6+ hour, 47+ 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…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago   (446+ words) A new engineering assessment of Encinitas’s 46 bridges has found that one along Coast Highway 101 over the inlet to San Elijo Lagoon is in “poor” condition, but city officials say renovation plans already are being considered. However, it could be about…...

2+ day, 23+ hour 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 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…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (173+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune It is estimated that Carlsbad maintains 28,000 palms and Oceanside maintains 48,000 palms. If a lowball maintenance cost of $200 per tree is applied to each tree being pruned, both municipalities pay a pretty price for these objects of decoration....

4+ day, 1+ 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…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (743+ words) All railroad traffic connecting San Diego County with the rest of the nation was suspended again Tuesday as high tides and coastal erosion continued to chew away at the tracks in San Clemente in southern Orange County. “Waves overtopped the…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (106+ words) A small plane crashed at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport on Monday afternoon, killing two people, San Diego police said. The crash was reported around 5:21 p.m. by a witness, said police Officer John Buttle. It wasn’t immediately known if the crash occurred as…...

5+ day, 23+ hour 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, 3+ hour ago   (733+ words) A local shuttle service is being developed to serve Ramona. It could begin operating as early as 2027. In preparation, a survey is being circulated to determine route destinations, preferred days and times of service, and any service needs within the…...