Powegian wants leash laws followed after fatal dog attack
Chikis, Ricardo and Cynthia Elizondo’s miniature schnauzer.
(Cynthia Elizondo)
Print
A Poway woman is spreading the word on the importance of leash laws and dog parks after her dog was fatally injured in an attack by an unleashed dog in Garden Road Park on Saturday.
Cynthia Elizondo said she and her husband, Ricardo, were walking their 6-year-old miniature schnauzer, Chikis, in the park on Saturday when the attack happened. A man was throwing a ball for his unleashed, medium-sized, mixed-breed dog, she said. The dog ran toward the Elizondos, something that initially did not concern them.
California hospitals given leeway to use ‘last resort’ staffing waivers, analysis shows
There are more than 460,000 licensed nurses in California. Nurses have played a crucial role in caring for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic Author: Jill Castellano | inewsource and Tarryn Mento | KPBS Published: 3:58 PM PST March 4, 2021 Updated: 5:08 PM PST March 9, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Nurse George Santiago performed CPR on a patient at Palomar Medical Center Escondido. The man, hooked to a ventilator, didn’t survive.
“I’m picturing myself as if this is my family member and there is nothing I can do,” Santiago said. “The desperation, the hopelessness. That’s what kind of kills you.”
Palimar Medical Center ICU nurse shares how they are working so hard and the stress behind their job - kusi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kusi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
San Diego County posts new COVID-19 case record; ICU staff wearing thin [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
San Diego County set a fresh single-day coronavirus case record Friday as it became increasingly clear that local intensive care capacity is stretched much thinner than bed occupancy numbers suggest.
The county health department’s daily COVID-19 update includes 2,867 additional cases, besting the previous record set on Dec. 4 by 580. An additional 23 coronavirus-associated deaths appeared in the report, and total hospitalizations hit 965, representing nearly 21 percent of the 4,627 total patients in beds across the region Thursday.
The situation is most severe in intensive care units.
Friday’s report indicates an occupancy rate of 82 percent of all ICU beds in the county. However, Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county’s public health officer, indicated Wednesday that this number is a bit misleading. Not all of those beds that remain open have enough staff available to be filled at s