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Faulconer failed to accomplish some of his biggest goals, namely keeping the Chargers in town and expanding the convention center. But he gets better marks for housing affordability initiatives. -
A San Diego researcher is honored as a modern explorer of the world's coldest continent. -
San Diego scientists have linked melting sea ice in the Arctic to the massive dust storm that began in Africa and eventually hit the United States. -
San Diego’s National Weather Service is issuing a red flag warning for the region’s mountains because as dry, windy conditions are expected to persist this week. -
San Diego researchers and environmentalists are taking a close look at a pocket habitat that may become an important tool as the climate changes. -
General Motors says it will no longer support the Trump administration in legal efforts to end California’s right to set its own clean-air standards. CEO Mary Barra said in a letter Monday to environmental groups that GM will pull out of the lawsuit and it urges other automakers to do so. -
New efforts to minimize the spread of COVID-19 in San Diego, Amazon's Jeff Bezos donates millions to help local climate change research, and a major development in Mission Valley gets final approval from the city. -
San Diego County is still trying to develop a climate action plan that allows for housing growth, while protecting the environment, and meets state goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. -
KPBS Midday EditionScripps Institution of Oceanography is part of a consortium that will deploy 500 new robotic floats, to collect data about what is going on under the surface of the ocean as the planet warms. -
Salk Institute researchers hope to make plants much more efficient at catching and storing carbon.
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