Tag: Urban Runoff

  • Study: Trash in City Heights Canyons Linked to Plastics in Fish

    By Megan Burks City Heights students and the Ocean Discovery Institute last school year helped scientists study urban runoff in their neighborhood canyons. The results of that study are coming together now, and they’re painting a picture of how inland residents impact the coast. Theresa Talley of California Sea Grant at the Scripps Institution of…

  • City Heights Residents Give Their Neighborhood Canyon a Spring-Cleaning

    Wendy Miller and her City Heights neighbors took part in a countywide watershed cleanup event, scouring the region’s canyons, creeks and beaches. This story was filmed in one day on April 26, 2014, for “One Day in San Diego.” The 24-hour event invited professional and amateur filmmakers across the county to film a slice of…