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You might have smelt it a couple weeks ago: the stench of rotten eggs. Long time Coachella Valley residents know that funky smell can waft over from the Salton Sea.
It happens on some particularly hot days which helps release more hydrogen sulfide. Combine that with the stifling humidity, which tends to materialize when winds are southerly and blowing toward the Coachella Valley from the lake, and you get the miasma of burnt garbage.
The Salton Sea can stink at times because of the organic matter, like dead fish rotting on the lake floor.
Congressman Raul Ruiz and former Senator Barbara Boxer toured the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center in Rancho Mirage to raise awareness about child abuse.
"This is therapy to the highest degree and transformational for individuals," said Ruiz. "There's hope, and that there's an ability to change and that's the message- that there's a resource here of people who love you, who you can trust."
Congressman Raul Ruiz and former Senator Barbara Boxer toured the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center in Rancho Mirage to raise awareness about child abuse.
"This is therapy to the highest degree and transformational for individuals," said Ruiz. "There's hope, and that there's an ability to change and that's the message- that there's a resource here of people who love you, who you can trust."
General Motors (GM) and Controlled Thermal Resources have reached a historic agreement to develop low-cost lithium at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, the companies announced on Friday.
The House of Representatives passed the "Invest in America Act" on Thursday. The $715 billion transportation bill includes several additions from Congressman Raul Ruiz that will go towards local projects.
The passing of the bill means that the city of Indio will receive $20 million upgrade and expand the Monroe St. / I-10 Interchange.
According to the city of Indio. some of the improvements the project will provide include:
Five years ago on Arenas Road, the Palm Springs community came together in big numbers after the tragic shooting at Pulse Nightclub.
And on Friday as community leaders are coming together to commemorate the new historic legislation and to memorialize Pulse Nightclub, NBC Palm Springs took a look back at how our community reacted, and what is being done today.
The story of Lithium Valley begins in earnest on Sept. 29, 2020.
That's the day when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1657, sponsored by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, creating a "Blue Ribbon Commission on Lithium Extraction in California." That commission is now called the Lithium Valley Commission.
What is this all about? Oh, just the fact that up to 40% of the world's potential future lithium supply is located under and near the Salton Sea.
Coachella Valley-based architect Nikola Lakic knows how to fix the withering Salton Sea. Or, at least he says he does.
Lakic believes it's possible to import water from Mexico's Sea of Cortez — or, perhaps, from the Pacific Ocean off the California coast — through a multi-billion-dollar system of pipes. He would construct mangrove habitat for natural water filtration, send desalinated water to geothermal plants and, amid all this, restore California's largest lake.
"This is the project of the century," he said.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D., CA-36, on Wednesday announced that a major infrastructure project for the 36th District in Indio was selected for authorization and funding in the INVEST in America Act.
PALM DESERT – The office of Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. announced the winners of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition. Every year, students submit entries to their representative's office and a panel of local artists who select the winning entry. The winner is recognized both in their district and in Washington, D.C., where their artwork will hang in the U.S. Capitol for one year. This year's winner from the 36th District is Zubin Carvalho of Western Center Academy in Hemet.