Detention center access denied

As of Friday morning, County Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and Paloma Aguirre were set to inspect the Otay Mesa ICE Detention Center, after hearing detainees lacked access to clean water and medical care.

By afternoon, their permission to enter the facility had been revoked — and authorities kept U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla from entering the premises, too — setting the stage for more legal clashes over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Our Lillian Perlmutter was on site watching the whole thing unfold, and wrapped up what it all means here.

Remember last week’s deadline for western states to reach a conservation deal on Colorado River water?

Well, that deadline came and went without a deal.

As our partners at KUNC report, negotiators from Arizona, Nevada and California are blaming it on northern states refusing to mandatory water restrictions during drought. The northern states don’t see it that way.

“Our downstream neighbors are seeking to secure water… that simply does not exist,” they said.