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As droughts worsen and freshwater grows scarce, desalination is expanding rapidly. More than 20,000 plants now convert seawater to drinking water worldwide. Most use reverse osmosis, forcing seawater through membranes that filter out salt.

The Padres are a major institution and have been for decades but their under-the-radar politics could now be something we see overtly in more spending, endorsements or positions.

SDG&E is hosting two more open houses in Imperial Valley and Anza Borrego in October.

The federal government on Friday announced 1.25-million acre feet of annual cuts to the Colorado River water used by California, Nevada and Arizona.

The commission recommended prohibiting stops based solely on minor equipment or administrative violations and on status or general factors and limiting stops to those supported by evidence or observed conduct.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encore Saturday, Aug. 29 at 4 p.m. on KPBS TV. Some call the Royal Presidio "San Diego's Lost City" or the "Machu Picchu of San Diego" because of its remarkable history. Few know Presidio Hill, near Old Town, is where the First People of the Kumeyaay Nation encounter the Spanish in 1769, it's also where the first California mission and the Royal Presidio were built.

The Bridge program, which began July 1, makes some Medicare beneficiaries eligible for obesity drugs for $50 a month. CVS and Walgreens say they've each already filled 100,000 such prescriptions.

Tariffs and export controls have been the Trump administration's main economic security tools. Neither is working very well right now.

An average of 80 animals enter the Humane Society's care daily, and the shelter is currently housing nearly 1,900 animals.

The "Yappy Hour Summer Series" benefiting Rancho Coastal Humane Society starts June 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. the Alila Marea Beach Resort at 2100 N. Coast Highway 101 at Encinitas. The “Yappy Hour Summer Series” will be hosted at the oceanfront VAGA Bar. Guests and their four-legged friends will gather in a setting overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Alila Marea will donate 15 percent of proceeds from featured food and beverage specials back to Rancho Coastal Humane Society, up to $500 per event. The summer series schedule includes June 25, July 23, and August 20. For more information visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society at 389 Requeza Street in Encinitas or log on to www.sdpets.org. Rancho Coastal Humane Society on Facebook / Instagram