’re staying home more, foregoing big vacations and looking for new ways to entertain and educate kids who have been home for months. Well, here’s some good news. There are still some great, fun, free/or inexpensive things that kids, families and adults can do in July. And we’ve got a list! For example, you can join the County Library’s summer learning challenge, check out great e-books – or call to check out actual books and material and pick them up at your li...
