🌱 SD Health Care Heroes + Falck Fails + We Need Election Workers

Good day, neighbors! It's me again, Bettyann Pernice, your host of the San Diego Daily.

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Here are three of the top stories today in San Diego:

1. They are frontline heroes. For two years, medical professionals around San Diego have put their lives on hold to take care of persons infected with COVID-19. On Thursday, residents came out to thank health care workers for their care and compassion during the pandemic. In addition, the City of San Diego proclaimed March 2022 Health Care Workers Month at a ceremony in Balboa Park. It was a great day to give back to health care workers for their dedication and professionalism. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (NBC San Diego)
2. The City Council grilled San Diego’s new ambulance company, Falck, about its performance over the past few months. The fire department plans to pursue financial penalties against Falck for regularly understaffing ambulances. Falck won the City contract last year, promising higher staffing and new lifesaving equipment. Falck said that employees were out of work due to the uptick in COVID-19. The company has come through with other contract obligations such as new ambulances, power-loading gurneys, equipment that does automatic chest compressions. Falck must meet its staffing obligations as well. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (KPBS)
3. San Diego County is hiring temporary election workers needed for the June 7 gubernatorial primary. Election workers will be paid up to $20 per hour, depending on the job. Staff is needed to manage the operations of ballot drop box locations. Site managers are also needed for vote centers around San Diego. Ballot drop box locations will remain open for almost one month. Voting centers will remain open for 11 days. Requirements: be a team player, be professional, be nonpartisan, exhibit strong leadership skills and customer service skills, be flexible, be patient, and possess a high level of integrity. If you can speak a foreign language, be sure to state it when you apply. Personal protective equipment will be provided to ensure safety. Apply online today! To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Patch Press Release Desk)

Today in San Diego:

• San Diego Leprechaun Run 5K & Kids 1K 2022 — Pacific Beach. (9 a.m.)
• St. Patrick's Day Parade & Festival 2022: San Diego — Balboa Park. (9 a.m.)
• Cherry Blossom Festival 2022 — Japanese Friendship Garden. (10 a.m.)
• TinyFest California! — Del Mar Fairgrounds. (10 a.m.)
• Drop-In Tech Help — San Diego Public Library, Central Library. (10 a.m.)
• Story Time In the Park — Kensington/Normal Heights Branch Library. (10:30 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• YMCA Raintree Ranch: "It's your turn to have the summer of a lifetime. New friends and memories await you at YMCA Overnight Camps Marston, Raintree Ranch & Camp Surf. Reserve your spot today, spots are filling up fast!" (Facebook)
• City of San Diego: "We're hiring! New openings this week include graphic designers: bit.ly/3vUygU3 pool guards: bit.ly/3HUgbaY engineers: bit.ly/3Mti02l grounds maintenance/ laborers: bit.ly/3HSi1Jp Find more career opportunities at: sandiego.gov/CityJobs" (Facebook)
• San Diego Unified School District: "After months of adversity, more than 300 Afghan refugee children recently attended class in the United States for the first time, as San Diego Unified and a coalition of community partners welcomed the new students and their families." (Facebook)
• Feeding San Diego: "We are proud to be a female-founded nonprofit with incredible female leadership across all of our departments and our board. Feeding San Diego's founder, Gwendolyn Sontheim, is still involved and serves as our board chair nearly 15 years after she first founded the organization. On International Women's Day, we celebrate all the women who bring commitment, compassion, and dedicated leadership to our mission." (Facebook)
• San Diego County Library: "Celebrate notorious women in library history with #SDCL! Audre Lorde was an American writer, feminist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described 'black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,' who dedicated both her and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia." (Facebook)
• San Diego History Center: "Did you know we have history-related Virtual Discussions on our YouTube channel? Check out this video on Recovering and Restor(y)ing Kumeyaay Women's Role, Agency, and Power from the Oral Tradition." (Facebook)

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— Bettyann Pernice