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KPBS Midday EditionMarine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island. -
To mark the 51st anniversary of Earth Day, some San Diego County organizations have been cleaning up state beaches and parks in coastal areas. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Tijuana River Valley is frequently swamped with sewage-tainted water, but those cross-border flows also carry trash into an ecologically sensitive region. -
It is an icon of Ocean Beach. But a new engineering report shows the OB Pier is in bad shape. It might have to be demolished. -
Sewage tainted flows continue to foul ocean waters off the coast of San Diego and hope for progress has stalled. -
Health officials lifted the water contact closure for the Coronado shoreline Sunday, after testing confirmed that water quality meets state health standards following recent Tijuana River sewage contamination. -
Sewage contamination from the Tijuana River caused the closure Saturday of the Silver Strand and Coronado shorelines, San Diego County environmental health officials said. -
San Diego County health officials issued an advisory Wednesday about ocean water quality in La Jolla, after extending a three-month beach closure Tuesay in Imperial Beach due to sewage contamination in water samples. -
The shoreline at Imperial Beach was opened Saturday after being closed because of water contamination from the Tijuana River. -
Disposable masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment creating a worldwide pollution problem, littering streets and sending an influx of harmful plastic into landfills and oceans.
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