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From junkyards to pot fields, SoCal's smog worsens, blending in-class and internet-based instruction
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Nov 15, 2017
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From junkyards to pot fields, SoCal's smog worsens, blending in-class and internet-based instruction

Junkyards in Coachella are transforming into pot farms, SoCal's smog has worsened for the second year in a row, how 'blended learning' works.
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 17: The downtown skyline is enveloped in smog shortly before sunset on November 17, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Earlier this month, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, southern California?s anti-smog agency, approved a $36 million program to reduce pollution from trucks operating at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. An estimated 12,000 diesel trucks travel to and from the ports each day, carrying freight through southern California metropolitan areas where their emissions are believed to increased risks of asthma and other illnesses among local residents and particularly children. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 17: The downtown skyline is enveloped in smog shortly before sunset on November 17, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Earlier this month, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, southern California?s anti-smog agency, approved a $36 million program to reduce pollution from trucks operating at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. An estimated 12,000 diesel trucks travel to and from the ports each day, carrying freight through southern California metropolitan areas where their emissions are believed to increased risks of asthma and other illnesses among local residents and particularly children. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
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