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Last year was the hottest year on record for the contiguous United States. And the Upper Colorado River Basin had its driest year on record, according to the latest National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate report released Tuesday.

San Diego is the only city in California that doesn't use secondary treatment before sending its sewage into the ocean. Federal law requires the treatment. Historic dry conditions in the region may pl

More than 120 leaders are expected to attend the one-day climate summit sponsored by the United Nations. They've been instructed to arrive with "bold ideas" to slow the rise in global temperatures.

The president knows he was once regarded as having limitless promise, and realizes as well how disappointed many of his acolytes have been.

Some residents are returning to find the blaze razed their homes. Parts of San Marcos were evacuated Thursday night; elsewhere, a fire jumped past its containment line.

The annual San Diego Bird Festival, now in its 18th year, is called the "Superbowl of Ornithology."

Fire officials hope they've seen the worst of a fire that has burned 1,550 acres. They also say they'll get to the bottom of a message in an alert stating, "fire in your pants."

With the price of solar panels falling, more municipalities and homeowners are installing them. But having solar panels doesn't mean you won't lose power in a blackout — at least not yet.

The San Diego County Water Authority Board is now planning to buy more water to increase local supplies. It's what the agency calls Stage 2 of its Drought Management Plan. KPBS reporter Ed Joyce tells

Firefighters said Sunday they continued their steady progress in surrounding a wildfire near Los Angeles that destroyed several homes.