Rep. Raul Ruiz meets with EPA in Calexico over New River crisis

CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA) - Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) met with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 in Calexico Monday.

According to a press release, the meeting, which state and local agency representatives and Imperial County community stakeholders, was to "advance solutions to the New River crisis" in the county.

The meeting, according to the press release, comes almost one month after a hearing, held by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, on the FY2027 EPA Budget Request.

During last month's hearing, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he was committed to "visiting the New River region, engaging with the binational water quality study, and applying the federal model used to address the Tijuana River crisis to the New River."

Reporter Jessamyn Dodd will have the full story later this evening.