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Labor Attorney’s Explain Rules Surrounding Employer Vaccine Mandates – NBC 7 San Diego

As people look to return to the office, more and more businesses are requiring employees to be vaccinated or risk termination. But many people wonder if these new requirements are legal and what options are available to employees who refuse to get vaccinated. “It is clear that both Federal and California state law generally permits […]

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San Diego-based BioSurplus Merges to Form Copia Scientific

, a San Diego-based laboratory equipment reseller, announced the completion of a merger with Massachusetts-based Biodirect and Boston Microscopes to form Copia Scientific. The three-way merger will make Copia Scientific the nation’s largest, non-OEM lab equipment reseller, refurbisher and service provider in the industry, according to the Aug. 19 announcement. Founded in 2002, BioSurplus is […]

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San Diego County drug use among male arrestees hits 21-year high

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Drug use was at a 21-year high for adult males arrested and booked into local detention facilities in 2020, with methamphetamine and fentanyl posing some worrying trends, according to a San Diego Association of Governments report released Thursday. The new SANDAG report found 82% of males surveyed tested positive for at […]

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Facebook Just Showed Us How We’ll Work in the Metaverse — Here’s What It Was Like – NBC 7 San Diego

Facebook on Thursday announced Horizon Workrooms, a new way for office workers to connect using virtual reality. Facebook spent about 2.5 years creating a way for up to 16 people to sit, as digital avatars of their real selves, around a conference table together. Facebook says this isn’t the metaverse, which is a digital world […]

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Booster Shots (San Diego News Now)

Starting next month Americans will be able to get booster shots for the COVID-19 vaccine. Local immunologists talk about why they’re recommended. Meanwhile, the largest solar power generating facility in San Diego County is being built right next to the small east county town of Jacumba Hot Springs. But Jacumba residents overwhelmingly oppose the facility. […]