Icon or eyesore? The perception of Carlsbad’s 400-foot-tall coastal smokestack is in the eye of the beholder. The old chimney, a concrete exclamation point in the sky, soon could be gone. Demolition of the Encina power plant is scheduled to begin by the end of this year, after a new, more efficient plant built at […]
San Diego lawmakers in Sacramento are preparing an emergency bill to stave off a legal challenge to San Diego’s $650 million recycled drinking water project. Assemblymember Todd Gloria, with the support of Senate President Toni Atkins, is moving forward Assembly Bill 1290 to end a legal challenge over the use of union labor to construct […]
Lomita has stopped using a 5 million-gallon emergency reservoir that blends local groundwater and more expensive imported water, another fallout from the discovery of cancer-causing chemicals in the water supply, prompting renewed criticism from some residents that the $13 million project doesn’t work as designed.
Elected officials from across San Diego County on Friday approved a new long-term home building plan that prioritizes areas rich with public transit and jobs. Board members of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) are responsible for determining where 171,000 new homes should be built in the county over the next decade. The process, […]
Man Pushes Preservation of 400-foot-tall Coastal Smokestack
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Phil DiehlIcon or eyesore? The perception of Carlsbad’s 400-foot-tall coastal smokestack is in the eye of the beholder. The old chimney, a concrete exclamation point in the sky, soon could be gone. Demolition of the Encina power plant is scheduled to begin by the end of this year, after a new, more efficient plant built at […]
Lawmakers Prepare Emergency Bill to Save San Diego Recycled Drinking Water Project
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /Times of San Diegoby Chris JenneweinSan Diego lawmakers in Sacramento are preparing an emergency bill to stave off a legal challenge to San Diego’s $650 million recycled drinking water project. Assemblymember Todd Gloria, with the support of Senate President Toni Atkins, is moving forward Assembly Bill 1290 to end a legal challenge over the use of union labor to construct […]
Lomita Drains its $13 Million Water Reservoir Because of Cancer-Causing Chemicals
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /Daily Breeze (Torrance, Calif.)by Nick GreenLomita has stopped using a 5 million-gallon emergency reservoir that blends local groundwater and more expensive imported water, another fallout from the discovery of cancer-causing chemicals in the water supply, prompting renewed criticism from some residents that the $13 million project doesn’t work as designed.
SANDAG Board OKs Formula For New Homebuilding
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /KPBS Radio San Diegoby Andrew BowenElected officials from across San Diego County on Friday approved a new long-term home building plan that prioritizes areas rich with public transit and jobs. Board members of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) are responsible for determining where 171,000 new homes should be built in the county over the next decade. The process, […]