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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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Some members of SANDAG, the board that controls billions of transportation dollars for San Diego County, say the leadership does not reflect changing demographics in the region. -
KPBS Midday EditionThere's a growing consensus that the region's acute housing crisis is caused by a lack of new development. Environmentalists and the building industry now find themselves advocating for the same solution: density. -
Software and hardware issues have pushed back the launch of a new function on the MTS Compass Card meant to provide more flexibility in fare payment. The function, branded Compass Cash, is now expected in early 2017. -
Council members approved an update to the Uptown Community Plan, rejecting calls by some residents to put tougher restrictions on housing density and building height. -
The state has 250,000 plug-in electric vehicles on the road and backers says that number will continue to go up. -
The price of homes continued to increase last month, while the sales picture was mixed, according to a report issued by the San Diego Association of Realtors. -
San Diego has already met its 2020 greenhouse gas reduction goals outlined in the city's year-old Climate Action Plan. But most of the progress was due to state actions, and little progress has been made on the city's biggest source of emissions: transportation. -
The city of Encinitas will have a new mayor: Catherine Blakespear defeated her challenger, Paul Gaspar. One of Blakespear‘s first priorities will be to try to get consensus on building more housing. -
SANDAG's Measure A to boost the sales tax to fund transportation projects was headed for defeat Wednesday morning. Some provisional and mail-in ballots remain uncounted. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe county is in the grips of a housing crisis, pushing some people to seek greener pastures and others to search for buying opportunities.
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