Putting out tobacco, e-cigarette sales to youth
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the percentage of teens using e-cigarettes tripled from 2013 to 2014....
Vista Community Clinic
Health challenges add up for North County migrant farm workers
REGION — Vista Community Clinic serves migrant farm workers, but clinic CEO Fernando Sañudo said in-clinic services are really a last stop in the healthcare...
Health clinics stand to lose federal funding for underserved populations
VISTA — Vista Community Clinic has served North County migrant farm workers for close to 30 years. Clinic CEO Fernando Sañudo said the community clinic...
Holiday Homes Tour benefits children in need
VISTA — Vista Community Clinic (VCC) hosts the 28th Annual Holiday Homes Tour to lend a helping hand to children via the Kare for Kids...
Vista Community Clinic upgrades facility, honors longtime nurse
OCEANSIDE — Vista Community Clinic held a dedication ceremony on Oct. 16 to celebrate upgrades to its facility on Pier View Way, which was last...
$1.4M grant funds nursing program, benefits diabetes patients
REGION — Vista Community Clinic recently received an unprecedented $1.4 million federal HRSA grant to fund the Nurse Interprofessional Team Leader Certificate program. A public...
Vista revises its e-cigarette smoking ordinance
VISTA — The city’s smoking policies now prohibit electronic smoking in public areas and the possession of such devices/materials by minors, after the City Council...
Club 55 set to reopen June 23
OCEANSIDE — The popular Club 55 fitness center for seniors has been temporarily closed for more than a month due to changes in its fiscal...
Community gathers one year after Libby Lake shooting
OCEANSIDE — The Libby Lake community gathered in a festive celebration of life at Libby Lake Park a year after the tragic March 13, 2013,...
Dental services brought into schools
VISTA — A school auditorium stage is not the place you would expect to find a dental clinic, but for one week that was exactly...
North County cities get dismal grades in tobacco prevention
Only Solana Beach received a “B” grade in a report from the American Lung Association...
Fair brings neighbors together for a fun day in the park
OCEANSIDE — The Libby Lake Community Resource Fair was a bright spot for a community that had two neighborhood teens fatally shot and two injured...
Summer mentoring program looks to instill life skills
OCEANSIDE — The Vista Community Clinic Step Up mentoring program will start up for summer July 2. The program has been held for three years....
