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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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Local health care professionals on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic called today for regional leaders to establish emergency child care programs that would allow medical workers to continue treating COVID-19 patients, while ensuring their children are cared for. The San Diego Emergency Child Care Task Force -- made up of members from the region's early childhood education and care community -- put forth a proposal last week calling for child care vouchers for essential medical workers and for local... Full story
CARLSBAD (CNS) - Carlsbad-based pharmaceutical company Ionis announced today that it has established a $25,000 scholarship to provide remote classes and therapy for San Diego-area ALS patients amid social distancing guidelines necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ionis Hope Scholarship will allow ALS patients to take part in group classes, massage therapy, meditation and functional group therapy offered by Adapt Functional Movement Center in Carlsbad. Adapt is offering its services for patients and their caregivers via... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Following Department of Defense requirements, Naval Base San Diego announced today it was implementing face covering protocols for all personnel on military installations to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Naval Base San Diego reported its first positive COVID-19 case on March 14, with a number of cases reported Navy-wide since then. To slow the spread of the virus, the Navy has been implementing mitigation measures while maintaining fleet readiness, according to a base statement. The base is home to... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Researchers at the UC San Diego Health Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center announced today they had received a three-year, nearly $5 million award from NASA to develop and launch stem cell experiments aboard the International Space Station. A collaboration between UCSD Health's Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine and Space Tango will seek to develop a stem cell orbital research laboratory within the space station and launch three collaborative research projects within it. Stem cells self-renew,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An administrative complaint was filed today on behalf of a Guatemalan woman who was allegedly ignored by U.S. Border Patrol officers as she went into labor earlier this year at the Chula Vista Border Patrol station, where she gave birth. The complaint alleges mistreatment at the hands of Border Patrol agents and calls for an investigation into the circumstances behind the detention of the 27-year-old woman, identified only as "Ana,'' and her family. Border Patrol officials could not immediately be reached...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego Gas & Electric today encouraged customers facing financial hardship related to the COVID-19 pandemic to apply online for bill discount programs. With the coronavirus pandemic causing financial strain for many individuals and families in the region, SDG&E's discounts can save them 30% or more off their monthly utility bill. The utility offers bill discount programs to support customers year-round. Many people who previously could not take advantage of these income-based programs may now be able to... Full story
OCEANSIDE (CNS) - A man who allegedly threw rocks at homes, attacked a man with a windshield wiper and later threw the wiper Oceanside police officers died today on the MiraCosta College campus after at least one officer shot him with a stun gun, police said. Dispatchers received a 911 call shortly after 3:15 a.m. from residents who reported that a man had thrown rocks at homes and vehicles in the 3500 block of Strawberry Place, just southeast of MiraCosta College, Oceanside police spokesman Tom Bussey said. Officers... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - County public health officials reported 50 new cases of COVID-19 and a dozen additional deaths, raising the total death count to 31, with 1,454 confirmed cases. The new cases that came to light Tuesday are the fewest reported in the county since March 28 and the second fewest in two weeks, but the number of deaths is by far the largest increase since the public health emergency began. Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county public health officer, said while the statistics were striking, they may not represent any... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The National Lacrosse League and its local team, the San Diego Seals, announced today the remainder of the regular season will be canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. League officials said they were looking at scenarios to return to play when all stakeholders and health officials deem it possible. There was no timeline given on when decisions will be made. The league suspended regular season play on March 12 due to COVID-19. "With three weekends left in the regular season and the uncertainty about...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Rain will continue to fall throughout San Diego County today and temperatures will be colder, meaning snow is possible in the mountains. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch that will be in effect throughout the county until this evening. Rain showers are likely throughout the day, but the heaviest rainfall is expected this afternoon along with a chance of thunderstorms throughout the county, forecasters said. These potential thunderstorms could bring heavy downpours at times and cause...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve gasoline in San Diego County dropped to its lowest amount since Aug. 17, 2017, today, decreasing 1.6 cents to $2.977. The average price has dropped 34 consecutive days, decreasing 55.6 cents, including 1.4 cents on Tuesday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The average price is 9.4 cents less than a week ago, 53 cents lower than a month ago and 85.5 cents below what it was one year ago. It has fallen 62.5 cents since the start of...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Blood Bank put out a plea today for recovered COVID-19 patients to donate plasma that may help patients fighting the virus. ``Hospitals are reaching out to us on a daily basis for convalescent plasma,'' said David Wellis, CEO of the San Diego Blood Bank. ``If anyone has recovered from the virus, we are calling on them to join us in helping patients in critical condition fight COVID-19.'' Individuals can donate their plasma if they had a confirmed positive laboratory test and no symptoms for... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Two members of the Board of Supervisors called today on the county tax collector to offer property tax relief to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, ahead of a Friday payment deadline. In a letter, Supervisors Jim Desmond and Kristin Gaspar asked Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister to review a proposal by the San Diego chapter of the California Restaurant Association, in which those unable to meet their second installment tax obligation of over $500 by April 10 would be able to enter into a payment p... Full story
