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Drivers run new stop signs at fatal San Diego crash site

Police issued 39 tickets after new signs went up where 11-year-old Andrew Olsen was killed.

Public Safety

After an <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="11-year-old was killed" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/12/11/san-diego-dangerous-intersections-traffic-deaths" data-vars-content-id="e0d5c171-daad-473b-b066-9639b341c2ea" data-vars-headline="Drivers run new stop signs at fatal San Diego crash site" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/12/11/san-diego-dangerous-intersections-traffic-deaths" target="_self">11-year-old was killed</a> by a car at a San Carlos intersection last October, the city installed stop signs that drivers have frequently been blowing through, records show.Why it matters: The stop signs were meant to prevent more tragedies like Andrew Olsen&#x27;s death. Instead, many drivers appear to be either missing or ignoring them.

Sips & Snacks: Sayulitas 2-pound burrito hits hard

It's currently holds the title for heavyweight champ among San Diego's California burritos.

Food and Drink

There&#x27;s a new heavyweight champ among <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="San Diego&#x27;s California burritos" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/01/28/california-burrito-san-diego-cost-increase-restaurant-inflation" data-vars-content-id="388a0dd5-43c0-45d0-b0f9-5e0cb5670dd1" data-vars-headline="Sips &amp; Snacks: Sayulitas 2-pound burrito hits hard" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/01/28/california-burrito-san-diego-cost-increase-restaurant-inflation" target="_self">San Diego&#x27;s California burritos</a>.Dig in: On our search to find the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="fattest burrito in town" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/02/11/finding-san-diego-fattest-california-burritos" data-vars-content-id="388a0dd5-43c0-45d0-b0f9-5e0cb5670dd1" data-vars-headline="Sips &amp; Snacks: Sayulitas 2-pound burrito hits hard" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/02/11/finding-san-diego-fattest-california-burritos" target="_self">fattest burrito in town</a>, readers recommended <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Sayulitas" data-vars-click-url="https://sayulitaseats.com/" data-vars-content-id="388a0dd5-43c0-45d0-b0f9-5e0cb5670dd1" data-vars-headline="Sips &amp; Snacks: Sayulitas 2-pound burrito hits hard" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://sayulitaseats.com/" target="_blank">Sayulitas</a> again and again. And rightfully so.

What ChatGPT secretly thinks about San Diego

A new study looks at how AI models rank U.S. cities and reinforce stereotypes.

News

Researchers have found that large language models (LLMs), such as <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="ChatGPT" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/09/chatgpt-ads-testing-go-free" data-vars-content-id="fc721872-653b-4845-bd2d-1dc98a673468" data-vars-headline="What ChatGPT secretly thinks about San Diego" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/09/chatgpt-ads-testing-go-free" target="_self">ChatGPT</a>, are just as <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="biased" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/02/13/study-chatgpt-bias-chicago-oxford-kentucky-llm-city-stereotypes-ranking" data-vars-content-id="fc721872-653b-4845-bd2d-1dc98a673468" data-vars-headline="What ChatGPT secretly thinks about San Diego" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/02/13/study-chatgpt-bias-chicago-oxford-kentucky-llm-city-stereotypes-ranking" target="_self">biased</a> as the rest of the world, including in their perception of San Diego&#x27;s chill culture.The big picture: Internet scholars at University of Oxford and University of Kentucky <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="recently compared" data-vars-click-url="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768624251408919" data-vars-content-id="fc721872-653b-4845-bd2d-1dc98a673468" data-vars-headline="What ChatGPT secretly thinks about San Diego" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768624251408919" target="_blank">recently compared</a> 91 U.S. cities with populations over 250,000 across a range of categories to gauge AI inequality and bias, including social and physical attributes, food quality, governance, politics and business climate.

San Diego income growth outpaces national rate

New federal data shows local personal income climbed 5.9%, outpacing the national gain.

