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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials reported 810 new COVID-19 cases and 51 deaths today as the county announced plans for a new vaccination super station at the Del Mar Fairgrounds to open Friday. The percentage of positive tests and hospitalizations continued to decline Wednesday, good indicators the pandemic may finally be on the wane, despite the heavy death toll. Of 19,461 tests reported by the county's Health and Human Services Agency on Wednesday, 4% returned positive, dropping the 14-day rolling...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County congressman Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, was appointed today to two House Foreign Affairs subcommittees. Issa was named to the Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights subcommittee and the International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact subcommittee. According to a statement, the Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights subcommittee exercises oversight on human rights practices and activities of the United Nations in sub-Saharan Africa,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Scripps Health, San Diego County and the Del Mar Fairgrounds are partnering to open a COVID-19 vaccination super station at the fairgrounds on Friday, it was announced. The Scripps Del Mar Fairgrounds Vaccination Super Station, located at 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., will provide drive-through and walk-through services on an appointment-only basis to anyone eligible to receive a shot under county guidelines. "Scripps Health is pleased to collaborate with the county and the Del Mar Fairgrounds on what will be a...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he has nominated El Cajon native Mayra Alvarez to serve on the Biden-Harris COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. Alvarez is one of a dozen people nominated to serve as non-federal members of the task force, which was created to help ensure an equitable response to the pandemic, according to White House officials. For the past five years, Alvarez has been the president of The Children's Partnership, a nonprofit children's advocacy organization. From 2010 to 2014, the Los...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Republican Party made an early endorsement today for the June 8 special election in the 79th Assembly District, putting its weight behind Marco Contreras. The seat was vacated by Shirley Weber last month when she became California's Secretary of State. Weber was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill the vacancy caused by his appointment of Alex Padilla to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President Kamala Harris. The 79th District primary...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors today unanimously voted to provide $30 million in grants to small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as soon as federal or state stimulus dollars are available. County staff will develop the grant program, and each supervisor's office will choose the recipients. Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, who made the proposal along with colleague Joel Anderson, said it was important to support small businesses, who...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - On a day that UC San Diego Health opened a vaccination super station on its campus, San Diego County public health officials reported 698 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. The new infections are the fewest reported in a single day since Nov. 13, when 611 were reported. Monday's numbers raise the aggregate coronavirus infections in the county to 247,262, while the death toll remains at 2,821. Monday's low numbers do come with some caveats, however....
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose seven-tenths of a cent today to $3.486, its highest amount since March 10, one day after an 18-day streak of increases ended when it remained unchanged. The average price is 4.9 cents more than one week ago and 21.9 cents higher than one month ago but 7.8 cents less than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It rose 14.1 cents...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Marty Schottenheimer, who during a 21-year NFL head coaching career led the then-San Diego Chargers for five seasons from 2002-06, has died at the age of 77. A statement released by his family said Schottenheimer died Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his family at his side. He had been battling Alzheimer's disease since 2014. "Marty was a tremendous leader of men and a man of great principle -- the love and admiration his former players have for him...
OCEANSIDE (CNS) - Police today reached out to the public for help in locating a 73-year-old Oceanside woman with memory loss who was last seen driving in Carlsbad. Marlynn Arnold was last seen around 2 p.m. Monday heading northbound on State Street in Carlsbad, according to Oceanside police. She was driving a 2007 silver Toyota Corolla with California license plate 5XTL360. About 12:10 p.m. Monday, Arnold drove her caretaker to her home in the 1700 block of Maxson Street,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Gov. Gavin Newsom toured the Vaccination Super Station at Petco Park Monday and congratulated San Diego on its work administering doses at the state's first-of-its-kind mass vaccination site, nearly one month after it opened. The governor held his daily COVID-19 update on the infield of Petco Park, during which he said San Diego ``inspired others all throughout the state of California'' with its vaccination super station, where about one-third of all county residents who have been vaccinated received their d...
DEL MAR (CNS) - Organizers of the Breeders' Cup World Championships are delaying ticket sales for the November horse racing event until there is more clarity from COVID-19 vaccine progress and event restrictions, it was announced Monday. Drew Fleming, president and CEO of Breeders' Cup Limited, said it was still his intention to have fans in person at the two-day event, planned for Nov. 5-6 at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. "As always, the health and safety of our fans, participants, employees, athletes and the public remain...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials reported 698 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths as UC San Diego Health opened a vaccination super station on its campus Monday. The new infections are the fewest reported in a single day since Nov. 13, when 611 were reported. Monday's data raises the aggregate coronavirus infections in the county to 247,262, while the death toll remains at 2,821. Monday's low numbers do come with some caveats, however. Mondays have tended to be the lowest-reporting day of the week,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials on Sunday reported 1,230 new COVID-19 infections and nine additional deaths from the virus. After Tuesday's case totals came in at 926, ending a 63-day streak with more than 1,000 cases, it appeared the pandemic in San Diego County was ebbing. On Wednesday, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported 968 new cases, but 1,598 new cases were reported on Thursday. Sunday's' report pushed the aggregate coronavirus numbers in the county to 246,564 cases...
OCEANSIDE (CNS) - Police were continuing a search Sunday for a missing "at risk" 73-year-old man who was last seen in Oceanside at 4 p.m. Saturday. Edgar Cruz, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, was last seen at 3229 Mission Ave., the Oceanside Police Department said. He was described as 5-feet-9-inches tall, weighing 160 pounds and wearing a blue baseball cap, dark jacket and dark jeans. Anyone with information to help locate Cruz was urged to call 911 or the police at 760-435-4911....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said Saturday it will issue revised guidelines for indoor church services after the Supreme Court lifted the state's ban on indoor worship during the coronavirus pandemic, but left in place restrictions on singing and chanting. In the most significant legal victory against California's COVID-19 health orders, the high court issued rulings late Friday in two cases where churches argued the restrictions violated their...
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, has died. He was 67. Spinks, who lived his later years in Las Vegas, died Friday night, according to a release from a public relations firm. He had been battling prostate and other cancers. His wife, Brenda Glur Spinks, and a few close friends and other family members were by his side when he passed away. A...
