When weather experts first forecast this year’s powerful El Niño winter, the City of San Diego began preparing.
“We looked at our operating procedures a little more in depth,” said Daniel Orozco, an electrical supervisor with the City of San Diego’s Storm Water Division. “We knew what we...
In preparation for the launch of a redesigned SanDiego.gov, dozens of volunteers took part in a "hackathon" to make the website content more user friendly.
As powerful and dangerous gusts swept across the San Diego region, the phones in the City’s Public Works Dispatch Center started ringing off the hook.
The National Weather Service described the winds that accompanied the storm on January 31 as “severe.” The results could be seen across...
The City of San Diego announces extended hours for Development Services Department customers in this creative video.
After Santa has come and gone, the stockings are emptied and the holiday decorations put away, yet another surprise could be waiting in your email inbox. The period between Thanksgiving and tax season is known in the Internet security community as prime time for cyber criminals to attack.
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Don’t trash your tree. The City offers free recycling during daylight hours at 16 drop-off locations through Jan. 23, 2016. Trees can also be picked up curbside for residents with curbside yard waste collection. Last year, approximately 385 tons of Christmas trees were collected during the month...
Helping her constituents weather what is expected to be a stormy winter, Councilmember Lorie Zapf put some muscle into filling sandbags in Mission Beach.
“We’re getting ready for El Niño,” said Zapf. “So we’re filling up sandbags and getting them out to seniors and disabled so that when...
A 50-foot line attached to an MD500 helicopter carries a load of rocks deep into the bottom of Dakota Canyon, in the community of Bay Park. Each trip takes about two minutes, back and forth. At the bottom of the canyon, crews are working to shore up three manholes which connect to the sewer...
Dos de los más importantes instrumentos para preparar para las lluvias de El Niño este invierno.
