The San Diego Union-Tribune

EPA has awarded a contract to clean one of the most toxic Superfund sites in the nation that is "home to the world's most acidic water."

Study says California is unprepared for the implications of a predicted 22 percent increase in its teenage population.

"Nation's serious-crime rate fell to its lowestlevel in nearly 30 years in 1999.

Almost 70,000 acres of open space in California was lost tourbanization from 1996 to 1998, according to the state Department ofConservation's biennial Farmland Conservation Report.

California energy officials took the initial steps to speeding up power plant approval by ordering the commencement of work on new processrules.

Helped by contributions from an Internet company, the Nature Conservancy spends $11.7 million to purchase 27,000 acres of sensitive habitat.

Japanese university adopts Lindbergh Field as a lab project and comes up with an analysis and recommendations.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designatedparts of California's East San FranciscoBay area as critical habitat for a snake.

A new agency dealing with sprawl and congestion may go before voters in 2002.

In this San Diego Union-Tribune column, Richard Louv writesabout the need for a regional "civic entity" to provide leadership forSan Diego as it faces the prospect of accommodating 1 million newresidents.

San Bernardino city and water officials want to carve out a network of lakes and streams in a controversial attempt to spur development in this ailing desert city.

Trudy Rubin of The Philadelphia Inquirer denounces America's alarmist tactic of using of high oil prices as an indication of an "energy crisis."

San Diego Union-Tribune editorial highlights the need for a comprehensive regional approach to growth in order to preserve qualityof life in San Diego.

50,000 volunteers clean up California's coast as part of the 16th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day

A movement started in Oregon in 1975 is spreading as smart-growth citizen groups bloom in many states; Will they reshape our cities?

Not even one-tenth of one percent of the vehicles sold today are electric. Is the state AirResources Board 10% mandate realistic?

Souvenir hunters steal historic Route 66 signs prompting San Bernardino County to replace them with stencilled symbols on the pavement.

California's Board of Forestry plans to look at the impact of logging on entire watersheds.

Panel approves new runways into the San Francisco Bay; environmentalists oppose the decision.

This Union Tribune editorial endorses the Conservation and Reinvestment Act up for consideration in the U.S. Senate.