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Lithium could revolutionize Imperial Valley, locals want in
Nov 6, 2023 · Vast lithium stores deep under the Salton Sea in Southern California are worth $500 billion. Companies racing to tap into them promise jobs as locals hope for the region’s transformation. She cried ‘help!’ for 24 minutes then fell to her death as Border Patrol waited for backup. Body-worn camera footage recently released by Border Patrol ...
On the shores of the Salton Sea, a glimmer of the American Dream …
May 22, 2024 · Martha Arellano, 53, found her slice of the American Dream during a Salton Sea Estates weekend land sale. She had lived for 51 years at her family’s home in a trailer park in Coachella. Through tears she explained that the park had sold and the houses were being torn down so she needed to move.
America's Wall | inewsource
Nov 13, 2017 · The mapping data shows America’s wall stretches for 653 discontinuous miles along the 1,954-mile U.S.-Mexico border. The strength of that wall varies. Some 37 miles of the main wall are backed up by a secondary fence. The most heavily fortified states are California, Arizona and New Mexico.
Why the VA is stopping doctors from sending veterans to
Nov 1, 2021 · When Maroney died, the hospital quickly signed off on more sessions. That lasted about five months. Starting in March 2020, the VA stopped paying for veterans to get ketamine therapy, even though the hospital’s psychiatrists had requested additional treatments. For Wolfe, the VA’s decision was tantamount to betrayal.
A guide to California’s LPS mental health conservatorships
Sep 19, 2022 · There are different types of conservatorships in California. LPS conservatorships, named after the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, is a legal process dealing with people who have been diagnosed with a severe mental illness specified in state law. That includes schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression and others.
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CEO, Editor. Lorie Hearn is founder, CEO and editor of inewsource, one of the first local nonprofit newsrooms in the nation. inewsource serves the San Diego region with data-based, fact-checked investigative and accountability reporting. Lorie is a lifelong journalist, having built a reporting career at five newspapers on both coasts.
Chula Vista employees are set to receive raises - inewsource
Aug 23, 2024 · Chula Vista employees are getting raises after reaching an agreement with the Chula Vista City Council on Tuesday. The raises will take effect through 2026, with employees seeing an initial bump of at least 5%. They will then see 5% increases again in July of 2025 and 2026. City employees who do not belong to ACE will also see similar raises.
Five takeaways from inewsource Donovan Deaths investigation
Apr 15, 2021 · Here are our top five takeaways from the series. 1. Donovan’s response to the pandemic has been among the worst of California’s 35 prisons. It’s tied for the third-most COVID-19 deaths in the state. Donovan houses about 3,500 people, and almost half the population has high-risk medical conditions. During the height of the prison’s ...
Prominent UCSD eye doctor ‘on leave’ after inewsource investigation
Apr 23, 2019 · Dr. Kang Zhang, chief of eye genetics at the University of California San Diego, is “on leave” after an inewsource investigation exposed how the doctor put medical research subjects in harm’s way for years while pulling in millions of federal dollars for the institution.. In a new development, inewsource obtained an inspection report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that ...