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FROM Leigh Jerrard
Bidding on the border wall US Army Spc. Michael J. Westall uses a motorized boom lift to get into position to weld the reinforcement of the primary steel border fence along the United States-Mexico border on June 7, 2007. Photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp, US Air Force "There's work and there's politics. We build," said Marc Uribe, explaining why his firm De La Fuentes Construction is among hundreds that have expressed interest in helping to construct President Trump's Mexican-American border wall. The companies that are lining up range from global defense contractors to small, family-owned businesses. What about those who choosing not to apply, or to "punk" the project? And what kind of wall does the government really want, and how will it pay for it?
Fighting the Drought with Greywater In Los Angeles, each resident typically uses about 70 gallons of water a day, and a lot of it goes to waste — down the drain after you've washed your clothes or taken a bath. Greywater systems can recover about 40 gallons — a big saving in these increasingly dry times. Two Los Angeles city councilmen want to make it easier to install greywater systems : Mike Bonin and Paul Krekorian, who joins us.
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