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San Diego County Wins Highest LEED Award for Sustainability
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- Written by Tracy DeFore Tracy DeFore
- Category: Latest News Latest News
- Published: 15 September 2018 15 September 2018
San Diego, California - The County of San Diego has become the first county in California and the second in the nation to receive the U.S. Green Building Council’s Platinum certification – its highest distinction – in its LEED for Communities program.
Poll Workers Needed for November 6 Election
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- Written by Tracy DeFore Tracy DeFore
- Category: San Diego News San Diego News
- Published: 15 September 2018 15 September 2018
San Diego, California - Poll workers, especially those who are bilingual in any one of six specific languages, are needed for the November 6 Gubernatorial General Election. The Registrar’s office is required by federal law to provide bilingual speakers and voting materials to voters who speak Spanish, Filipino, Vietnamese and Chinese. In addition, a survey conducted by the University of California, Berkeley showed a need for speakers of Arabic and Korean at just under 90 precincts across the county so the Registrar’s office is also recruiting poll workers who are bilingual in those languages for the November 6th election.
Suicides Up in San Diego County
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- Written by County of San Diego Communications County of San Diego Communications
- Category: News News
- Published: 15 September 2018 15 September 2018
San Diego, California - After three years of holding steady, the number and rate of people who killed themselves in San Diego County went up in 2017.
Infant Deaths Decline in San Diego
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- Written by José A. Álvarez José A. Álvarez
- Category: Health News Health News
- Published: 15 September 2018 15 September 2018
San Diego, California - The infant mortality rate in San Diego County has declined in the last 16 years and is now lower than it is in the state and the nation.
Del Mar Fairgrounds Honored for Sheltering Animals in Disasters
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- Written by Yvette Urrea Moe Yvette Urrea Moe
- Category: San Diego News San Diego News
- Published: 15 September 2018 15 September 2018
San Diego, California - In a local emergency, the County has turned more than once to the Del Mar Fairgrounds as a regional shelter partner and a large animal shelter and in turn they have provided critical community support. Most recently in the 2017 Lilac Fire, the fairgrounds staff and volunteers cared for and sheltered hundreds of horses.
FDA provides update on its ongoing investigation into valsartan products
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- Written by Jeremy Kahn Jeremy Kahn
- Category: Health News Health News
- Published: 15 September 2018 15 September 2018
Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is updating the public on the agency’s ongoing investigation surrounding the recent voluntary recall of several drug products containing the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) valsartan, used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure.