Joshua Emerson Smith
The Union-Tribune
San Diego, CA, United States
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Millions of gallons of sewage are spewing into San Diego waters. A fix could take weeks.
Tijuana sewage has overwhelmed an international wastewater treatment plant in San Diego, causing 30 million gallons a day of partially treated sewage to flow into the Pacific Ocean → Read More
UC San Diego gets $15 million crypto donation to research airborne disease
Cryptocurrency billionaire Vitalik Buterin helps establish UC San Diego's new Meta-Institute for Airborne Disease in a Changing Climate → Read More
San Diego tech firms inspire homegrown talent at 2023 Festival of Science & Engineering
Science expo at Petco Park on Saturday featured games, music, learning and the promise of well-paying jobs → Read More
Study: Imperial Beach residents are breathing Tijuana sewage
UC San Diego researchers found that bacteria from raw sewage in the waters off Imperial Beach are becoming airborne, posing a potential health risk → Read More
Yet another storm to hit San Diego, bringing more rain and snow through Wednesday
Up to 2 feet of additional snow could blanket Mount Laguna and Palomar Mountain this week, according to the National Weather Service. → Read More
Imperial Beach, others settle lawsuit against feds over Tijuana River sewage
Federal officials agreed to boost efforts aimed at reducing cross-border pollution, such as maintaining an earthen berm in the Tijuana River's concrete channel during dry weather → Read More
Tijuana sewage gushes through border canyon in San Diego after recent pipe break
Federal officials say pipeline repairs in Mexico could take another week. Beaches as far north as the Silver Strand remain closed due to sewage pollution. → Read More
Will clouds shield us from climate change? San Diego could hold key answers.
The federally backed endeavor will allow researchers at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to study many facets of Southern California's cloud cover over the next year. → Read More
Black Comix Day in San Diego celebrates 5 years reminding fans 'the kid in you never dies'
Event creator Keithan Jones has turned his lifelong passion into a successful celebration of Black comic art and a second career → Read More
Drought, disease and insects killed 36 million trees across California in 2022
Federal officials fear tree mortality could help drive mega blazes. Hundreds of millions of dollars are now slated to thin out forests across the West. → Read More
San Diego secures $3 million to help low-income families install efficient toilets, irrigation
Funding comes as part of a $46-million push to improve water reliability across California in the face of drought and flooding → Read More
Diesel truck pollution kills Mitsubishi warehouse deal at Port of San Diego
Mitsubishi Cement Corp. abandons proposed tenancy at 10th Avenue Marine Terminal after blueprint for electric trucks fails to materialize. Environmental justice advocates celebrate. → Read More
500,000 gallons of raw sewage fouls San Diego Bay after broken sensor shuts down pumps
The San Diego sewage spill was the largest of four reported in San Diego County on Monday that led county officials to close beaches and bays to water contact → Read More
San Diego County Supervisor Vargas named chair of region's powerful transportation agency
Elected officials from several small cities voiced frustration with the San Diego Association of Government's population-based voting system, as County Supervisor Nora Vargas takes over as board chair → Read More
Rains flood San Diego shorelines with Tijuana sewage, closing beaches to Coronado
There's no easy fix for wintertime pollution flooding over the border from Mexico, with river diversion system routinely overwhelmed by rains → Read More
Three ways Imperial Beach’s new mayor plans to tackle the Tijuana sewage crisis
Paloma Aguirre plans to leverage her experience in Washington and Mexico to address the crumbling wastewater plant that pollutes South Bay beaches → Read More
What will it cost to rehab the 'Desert Line' railroad from Tecate to Plaster City?
Private investors have repeatedly promised and failed to overhaul 70-mile, sand-blasted stretch of the so-called Impossible Railroad. Now officials in San Diego are working to assess the potential cost. → Read More
San Diegans poised to pay skyrocketing price for Poseidon's desalinated water
Carlsbad facility faces possible temporary shutdown as Poseidon struggles to complete $274 million overhaul to meet state environmental regulations → Read More
San Diego County freezes Harmony Grove housing project after Sierra Club legal victory
An appellate court rejected the master-planned community south of Escondido last year based on greenhouse gas emissions. It's the latest of several suburban housing projects halted by environmental groups. → Read More
San Diego trolley, bus ridership nearing pre-pandemic levels but still struggling
Blue Line trolley extension appears to be drawing new riders but not enough to offset overall decline in riders over the last decade → Read More