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The flood-channel system in the 16,000-acre Chollas Creek Watershed was built more than 50 years ago, but age isn't its only vulnerability.
San Diego has spent a lot of time, effort and money cleaning up Chollas Creek in efforts to avoid the flooding that ravaged Southcrest neighborhoods on Jan. 22, but not everything is getting fixed.
From clearing drainage channels to swift water rescue teams being at the ready, a look into how the city of San Diego and the county prepared for the latest storm. In other news, late last year, the Navy launched an investigation into a San Diego SEAL accused of having ties with extremists. We have more on what the SEAL is accused of, and the latest in that investigation. Plus, restoring the public’s trust in government has become a key issue in the Chula Vista city attorney election. We hear from candidates about why this issue has become so important.
But the city disagrees saying they need permission from multiple agencies to disturb wetlands in storm drain channels.
Stormwater infrastructure, maintenance delays, atmospheric rivers, and alert systems—analyzing how southeast SD got hit so hard by flooding