MacKenzie Elmer, Author at Voice of San Diego

Staff wear bear masks to attend to two orphaned brown bear cubs at the San Diego Humane Society's Wildlife Center in Ramona. / Courtesy San Diego Humane Society

Environment Report

Why We’re to Blame for San Diego’s Orphaned Bear Cubs

by MacKenzie Elmer March 30, 2026March 30, 2026

Monrovia residents seem to let wild black bears get too cozy around humans. That’s partly why these cubs lost their mother to euthanization.

Science/Environment

Riverside Water Sale Is Done; Deal with Feds Doesn’t Actually Exist

by MacKenzie Elmer March 19, 2026March 26, 2026

Environmental Regulation

Environment Report: ‘Balcony’ Solar Could Save San Diegans Money

by MacKenzie Elmer March 16, 2026March 17, 2026

Science/Environment

Environment Report: A Conversation with San Diego’s ‘Bird Wizard’

by MacKenzie Elmer March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

Water

Mexican Farmers Gave Up Water to Protect the Colorado River. They Claim Payment Is Still Due.

by MacKenzie Elmer and Vicente Calderón February 27, 2026March 4, 2026

An exposed mineral line, like a bathtub ring, shows low Colorado River water levels at Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam on Jan. 31, 2023. / Photo by Joseph Griffin for Voice of San Diego

Science/Environment

Valentine’s Day Marks Next Crucial Deadline on the Colorado River

by MacKenzie Elmer February 6, 2026February 6, 2026

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Science/Environment

Environment Report: Why San Diego Community Power Is Stockpiling Cash

by MacKenzie Elmer February 2, 2026February 2, 2026

View of downtown on May 12, 2023.

Science/Environment

San Diego Community Power: ‘We are Not a Company’

by MacKenzie Elmer January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Science/Environment

Price of Public Energy Shoots Up, Still Undercuts SDG&E

by MacKenzie Elmer January 14, 2026January 14, 2026

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Science/Environment

SDG&E Prices Rising Again This Month

by MacKenzie Elmer January 8, 2026January 8, 2026