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Hydrogen sulfide smells like rotten eggs and can cause headaches, dizziness and nausea. It’s produced by untreated wastewater and sewage in the Tijuana River Valley. -
Trash booms catch solid waste and let water flow through. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom met with San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Nora Vargas on Monday to address the ongoing Tijuana River Valley pollution crisis. -
Libros, Café y Jazz marks 15 years as Tijuana's go-to bookstore, offering used books, coffee and jazz performances for all ages. -
The nonprofit EcoFlight gave a group of advocates, nonprofit leaders and government representatives a bird’s-eye view of the Tijuana River Valley. -
Staff and volunteers will knock on more than 200 doors between Thursday and Saturday to ask residents about their physical and mental health. -
Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer is seeking petition signatures Tuesday from San Diego County residents impacted by the Tijuana River Valley crisis as she looks for support in getting an EPA Superfund site designation. -
San Diego County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer announced Tuesday she will immediately pursue a federal Superfund designation for the Tijuana River Valley, bypassing her colleagues after they voted to delay any formal decision. -
The Centers for Disease Control and San Diego County will survey more than 200 South Bay households to better understand how the sewage spills are affecting the community.
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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.
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