Environment
Beach water quality testing

County Adds Sites, Faster Tests to Check Beach Water Quality

| 11:15 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

This Labor Day weekend, local beachgoers can feel more confident about frolicking in the ocean, thanks to a couple of enhancements to the County’s beach water testing program.

Environment
orb spider

It’s Crazy Spider Dance Time; Orb Weaver Season is Back!

| 10:42 AM

Reading Time: 3 minutes

They’re big. They’re scary looking. And they spin enormous, circular webs that can stretch between trees, from a tree to your house, or your house to your car. It’s orb weaver spider time again in San Diego County!

Environment

County Offers $28.5M in Grants to Help Organizations Upgrade High-Polluting Vehicles and Equipment

| 3:50 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

The County of San Diego is inviting businesses, nonprofits and government organizations that currently use high-polluting heavy-duty equipment to apply for a share of $28.5 million in grant funding for greener vehicles, machinery and equipment.

Environment

County Board Votes to Buy Land to Expand Iron Mountain Preserve

| 3:26 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

County supervisors have approved buying 160 acres near Iron Mountain in Poway to give threatened animals like deer and the California gnatcatcher more room to roam, and potentially, people more trails and connections to hike.

Environment

County OKs Funding for Water Purification Program

| 5:19 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

The County Board of Supervisors approved another step Wednesday toward increasing local drinking water supplies for East County residents.

Environment

VIDEO: Monitoring Community Air Quality

| 2:14 PM

Reading Time: < 1 minute

The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District is leading the Community Air Protection Program to monitor air pollution within the state-identified disadvantaged communities of Barrio Logan, Logan Heights, Sherman Heights and parts of National City.

Environment

Board Votes to Buy 123 Acres for Ramona Grasslands Preserve

| 3:46 PM

Reading Time: < 1 minute

County supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to buy 123 acres of open space and habitat to add to the County’s 3,490-acre Ramona Grasslands Preserve.