In this file photo, Charles Barnes, operator of one of the city's automated pickup trash trucks, uses a mechanical arm to lift city trash bins off the street in the Prairie Park neighborhood. Low ...

Tart's trash truck is equipped with a robot arm to lift the cans, but he can't always keep a healthy distance from the garbage. He worries some of the extra trash he's handling might carry traces ...

SAN DIEGO — A City of San Diego garbage truck was caught on camera Monday mangling a trash bin, leaving it cracked and broken, but who pays for the replacement? CBS 8 is Working for You to find ...

Change No. 1: The public works department plans to issue each resident a 96-gallon trash cart to put their garbage in. The carts can be lifted by special arms on the trucks, reducing back injuries ...