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The District 5 County Board of Supervisors seat is up for grabs for the first time in more than two decades.

Airs Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 at 9 p.m. & Sunday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV + Oct. 21 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

Nathan Fletcher and Bonnie Dumanis are vying to replace Ron Roberts on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.

Reported cases and rates of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia rose in 2017 for the third consecutive year and are at the highest level in 20 years, the county's Health and Human Services Agency announced Tuesday.

The outbreak now totals 228 cases and required the hospitalization of 161 of those sickened, according to the county Health and Human Services Agency.

The vaccination rate for California kindergartners went down slightly last school year, including in San Diego County, after hitting a record high the previous year.

This is the largest outbreak in California in the past 20 years

San Diego City Council members are being asked to extend the funding for three tent shelters for the homelessness. The shelters have failed to meet their own goals, and their price tag is rising.

After a client of an Albuquerque spa developed an infection, health officials conducted an inspection and urged others who received needle treatments to get tested for blood-borne diseases.

Gordon Walker took over as head of San Diego’s Regional Task Force on the Homeless in 2017. The task force oversees the annual homeless census and is responsible for coordinating homeless resources in the county.