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The San Diego County unemployment rate was 4.9% in June, up from 4% in May, and above last year's 4.4%, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.
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KPBS Midday EditionOn Tuesday, Serving Seniors released "Senior Homelessness: A Needs Assessment." The report describes the growing crisis of older adults who are at-risk or currently homeless in San Diego. -
ECMO, the highest level of mechanical life support, functions as a temporary heart and lungs for some of COVID-19's sickest patients. But the waitlist is too long for many patients who need it. -
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A pair of orphaned bear cubs were being rehabilitated to go back to the wild and are receiving care at the San Diego Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center. -
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Putting lawyers in medical clinics — sometimes funded by Medicaid — is based on the idea that fixing some legal woes can be vital to good medical care. Emerging evidence suggests that works. -
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Following a recent influx of cats and dogs, the San Diego County Department of Animal Services' two shelters are nearly full, and department officials are asking the public to consider adopting or fostering animals. -
On Thursday morning, two animal control officers from the San Diego Humane Society headed north to assist with animals in need in the area of the giant Caldor fire. -
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