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The region's avocado acreage has dropped from roughly 26,000 acres in 2008 to about 13,000 in 2024. A combination of increased water rates and labor costs is bringing the industry down.
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Under the new proposal, the bluffs would be reinforced, and another track would be added to reduce rail congestion in the area. -
Investigators say six people aboard a private plane died when it crashed in a San Diego neighborhood in heavy fog last week. -
Dry and slightly warmer weather is expected to continue through the week in San Diego County, with breezy periods on the coastal mountain slopes into the deserts, forecasters said Tuesday. -
As the Trump administration considers abandoning constitutional protection for immigrants without legal status, a San Diego immigration lawyer used it to free her client. -
The San Diego County Medical Examiner has identified all but one of the victims of Thursday's crash. -
Six people were killed when the plane crashed early Thursday morning. -
San Diegans will have multiple opportunities to honor those who lost their lives in service to the nation this Memorial Day weekend. -
Federal authorities say the fire harmed important habitats and that resources from the settlement will help rehabilitate burned areas. -
Authorities said all six passengers on the small Cessna jet that crashed into a home in Tierrasanta are presumed to be dead. -
South Bay Union serves about 5,500 students in preschool through eighth grade from communities in Imperial Beach, San Ysidro and southern San Diego, many of whom are considered low-income and identify as Hispanic or Latino. Any approved consolidation option would impact hundreds of the district’s students.
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