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	Podcast:		KQED’s The California Report
	Episode:		After Weeks of Issues, Valero’s Benicia Refinery is Temporarily Shutting Down
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:07:44
	Publish Date:		2019-03-25 08:21:05
	Description:		After Weeks of Issues, Valero’s Benicia Refinery is Temporarily Shutting Down In the city of Benicia, about 30 miles north of San Francisco, an oil refinery run by Valero is being shut down. This comes after city officials warned residents with respiratory issues to stay inside on Sunday morning to prevent them from breathing in particulate matter coming from the plant. Guest: Ted Goldberg Is the Remain in Mexico Program Legal? A San Francisco Judge Will Decide A San Francisco federal judge is looking at whether the new Trump administration policy forcing hundreds of asylum seekers to remain in Mexico is legal. Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero Madera Teachers May Be the Next to Strike About a half hour’s drive from Fresno, representatives from Madera Unified School District face off today against the teacher’s union. We’ve got our eye on Madera Unified because teachers in this rural part of the state may be next to follow L.A. and Oakland — and strike. Reporter: Laura Tsutsui Trump Supporters and Jewish People Protest Congresswoman Omar’s Southern California Visit In the San Fernando Valley this weekend, democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar addressed hundreds of Muslims and political activists at a fundraiser, where she told them to “raise hell.” The freshman from Minnesota has been doing just that within the Democratic Party by criticizing Israel. Hundreds more convened outside the event on Saturday to protest Omar herself — and the group she was addressing — for what they say is anti-Semitism. Reporter: Jenny Hamel
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