By SDCN Staff El Cajon, CA–The City of El Cajon will debut a new program on January 1 designed to encourage clean neighborhoods and community pride in the city. The Neighborhood Cleanup Program will be a free city service created to empower local residents and their neighbors to divert trash from the streets, improve their…
By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–San Diego County Credit Union is collecting monetary donations for “Presents for Paws,” a special holiday fundraising campaign benefiting animal shelters and rescues in San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties. This will be the credit union’s eleventh consecutive holiday season supporting the “Presents for Paws” campaign. “SDCCU is committed to…
Hunger Coalition awarded grant to address child food insecurity The San Diego Hunger Coalition has been chosen as one of the initial organizations supported by Save the Children’s Rural Child Hunger Research and Innovation Lab, which seeks…
Homeless tents in CA. Courtesy photo By SDCN Washington, D.C.–The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Monday released its 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report Part 1 to Congress. The report found that there were 582,462 people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2022. COVID-19 and its impacts on the economy could…
By County News Center San Diego, CA–The death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ by suicide last week was a shock and heartbreaking to millions. It also serves as a sad and poignant reminder many people struggle with mental health challenges, but often suffer in silence. The acclaimed dancer, choreographer, actor, and producer is well-known for his…
By SDCN Staff The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its updated Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States indicating that antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths in the United States each year. On average, someone in the U.S. gets an antibiotic-resistant infection every 11 seconds…
By Gina Yarbrough Escondido, CA–Escondido Police Department issued 20 citations while conducting a DUI checkpoint Saturday evening in Escondido, authorities said. A total of 425 motorists were contacted from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at Second Avenue and Broadway, Escondido Police Department said. Officers issued 14 citations to unlicensed drivers. One driver under age 21…
Emerson Elementary School students and staff at a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the campus’s transformation. Photo: San Diego Unified School District By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–One of Southcrest’s oldest elementary schools celebrated its new state-of-the-art facilities and the completion of campus-wide renovations on Thursday. Emerson Elementary School students joined San Diego Unified…
By Gina Yarbrough Spring Valley, CA–A domestic violence incident between a husband and wife led to a SWAT standoff at a home in Spring Valley on Saturday, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Sheriff’s deputies received a call of a domestic violence incident, just before 4 p.m., in the 8900 block of Spring Place….
By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–A family of six and their cat were displaced from their home early Saturday morning after a structure fire broke out in their garage in North County, fire officials said. Fire crews responded to reports of a garage fire at a two-story single-family residence at 401 Lupine Way around 1:47 a.m….