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KPBS Midday EditionA San Diego study finds predominantly minority neighborhoods are typically hotter than predominantly white neighborhoods. Density and vegetation may be the reasons why. -
KPBS Midday EditionA prolonged 21-year warming and drying trend is pushing the nation’s two largest reservoirs to record lows. For the first time this summer, the federal government will declare a shortage. -
KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked people and businesses in the nation's most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% amid a drought. Newsom's request is not an order. -
A San Diego researcher has helped an Australian colleague figure out how a massive ice-covered lake on an Antarctic ice shelf disappeared. -
The San Diego County Water Authority said Thursday it has adopted a $1.7 billion budget for the next two fiscal years and will keep its spending steady compared with the current budget. -
The council will hold hearings and vote in September on a package that also includes a water rate increase from the San Diego County Water Authority. -
Despite continued hot and dry conditions in California, the San Diego region is protected from drought impacts this summer and through 2045. -
The Tijuana Slough shoreline closed Sunday because of sewage contamination, San Diego County health officials said. -
The dropping surface elevation of Lake Mead along the Arizona-Nevada state line dipped to a historic low on Wednesday, surpassing 2016. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says the lake level is projected to continue falling until November, affecting recreation and hydropower efficiency. -
Oceans Day comes in San Diego as the Pacific struggles under an assault from the planet and people.
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