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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Immigration raids have many mixed-status immigrant families living on edge. The fear of being detained has some limiting ordinary activities, like trips to the grocery store. Others are feeling health impacts of stress. -
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As a war expert on a CIA panel, UC San Diego political scientist Barbara Walter helped forecast civil wars in other countries. Along the way, she discovered some of those predictors apply to the United States. -
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The proposed 10-year sand mining project — with a two year additional reclamation period — would extract 4.3 million cubic yards of material, including around 3.8 million produced for market use. -
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A federal education grant funding freeze is affecting many school districts across San Diego County. Millions of dollars of public school funding are in limbo. -
Lemon Grove City Councilman Sitivi Faiai, elected to his first term in November, suddenly died Tuesday, the city announced.
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