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Catalytic converter thefts sweep through San Diego, worrying residents

by Chloe Wynne January 14, 2022January 18, 2022 Why you can trust inewsource

Police departments across San Diego County have reported a sharp rise in catalytic converter thefts. Here are the cars most at-risk.

Escuelas en San Diego están reportando a minorías y niños con discapacidades con mayor frecuencia

by Jennifer Bowman September 29, 2021October 21, 2021 Why you can trust inewsource

San Diego schools report Black kids, students with disabilities to police the most

by Jennifer Bowman September 27, 2021October 8, 2021 Why you can trust inewsource

The Starlight Mobile Home Park, photographed on Feb. 21, 2018, is one of three El Cajon mobile home parks that sits above a toxic groundwater plume.

El Cajon toxic plume still a problem for mobile home residents

by Nicole Tyau February 23, 2018August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource

Families are shown in the courtyard of an apartment complex near Ibarra Elementary School in City Heights on Aug. 21, 2017. Many of the families living there are Syrian refugees. (Megan Wood/inewsource)

Federal monitors warned San Diego refugee nonprofit of problems with resettlement practices

by Tarryn Mento February 23, 2018August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource

The Masters family in El Cajon has an air filter in the living room to reduce chemical vapors from a stream of pollution beneath their home. Vapors have been measured at high levels there and may have been present for years. July 18, 2017. Megan Wood/inewsource

El Cajon family endures months, possibly years of toxic indoor air

by Ingrid Lobet August 10, 2017August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource

Saadia Hamdard, an Afghanistan refugee, sits on the couch in her family's two-bedroom apartment in El Cajon, Aug. 1, 2017.

Refugee families forced to move; too many living in their apartments

by Tarryn Mento August 9, 2017August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource

Truong Mai, a partner at Ametek environmental consultant ERM, staffs the air testing table at a community meeting on the underground contamination in El Cajon. June 4, 2017. Megan Wood/inewsource

Company offers air testing to all El Cajon mobile home residents

by Ingrid Lobet June 15, 2017August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource

A plume of TCE runs beneath neighborhoods and businesses in El Cajon. It can turn into a gas, filter up through the ground and collect indoors in unventilated spaces.

Expert: Every home located on toxic plume in El Cajon should be tested

by Ingrid Lobet June 12, 2017August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource

Ron Cox’s family lived in a mobile home park in El Cajon. Vapors from underground pollution have been found in several homes near where the Cox family lived. April 25, 2017. Brandon Quester, inewsource

Tests reveal vapors entered homes in El Cajon

by Ingrid Lobet May 1, 2017August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource