The federal government said it has increased the capacity of a wastewater treatment plant at the border by 10 million gallons per day.
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The group says county officials are not adequately responding to a worsening environmental crisis. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego North County Congressman Mike Levin has announced the formation of a bipartisan congressional caucus to explore solutions to the spent nuclear waste problem. -
Comic-Con returns with another virtual convention due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of California system implements a new series of tuition increases, and the environmental cost of electric car batteries. -
In the remote Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska, many families practice subsistence hunting to get food on the table. Three students reconnected with that tradition during the pandemic. -
Federal money has been set aside to fix the cross border sewage flows fouling local beaches, but that solution remains a long way off. -
A local program helps seniors and physically disabled persons protect their homes from wildfires for free. -
A California initiative that would require state regulators to reduce plastic waste has qualified for the November 2022 ballot. -
KPBS Midday EditionAbout 80% of Colorado’s water falls on the western side of the state. But about 80% of Colorado’s people live on the east side of the mountains. Because of gravity, that water doesn’t flow to them naturally. Instead, Colorado’s heavily-populated Front Range relies on a massive plumbing system to keep drinking water flowing to its taps. -
KPBS Midday EditionAs California seeks 100% zero-carbon electricity by 2045, momentum is building behind renewable energy projects. Several wind or solar projects are moving forward in southeastern San Diego County, where backcountry residents’ interests sometimes clash with those of the developers and public officials. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe heatwaves that have rippled across the Western United States this summer are causing problems for wildlife researchers. In the desert outside San Diego, an annual bighorn sheep count was cancelled after a volunteer died of heatstroke.
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