Tijuana

Health

Microfinance program improves health and stability for sex workers in Tijuana, SDSU study finds

Heidi de Marco

Researchers say a program combining small loans, training and peer support helped female sex workers reduce health risks and gain financial stability.
Border & Immigration

Tijuana was calm Monday after Sunday's violence in response to killing of cartel leader

Gustavo Solis

Chaos erupted Sunday throughout Mexico after members of the Mexican military killed the leader of one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels near the city of Guadalajara. But there were no incidents reported on Monday in Tijuana.
Quality of Life

EPA touts bipartisan efforts to clean up Tijuana River

Deborah Brennan

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin met with local and congressional leaders in San Diego on Thursday to tout the U.S. and Mexico’s progress in cleaning up the polluted Tijuana River.
Environment

Supes OK $9 million for new Tijuana River sewage crisis initiatives

Tammy Murga

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved the creation of a pollution crisis chief position and has begun recruiting.
Environment

Supervisors propose immediate fix at Tijuana River pollution hot spot

City News Service

The sewage hot spot along Saturn Boulevard became the focus of studies last year by a team from UC San Diego. Researchers found that a discharge pipe was causing toxic gasses to be released into the air.
Environment

Air Pollution Control District distributes 10,000 air purifiers in South Bay

City News Service

The district conducted a survey last summer of households who had received the purifiers and most said they had helped with odors caused by sewage from the Tijuana River.
Environment

Aguirre, Lawson-Remer propose using county reserves for Tijuana River sewage fixes

Tammy Murga

The supervisors announced a plan to fund health studies and a pipeline project to reduce pollution that becomes airborne.
Quality of Life

All southbound I-5 lanes and Camino de la Plaza on-ramp reopen at San Ysidro Port of Entry

Leslie Gonzalez

All southbound I-5 lanes at the San Ysidro Port of Entry and Camino de la Plaza on-ramp reopen, according to CalTrans on X.
Environment

Could stricter hydrogen sulfide standards protect communities near the polluted Tijuana River?

Tammy Murga

State Sen. Steve Padilla introduced Senate Bill 58 to update the threshold, which has remained unchanged since 1969.
Environment

Trump administration signs updated agreement with Mexico over Tijuana sewage

City News Service

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement Monday between the United States and Mexico intended to permanently end the Tijuana River sewage crisis, the latest in a long line of agreements intended to accomplish the same.