Mackenzie Elmer

Electricity bills from San Diego Gas and Electric for the vast majority of San Diegans went up 7.4 percent beginning Jan. 1. That amounts to approximately $4 more per month for the average residential customer, said SDG&E spokesman Anthony Wagner. “We... See more

At 2 a.m. Monday morning, the De la Mora’s were outside in the rain cleaning a city storm drain with a rake. That drain clogged the morning of New Year’s Day sending neighbors into a panic as a lake began to form where Birch and Beta streets meet in Shell... See more

New Year’s Day felt like a repeat of the catastrophic floods of 2024 for the residents of Southcrest San Diego. Intense rain turned Chollas creek into a river near the Shelltown neighborhood. Water started to creep up Birch and Beta streets, reminiscent o... See more

When budgets are tight, political promises that fight climate change or pollution tend to take a backseat. That’s true nationally, as the climate news publication Heatmap explained last month, pointing out various Democrats in Congress who backed off poli... See more

San Diego arrived in Las Vegas this week ready to sell off some of its excess water at negotiations over the dwindling Colorado River between the states, tribes and farmers who use it. They left without a deal in place. Dan Denham, the San Diego County Wa... See more