Health
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County Officials Encourage Businesses to Require Proof of Vaccination or Regular Testing from Employees

| 12:51 PM

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County officials Monday encouraged local businesses and employers to implement stricter COVID-19 measures amid a spike in new virus cases.

Health
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VIDEO: COVID-19 Testing is Back on Campus

| 2:03 PM

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COVID cases and hospitalizations are escalating and that has renewed demand for COVID-19 testing. Primary healthcare providers, community health clinics, pharmacies and the County all offer testing. Now the County is reopening some of its former large testing sites, like at San Diego State University, to ease crowds and make access as convenient as possible.

Agriculture

Agriculture Tops $1.8 Billion in New Crop Report

| 9:36 AM

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Agriculture values topped $1.8 billion for the first time since 2014 in the County of San Diego’s annual Crop Report that covers the 2020 growing season, overcoming decreases in many crop values and reported mixed effects of the coronavirus pandemic.