TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
For the first time in US history a handful of US states are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Illinois is about to be downgraded to junk bond status, which will turn its financial problems catastrophic overnight. Illinois cannot possibly pay its accumulated debt, its unpaid Medicaid expenses and its future retirement obligations, so bankruptcy Read More…
Following up on a report published in December of last year, Reuters ran a piece this week that shed light on the alarmingly high rate of lead poisoning among children across the state of California. One rate in Fresno was almost three times higher than that of Flint, Michigan. From Wednesday’s article: “Dozens of California communities Read More…
“For once in your life, listen to me and don’t play your political conniving games with the science to favor the registrants. For once do the right thing and don’t make decisions based on how it affects your bonus.” These words, penned in 2013 by former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scientist Marion Copley, have an Read More…
A federal court has ruled that the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians have a right federal rights to groundwater in the Coachella Valley. California – On Tuesday a federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling which found that the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla tribe had a stronger claim to groundwater in the Coachella Valley Read More…
Officials were warned twelve years in advance about potential safety hazards at the Oroville Dam in Butte County, California, which now faces the risk of flooding nearby residential areas as a result of a broken spillway and increased rainfall. Local outlet Mercury News reports: “Three environmental groups — the Friends of the River, the Sierra Read More…
Los Angeles, CA — In a massive statewide operation targeting human traffickers, hundreds of people were arrested and dozens of sexually-exploited children were saved. These are the men & women to thank for rescuing 27 Adult & 28 juvenile females, and attesting 36 suspected traffickers & 142 “Johns” @LASDHQ pic.twitter.com/rR67pED7Ih — Jim McDonnell (@LACoSheriff) January Read More…