SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Following the death of legendary actor Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa from hantavirus, San Diego County health officials are addressing public concerns about the ...

While exposure to hantavirus is rare, people should be careful around wild rodents as there is no cure or vaccine for it. Finding hantavirus in wild rodents is not uncommon in San Diego County. Each ...

The occurrence of three cases in a short period has me worried, especially this early in the year,” Dr. Tom Boo, a county public health officer, said in a statement.

Here in San Diego County, the county has been testing wild rodents for Hantavirus since 2008. Mice have been found positive primarily in rural, mountain and desert areas. Last year, 25 cases of ...

Sandbags were available in limited amounts to the public at 11 recreation centers centrally located in each San Diego City Council district. The county and Cal Fire, for their part, were providing ...

What does a San Diego County Supervisor do? County supervisors are the elected officials that oversee the county government, which is responsible for administering state- and federally-funded ...

San Diego County’s population is rising for one reason: immigration. KPBS reporter John Carroll talked to an economic expert who says if the population declines, it could have major economic ...

San Diego managed to eke out a modest population gain in 2024, even as the county saw a continued exodus of tens of thousands of residents leaving for other parts of the country. Credit a surge in ...

San Diego County has taken another step toward a more sweeping ban against homeless encampments after the nation’s top court made it easier for local governments to move tents off public land.