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Imperial resident Kathia Olivas, a substitute teacher and community organizer, stands for a portrait at the planned site for a massive data center which would sit just blocks away from her parents' home in the small city of Imperial, California, on December 18, 2025. Olivas feels the developer and county officials haven't been transparent about their plans and fears the data center will place new stress on the land and local ecosystems. "This could have all been avoided if they had just been transparent with us," she said.

The plan to build a massive data center in Imperial County — without environmental review

As demand for computing power soars nationwide, a Southern California entrepreneur with past legal troubles is trying to speed forward an immense data center in Imperial County.

Rajeshwari, 44, grades the chiles she has picked in the fields. Her sharp eyes spot the pale white pods in the sea of red: "The ones with the rich red color are the best, but even though the paler ones are of poorer quality, we can still sell these at the market."

Why nearly every farmer who grows these chile peppers is a woman

Chile peppers are a traditional part of Indian cuisine — and a key crop for women farmers. They say it's too demanding for men. "In spite of the challenges," says one, "we've found freedom."

Jimbo's Garden Workshop: Drought Tolerant Trail Mix

Enjoy a special garden workshop in the Trudy Bronner Discovery Garden with local, seasonal ingredients from Jimbo’s! Today’s recipe: Learn about water conservation and create a drought tolerant trail mix with organic ingredients from Jimbo’s! Pre-registration is not required. Free with Museum Admission. San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum on Facebook / Instagram

San Diego weekend arts top picks: Protest art meets risograph, contemporary ballet and 'Urinetown'

This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Josh MacPhee's "Paper Politics" at Burn All Books "& Friends" gallery, Roman de Salvo's utilitarian-inspired sculptures and new contemporary ballet and a musical about public bathrooms.

Sprinklers water a field on farmland near Salinas on Feb. 11, 2025.

How California lawmakers are trying to speed up spending on voter-approved climate projects

Assemblymember David Alvarez is pushing a proposal to get Prop. 4 dollars out the door faster more than a year after voters approved the state’s biggest climate bond to date.

Palm trees blow in the wind in the Golden Hill neighborhood of San Diego County, Calif. Dec. 9, 2021.

California walloped by winter storm with high winds and heavy rain and snow

California was walloped Monday by a powerful winter storm carrying treacherous thunderstorms, high winds and heavy snow in mountain areas.

Women install barricades to halt the shifting dunes that threaten to swamp the oasis outside their village of Kaou, Chad. The oasis feeds their only source of farmland, but oases in the region have been shrinking steadily, elders say, in the face of hotter temperatures and stronger winds. The dune fixing is part of a broader intervention to support farming known as the Great Green Wall initiative.

The Great Green Wall's one of the world's most ambitious eco-projects. Is it working?

It's a global effort with a multibillion dollar price tag. Among its aims: re-greening nearly 250 million acres, planting 4,000 miles of trees, helping farmers, creating jobs, sequestering carbon.

The sun sets over a geothermal power plant on April 26, 2024 near Calipatria in Imperial County.

Candidate with ties to data center developer enters race for Imperial Valley utility board

The company needs the Imperial Irrigation District to provide power for the $10 billion data center complex that it is seeking to build.

How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart

We found the effects of tariffs and extreme weather, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus one case of shrinkflation.

Why farmers in California are backing a giant solar farm

Many farmers have had to fallow land as a state law comes into effect limiting their access to water. There's now a push to develop some of that land … into solar farms.

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