Tijuana

Environment

Hydrogen sulfide emissions prompt new odor advisory for South Bay communities

Leslie Gonzalez

An odor advisory was was issued Monday weeks after the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District unveiled their new odor alert system.
Environment

Nonprofit installs second trash boom in Tijuana River tributaries

Katie Anastas

Trash booms catch solid waste and let water flow through.
Environment

Gov. Newsom attends briefing in San Diego on Tijuana River Valley pollution crisis

City News Service

Gov. Gavin Newsom met with San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Nora Vargas on Monday to address the ongoing Tijuana River Valley pollution crisis.
Arts & Culture

Inside Libros, Café y Jazz: Tijuana's used bookstore where literature meets live music

Matthew Bowler

Libros, Café y Jazz marks 15 years as Tijuana's go-to bookstore, offering used books, coffee and jazz performances for all ages.
Environment

Supervisor Lawson-Remer collecting signatures in EPA Superfund site push

City News Service

Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer is seeking petition signatures Tuesday from San Diego County residents impacted by the Tijuana River Valley crisis as she looks for support in getting an EPA Superfund site designation.
Politics

Supervisor says she'll seek superfund designation for Tijuana River Valley

City News Service

San Diego County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer announced Tuesday she will immediately pursue a federal Superfund designation for the Tijuana River Valley, bypassing her colleagues after they voted to delay any formal decision.
Environment

San Diego City Council asks federal government to declare national crisis in Tijuana River

City News Service

The largely symbolic item passed 7-0, and officially implores the federal government to make the local crisis a recognized national one, as well as asking for total funding of the Environmental Protection Agency's infrastructure solution to the pollution.
Environment

Critical repairs begin at South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant

John Carroll

Ground was broken Monday on a project to repair a critical piece of infrastructure that controls the flow into the plant.
Border & Immigration

Cartels increasingly use young US citizens for fentanyl smuggling

Gustavo Solis

High school and college students are now more likely to become the smugglers of choice for Mexican drug cartels, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office.
Environment

Congressional delegation demands answers from Mexico about border odors

City News Service

Members of San Diego's congressional delegation Thursday demanded answers as to why despite the dry weather, environmental officials are reporting an increase in sewage flow and strong odors from Mexico in the Tijuana River.