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Some 555 days after Tijuana spilled millions of gallons of raw sewage onto San Diego's otherwise environmentally regulated beaches, the local Board of Supervisors, which is nearly all Democrat, has up and taken notice.According to the local Times of San Diego:San Diego County supervisors unanimously approved a proclamation Tuesday declaring a state of emergency due to pollution and sewage flowing across the U.S.-Mexico border. Board Chairwoman Nora Vargas and Vice Chair Terra Lawson-Remer introduced the proclamation, which asks Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Joe Biden to issue similar declarations, “suspend red tape that may hinder response efforts, and expedite access...

IMPERIAL BEACH – Imperial Beach has been named the second best place in the country to build a sandcastle and one of the nation's “Death Beaches.” These vastly different views of the most southwesterly city in the continental United States were published within a month of each other. Coastal Living magazine, in its August issue, advises readers to “see the winning, ephemeral works of art before they wash away” but Forbes magazine warns that “these waters, and their bacteria, can literally make you sick.” Forbes highlighted Imperial Beach in an article in its July “Death Beaches” issue, citing the poor...