Head to the Halloweentown Festival at the COC

This Oct. 31, the plaza at the County Operations Center (COC) will be transformed into “Halloweentown” with ghoulish games, creative crafts, a lip sync battle, creepy crawlies, a photo booth, candy and more tricks and treats from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

See what all the hocus pocus is about. Join us for the festival! All costumed and non-costumed employees are welcome.

If you can’t make it in person, be there in spirit—watch the event live on InSite. The livestream will start at approximately 11:45 a.m.

Vote for the Pumpkin Carving Contest Winner

The entries are in! Vote for your favorite finalist in the Pumpkin Carving Contest. Check out the photos and then take the poll on the InSite homepage (lower, left side of the webpage). The poll is open through 5 p.m. on Halloween.

The finalists are a wolf, skeloctopus, dinosaur, witch and a gnome home.

It’s not too late to share a photo of your carved pumpkin. Email a photo to be added to the gallery.

Learn more about all the Halloween Happenings in San Diego County.

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Your View: Parks & Recreation Spooky Lobby

County employees at Parks & Recreation show off their Halloween spirit. Check out their spooky lobby decorations with creepy crawlies, cobwebs and ghouls!

Share your photos! If you see a coworker getting the job done, a beautiful sunset over your office or a 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 week and may be shared on social media. See more of Your View photos.

Rewind: SDCLA Leadership Conversation II

Watch the Rewind video now.

Did you miss the San Diego County Latino Association Employee Resource Group’s Leadership Conversation lunch and learn on Oct. 18? You can now watch the virtual session on InSite.

The topic of the virtual event was “building resiliency to advance your County/public service career.”

Speakers included Self-Sufficiency Services Assistant Director Alberto Banuelos, Homeless Solutions & Equitable Communities Chief Janet Barragán, and Housing & Community Development Director David Estrella.

Your View: County’s Resident Birds of Prey

County employee Jeffrey Boco from Human Resources recently attended a Hawktober event at the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park Campground. He captured these magnificent photos of the County’s resident birds of prey with Park Ranger Ruben Meraz. If you want to go see a hawk, owl or falcon for yourself, visit one of the Hawktober events this weekend.

Share your photos! If you see a coworker getting the job done, a beautiful sunset over your office or a 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 week and may be shared on social media.

See more of Your View photos.

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