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Oct 17, 2026, 7:11 AM

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Santa Ana Wildfire in Orange County

Santa Ana wind-driven wildfire burned 465 acres and damaged or destroyed at least six homes in San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano on Friday, October 16.

WHAT'S REPORTED

▸The wildfire burned 465 acres and damaged or destroyed at least six homes as residents fled neighborhoods. — Breitbart News

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Arizona Joins Colorado River Lawsuit

Arizona's Department of Water Resources filed a motion Friday to join a lawsuit challenging the federal government's 10-year Colorado River operations plan.

WHAT'S REPORTED

▸Arizona believes the federal government's new operating framework ignores basic elements of the law of the river and could result in cuts to the state apportionment. — Inside Climate News

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Mount Dioxin Superfund Groundwater Cleanup

Groundwater cleanup is set to begin this fall at the Pensacola 'Mount Dioxin' Superfund site, decades after its designation.

WHAT'S REPORTED

▸Bureaucratic mismanagement led to the EPA relocating about 400 households from neighborhoods around the site beginning in the mid-1990s. — Inside Climate News