Money

Personal <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="income levels" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/25/trump-economy-inflation-income-growth" data-vars-content-id="d9d81d75-7c16-46fa-91a2-fe7dbf3b9890" data-vars-headline="San Diego income growth outpaces national rate" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/25/trump-economy-inflation-income-growth" target="_self">income levels</a> rose 5.9% in San Diego County from 2023 to 2024, according to new U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="data" data-vars-click-url="https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-by-county" data-vars-content-id="d9d81d75-7c16-46fa-91a2-fe7dbf3b9890" data-vars-headline="San Diego income growth outpaces national rate" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-by-county" target="_blank">data</a>.The big picture: That&#x27;s bigger than the national increase of 5.6%.

Take a hike! Cabrillo is back, baby

With Cabrillo back open after the shutdown, now's a perfect time to hit the trails.

Environment

Now that Cabrillo National Monument and its trails have re-opened after the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="government shutdown" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/13/house-passes-package-end-government-shutdown" data-vars-content-id="e3ca637e-3e57-4e5d-aa2c-9488d94fd785" data-vars-headline="Take a hike! Cabrillo is back, baby" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/13/house-passes-package-end-government-shutdown" target="_self">government shutdown</a>, why not visit in honor of National Hiking Day?The big picture: National Hiking Day — first called National Take a Hike Day — was established on November 17, 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson and is meant to encourage people to get outside and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="explore local trails" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/09/24/california-national-parks-free-entry-joshua-tree" data-vars-content-id="e3ca637e-3e57-4e5d-aa2c-9488d94fd785" data-vars-headline="Take a hike! Cabrillo is back, baby" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/09/24/california-national-parks-free-entry-joshua-tree" target="_self">explore local trails</a>.

Why spiders seem to be everywhere right before Halloween

Those big Halloween-time webs? They're real — and made by female orb weavers finishing their life cycle.

Spiders are getting in the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="spooky season spirit" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/10/24/how-halloween-takes-over-san-diegos-maryland-street" data-vars-content-id="2361d020-a69b-40b9-9aad-37fda96e7fe8" data-vars-headline="Why spiders seem to be everywhere right before Halloween" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/10/24/how-halloween-takes-over-san-diegos-maryland-street" target="_self">spooky season spirit</a> across San Diego, setting up sticky webs to ensnare sidewalk passersby right before Halloween.The big picture: But the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="arachnids" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/10/08/spider-season-seattle" data-vars-content-id="2361d020-a69b-40b9-9aad-37fda96e7fe8" data-vars-headline="Why spiders seem to be everywhere right before Halloween" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/10/08/spider-season-seattle" target="_self">arachnids</a> don&#x27;t actually care about Halloween decorations. Those massive webs are part of their annual routine.

Tijuana River is fueling San Diego air pollution, study finds

South Bay residents are being exposed to high levels of hydrogen sulfide, according to researchers.

Almost a year ago, a team of San Diego scientists raised the alarm that the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="polluted Tijuana River" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/04/01/trump-epa-chief-zeldin-visiting-san-diego-tijuana-sewage-crisis" data-vars-content-id="361afa55-39f1-46f8-89b6-4869f39941eb" data-vars-headline="Tijuana River is fueling San Diego air pollution, study finds" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/04/01/trump-epa-chief-zeldin-visiting-san-diego-tijuana-sewage-crisis" target="_self">polluted Tijuana River</a> was releasing toxic gas into the air. Now, their newly published findings show residents are being exposed to high levels of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="hydrogen sulfide" data-vars-click-url="https://www.osha.gov/hydrogen-sulfide/hazards" data-vars-content-id="361afa55-39f1-46f8-89b6-4869f39941eb" data-vars-headline="Tijuana River is fueling San Diego air pollution, study finds" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.osha.gov/hydrogen-sulfide/hazards" target="_blank">hydrogen sulfide</a>.Why it matters: The study validates the concerns of South Bay communities, where residents have complained for years about the strong rotten egg and sewage smells and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="reported respiratory and other health issues" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/south-bay-tijuana-river-sewage-crisis-survey/3864148/" data-vars-content-id="361afa55-39f1-46f8-89b6-4869f39941eb" data-vars-headline="Tijuana River is fueling San Diego air pollution, study finds" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/south-bay-tijuana-river-sewage-crisis-survey/3864148/" target="_blank">reported respiratory and other health issues</a>.

