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Organic waste in landfills is a major source of methane emissions. Orange County, Calif., is making progress in diverting it.
Earlier this month, Mayor Cherelle Parker announced her administration’s plan to end the Kensington neighborhood’s open-air drug markets by arresting people for low-level offenses that the city hadn’t targeted in years.
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