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Water board approves lifetime healthcare for retirees
SAN DIEGO -- Despite strong opposition from ratepayers and local tax watchdog groups, a large group of employees with the Otay Water District will soon have lifetime retiree health care benefits.
The district's board voted 4-1 Wednesday to extend the...Tags: Elections, Career and Workplace, Employees, Unions, Health
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Grocery workers call for strike
City News ServiceThe union representing about 62,000 employees of Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons across Southern California was poised Sunday to call a strike if a new labor deal cannot be reached. Members of United Food and Commercial Workers, employed at stores from Santa...Tags: Elections, Contracts, Career and Workplace, Unions, Employees
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Tierrasanta seniors rely on each other, not city services
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO -- A San Diego County community is taking part in a growing trend around the country - senior citizen villages. Tierrasanta is considered a NORC, a naturally occurring retirement community, according to Susan Deininger. "About a third of our...Tags: Human Interest, Career and Workplace, San Diego (San Diego, California), Health, Retirement
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Unions line up support for possible grocery strike
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- The umbrella group representing unions across San Diego and Imperial counties announced its support Tuesday for grocery store workers considering a strike. The head of the regional AFL-CIO lent its support to some 10,000 Albertsons, Ralphs...Tags: Contracts, Career and Workplace, Employees, Unions, AFL-CIO
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City reaches tentative retiree healthcare deal with cops
SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Police Officers Association -- for weeks the lone holdout among the city's employee unions -- announced Monday the tentative signing of a landmark deal on health care for retired workers.
The 15-year agreement is expected to...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unions, Employees, San Diego (San Diego, California), Health
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Baby injured by drunk driver leaves hospital
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO -- After seven months of receiving care at Rady Children's Hospital, a child who was severely injured by a drunk driver returned home Tuesday. Izaiah Wallis, now 2 years old, was the victim of an accident in October, when a 17-year-old drunk...Tags: Medical Research, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Injuries and Wounds
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Kaiser employees walk off job
City News ServiceSAN DIEGO -- About 200 San Diego-area employees of Kaiser Permanente walked off the job Wednesday, but a spokeswoman for the health care company said the effect was minimal. Social workers, psychologists, speech pathologists, audiologists, health...Tags: San Diego County (California), Health and Medical Professionals, Career and Workplace, Employees, Healthcare Contract Issues
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Deal may save city $700M in retiree health costs
City News ServiceCity leaders Friday announced a tentative 15-year agreement with city employee unions to reform health care for retirees, possibly saving San Diego more than $700 million over the next 25 years. "This agreement will reduce the city's unfunded liability...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Career and Workplace, Trials, Interior Policy, Employees
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Preemie baby goes home on Valentine's Day
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterA San Diego couple was given the green light on Valentine's Day to take their premature baby home after spending the first four months of his life in a neonatal intensive care unit. On Monday, doctors allowed Nina Camera and Rodolfo Ocio to take their...Tags: Human Interest, Holidays, University of California, Health
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Castle clinic opens in Oceanside
FOX 5 San Diego StaffOCEANSIDE, Calif. -- A unique new pediatric clinic is opening its doors to sick children in North County. On Thursday, Rady Children's Hospital, in partnership with a South Dakota based Sanford Health, celebrated the grand opening off an $11-million...Tags: South Dakota, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Disneyland Park, Health
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No harmful radiation expected to reach SoCal
SAN DIEGO -- Small amounts of radioactive material from the crippled Japanese nuclear power plant are being blown toward San Diego over the Pacific Ocean and will reach the coast as soon as Friday, but there is no need for Southern California residents to...Tags: Tokyo Electric Power Co., Health, Japan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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State budget impacts college mental health programs
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterThe importance of recognizing and helping people with mental illness has become increasingly clear in recent years, but with state budget cuts, it's now making it harder than ever for community college students to get the help they need. For Brandon...Tags: Jared Lee Loughner, Colleges and Universities, Budgets and Budgeting, Health and Safety at School, Government Debt
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