City News Service

San Diego County residents will be able to get the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine as soon as this weekend, the county Health and Human Services Agency announced Friday.

ICU patients with COVID-19 as of Thursday decreased by one to 47. There were three fewer hospital beds available Thursday, totaling 221.

The announcement follows a national search with nearly 200 candidates which settled on Dargan, the current chief operating officer of the Houston Public Works Department.

Research published today by a team of researchers led by UC San Diego scientists found that health care facilities in underrepresented, rural and hard-hit communities were less likely to administer COVID-19 vaccines during their initial rollout, partially due to not receiving enough doses to meet demand.

An inmate who was stricken by some sort of medical crisis this week in county jail in Vista died at a hospital Wednesday, authorities reported.

Cal Fire said the fire was started when someone was trying to clear brush from their property during the wrong time of day and during risky conditions.

The department is looking to fill over 400 positions, and willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in signing bonuses to attract new employees.

It's going to feel a lot like summer across much of San Diego County starting Wednesday.

It is a long-inactive commission focusing on the needs of women and recommending programs intended to fix gender inequality.