San Diego County

Tijuana River pollution has caused asthma, stomach illness and other ailments for decades. Now officials are floating a billion dollar plan to clean it up.

The California Legislature passed a bill that would force disclosure of information about emergency calls at immigrant detention centers. A Democratic lawmaker put it forward after reading news stories in CalMatters.

A closer look at San Diego County's ballot measure to establish an ethics commission includes notable governance changes that could benefit slim political majorities on the Board of Supervisors.

As thousands are deported, San Diego County supervisors banned ICE from their firing range. “Providing training grounds for Trump's deportation force is a slap in the face.”

The Trump administration is trying to lock down immigration detention capacity in California despite opposition from the state's Democratic leaders.

A surf camp buses kids to other beaches, and junior lifeguards travel up the coast from this California beach town plagued by cross-border sewage.

Private prison company CoreCivic will continue operating two large ICE detention centers in California after selling the properties to the Department of Homeland Security.

California’s fishing fleet is graying and shrinking. An apprenticeship aimed at reviving it showed the obstacles to sustaining locally caught fish.

A California law empowers local health officials to inspect immigrant detention centers. San Diego County sued to enforce it after being denied access to a facility.

As the U.S. and Mexico pursue $800 million in upgrades to wastewater facilities on the border, local officials are working on a smaller fix to improve conditions as soon as next year.