SANDAG Chair and Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear joined Vista Mayor Judy Ritter, SANDAG Executive Director Hasan Ikhrata and San Diego County Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Andy Hanshaw during the virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony on SANDAG s Facebook page. Adding miles to bikeways is so important as people bike and walk more than ever during the pandemic, Blakespear said. We can make great strides as a community to reduce our impact on the environment and play a part in our region s effort to meet our greenhouse gas emission reduction goals by offering residents healthy, safe, and viable transportation choices.
The latest completed phase includes a 2.5-mile section between Cherimoya Drive in the unincorporated county and Mar Vista Drive in Vista, and a half-mile section between North Drive and North Melrose Drive in Vista.
Beginning Monday, Feb. 1, the North County Transit District (NCTD) will enhance trespassing education and enforcement along the San Diego coastal rail corridor in advance of its plans to place five new Siemens Charger locomotives into revenue service on Feb. 8.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 continue to decline in the county, even as 1,489 new infections and 69 deaths from the illness were reported by county public health officials Thursday.
A downward trend in COVID-19-positive case rates hit a plateau Thursday. While just 7% of the day’s 22,162 tests returned positive, the 14-day rolling average rose to 9.2% from Wednesday’s 9%. As recently as Jan. 13, that average was north of 13%.
Thursday was the 59th consecutive day with more than 1,000 new cases, bringing the county’s cumulative COVID-19 case total to 232,970 and the death toll to 2,534.
As county leaders have said many times since the beginning of the pandemic, one day does not make a trend, but Thursday’s data does put a halt on dropping case rates.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The UC San Diego Health Vaccination Super Station at Petco Park was reopened Wednesday. People who had appointments Tuesday were rescheduled for Saturday.
The site was closed Tuesday for repairs, and closed Monday due to inclement weather. People who were scheduled to receive a vaccination at the site on Monday had their appointments rescheduled for Thursday.
The county has received more than 485,900 vaccines and more than 269,000 have been administered. Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said there is a normal lag in reporting these numbers, but 1.6% of the county’s population over the age of 16 have been fully vaccinated and demand remains high.