The Department of Environmental Health issued a General Advisory Tuesday for the coastal water of San Diego County due to recent rainfall. Swimmers, surfers and other ocean users are warned that levels of bacteria can rise significantly in oceans and bays, especially near storm drains, creeks, rivers and lagoon outlets that discharge urban runoff. Swimmers, [...]
With forecasters once more predicting earlier-than-usual rainfall around San Diego County this week, it may be a good time to pick up some free sandbags. The County of San Diego Department of Public Works is again offering free sand and bags to people in our unincorporated areas to help protect homes, neighborhoods and streets from [...]
Your grandson is in jail in Mexico and wants you to discreetly send bail money. You owe money for unpaid traffic tickets from long ago. A Medicare "representative" needs your personal information. You've won the lottery but must pay a fee to collect your prize. The list of scams criminals use to try to steal [...]
More than 35,000 San Diego County residents now receive alerts on their phones letting them know of a chance to save someone’s life nearby. That’s how many people have downloaded and registered for the PulsePoint Respond app in the past year since it launched locally. The app, which is free, lets users trained in CPR [...]
With the school year upon us it's time for something many parents face on a daily basis: the dreaded challenge of getting your kids to eat healthy if they take a lunch to school. Many families are making a conscious effort to have healthier and more environmentally-friendly lunches. They are realizing the benefits of using [...]
High temperatures are expected to reach the 115 to 120 degree range in the San Diego County desert areas over the next few days and County health officials are reminding the public to take precautions to avoid heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses, this includes making sure you have air con fitted in your home [...]
It's that time of year again! Thousands of students will be heading back to school in a few weeks (some are back already!) and parents should make sure that, in addition to having having asked "can you do my math homework?"backpacks and notebooks, their kids are fully vaccinated. Currently, in order to attend school, California [...]
Motor vehicle-related fatalities increased last year, with a considerable jump seen in the number of pedestrian deaths, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's 2014 Annual Report, which offers an overview of cases the office investigated. Nearly half of the 19,000 to 21,000 deaths recorded in the County annually are reported to the Medical [...]
