Melissa Mae
Democratic leaders in both houses of Congress on Thursday introduced legislation to help combat the ongoing Tijuana River sewage pollution across the U.S.-Mexico border by appointing the Environmental Protection Agency as the lead agency on the crisis.
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The remote expanse of wilderness along the California-Oregon border that makes up the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument will not lose any of its acreage after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up two challenges to its expansion. -
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U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., said Thursday that he has secured more than $103 million in additional funding to help repair the South Bay sewer plant. -
The agreement comes as California plans to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
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