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Mayor Todd Gloria Thursday announced a pilot program that will use solar power to charge San Diego's municipal electric vehicle fleet as part of his climate action goal to cut the city's greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2035. -
Wednesday’s announcement affects Mendocino and Sonoma counties. It comes as California is expected to face another devastating wildfire season after a winter with little precipitation. -
School buses make up 90% of the nation’s bus fleet and typically carry 25 million children each day. Emissions from diesel engines may contribute to respiratory illnesses in children and have been linked to poor academic performance. -
KPBS Midday EditionAs climate experts point to the possibility of a so-called "mega drought," California's urban and agricultural sectors must prepare for a new normal in extreme weather. -
SDG&E submitted the only bid on a city agreement that would keep its monopoly on electric and gas services for at least another decade. Activists and some city councilmembers say Mayor Todd Gloria must strike a harder bargain. -
U.S. water officials are projecting the man-made lakes that store water used throughout the American West will fall to historically low levels and trigger an official shortage declaration for the first time. -
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. -
California's governor signs a legislative package that directs more than half a billion dollars to wildfire prevention efforts. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe president's $2 trillion infrastructure plan would invest heavily in public transit and intercity rail — goals that are closely aligned with what San Diego transportation planners hope to achieve. -
California appears in the midst of another drought only a few years after a punishing 5-year dry spell dried up rural wells, killed endangered salmon, idled farm fields and helped fuel the most deadly and destructive wildfires in modern state history.
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