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With higher utility bills, a house that produces more energy than it uses may be appealing. In southern California, one such house has existed for more than a decade. NPR's Jeff Brady visited the "Green Idea House" in Hermosa Beach, California.
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Health officials lifted the water contact closure for the Coronado shoreline Sunday, after testing confirmed that water quality meets state health standards following recent Tijuana River sewage contamination. -
Sewage contamination from the Tijuana River caused the closure Saturday of the Silver Strand and Coronado shorelines, San Diego County environmental health officials said. -
San Diego County's spring weather pattern was expected to persist Saturday and well into next week, the National Weather Service said. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe public agency that manages the tidelands around San Diego Bay is considering adjusting the way it does business, essentially adding environmental justice to the Port of San Diego's master plan. -
The water content of California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack was measured at 59% of the April 1 average, when it historically is at its peak, the state’s chief of snow surveys and water supply forecasting said Thursday. -
Less than two weeks into spring, a spell of sultry Santa Ana conditions provided a preview of summer in the San Diego area Wednesday. -
City officials in Oceanside described their drinking water as consistently "high-quality, safe and reliable" Wednesday in the hope of reassuring residents after a lawn care company ranked Oceanside's water at 198 out of 200 cities nationwide. -
San Diego County health officials issued an advisory Wednesday about ocean water quality in La Jolla, after extending a three-month beach closure Tuesay in Imperial Beach due to sewage contamination in water samples. -
California appears in the midst of another drought only a few years after a punishing 5-year dry spell dried up rural wells, killed endangered salmon, idled farm fields and helped fuel the most deadly and destructive wildfires in modern state history. -
Following a dry winter that is stoking fears of another devastating wildfire season, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state will hire nearly 1,400 more firefighters.
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