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The Dark Explanations Behind the Drop in Domestic Violence Calls
Though police departments have reported drops in domestic violence calls, service providers say they’re as busy as ever and that the calls they’re getting are more urgent. The pandemic has also caused a whole new set of challenges in preventing and responding to intimate partner violence.
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San Diego Is Taking a Wait-and-See Approach to Ramping Up Virus Tracing
The process of easing coronavirus restrictions will depend on how effectively local public health officials can identify sick patients and alert others who may have had contact with them. San Diego is looking at the state for guidance, which is evaluating apps that could end up revealing one’s movements.
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San Diego’s Coronavirus Testing Is Stagnant
Officials in San Diego have repeatedly said that local hospitals are steadily increasing their COVID-19 testing capacity. Yet the number of tests performed has held steady and even went down last week, according to county data.
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Child Abuse Calls Have Dropped – and That’s Not a Good Thing
Calls to the county’s Child Welfare Services Child Abuse Hotline have decreased. Many people who are mandated reporters of potential abuse, like educators, medical health care providers and child care providers, no longer have frequent in-person contact with children.
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San Diego Backs Off Furlough Plan For Hundreds Of City Workers
The City of San Diego has abandoned a plan that would have left hundreds of city workers without pay.