Animals
Small brown Chihuahua held in the arms of an Animal Services employee

Spring Valley Woman Faces Animal Cruelty Charges

| 4:05 PM

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County Animal Services has taken custody of a small Chihuahua and is pursuing animal cruelty charges against a Spring Valley woman after a disturbing video surfaced which appeared to show a dog being struck with a wooden plank, then covered with a container and kicked.

Housing
three people sit at picnic table in parking lot

County’s Bancroft Safe Parking Program Provides Road to Housing

| 10:33 AM

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Gillie and Henry drove their gray sedan onto the County’s Bancroft Safe Parking site in Spring Valley in January and since then, they say they have been able to breathe a sigh of relief.  

Parks and Rec
playground

County’s Long-awaited Estrella Park Opens in Casa de Oro

| 2:23 PM

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The County’s long-awaited, newly improved Estrella Park in the Casa de Oro neighborhood in Spring Valley is open.

Transportation

VIDEO: County’s Round-the-Clock Road Warriors

| 9:31 AM

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A series of powerful storms means this rainy weather won’t be stopping anytime soon.  County Public Works crews hit the road-even in heavy rain-to keep you safe.  They work 12-hour shifts, setting up barricades on flooded roadways, and fill potholes, to make the hazardous driving conditions a little less hazardous.