Heat streaks are getting more common in San Diego

These potentially dangerous heat events are becoming more common in cities all over the U.S.

San Diego is getting <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="more heat streaks on average each year" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/07/30/heat-streaks-climate-change-cities" data-vars-content-id="d910d51e-87fe-4376-80af-460a2aa2c327" data-vars-headline="Heat streaks are getting more common in San Diego" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/07/30/heat-streaks-climate-change-cities" target="_self">more heat streaks on average each year</a> than in 1970, a new analysis shows.Why it matters: Extreme heat is particularly hazardous to human health, and air conditioning is <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="less common in San Diego" data-vars-click-url="https://www.10news.com/news/making-it-in-san-diego/buyers-renters-willing-to-pay-more-for-homes-with-air-conditioning" data-vars-content-id="d910d51e-87fe-4376-80af-460a2aa2c327" data-vars-headline="Heat streaks are getting more common in San Diego" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.10news.com/news/making-it-in-san-diego/buyers-renters-willing-to-pay-more-for-homes-with-air-conditioning" target="_blank">less common in San Diego</a> than in warmer climates.<ul><li>Extreme heat&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="effects on the body" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/24/extreme-heat-wave-body-effect" data-vars-content-id="d910d51e-87fe-4376-80af-460a2aa2c327" data-vars-headline="Heat streaks are getting more common in San Diego" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/24/extreme-heat-wave-body-effect" target="_self">effects on the body</a> tend to be cumulative, and warm nights offer little reprieve for those without air conditioning.</li><li>Multi-day heat streaks are also challenging for <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="power grid operators" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2023/06/20/us-power-grid-climate-change-extreme-weather-electricity" data-vars-content-id="d910d51e-87fe-4376-80af-460a2aa2c327" data-vars-headline="Heat streaks are getting more common in San Diego" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2023/06/20/us-power-grid-climate-change-extreme-weather-electricity" target="_self">power grid operators</a>, given all the energy-intensive A/C use.</li></ul>By the numbers: The average number of annual extreme heat streaks rose between 1970-2024 in 80% of the 247 U.S. cities analyzed in a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="new report from Climate Central" data-vars-click-url="https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/extreme-heat-streaks-2025" data-vars-content-id="d910d51e-87fe-4376-80af-460a2aa2c327" data-vars-headline="Heat streaks are getting more common in San Diego" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/extreme-heat-streaks-2025" target="_blank">new report from Climate Central</a>, a climate research group.<ul><li>San Diego now has on average two more heat streaks each year, in line with the 200 cities in which heat streaks became more common.</li></ul>How it works: Climate Central defines an &quot;extreme heat streak&quot; as three or more days in a row with maximum temperatures over the 90th percentile of a given location&#x27;s daily max temperatures during the 1991-2020 period.Between the lines: Climate change is making extreme heat <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="more intense and more frequent" data-vars-click-url="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/23/climate/heat-wave-global-warming-links" data-vars-content-id="d910d51e-87fe-4376-80af-460a2aa2c327" data-vars-headline="Heat streaks are getting more common in San Diego" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/23/climate/heat-wave-global-warming-links" target="_blank">more intense and more frequent</a>, studies have shown.

How San Diego's Frozen Zoo is saving endangered species

The biobank preserves living genetic material to revive endangered animals, and now plants.

