Consumer

Free Oil Recycling Program for Small Farms

| 11:28 AM

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Just one gallon of used motor oil can contaminate up to one million gallons of water. Now there is no reason to run that risk. Small farms in the unincorporated areas can stop oil from washing down storm drains into the ocean and protect their own farmland by taking advantage of a free recycling program for used motor oil and oil filters.

 

Consumer

Hundreds Turn Out to ‘Mow Down Pollution’

| 12:16 PM

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The 7,000th gasoline-powered lawn mower in the 14 years of Supervisor Ron Roberts’ Mowing Down Pollution campaign was exchanged Saturday as 587 Black & Decker 36 Volt mowers were handed out at Qualcomm Stadium.

Health

Beach Closure Expanded to Silver Strand

| 4:23 PM

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A water contact closure has been expanded northward again to now include Silver Strand shoreline, the County’s Environmental Health Department advised Wednesday.