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The Cool Down: Mother gets confronted by police while walking young son home from doctor: 'It's been frustrating every time it's happened'

SLO County's unequal enforcement leaves farmer fighting corporation

Tulare consistently suffers from year round air pollution and air quality that is among the worst in the United States because of both geographic conditions (hemmed in valley, weak winds) and the prevalence of diesel fuel exhaust from farming and truck traffic on Highway 99. Farming also exacerbates this because it kicks up tremendous amounts of dust, especially in the late summer and autumn months.