Local, state and federal officials are ramping up their demands for a state of emergency declaration regarding the Tijuana River Valley sewage crisis. Rep. Juan Vargas (D-San Diego) answers NBC 7 political reporter Joey Safchik’s questions about why the calls are growing louder and what difference an emergency declaration could make. Plus, election season is officially upon us. Voice of...

San Diego lawmakers in Congress called on the CDC to look into the sewage crisis in the Tijuana River Valley. NBC 7’s Joey Safchik spoke to community members in Imperial Beach.

A broken pump station sent the untreated sewage to the Tijuana River Valley and prompted 150 complaints.

Rep. Juan Vargas returned from a meeting with Mexico’s President-elect to make sure that Mexico is doing its part to help with the Tijuana River Valley. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez has more.

San Diego County officials are planning Tuesday to conduct an aerial larvicide drop on about 50 rivers, streams, ponds and other waterways in the Tijuana River Valley as part of efforts to limit mosquito breeding in the area. The larvicide drops will be conducted via helicopter on June 26 and 27, marking the second round of such aerial drops in…

Political, business, and government leaders in San Diego County are fed up. Tuesday morning, they collectively sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom asking him to declare a State of Emergency. Again.

Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre and more than a dozen mayors in San Diego County renewed their calls to ask California Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency over the ongoing border sewage crisis. As part of NBC 7’s continuing “Toxic Tide” special coverage, Joe Little explains why the governor is legally obligated to help.

Five people are in the hospital after falling from the border fence near the Tijuana River Valley Monday night.

Five people are in the hospital after falling from the border fence near the Tijuana River Valley Monday night.

Ten people have been hospitalized after falling from the border fence near the Tijuana River Valley on Saturday afternoon, officials said.