Last month, the county hired Bridget Premont as its first pollution crisis chief.
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More than $21 million will support overdose prevention and education across California, including efforts by 10 organizations serving San Diego County. -
Starting tomorrow, the city of San Diego's Office of Emergency Services will begin hosting a series of workshops to let senior citizens know what resources are available to them during harsh El Niño weather. -
The U.S. Department of Justice announced its sending a record number of election monitors to polling places. -
Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera had accused Police Chief Scott Wahl of failing to notify the public when SDPD officers are called to a scene involving ICE agents. -
A sheriff's bomb squad was called in to determine the contents of the satchel and remove it from the premises, Sgt. David Rodriguez said. -
Officials urged caution during debris or agricultural burns, stressing that participants must follow all safety guidelines and maintain absolute control over the fire at all times. Authorities noted that individuals can face civil and/or criminal liability if a fire spreads to another property. -
OpenAI finds major security flaws in a programming language known as PHP underpinning the internet. -
In August, the San Diego Commission on Police Practices recommended that the San Diego Police Department change how officers conduct pretext traffic stops. -
The Port of San Diego on Tuesday warned the public to prepare for intermittent street flooding this week thanks to a combination of elevated tide levels, Kelvin waves, seasonal high tides and forecast rainfall. -
A woman experiencing a mental health crisis who prompted a lockdown when she showed up with a gun Tuesday at the same San Diego mosque that saw a mass shooting earlier this year returned to the mosque on Wednesday, and was detained for a mental health evaluation, police said.
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