For 50 years, the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="San Diego Zoo" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/08/07/san-diego-zoo-panda-exhibit-opening-yun-chuan-xin-bao" data-vars-content-id="5b31d27e-6344-4d56-9571-6bec0297ee93" data-vars-headline="How San Diego&#x27;s Frozen Zoo is saving endangered species" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/08/07/san-diego-zoo-panda-exhibit-opening-yun-chuan-xin-bao" target="_self">San Diego Zoo</a> Wildlife Alliance has been preserving animals&#x27; genetic material in its <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Frozen Zoo" data-vars-click-url="https://sandiegozoowildlifealliance.org/frozen-zoo?utm_source=science-site&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=25-frozen-zoo" data-vars-content-id="5b31d27e-6344-4d56-9571-6bec0297ee93" data-vars-headline="How San Diego&#x27;s Frozen Zoo is saving endangered species" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://sandiegozoowildlifealliance.org/frozen-zoo?utm_source=science-site&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=25-frozen-zoo" target="_blank">Frozen Zoo</a>, and recently added plants to the biobank.Why it matters: The vast collection of cryopreserved living cells and reproductive material can help revive endangered species and protect them from going extinct.

California public lands could be sold under GOP budget plan

That includes popular hiking and camping areas in the Cleveland National Forest.

More than 16 million acres of federal public land in California could be eligible for sale if Congress passes the Trump administration&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="budget bill" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/11/trump-budget-bill-lisa-mcclain-senate" data-vars-content-id="36e4ece2-c521-4051-ab79-e4ba207e2cec" data-vars-headline="California public lands could be sold under GOP budget plan" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/11/trump-budget-bill-lisa-mcclain-senate" target="_self">budget bill</a>, according to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="a new analysis" data-vars-click-url="https://www.wilderness.org/articles/media-resources/250-million-acres-public-lands-eligible-sale-senr-budget-reconciliation-package" data-vars-content-id="36e4ece2-c521-4051-ab79-e4ba207e2cec" data-vars-headline="California public lands could be sold under GOP budget plan" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.wilderness.org/articles/media-resources/250-million-acres-public-lands-eligible-sale-senr-budget-reconciliation-package" target="_blank">a new analysis</a> by a conservation nonprofit.Why it matters: Privatizing that land could limit access to popular hiking, camping and picnic areas in the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Cleveland National Forest" data-vars-click-url="https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/cleveland" data-vars-content-id="36e4ece2-c521-4051-ab79-e4ba207e2cec" data-vars-headline="California public lands could be sold under GOP budget plan" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/cleveland" target="_blank">Cleveland National Forest</a> in San Diego County, The Wilderness Society found.

Tijuana River pollution isn't just in the ocean — it's in the air too

A new study from UCSD and Scripps Institution of Oceanography has provided some of the strongest evidence yet that wastewater pollution is in the air that border residents breathe.

Researchers have provided some of the strongest evidence yet that pollutants from the Tijuana River <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="aren&#x27;t just flowing into the Pacific Ocean" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/04/01/trump-epa-chief-zeldin-visiting-san-diego-tijuana-sewage-crisis" data-vars-content-id="ce5bef11-b2a6-445e-9e6b-0dc2e96b9e4a" data-vars-headline="Tijuana River pollution isn&#x27;t just in the ocean — it&#x27;s in the air too" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/04/01/trump-epa-chief-zeldin-visiting-san-diego-tijuana-sewage-crisis" target="_self">aren&#x27;t just flowing into the Pacific Ocean</a> — they&#x27;re in the air, too.Why it matters: The study does not draw any conclusions on the effects to the environment or human health, but found harmful pollutants carried by the river are being aerosolized by sea spray.

Why San Diego is sinking, along with other major U.S. cities

It's growing threat to urban infrastructure, largely caused by over-pumping groundwater.

