SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — After several years of public pushback, the San Diego County Planning Commission will revisit a controversial proposal to convert the Cottonwood Golf Club in East County into ...

In a split vote, the San Diego County Planning Commission on Wednesday denied the Cottonwood Sand Mine, a controversial mining project in the Rancho San Diego area. But the developer of the project ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Planning Commission Wednesday will consider approving the Cottonwood Sand Mine, a controversial mining project in the Rancho San Diego area. The proposed 10-year ...

Registered to Allen Jefferson Earp, 421 Sand Mine, LLC’s plan includes a 50-foot-wide buffer around the perimeter of the 144-acre mine and an additional 25-foot vegetative buffer along U.S. 421 and ...

Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is constantly covered in a thin layer of fine white sand. He and his neighbors also had ...

LAPORTE — Plans for a subdivision outside LaPorte have nearby residents fearing the proposed development is an excuse to try and resume the mining and selling of sand, an activity they say has been ...

The Sand Land mine near Southampton sits on top of a protected groundwater area that environmental activists fear could be harmed by the operation. By Hilary Howard The Sand Land mine near ...