CORONADO — While schools across the country are banning hats because of possible ties to gangs, Coronado’s Village Elementary is encouraging its students to keep their heads covered.



“We’re wearing hats so we don’t get skin cancer,” fifth-grader Chantal Salazar explained after a special assembly last week where the school, the local parent-teacher group and public safety officials kicked off the “Hats for Health — Be Cool in School” program.



Chantal, 10, and about 900 fellow… Continue

Tsunami hazard warning signs are now posted in several San Diego coastal neighborhoods. The signs are part of a county and city effort to prepare for the seismically-generated waves.



The city of San Diego plans to spend as much as $150,000 in grant money from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to prepare coastal areas for tsunamis.



The City of San Diego has 26 miles of oceanfront and 27 miles of shoreline along Mission Bay.



The money will pay… Continue

Beginning with just one meter of sea level rise, our nation would be physically under siege, with calamitous and destabilizing consequences.



The US is a coastal nation with over 12,000 miles of coastline. With 53% of all Americans living in and around coastal cities and towns, it is important to understand the impact of climate-induced sea level rise on our nation. Previous studies have focused on a six-meter rise. The following study takes a more conservative approach, beginning… Continue