April 2, 2020 – As emergency response personnel on the front lines are exposed to lethal pathogens or test positive for COVID-19, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released a tip sheet that highlights information within NFPA 1581, Standard on Fire Department Infection Control Program and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Written for fire departments, NFPA 1581 can be easily translated to fit EMT, paramedic, and law enforcement needs during this unprecedented time when p... Full story
Transcript Mario: What's going on everybody? My name is Mario here at Reedermedia and the Village... oh, my bad, I forgot. What's going on everybody? My name is Mario here at Reedermedia and the Village News. Today we're gonna be going out into Fallbrook and Bonsall area talking to business owners about how they're handling the Coronavirus situation, how their businesses are doing, and what things have changed for them. So come with me, because today we're gonna go stop by... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County's government has spent between $18 million and $20 million so far in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Health and Human Services official told the Board of Supervisors today. Andy Pease, HHSA finance director, said that amount covers expenses for administrative support, staff time, frontline workers, housing for vulnerable residents, and protective gear and ventilator purchases. Pease said the county's fiscal year-end costs in response to the pandemic could range between $50 million... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - As hundreds of unsheltered San Diegans were moving into the San Diego Convention Center today, the City Council approved a $3.7 million state emergency funding grant to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the homeless population. Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, Assemblyman Todd Gloria and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez collaborated with the council to secure the grant, which will add to approximately $1.6 million in state-backed emergency funds from San Diego County and $1.7... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, who fired the commanding officer of a San Diego-based aircraft carrier over his publicized concerns regarding the Navy's response to a COVID-19 outbreak aboard his ship, submitted his resignation today after his controversial address to the ship's crew was made public. Modly had been under fire since relieving Capt. Brett Crozier of command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, then drew further ire after a recording surfaced Monday of him addressing the crew over the ship's PA...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - County supervisors today unanimously voted in favor of $25 million to establish a fund to bolster behavioral health organizations -- a move proposed more than one year ago that one supervisor says is needed even more in the wake of the global health crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sponsored by Greg Cox and Nathan Fletcher, the Behavioral Health Impact Fund will allow "community-based organizations to serve more clients for longer periods of time.'' Cox, the board chairman, first announced the... Full story
FALLBROOK (CNS) - An appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of a former Camp Pendleton Marine who shot and stabbed an Army reservist, whose body was found zipped inside a sleeping bag in his SUV in a Fallbrook parking lot about two weeks after his family reported him missing. Kevin Albert Richard Coset pleaded guilty in 2018 and was sentenced to 51 years to life in prison for the 2012 murder of 24-year-old Alvin Bulaoro, who was stabbed 44 times and shot twice in the head. Prosecutors said cell phone records...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - MiraCosta College could soon be manufacturing thousands of face masks, hundreds of face shields, and scores of decontamination boxes as part of a statewide effort to ramp up production of personal protective equipment in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, it announced today. Instructors at MiraCosta College's Technology Career Institute in Carlsbad -- using the institute's machine and engineering shops and 3D printers -- have already developed prototypes and are ordering parts for hospital face...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - UC San Diego Health radiologists and other physicians are now using artificial intelligence to rapidly analyze lung imaging to detect for pneumonia -- including that impacting COVID-19 patients, the medical center announced today. For most patients who have died of COVID-19, the ultimate cause of death was pneumonia, a condition in which inflammation and fluid buildup make it difficult to breathe. Severe pneumonia often requires lengthy hospital stays in intensive care units and assistance breathing with ven...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Rain showers will continue today throughout San Diego County and snow could fall in the mountains as a storm slowly makes its way through southern California. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch that will be in effect throughout the county from 11 a.m. today through Wednesday morning. Showers will be consistent throughout the day and remain steady through Wednesday morning, forecasters said. A chance of afternoon thunderstorms will also last through Wednesday and the rain is expected to... Full story
