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More than 84,000 San Diego County residents are living with Alzheimer s, while more than 200,000 residents care for someone with the disease. (Shutterstock / Tashatuvango)
SAN DIEGO, CA An alliance of local research institutions announced Wednesday the National Institute on Aging has awarded it $7.46 million in federal grants to advance research to combat Alzheimer s disease.
The funds are headed to Collaboration4Cure, an alliance of top research institutions brought together by San Diego County and Alzheimer s San Diego. C4C grew out of the work of The Alzheimer s Project, a regional effort to address a rise in local cases of dementia, the region s third-leading cause of death after cancer and heart disease.
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As 2020 winds down, so does the political career of Supervisor Dianne Jacob, who retires from the San Diego County Board of Supervisors next month after seven consecutive terms 28 years representing District 2.
In addition to many other efforts over the years, Jacob leaves her mark on the county’s community living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, as well as the family caregivers who tend to their needs.
Jacob, who was born and raised in San Diego, attended Grant Elementary School in Mission Hills before moving to La Mesa, where she went to Rolando Elementary School, La Mesa Junior High and Helix High School. She went on to earn her degree in elementary education and a teaching credential at San Diego State University.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – County Supervisor Dianne Jacob will be leaving the San Diego Board of Supevisors next month due to term limits.
Jacob joined Good Morning San Diego to talk about her time serving the east county area and what’s next for her.
Jacob has been representing District 2 since 1993. “Serving the people of this district has been one of the greatest honors of my life,” said Jacob at a farewell ceremony during their
second-to-last board meeting as she thanked her staff for their efforts over the years.
The board also approved renaming the Santa Ysabel Nature Center as the”Dianne Jacob Nature Center at Santa Ysabel Preserve.”
These are trying and confusing times.
The frustration with new and complex COVID-19 restrictions was palpable across the state last week from parents who for a while couldn’t take their toddlers to the playground, to restaurant owners who feared they may have to close for good.
Some county sheriffs revolted and said they would not enforce Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest shutdown rules. Notably, San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore was not among them.
As has been the case with previous pandemic guidelines, the new rules were tweaked in the face of opposition. Specifically, Newsom relented and reversed his decision that children’s playgrounds should be off limits.
RANCHO SAN DIEGO
Literacy First Charter Schools will be able to move forward on its plan to build Liberty Charter High School in rural Rancho San Diego just outside of El Cajon.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Wednesday to deny an appeal filed by two groups looking to overturn a decision by the county’s Planning Commission granting the project a major-use permit.
Literacy First, a local charter school organization, has planned for nearly seven years to build a high school on the 7.7-acre piece of property at the corner of Chase Avenue and Jamacha Road. It purchased the land for $4 million. While the high school has 350 students at its current site in Lemon Grove where it has been since 2012, it expects to have a student population of 450 at the new spot. The new school would be closer to three academies for lower-grade students in El Cajon.