Larry Valenzuela
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CalMatters/CatchLight Local
After years of cracking down on California’s oil industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats are moving to get Kern County wells pumping again to avoid soaring gasoline prices.
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A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo. -
San Diego County health officials released an updated water contact closure and advisory list for county beaches in effect Sunday. -
An organic seed company was distressed to learn it had marketed a GMO purple tomato by mistake. The incident raised alarm about the impact of new GMO plants. -
Some in the neighborhood want the city to study putting a park or plaza over state Route 163. -
After studying various species earlier this month, some scientists now say they understand the origin of animal behavior during solar eclipses. -
Climate change is making it harder to meet clean air goals, says the 25th annual State of the Air report from the American Lung Association. -
Volunteers around San Diego participated in the Annual Creek to Bay Cleanup Day over the weekend. -
“Am I going to continue banging my head against the wall here for something I don’t think is going to change?” asked the leader of a civilian law enforcement review board in San Diego County. -
Novelist Amy Tan's The Backyard Bird Chronicles centers on an array of birds that visit her yard, as Trish O'Kane's Birding to Change the World recalls lessons from birds that galvanized her teaching. -
The Museum for the United Nations has partnered with musicians to re-release some of their songs with added nature sounds to generate royalties for conservation efforts.
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