The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is on the rise again across San Diego County.

As summer turns to fall, more people are being infected, with some public events being canceled due to small, localized outbreaks.

"With much love and gratitude to Chris Mueller and Michael Moore" reads an inscription on the wall of tiles at the Stepping Stone of San Diego, a residential treatment center in City Heights. The men listed are a former program director and long-time board chairman. The organization is one of the nation’s only alcohol and drug treatment programs specializing in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

"Stepping Stone is a nonprofit that focuses on our most vulnerable communities," said Andrew Picard, the organization's executive director, "the LGBT communit

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