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Many people are watching the Carlsbad desalination plant that could begin delivering drinking water by fall. And how the plant performs may affect how other desalination projects are viewed.

Cal Fire says almost 3,000 firefighters — using four airtanker planes, 19 helicopters, and 285 fire engines — have been "working aggressively to build control lines."

It typically causes fever and joint pain. A new study looks at a possible link to encephalitis, a brain infection.

San Diego is about a year away from turning seawater into fresh drinking water. The billion-dollar Carlsbad desalination plant is scheduled to open sometime next fall.

Many people around the world rely on fish not just for protein but for critical micronutrients like iron and zinc. So declining fisheries pose major risks for global health, scientists warn.

The weather pattern that has sent a surge of warm, tropical moisture flowing into San Diego County this summer will soon transition and open the door to hot and dry Santa Ana winds.

Water use around the country is falling even though the economy is growing.

It's a near-perfect morning on Venice Beach in Southern California, temperatures in the 60s, with a breeze. You can hear the waves of the Pacific crash against the sand. Only a layer of clouds mars the scene.

All of this rain reminded us that we are approaching the time of year when it is best to plant native species.

Conservationists have long blamed farmers' use of pesticides for decimating the milkweed that monarch caterpillars like to eat. But scientists say simply planting more milkweed isn't the answer.