INVESTIGATION FILE

The Storm Line

San Diego's storm infrastructure vs. the coming winters

Investigation series on San Diego stormwater: deferred channel maintenance, the funding gap, and the choices made going into a forecast record El Niño.

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The Storm Line

The Drains Can't Wait

A MathPolitics Investigation — The Storm Line, Part 1

$6.33M City's first flood payout — all to insurers, $0 to survivors

The water came up Beta Street once. The same El Nino engine is forming again - and the city's first move was a budget that cleared fewer channels, not more.