County protects elderly from abuse, neglect

It’s a Wednesday morning and Alejandrina Martin knocks on the door of a 67-year-old man’s apartment in a low-income complex in the Lake Murray area.
Martin is one of three Public Guardian investigators with County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency’s Public Administrator/Public Guardian (PA/PG).
For three months, Martin has been visiting David (his real [...]

Public defender honors Father Joe Carroll

SAN DIEGO–The County Public Defender honored Father Joe Carroll, recognizing a ten-year collaboration to help homeless people overcome their fears of the legal system and get their lives back on track.
St. Vincent de Paul Village has worked with the Office of the Public Defender since 1999 to host the homeless court program at its facility [...]

Prescription drug abuse a growing concern in San Diego county

SAN DIEGO–Prescription drugs are easy to get and often times end up in the hands of teens and young adults who use them to get high.
Recognizing that prescription drug abuse is a growing problem in the region, the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) today sponsored a prevention conference to address [...]

San Diego Republicans’ office burglarized

SAN DIEGO–As Republican delegates from throughout California met in San Diego for the state GOP convention, the offices of the Republican Party of San Diego County were burglarized and a laptop computer stolen.
Some time between 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Monday, the main headquarters of the county Republican Party were forcibly broken into and [...]