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WILDCOAST Holds 13th Annual Baja Bash Fundraiser

Mon, 7 July 2025, 10:24 am
WILDCOAST, an international team that conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and addresses climate change through natural solutions, held its 13th annual Baja Bash fundraiser on June 14 at Montbleau Estate in Solana Beach. The evening raised funds to support WILDCOAST’s programs to preserve wild coastlines…
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WILDCOAST installs collection station for fishing gear at San Dieguito Lagoon

Mon, 7 July 2025, 10:04 am
DEL MAR (CNS) - Conservation organization WILDCOAST announced Wednesday it partnered with several state agencies to install a dedicated fishing gear receptacle at San Dieguito Lagoon to collect discarded gear. The installation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California State Parks and the…
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In California, There’s One Import That Nobody Wants

Mon, 7 July 2025, 9:20 am
White sand stretches for miles where Pacific Ocean waves crash into the shore. Nearby, bicycles lean against seaside cottages that are accented by banana and palm trees out front. A rickety wooden pier offers spectacular views of sherbet-hued sunsets over the water. To the eye,…
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10 Things About Serge Dedina Ph.D. & WILDCOAST

Mon, 7 July 2025, 9:13 am
Who said it was supposed to be easy? WILD COAST is an international team that conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and addresses climate change through natural solutions. For the past 25 years, WILDCOAST has embraced a “get-it-done” approach to conservation that has helped to conserve…
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Wildlife at risk as sand threatens San Dieguito Lagoon

Mon, 7 July 2025, 9:09 am
DEL MAR, Calif. — Conservationists are raising alarms about the potential danger to wildlife in the San Dieguito Lagoon, a vital ecological site in North County. They say sand from the Solana Beach and Encinitas Coastal Storm Damage Reduction & Beach Replenishment Project has moved south…
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Mexican sewage plant fixed, but South Bay pollution continues

Mon, 7 July 2025, 9:05 am
IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. — After years of delays, the San Antonio de los Buenos wastewater treatment plant in Tijuana is finally operational, but beach closure signs remain firmly planted along Imperial Beach's shoreline. The Mexican sewage treatment facility, located six miles south of the U.S.-Mexico…
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The Government Must Act Now to Address Tijuana River Pollution

Wed, 2 July 2025, 9:39 am
Tijuana’s Los Laureles Canyon, on the highway to Playas de Tijuana, is the kind of place where stereotypes about impoverished colonias on the U.S.-Mexico border ring true. More than 50,000 people live crammed into a narrow canyon in everything from concrete houses to plywood shacks buttressed…
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Opinion: As a former border mayor, I see the tariff war bringing tragic loss, shock and outrage

Wed, 2 July 2025, 9:05 am
With a looming trade war between the U.S., Canada and Mexico as a result of President Trump threatening the application of 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico (a move the Wall Street Journal referred to as “the dumbest in history”), I feel a tragic sense of loss,…
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The Mexican women who defied drug-dealers, fly-tippers and chauvinists to build a thriving business

Wed, 2 July 2025, 8:58 am
Ahead of the small boat, as it bobs on the waters near La Paz in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, is a long line of old plastic bottles strung together on top of the waves. Underneath them are as many as 100,000 oysters,…
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Restoration projects in polluted Tijuana River Valley no longer aim of CA bill

Wed, 2 July 2025, 8:48 am
A state bill that could have paid for environmental restoration projects in the polluted Tijuana River Valley no longer has that goal, after the bill’s sponsor revised it to focus on what he says is a more pressing need. Last year State Sen. Steve Padilla…
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