7+ hour, 42+ min ago   (102+ words) Border pollution — is it a never-ending environmental crisis? Will the slow and non-responsive governments ever solve this? Seems rather unlikely any time soon. Well, how about a new approach? Let’s ask Congress to authorize crossing fees on commercial trucks and…...

2+ day, 3+ min ago   (844+ words) The San Diego Association of Governments has shielded two North County cities from the strictest parts of a new law allowing for high-rise housing near transit stops. SANDAG admits it declined to follow state guidance when it made the decision....

3+ day, 22+ min ago   (145+ words) One of two people who died when a small plane crashed at a San Diego airfield earlier this week was identified Thursday as a 45-year-old man. Roger Shimizu died at the scene of the crash late Monday afternoon at Montgomery-Gibbs…...

3+ day, 56+ min ago   (798+ words) Carlsbad declared a local emergency Wednesday to expedite repairs of coastal erosion that threatens to undermine Carlsbad Boulevard, also known as the historic Highway 101. Early next week crews will begin placing boulders weighing 4 to 8 tons each on the beach beside…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (863+ words) With fuel prices rising at a relentless pace, some drivers around San Diego are coming up with unusual strategies to scrape their way from one trip to the pump to another. Managers of the Petromerica gas station on 16th Avenue and…...

6+ day, 7+ min ago   (129+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune A 70-year-old driver died after trying to evade a disabled vehicle and hitting a center divide on southbound Interstate 15 in Rancho Bernardo early Monday, a California Highway Patrol officer said. Just before 8 a.m., a Honda sedan allegedly collided…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (170+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Re “MTS’ park-and-ride lots a necessary evil, for now” (Aug. 31): MTS should consider improving bike box parking at the trolley stations. The bike boxes provide safe parking, but an e-bike barely fits inside. I have to remove…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (198+ words) Hundreds of flights were delayed Friday at San Diego International Airport after a drone and weather balloon were spotted in the immediate vicinity around 2 p.m., airport officials said. Airport personnel confirmed to the Union-Tribune that one object was a drone while…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (747+ words) Erosion is nothing new on North County beaches, but the situation at Carlsbad’s Tamarack State Beach is being met with disbelief. Marti Chalk, who said she lives within walking distance of the popular stretch of coast south of the Carlsbad…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (519+ words) A proposal that would have changed on-street parking near La Jolla’s Bishop’s School recently made its way into the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board. And while just a discussion item that did not gain traction, the concerns spurred a larger…...