David Corby
Borrego Badlands. We feel the locations selected in Borrego Springs are not suitable for an industrial scale energy project.
Where s the best place for renewable energy? Many backcountry locals think San Diego rooftops would be ideal. The county, however, is eyeing the wide open spaces of the desert.
Out where bighorn sheep roam, the Milky Way is always on at night, and the Anza Borrego Desert State park unfurls over 1,000 square miles. Officials say large scale wind and solar are needed to meet the county s goal to achieve 90 percent renewable electricity for the unincorporated area by 2030, a plan that will include community choice energy.
Photograph by Matthew Suárez
I spotted a tire mounted on a pole with white letters that read “Punta Final.” It opened to a dirt road that stretched for more than ten miles until it reached the Sea of Cortez.
We arrived at Punta Final Saturday at dawn after an arduous seven-hour trip. We left Tecate before midnight after packing the green Durango with camping gear and a shit ton of beer. The driver, a 22-year-old named Gerardo, kept himself awake with a baggie of cocaine he snorted during a bathroom pitstop at a gas station somewhere in San Felipe. In the backseat were Elmira (Gerardo’s sister), Juan “Johnnie,” and Natalia (the cousins). The García family. I acted as co-pilot, making sure Gerardo stayed on track as he sang reggaeton, corrido, and American country (the likes of Alan Jackson). Gerardo was a great driver and what in Mexico they call a “
Parts of the county are on track to break records. Author: Shawn Styles (Weather) Updated: 7:22 PM PST December 14, 2020
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. If you thought it was hotter than usual in San Diego County this year, you would be right. It was a year of back-to-back-to-back heat waves in the summer lasting into the fall with record highs across the county.
News 8 spoke with Alex Tardy from the National Weather Service to see how hot 2020 is shaping up to be. For the entire county, at least half the county could be the warmest on record, said Tardy.
As the lead Meteorologist at the NWS, Tardy said Anza Borrego, Palomar Mountain and Escondido should break records.