Mackenzie Elmer

The South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant near the U.S-Mexico border. / Photo by Vito di Stefano for Voice of San Diego

County officials said the pollution problem is far from triggering a mandatory mass exodus from South Bay, but it’s not totally outside the realm of possibilities.

Terra Lawson-Remer and challenger Kevin Faulconer are both against battery bans. But neither will say whether they’d greenlight the controversial Seguro project.

They’re too young to vote. But they’ll inherit a much warmer and dangerous planet.

The president picks the leader of the IBWC, the federal agency with big responsibilities for managing and treating Tijuana sewage before it hits San Diego. Most like the person at the helm now and don’t want that to change.

As mayor, Faulconer fought for dense, transit-oriented development in the name of climate change. Running for supervisor, he’s pro-housing no matter where in the county or the climate cost.

San Diegans will vote for their mayor, City Council District 9 and Measure E – all which play a big hand in helping to protect flood-impacted neighborhoods from suffering another disastrous winter.

Communities adjacent to the polluted Tijuana River can now check both the air around them for contamination before they decide to venture outdoors.

A Superfund designation is reserved for the dirtiest, abandoned industrial waste lands in the country.

A brief and sordid history of the public restroom in America sheds light on why it’s impossible to take a private piss outside the home.