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Morning Report: The SEC Is Probing Sweetwater’s Finances
Sweetwater Union High School Superintendent Karen Janney / Photo by Adriana Heldiz Sweetwater Union High School District officials have been instructed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission not to delete any financial documents, because…
Border Report: The Fight Against Cross-Border Sewage Slogs…
Signs warn of dangerous sewage contamination on a hiking trail near the Tijuana River. / Image via Shutterstock Sewage from Tijuana continues to plague San Diego’s border beaches. In early December, a ruptured pipe that…
San Diego Should Go Big in the Effort…
An empty plastic bottle bounces across several feet of water that flooded Monument Road in the Tijuana River Valley. / Photo by Sam Hodgson On Tuesday, the San Diego City Council will decide whether to…
City Council to Discuss Joining Calif. Lawsuit Over…
The San Diego City Council is set to vote Tuesday on whether to join a California lawsuit against the International Boundary Water Commission (IBWC) over sewage flow from Tijuana, Mexico into the United States. Ahead of…
County Offers Free Laptop Checkout at 2 Local…
Studying and researching just got easier at two local libraries where the San Diego County Library is now offering laptops for checkout through a vending-machine-style kiosk. Right now, the laptops are available for use at the…
Imperial Beach Continues to Face Contamination, Flooding Problems…
Imperial Beach continued to face problems from pollution to displaced sand as other beaches across the county reopened Monday after raw sewage poured in from Tijuana.Local coasts have been hit by King Tides, which are…
Railing Missing From OB Pier Amid High Surf
The Ocean Beach Pier was significantly damaged and several seawalls were breached at local beaches as surf levels rose Friday, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue lifeguards.Waves at all city of San Diego beaches were reaching…
‘Get Rid of the Umbrella’: 10 Days of…
After nearly a week of showers that brought inches of rain to San Diego County, the region will dry up for a week and a half of sunshine, according to forecasters.A series of storms swept across…