Several times per year, San Francisco’s sewage and stormwater system gets overwhelmed by rain runoff. The excess polluted water flows straight into the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. The ...

In Richmond, the West County Wastewater facility pumped sewage directly into the San Francisco Bay, according to a Jan. 11 report. “It is unknown how long the releasing will be going for,” it ...

A section of San Francisco's Ocean Beach remained closed Wednesday afternoon as crews work to clean up a sewage discharge. The beach has a no-swimming advisory as water quality tests are conducted ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday accused the city of San Francisco of violating the Clean Water Act by allegedly dumping untreated wastewater into oceans.

SAN DIEGO — A water contact advisory is in effect for the Ocean Beach area due to a sewage spill in the San Diego River that happened earlier Tuesday, according to San Diego officials.

There has been little incentive to join or stay as a lifeguard in Imperial Beach. But city officials said last week that an ...

The California Coastal Commission recently approved a $175-million project that will protect San Francisco’s Ocean Beach as well as key parts of the city's wastewater infrastructure imperiled by ...

So far none of San Diego's most popular beaches have closures or advisories. Buonomo says the Imperial Beach coastline, near ...

The estimated cost to address coastal erosion at Ocean Beach and protect a sewage treatment facility has increased by nearly $60 million. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which is ...

SAN DIEGO — The water at Ocean Beach’s Dog Beach reopened to the public after being closed since Thursday due to a sewage spill, according to the San Diego County Department of Environmental ...