Over the past decade, schools across the country have grappled with a striking decrease in enrollment. Tens of thousands of students have left San Diego County schools in the last […]

Supporters of a countywide half-cent sales tax hike on the November ballot have zeroed in on a catchy sales pitch to voters. The measure, they say, will generate up to […]

State Sen. Steve Padilla is running a bill to strengthen regulations for toxic hydrogen sulfide gas.

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Mexicali farmers say they are still owed money as part of an international agreement in which they agreed to not use Colorado River water.

The Natural History Museum’s newly-retired curator of birds and mammals on a lifetime of telling stories through winged creatures.

Mexicali farmers say they are still owed money as part of an international agreement in which they agreed to not use Colorado River water.

San Diego Police say helicopters are almost always flying over city airspace and can be used to support policing any crime.

The region’s government-run electricity buyer has over half a billion in its rainy-day fund but hasn’t used any of it to lower rates. Here’s why.

A bill in Congress seeks to eliminate different state recycling requirements and labeling by creating a single, national standard that would be voluntary.

At 2 a.m. Monday morning, the De la Mora’s were outside in the rain cleaning a city storm drain with a rake.

Across Colorado, this past December was among the hottest ever recorded. Both Denver and Grand Junction recorded their second-hottest December on record, according to the National Weather Service.…

A year's worth of data shows South Bay residents are constantly exposed to low levels of hydrogen sulfide gas from the polluted Tijuana River that could harm their health in the long run.

Reporter MacKenzie Elmer is covering talks in Las Vegas among users of the drought-stricken Colorado River. They aren’t going well.  

Cities in northern Baja California depend on Mexicali farmers’ rights to use Colorado River water. The Mexican government just wrested control of that water, sparking protests and blockades by farmers...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved a plan Tuesday to explore partnering with national laboratories that are developing ways to recycle nuclear waste safely.

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A year's worth of data shows South Bay residents are constantly exposed to low levels of hydrogen sulfide gas from the polluted Tijuana River that could harm their health in the long run.

Arizona will provide taxpayer money to help private companies develop plans for at least two and possibly three desalination plants in California or Mexico under proposals approved by a state…

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Local 465 blames ‘corporate greed’ and says layoffs won’t translate into lower energy rates.

A lack of transparency over charges for water, sewer and energy means tenants have little to no control over their monthly bills.

The fight over the Colorado River’s dwindling resources is made for MAGA — but so far the Trump administration has been playing it straight.

San Diego City Councilmembers on Tuesday begrudgingly voted to hike the city’s water rates by nearly 30 percent over the next two years, despite the fact that the region has […]

The firing of the city’s Chief Sustainability Officer follows a pattern of weakening San Diego’s climate action arm.