San Diego is sinking by the millimeter, and new research shows it&#x27;s more widespread — and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="riskier" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/06/18/county-unprepared-climate-disasters-study" data-vars-content-id="ebecfca7-8aa7-446c-a91f-8febd14c8176" data-vars-headline="Why San Diego is sinking, along with other major U.S. cities" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/06/18/county-unprepared-climate-disasters-study" target="_self">riskier</a> — than once suspected.Why it matters: Land subsidence is an invisible but growing threat to urban infrastructure — cracking roads, destabilizing buildings and bridges, and raising <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="flood risks" data-vars-click-url="https://www.sandiego.gov/climate-resilient-sd/flooding" data-vars-content-id="ebecfca7-8aa7-446c-a91f-8febd14c8176" data-vars-headline="Why San Diego is sinking, along with other major U.S. cities" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.sandiego.gov/climate-resilient-sd/flooding" target="_blank">flood risks</a>.

Republic Services' Thor machine makes composting easier for commercial venues

Thor makes composting easier for restaurants and venues like Petco Park and the San Diego Zoo.

A new machine named Thor is helping Republic Services take out <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="San Diego&#x27;s trash" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/04/09/san-diego-officials-to-vote-on-lower-trash-pickup-fee" data-vars-content-id="dbde4474-7be0-4994-9dfc-52791004a065" data-vars-headline="Republic Services&#x27; Thor machine makes composting easier for commercial venues" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/04/09/san-diego-officials-to-vote-on-lower-trash-pickup-fee" target="_self">San Diego&#x27;s trash</a> more sustainably and on a larger scale.Why it matters: Processing <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="organic food waste" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/01/18/california-food-waste-declining-landfill" data-vars-content-id="dbde4474-7be0-4994-9dfc-52791004a065" data-vars-headline="Republic Services&#x27; Thor machine makes composting easier for commercial venues" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/01/18/california-food-waste-declining-landfill" target="_self">organic food waste</a> more efficiently while making it cleaner for composting keeps more of it out of landfills, reducing the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="release of harmful methane gas" data-vars-click-url="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2021/11/17/san-diegos-landfills-are-leaking-planet-warming-methane/" data-vars-content-id="dbde4474-7be0-4994-9dfc-52791004a065" data-vars-headline="Republic Services&#x27; Thor machine makes composting easier for commercial venues" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2021/11/17/san-diegos-landfills-are-leaking-planet-warming-methane/" target="_blank">release of harmful methane gas</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="air pollution" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/04/28/san-diego-ozone-pollution-ranking-worst-cities" data-vars-content-id="dbde4474-7be0-4994-9dfc-52791004a065" data-vars-headline="Republic Services&#x27; Thor machine makes composting easier for commercial venues" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/04/28/san-diego-ozone-pollution-ranking-worst-cities" target="_self">air pollution</a>.

EPA Chief Zeldin calls for permanent fix to Tijuana sewage crisis

Lee Zeldin said he and Mexican counterparts will build a comprehensive list of projects needed.

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The Trump administration&#x27;s EPA chief <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="got a firsthand look" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/04/01/trump-epa-chief-zeldin-visiting-san-diego-tijuana-sewage-crisis" data-vars-content-id="25819d44-a310-4a8d-8171-01d3dc8f5638" data-vars-headline="EPA Chief Zeldin calls for permanent fix to Tijuana sewage crisis" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/04/01/trump-epa-chief-zeldin-visiting-san-diego-tijuana-sewage-crisis" target="_self">got a firsthand look</a> at the Tijuana River sewage crisis on Earth Day and expressed optimism about working with Mexico to solve the public health crisis.Why it matters: Millions of gallons of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="untreated sewage from the border" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/04/01/100-million-border-sewage-fix-treatment-plant" data-vars-content-id="25819d44-a310-4a8d-8171-01d3dc8f5638" data-vars-headline="EPA Chief Zeldin calls for permanent fix to Tijuana sewage crisis" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/04/01/100-million-border-sewage-fix-treatment-plant" target="_self">untreated sewage from the border</a> flows into the Pacific Ocean daily, endangering public health and damaging the local economy.

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