Residents wanted the land to remain an open space and become a park.
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Hurricane Isaias landed Friday night on the Florida Gulf Coast. The storm was expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, flooding and the possibility of tornados. -
The Board of Supervisors also voted to reinstate a temporary freeze on data center development Tuesday. -
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Conducted by Steven Schick, Art of Elan will perform Olivier Messiaen's "From the Canyons to the Stars" in Borrego Springs. The music was inspired by Messiaen's intensely spiritual experience in the American desert. -
Judges determined the city had failed to present evidence justifying its use of a tiered rate structure for single-family homes. Instead, the city is considering one water rate for all customers. -
The San Diego City Council on Tuesday voted to declare a state of emergency in the city ahead of potentially severe weather associated with the coming El Niño season. -
It’s a problem California lawmakers are trying to address with a new law that will phase disposable nicotine vapes out of stores across the state starting in 2028. Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 762, which prohibits the sale of disposable vapes by 2028. -
The new field of "smoke ecology" examines how wildfire smoke perturbs wild places and animals — and what might be done to prevent its worst mayhem.
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