Yucca Mountain in Nevada was originally slated to serve as the nation's permanent repository, but opposition from state officials and local residents halted the project.
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to advance an "anti-corruption" measure that would feature a two-year ban on post-employment lobbying and restrictions on using betting platforms, such as Kalshi, for insider trading. -
The Trump administration is demanding that almost every California county review its claims that noncitizens are registered to vote. Some of the information appears outdated, officials said. -
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Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!” that became a widespread rallying cry, has died. She was 96.
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The Port of San Diego on Tuesday warned the public to prepare for intermittent street flooding this week thanks to a combination of elevated tide levels, Kelvin waves, seasonal high tides and forecast rainfall. -
A woman experiencing a mental health crisis who prompted a lockdown when she showed up with a gun Tuesday at the same San Diego mosque that saw a mass shooting earlier this year returned to the mosque on Wednesday, and was detained for a mental health evaluation, police said. -
San Diego County is using mosquito treatments to control mosquito populations and reduce the risk of West Nile virus as warm weather extends the season.
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