• Surfing America’s Most Polluted Waves,Cole Novak

    Surfing America’s Most Polluted Waves

    Every year, when winter swells bring San Diego’s best waves to their fullest potential, local surfers flood the lineups of popular spots like Black’s and Swami’s. But some of the heaviest and most dangerous surf lies further south, off the coast of Imperial Beach. The area’s crown jewel, Tijuana Slo

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  • Federal Funding Cuts Could Impact SD’s Natural Areas,Cole Novak

    Federal Funding Cuts Could Impact SD’s Natural Areas

    A reader recently reached out to tell me that a few weekends ago, she went to Joshua Tree National Park for a weekend of hiking and camping. This was after the news that the federal government was cutting funding to national parks, and that Joshua Tree would lay off six employees, leaving its job va

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  • Could SD-Based Natilus Transform Air Travel?,Cole Novak

    Could SD-Based Natilus Transform Air Travel?

    Star Trek was right—according to San Diego–based aerospace manufacturer Natilus, a more sustainable aircraft looks like something straight out of sci-fi.CEO Aleksey Matyushev co-founded Natilus in 2016 with his longtime friend Anatoly Star after the two noticed inefficiencies with airfreight cargos.

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