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“According to SDHS, through July 27, the organization averaged 663 adult dogs in care each day -- more than 50 dogs above the previous July record of 612 set in 2024. At the same time, adoptions have declined. Adding puppies, the organization currently has 792 canines in care.”

Dozens of Yorkies, huskies rescued add to San Diego Humane Society shelter crowdingSan Diego Humane Society leadership announced two large-scale surrenders of Yorkies and huskies, further increasing the organization's record number of dogs in its care.www.10news.com

Future hurricane rainfall increases... a lot. Especially in Northeast. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... Lin @adamsobel.bsky.social @monahemmati.bsky.social Env Res Clim

Downscaled projections of future tropical cyclone rainfall climatology along the U.S. North Atlantic and Gulf coastsDownscaled projections of future tropical cyclone rainfall climatology along the U.S. North Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Lin, Yen-Heng, Fosu, Boniface, He, Jie, Lee, Chia-Ying, Camargo, Suzana J, Sobel, Adam H, Hemmati, Mona, Sustiel, Jacqueline, Mandli, Kyle T, Padgett, Jamie E, Patel, Jainish M, Sury, Jonathan Jiopscience.iop.org

His fur is so soft.

An unusually strong heat dome will scorch much of the western United States this weekend, bringing the hottest temperatures so far this year to tens of millions from California to Canada.

A record-challenging heat dome is about to bake the West this weekendAn unusually strong heat dome will scorch much of the western United States this weekend, bringing the hottest temperatures so far this year to tens of millions from California to Canada.www.10news.com

What in the world

Very cool project on the Geary Subway from @infrastructureweak.bsky.social, doing the kind of public analysis that gov should be doing. The public ought to be able to understand the tradeoffs of transit planning so they can push politicians to pursue the best ideas. medium.com/@infrastruc...

Geary metro, purpose-built for SFPart 2: East Bay connection, downtown alignment, and the yardmedium.com

Then again lol it's basically impossible to actually build anything in most CA cities and this is a bay area focused group of investors so it's clear they want to keep it regional, because would love to see some of that money in SD + poured into transit infra

City plans to cut hundreds of jobs, from fire captains to librarians, to cover multimillion-dollar shortfall lbpost.com/news/city/lo...

City plans to cut hundreds of jobs, from fire captains to librarians, to cover multimillion dollar shortfallLong Beach officials proposed deep cuts as they grapple with dwindling reserves, rising personnel costs, a clawback of federal grants and a slowdown in the local economy.lbpost.com

On the other hand if these guys want to really push home building and California why not swing their weight on this project? It's outside the biggest transit hub here and near the airport. Could also team up with San Diego foundation to finance these - www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/s...

San Diego suggests giving 4 projects $15M to build 500 new affordable homesThe city of San Diego Monday recommended allocating $15 million in Bridge to Home funding to four proposed housing projects, which would create a total of 528 affordable homes, pending city council ap...www.nbcsandiego.com

So in support of your point there's a massive housing project in San Diego that's been consistently derailed by some straight haters abusing CEQA. www-nbcsandiego-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcs...

In a blow to Midway Rising, California Supreme Court leaves 30-foot height limit in placeThe California Supreme Court has declined to hear the city of San Diego’s appeal to exempt the Midway Rising project from the area’s 30-foot height limit on buildings.www-nbcsandiego-com.cdn.ampproject.org

This shapefile of the Sentinel-2 tile structure has been an absolute lifesaver for a project I’m currently working on. #gischat #remotesensing github.com/justinelliot...

GitHub - justinelliotmeyers/Sentinel-2-Shapefile-Index: Index of Sentinel-2 scene boundaries and nameIndex of Sentinel-2 scene boundaries and name. Contribute to justinelliotmeyers/Sentinel-2-Shapefile-Index development by creating an account on GitHub.github.com

Some friends and I have put together a map + calendar of climate events in San Diego. Happy hours, actions/activism, learning opportunities, etc. www.climatecollectivesd.com

Looking forward to moderating a @nationalacademies.org discussion with @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social and @pamknox.bsky.social focused on drought under a changing climate. Register here for the July 30 online conversation events.nationalacademies.org/47023

Is there a negative feedback where smoke from wildfires cools ambient temperatures and decreases further ignition/flame growth?

Timely... "Canada’s 2023 wildfire smoke caused a 2.8 percent drop in solar power generation, costing two billion dollars" Follows the @costasamaras.com rule where you know exactly what you get from the title Haven't gotten to do this in a minute: Physical risk 🤝 Transition risk

I wrote about the history of downzoning in San Diego and how it shaped the city’s growth and development. www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...

How 'downzoning' shaped San Diego — and pushed growth into the suburbsThroughout the 1960s, '70s and '80s, San Diego adopted stricter zoning laws that effectively banned apartments in many of the city's most walkable neighborhoods.www.kpbs.org

ARBOR: “.. As of June 2026, Florida had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation, with 1 in every 2,106 houses in foreclosure. This was a 33% increase YoY.” $XHB

Yesterday in California (CAISO): ▸State gas squeezed to almost nothing (but there's some in imports from other states) ▸Hydro squeezed out much of the day, saving valuable reservoir water ▸SunZia wind delivering ▸Batteries discharging all night

Just got an in-podcast advertisement of Sean Duffy asking us to put our phones down while driving - sponsored by NHTSA. I'm sure that'll work