High Tech High Mesa graduate Kelly Semtner spent the summer studying how plants and fungi exchange nutrients.
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The largely symbolic item passed 7-0, and officially implores the federal government to make the local crisis a recognized national one, as well as asking for total funding of the Environmental Protection Agency's infrastructure solution to the pollution. -
Ground was broken Monday on a project to repair a critical piece of infrastructure that controls the flow into the plant. -
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Some San Diego County beach areas are closed to swimmers and surfers Monday because of high bacteria levels, according to county health officials. -
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New regulations say only licensed electricians, not solar contractors, in California can install and maintain battery energy storage systems.
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