The San Diego County Planning Commission has narrowly rejected a proposal to build a large sand mine in unincorporated El ...

In plans for nearly a decade, the Cottonwood San Mining project has been proposed as a 10-year endeavor, with an extended two years of reclamation after, seeking to extract 4.3 million cubic yards of ...

The proposed 10-year sand mining project — with a two year additional reclamation period — would extract 4.3 million cubic ...

The Cottonwood Sand Mine Project faces uncertainty with a 3-3 tie vote. Here's what's next for the controversial proposal.