K.C. Alfred

4 days ago | miamiherald.com | K.C. Alfred

SAN DIEGO - In a few days, three environmental groups - including one from San Diego - get their chance to try to persuade the California Supreme Court to overturn a controversial rooftop solar policy issued by the California Public Utilities Commission nearly three years ago. "We've been working on this for a long time and we hope the court makes the right decision," said Roger Lin, senior attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity. The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Los Angeles.

5 days ago | miamiherald.com | K.C. Alfred

SAN DIEGO - Vehicle traffic in San Diego was temporarily blocked from entering Mexico on Interstate 5 Monday due to teachers protesting at the border in Tijuana. All southbound Interstate 5 traffic was diverted off the freeway onto Camino de la Plaza, creating a detour on San Ysidro streets, Caltrans said on the social media platform X shortly before noon. The freeway was reopened about a half-hour later, Caltrans said.

6 days ago | sanluisobispo.com | K.C. Alfred

Sand has diminished along the Oceanside coast, shown here along The Strand on Thursday, April 4, 2024. The city approved a plan to build artificial headlands to restore and retain beach sand. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune) K.C. Alfred TNS An additional $2.27 million has been obtained in the federal budget to finish an overdue U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study that could help restore sand to Oceanside beaches, said Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano.

1 week ago | sanluisobispo.com | K.C. Alfred

Runners make their way along University Avenue in North Park during the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and Half Marathon on June 2, 2024, in San Diego. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune) K.C. Alfred TNS The annual Rock ‘n' Roll Marathon - which winds its way through San Diego neighborhoods and streets - will bring road closures and no-parking zones to many areas along the race route this weekend.

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | K.C. Alfred

Jacob Hoang is standing on the Epstein Family Amphitheater stage before hundreds of screaming University of California, San Diego students on a sunny spring day, holding a chicken over his head. He is about to eat it. Hoang is not your average student, and this is no average chicken. It is a $4.99 rotisserie from a nearby Costco, and Hoang is the president of the Costco Club at UC San Diego.