Meet Otto! An 8-year-old Rottweiler looking for his new forever home.
Otto is sweet and affectionate. He has a calm personality and enjoys meeting new people. Otto loves to go for walks and is easy to handle on a leash. So let’s get him adopted!
You can see Otto at the Department of Animal Services’ shelter in Bonita or visit sddac.com to give another animal their furever home.
It’s not just October, it’s Hawktober in San Diego County. Three employees submitted photos of hawks this month.
Share your fabulous photos! If you see a coworker getting the job done, a beautiful sunset over your office or wonderful County program being offered—snap a pic and submit it. Be sure to include information about the photo and your name. One image will be posted to InSite every Friday.
Supervising Inspector Austin Shepherd, with the Pest Exclusion Program, found this red-tailed hawk outside the Agriculture, Weights & Measures office in San Marcos.
Park Maintenance Worker Nate Pownell captured this image of a red-tailed hawk at Rios Canyon Little League Park in El Cajon.
ARCC Imaging Technician II Pete Jacovino snapped this picture of a hawk from the County Administration Center.
Get ready to cheer for San Diego State! SDSU is hosting a County Employees Night at the Aztecs’ Nov. 9 football game against Nevada and you can score discounted tickets.
Plaza level tickets are $20 for employees and family members. This is 40% off the regular ticket price. You can purchase tickets online with promo code SDCOUNTY2 (there is a $5 fee per online order) or with cash at the County Operations Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 31 during the big Halloween celebration.
Don’t miss the pre-game festivities at SDCCU Stadium. A free, fun-filled fair will open 2.5 hours before kickoff in the parking lot. Plus, it’s homecoming! Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.
Parking is $10 (cash only).
The San Diego County Latino Association Employee Resource Group hosted a lively Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at the County Operations Center on Tuesday with music, a cultural dance performance, sweet treats and resource booths.
Hispanic Heritage Month is an opportunity to recognize the many contributions made by Americans of Indigenous, Spanish and African descent to history, education, science, music, literature, art, and civic and government service.
“It's a time to honor our ancestors, our people, and community for their heart for life and work, said SDCLA President Oscar Talaro. “It's a time to gather as Latinos and celebrate our heritage and relationships.”
Learn more about the ERG, visit the San Diego County Latino Association on InSite.
The County’s Office of Emergency Services invites employees and their families to register to drop, cover and hold on at 10:17 a.m. on 10/17 as part of the Great ShakeOut earthquake drill. You can also help spread the word about the importance of individual and community preparedness by taking part in a #ShakeOutSD social media challenge.
Visit ShakeOut.org to register and learn about how to plan to survive an earthquake with your family. Learn what you can do to prepare before an earthquake strikes.
Then to participate in our social media challenge, take two simple steps on Thursday, Oct. 17:
Take a picture or video of yourself, your friends, colleagues, team, department, classroom or agency practicing “Drop, Cover, and Hold on” under a sturdy desk or table.
If you don’t work in an office or have access to a table, you can still be part of it. Show us how you would stay safe in other environments or situations that apply to you like being outside, parked in a car, at the beach, or if you’re in a wheelchair. To find recommendations, visit this page and look for Specific Situations.
Just post the video or photo on your social media, or your department’s Facebook and/or Twitter account if they agree to it and include the hashtag #ShakeOutSD. Don’t forget to tag @ReadySanDiego too.
OES will be sharing your posts and other useful earthquake safety tips on ShakeOut Day.
Are you the County’s best baker? The proof is in the pudding… or cupcakes, cookies or pie. Enter the 7th annual County Employees’ Charitable Organization Bake Off to vie for the title!
To enter the CECO Bake Off, email your name and baked good entry to sdceco@sdcounty.ca.gov.
Past winners are Pete Jacovino (ARCC), Donatella Aguinaldo (General Services), Margarita Flores (HHSA), Chris Welsh (County Counsel), and Candy Cowell (TTC).
The icing on the cake is that the Bake Off is part of a CECO bake sale fundraiser at the County Administration Center on Oct. 24. All money raised will go to community organizations and employees in need.
If you’re a good baker, rise to the occasion and donate yummy goodies for the sale. Drop CECO an email to let them know you plan to prepare a dessert.
Get ready for Halloween with this spooktacular sale. Get 30% off everything at Halloween Express through PerkSpot. The online shop has costumes, accessories, party supplies and décor.
PerkSpot offers benefits and discounts through more than 400 service providers and retailers. Go to SDCounty.PerkSpot.com and shop. If you are new, click on “Create an Account” to register.
Each month, one of the most popular PerkSpot deals will be highlighted on InSite.
Our LGBTQ and Allies Employee Resource Group held a National Coming Out Day celebration at the County Operations Center on Friday.
The event, which commemorates the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights 31 years ago, had resource booths, giveaways and guest speakers.
The ERG noted that observing National Coming Out Day is significant because it reaffirms the importance of coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or an ally.
County employees came together Tuesday to celebrate National Customer Service Week during the County’s first-ever Journey to Customer Service Fair. The County’s Customer Experience Initiative hosted the fair, which allowed employees to explore the definition of outstanding customer service in a playful way.
Fair attendees were invited to take a journey around COC Chambers, filling up their Journey to Your Best Self road map along the way. To get a token of appreciation, employees had to stop at six stations, where they could learn more about maintaining a healthy and balanced lifestyle, even in hectic times.
Among the stations was a table where attendees could learn mindfulness exercises. Another stop on the journey invited County employees to tie strings to words that define their true selves and see how many fellow County staff share the same defining attributes.
Once they completed all the activities, County employees were asked to sign a banner, affirming that they commit to using a positive approach to provide customers with a positive experience and to promoting an environment that is inclusive to all. The banner will be on display at the National Coming Out Celebration at the COC this Friday.
Outside of the Chambers, employees from various County departments and several external vendors informed fair attendees about their services. County staff engaged fellow employees in conversations about process changes, programs and activities they have put in place to improve the customer experience.
To learn more about the County’s Customer Experience Initiative, visit the CEI page on InSite.
Did you know that the County is continually working to protect the public from disease? It does. And to do that, it relies on its Public Health Lab which works with public health clinics, local hospitals, healthcare providers and the departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health.
Microbiologists at the Public Health Lab can detect practically any organism, including measles, influenza, plague, norovirus, HIV, rabies, drug-resistant tuberculosis Zika, dengue and chikungunya.
The Public Health Lab processes about 60,000 specimens and performs more than 100,000 tests each year. Also, the lab tests more than 1,500 water samples—drinking water, wastewater, and recreational water—per year.
Share your fabulous photos! If you see a coworker getting the job done, a beautiful sunset over your office or wonderful County program being offered—snap a pic and submit it. Be sure to include information about the photo and your name. One image will be posted to InSite every Friday.
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