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Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz hosted a Mental Health Roundtable discussion with Dr. Jill Gover, the project health manager for the Desert AIDS Project, and a variety of community leaders.

"It's very very important to let people know that there are services. given what we have been through in the past 15 months. I think all of us could really benefit from therapy," Gover said.

The Veterans Administration would have to cover more veterans who were exposed to poisons during their service under a sweeping bill sponsored by leaders of the House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee.

The bill would provide coverage for as many as 3.5 million veterans who were exposed to toxic substances.

Congress may be on the verge of passing the most comprehensive legislation dealing with military toxic exposure issues in 30 years, potentially granting new health care and disability benefits to one out of every five living American veterans.

Across the vast expanse of the Salton Sea there is white gold in those waters deep below the ground, the Salton Sea has been called the lithium valley, for good reason.

The waters of the lake run along what is called "the ring of fire", a horseshoe of high volcanic activity, where geothermal movement will be seen, lithium is a by-product of the geothermal energy process -

Around 300 high school seniors across the country were selected to virtually attend a White House graduation ceremony that took place this week with Vice President Kamala Harris. Four of them are students from Riverside County.

Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, introduced legislation Wednesday that would alter the way the federal government enforces clean drinking water requirements in the wake of a lengthy battle with the owner of a mobile home park near Thermal where federal authorities have detected dangerous levels of arsenic in the water system.