The area between Long Beach and Seal Beach has long been a trouble spot as trash flows from urban inland cities and onto the ...

I set out to live off the ocean for 48 hours. Nature had other plans. The spear broke, fish dodged me, and I had to fish with ...

New floating trash deflectors installed along the Tijuana River Valley are effectively capturing debris, preventing it from ...

OCEANSIDE, Calif — Why bring your own toys to the beach when you could just borrow a toy? In September 2025, a wooden toy box was installed in Oceanside on The Strand, south of the children's ...

Some of the heaviest, scariest, most mutant slabs on earth are hiding in the wilds of Western Australia – for instance, The Box, The Right, Cyclops, et al. It’s a rugged region, known for its sharky ...

You know how the saying goes — one person’s trash is another’s treasure. In this case, gas created by trash at the Prima Deshecha Landfill could be turned into renewable energy to help power the ...

Marine litter is a major environmental problem. Abandoned containers and fishing gear can trap or strangle animals, and plastic waste can break down into microplastics, which can release chemicals ...

Recent heavy rainfall in Southern California has swelled the banks of local rivers which are now carrying significant amounts of debris downstream, threatening coastal environments in Los Angeles and ...

Every week, we take a look at how city services are working in your neighborhood — in even closer detail than before. This article breaks down information from the data desk at Times of San Diego, and ...

For more than 20 years, Mussel Rock, a steep stretch of oceanfront land in northern San Mateo County with breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and the Farallon Islands, was a garbage dump. Two ...