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Methane levels at a multimillion-dollar Otay Ranch housing project dropped by more than 50 percent during a recent six-month period, according to a new report, but the source of the gas has yet to be found. Read More »
Environment
San Diego County’s most polluted neighborhoods could get new air monitors
Some of San Diego County’s most polluted neighborhoods could get 25 new air quality monitoring stations by the end of the year. Read More »
Lake San Marcos developer not fined for years of building violations
San Diego County has warned and cited a developer four times since 2014 over building violations in a Lake San Marcos community of more than 2,000 homes. So far, the county has taken no action to impose fines that could reach more than half a million dollars. Nearby residents are frustrated with the county for not doing more to make ... Read More »
El Cajon toxic plume still a problem for mobile home residents
Ana Hayes moved into her home at the Starlight Mobile Home Park in El Cajon in 1969. It’s where she raised her three children, and it’s where she and her husband still live. Her home sits above a toxic groundwater plume that residents first learned about in October 2016, though state officials and the company responsible for the contamination knew ... Read More »
Home buyers moving into Otay Ranch development; methane problem resolved
People who bought new homes in Otay Ranch’s Village of Escaya can start moving in Friday — later than planned but after the developer took steps to address methane found at the site. The 450-acre, multimillion-dollar project in eastern Chula Vista stalled late last year when the Otay Water District wouldn’t provide meters for the homes until issues surrounding methane ... Read More »
Developer addressing methane problem at Otay Ranch housing project
The Otay Water District has reached a resolution with HomeFed to install water meters at the developer’s 450-acre Escaya community in Otay Ranch. Read More »
Methane found at multimillion-dollar Escaya housing project in Otay Ranch
Homebuyers in the Chula Vista community known as Village of Escaya can’t move into their homes because government officials have stopped installation of water meters. Read More »
Two ways natural gas may be escaping at your meter
Natural gas is leaking – sometimes deliberately – from residential gas meters up and down the state of California. That surprise is buried in state documents, a review by inewsource has found. The leaks don’t mean you’re in danger of an explosion. But tiny amounts of natural gas escaping from gas meters not only cost you money, they can be ... Read More »
Two years after Aliso Canyon disaster, hundreds say they’re still sick
Hundreds attended a presentation to hear from a doctor who has been collecting and sending out samples of residents’ blood, urine and hair to laboratories. Read More »
Electricity alone powers one quarter of U.S. homes
Recently we reported that for climate reasons, some environmental groups are starting to advocate for all-electric homes. Those are homes in which all the appliances including heaters, hot water heaters and stoves run on electricity, not natural gas. When it is burned, or particularly if it leaks out unburned, natural gas contributes to climate change. The electricity we get from ... Read More »