Joe Little

San Diego

Multimedia Journalist and Storytelling Director at KNSD-TV (San Diego, CA)

Proud Dad, #MMJ & Director of Storytelling at @NBCSanDiego, and @AudraStaffordTV’s husband.

Articles

San Diego could be months away from a new trash fee

3 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Joe Little

Voters said they were OK with being charged for trash pickup in 2022. Inflation may make them reconsider. "Many people have heard about us more recently in the media because we have proposed a trash fee," said Kirby Brady, the city of San Diego's interim director of the Environmental Services Department. Voters agreed to a ballot measure that suggested San Diegans be charged between $20-$30 a month for trash collection services.
Otay Lakes-area development plan will preserve more open space but add more housing

3 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Joe Little

The developer is happy. Environmentalists are happy. That doesn't always happen when it comes to building a large community with hundreds of homes in an area that's never been touched before. Environmentalists, led by the San Diego Chapter of the Sierra Club, reached a settlement with developer Baldwin & Sons over a large community planned for the northeastern side of the Otay Lakes reservoir near Chula Vista.
WWII veteran laid to rest at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery with his wife and son

4 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Joe Little

A San Diego WWII Veteran will spend eternity with his wife and son at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. William Arias, Sr. was buried Tuesday in the same plot as his wife, Patsy Arias, and son, William Arias, Jr. The three are some of the few family members to be buried directly on top of each other at the cemetery. "To every mother and father, they were in pain," said Don Arias, William Arias' middle son.
The Promise Zone job fair brings employers together to give San Diegans a chance

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Joe Little

Jobs. Careers. Internships. A chance: All of them were on the table Tuesday in Balboa Park. In fact, they were on more than 30 tables at the third annual Promise Zone Youth-Led Career Expo, which is designed to give students and young adults exposure to employers, interview training, resume reviews and even professional headshots.
Mishaps and rain delay upgrades to Tijuana sewage infrastructure

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Joe Little

"We had a few challenges" - that's the short version of a weekend mishap Sunday in Tijuana that released millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Tijuana River and San Diego County. International Boundary and Water Commissioner Dr. Maria-Elena Giner said a construction crew working in Tijuana ruptured a previously unknown sewage line.
Sunday sewage spill leads to more problems in Tijuana River Valley

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Joe Little

Millions of gallons of raw sewage spilled from a construction site in Tijuana and found its way into San Diego County early Sunday. The spill came after a few days of rain already flushed the polluted Tijuana River Valley. "Every time it rains, we have insane amounts of volume and flow of the river," sighed Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre. "We can't take more of this."The International Boundary and Water Commission released a statement Sunday evening about the spill.
Tribal leaders in San Diego County uncertain about effects of federal cuts

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Joe Little

The federal budget freezes, cuts and side-steps have been a rollercoaster ride for state and local governments, nonprofits and individuals. It's also created a lot of uncertainty for San Diego County's indigenous tribes. "It's pretty up in the air," Keely Linton, president of the Business Development Corporation for the Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians, told NBC 7. Linton says most of a tribe's funding comes from the federal government.
Chula Vista's 30-year-old 'temporary' bridge to finally be replaced

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Joe Little

Your next drive to a concert at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre or a big party at Sesame Place should be a lot better in the next few years. The city of Chula Vista kicked off construction Tuesday on a new, wider bridge that promises to decrease those painful traffic jams. It begins with replacing a bridge that outlived its title. "This was a temporary bridge that was installed in 1994," smiled Chula Vista Mayor John McCann.
Tribal leaders meet in Pala to discuss missing and murdered indigenous people

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Joe Little

Since the 1980s, seven people have disappeared from Indigenous tribes in San Diego County, and no ones knows where they are today. It's a problem that's far more widespread than people may think. "It impacts all of us," said Joe James, chairman of the Yurok Tribe of northern California. Dozens of members from California's indigenous tribes are in Pala this week for the third annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Summit.
San Diego taxpayers will suffer from federal cuts, says county supervisor

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Joe Little

The whirlwind of executive orders and federal cuts are beginning to take a toll on San Diego County, according to County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer. "This is not just about policy, and this is certainly not about what's happening in Washington," Lawson-Remer said during a Monday news conference. "It's about real people here in San Diego County.