SAN DIEGO–The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency reported Wednesday one additional person has died and tested positive for H1N1 influenza. The deceased is a 29-year-old female with no underlying medical conditions, according to county health officials. Although the female tested positive for H1N1, county health officials said the virus has not […]
Archives for December 2009
Beware of internet car sales scam
SAN DIEGO–Consumers should be aware that if a deal appears too good to be true; it probably is. Recently a victim contacted San Diego Police regarding an offer he encountered online to purchase a Mercedes Benz S600 at a greatly reduced price. The victim was scammed out of more than fifty thousand dollars. The victim […]
Trans fat ban at restaurants begins Jan. 1
California will begin to phase out the use of trans fats in restaurants and other food facilities beginning January 1. “The County Department of Environmental Health regularly inspects these facilities, and we will work with food providers in the county to educate them about the new requirements to make them aware of the new rules,” […]
Homeland Security reviewing airport security procedures
WASHINGTON–Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is dispatching Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary for Policy David Heyman and other senior Department officials on a broad international outreach effort to meet with leaders from major international airports in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and South America to review security procedures and technology being […]
Home prices still Improving but at a moderating pace
(PRNewswire)–Data through October 2009, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller (1) Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that the annual rate of decline of the 10-City and 20-City Composites improved compared to last month’s reading. This marks approximately nine months of improved readings in these statistics, beginning […]
Census Bureau projects U.S. population of 308.4 million on New Year’s Day
WASHINGTON–(USNewswire)–On the eve of the 2010 Census, as the Census Bureau prepares to conduct an actual count of the nation’s population, the bureau projects that on Jan. 1, 2010 — three months out from Census Day — the total U.S. population will be 308,400,408. This would represent an increase of 2,606,181, or 0.9 percent, from […]
CareerBuilder: Employers expect uptick in hiring in the New Year
(PRNewswire)–The encouraging news regarding the economy may be easing hiring fears, as employers signal an increase in their plans to hire in the new year, according to CareerBuilder’s 2010 Job Forecast. While employers continue to closely monitor the progress of recovery for the U.S. economy, they are beginning to consider hiring strategies designed to preserve […]
Environmental remediation work to begin on Seventh and Market
SAN DIEGO–Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC), working on behalf of the San Diego Redevelopment Agency, will begin environmental remediation work on January 4, 2010 on the Agency-owned Seventh Avenue and Market Street site in downtown. Expected to take five months, the project will remove contaminated soils from a significant portion of the site (currently a […]
Courses help seniors protect selves and wallet
SAN DIEGO–Crimes against older adults are a sad reality. Just this month, three men in their 20’s were arrested in Oceanside for apparently beating and kicking a 63-year-old woman outside her home after she asked them to quiet down. The horrific apparent kidnapping and beating of 76-year-old Natalie “Sandy” Herbst-Vinge from Mount Helix has been […]
Put sports injuries on ice
(Newswise)–The tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson this past March put a spotlight on the potential risks inherent to skiing, as well as the deadly consequences that can result from head trauma. Richardson died two days after suffering an epidural hematoma and slipping into a coma. What at first appeared to be a minor bump […]