The Port of San Diego has joined San Diego County and the cities of San Diego and Imperial Beach in declaring a local emergency related to the ongoing Tijuana River Valley pollution crisis.
In October, the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District set up the sensors in San Ysidro to test for gasses creating the odor in the air cause by the sewage situation with the Tijuana River.
In her first State of the City address, Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre touched on a slew of topics on the minds of IB residents, most notably the ongoing sewage pollution problem.
A $5 million cleanup project in the Tijuana River Valley will begin in early 2024, with a completion date before the end of March, officials said Wednesday.