San Diego County’s Probation Department is hoping that mixing two top chefs with 16 troubled teenagers trying to get their lives back on track will create a recipe for success. The young men in the Probation Department’s Youthful Offender Unit, a program for the most serious juvenile offenders, participated in a cooking demonstration with local […]
Video: North County NAACP install new officers
OCEANSIDE–The North San Diego County NAACP installed new officers April 29 during a inaugural reception at the Civic Center Library Community in downtown Oceanside. The branch will be led by Dr. Shirley Johnson, president; Betty Williams, first vice president; Milton Taylor, second vice president; Gerald Hampton, secretary; Reginald Owens, assistant secretary; Cynthia Posey, treasurer; and […]
WD-40 company sets up military collectable series with artsy cans
SAN DIEGO– WD-40 Company has set up an advised fund with The San Diego Foundation for its Military Collectable Series. This series will honor the U.S. military by creating a collectable series of cans with special artwork recognizing all of the branches of the military. Consumers can support the effort by purchasing a can, with a […]
Palomar Medical Center, Pomerado Hospital earn national certification for diabetes and stroke
SAN DIEGO– Palomar Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital have earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for Disease Specific Certification in two key areas: Advanced Inpatient Diabetes and Advanced Primary Stroke Center. Both hospitals demonstrated compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety. Palomar Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital […]
Breastfeeding’s big benefits for at-risk babies
(Newswise)–While 75 percent of U.S. babies start out breastfeeding, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports only 13 percent are exclusively breastfed at the end of six months. Six months of exclusive breastfeeding is the American Academy of Pediatrics’ minimum recommendation. The rates are particularly low among African-American infants. Diane Spatz, PhD, RN, […]
Addiction as a brain disease
(Newswise)–One can look at drug addiction as a moral issue, a social ill, or a criminal problem. But Lynn Oswald’s experience studying the neuroscience of addiction tells her that it is something else entirely: a disease of the brain. “Addiction is a brain disease because differences in the way our brains function make some people […]
State task force seeks to improve mental health cases in courts
SAN FRANCISCO–The Judicial Council of California today received a comprehensive report from the Task Force for Criminal Justice Collaboration on Mental Health Issues that makes 137 recommendations for improving practices and procedures in cases involving both adult and juvenile offenders with mental illness. “This report is being presented at a time when courts and our […]
The Republican Party Attack on Unions and Working Class Americans May Have Reached Its Limits
By Danny R. Johnson WASHINGTON–The Republican dominated Congress and Republican governors have resorted to tough tactics to squeeze unions concessions, which in the short term, is helping push disgruntled Republican union households to the Democrats. As was the case in the 1980s, unions in such industries as automobiles, steel, rubber, mining and trucking took a […]
Meth abuse declining in county
San Diego meth use is declining. Five of the six best indicators of the meth problem in the region show a significant drop, according to the most recent Methamphetamine Strike Force Report Card. “San Diego County is no longer the meth capital of the world. Our efforts to eradicate meth from our communities are having […]
Whooping cough persistent in schools
SAN DIEGO–A student at a South Bay elementary school may have exposed classmates to pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency is reporting. This new case and three others reported this past week, bring the total to 185 so far this year. See second page for […]