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A Chula Vista woman said she was a coronavirus skeptic until the virus hit home and left her mourning the loss of her mother. Now she’s warning others to take...
Four firefighters were hurt Monday night extinguish a fire in a building in west Chula Vista.
SAN DIEGO — A group of residents in southeastern San Diego is gathering small tokens of appreciation to give to San Diego’s health care workers, who have been at the forefront of the pandemic. Paradise Hills residents plan to distribute at least 100 gift bags to employees at Paradise Valley Hospital in early February. The bags include hygiene products, snacks, gum and hair accessories. “The pandemic can be devastating, but this is a little bit of hope and love that we can give,” said Selina Lugo, one of the organizers with ProjectReo, the community group. Since the beginning of th...
"He's just someone you can depend on, especially working side by side when you know there is a pandemic and a global crisis. He is one of those persons you want by your side," said Fabiola De La Torre, a coworker of Plata's in the Emergency Department at Sharp. "He is one of the nurses that as soon as someone comes in that is critically ill in the ambulance, he runs towards it, you know, he puts himself at risk," she said of Plata's dedication to his work and patients. De La Torre said they don't know where Plata contracted COVID-19, but he was also caring for his own father who tested posit...
By Yucatan Times on December 20, 2020 Share Andrés Smith became the first Mexican to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. He is a doctor, he works as director of the Emergency Department of Sharp Hospital in Chula Vista, San Diego, California, and being part of the Health staff that treats patients with COVID-19, he is within the first segment of the US population to receive the vaccine. In addition, he is president of the Mexican Red Cross in Tijuana and a ...