San Diego County’s Vector Control Program is scheduled to conduct a routine mosquito-fighting aerial larvicide drop on June 26 and 27 across approximately 50 rivers, streams, ponds, and other waterways in the county. This operation aims to eliminate mosquito larvae. The effort includes applying a mosquito-reducing larvicide by helicopter in the Tijuana River Valley. This marks the second such drop by helicopter in this area within the month due to standing water that can support mosquito breeding.
With the National Weather Service issuing an excessive heat warning in San Diego County deserts for Friday and Saturday, the County is reminding residents about County Cool Zones and offering tips to protect themselves from the heat.
San Diego County News Center reports that the County’s Housing and Community Development Services is seeking public input to inform its upcoming five-year Consolidated Plan. The department annually receives approximately $14 million in entitlement funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for projects aimed at supporting affordable housing and community improvements.
The Registrar of Voters in San Diego County is seeking temporary site managers to operate in-person voting locations for the upcoming November presidential general election. Site managers will be compensated at a rate of $20 per hour.
San Diego County is experiencing record enrollment in the CalFresh food supplement program. As of June 1, 2024, more than 398,000 eligible people in the region are receiving CalFresh benefits, marking a 5.8% increase compared to the same month in 2023. Over the past year, more than 539,000 individuals have been enrolled at various times.
San Diego County Library has become the first in California to be designated a “Certified Sustainable Library” through the Sustainable Libraries Initiative’s award-winning Sustainable Library Certification Program. This recognition highlights the library's commitment to environmentally friendly practices and supporting communities in transitioning to a green, carbon-free economy.
San Diego County released its 2024 Love Your Heart Report on Monday, revealing that the annual February public health campaign provided more than 58,000 people with free blood pressure checks and potentially averted 806 medical emergencies such as strokes or heart attacks.
With schools out for summer, the risk of teens and children gaining access to alcohol increases when parents are at work and teens may be unsupervised. Minors often obtain alcohol or marijuana through older friends, strangers willing to buy it for them, store clerks who fail to check IDs, online purchases, friends' parents, and sometimes their own parents.
A new Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside food truck, primarily funded through the County’s K-12 Community Grant Program, is complete and will soon be used in the community. Club officials displayed the new truck and menu at a community barbecue on June 1 in Oceanside. The truck, called the Lunch Box, will soon be on the streets providing fresh, healthy, and free meals to children in the clubs’ surrounding neighborhoods.
The County of San Diego, the City of San Diego’s Housing Commission, and the National City Housing Authority have agreed on plans to help residents affected by the January storms transition out of the County’s Emergency Temporary Lodging Program to longer-term housing solutions.