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Tecopa: In one California town, a warning: Don’t drink the water
TECOPA, Calif. — On summer days, Larry Levy and Jim Furlough start their delivery route early to beat the withering heat in this Mojave Desert village one mountain range removed from Death Valley. They meet near the Tecopa Hot Springs public mineral baths to load a flatbed trailer with 75 jugs of purified water trucked […]
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Healdsburg voters will again decide whether to fluoridate city water
Two years after Healdsburg voters overwhelmingly agreed to keep fluoridating the city’s water, the question is again expected to appear on their ballots. But how it will be worded isn’t clear. City Council members this week postponed placing the issue on the November ballot after anti-fluoride activists complained the proposed language prepared by city staff […]
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Healdsburg voters likely to face a slew of local ballot issues
This fall, Healdsburg voters are expected to have plenty to ponder on their ballots. On Monday, the City Council is poised to place three issues on the November ballot, including asking voters to scrap the limit on the number of new homes that can be built annually; increase the hotel bed tax to help pay […]
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Marin fluoride ballot measure falls short of signatures
Backers of a Marin anti-fluoridation initiative have fallen about 2,500 signatures short of getting their issue on the November ballot. Since November, Clean Water Sonoma-Marin has sought to gather 11,000 signatures to put an item on the ballot requiring the Marin Municipal Water District to stop using fluoride in water until it could detail what’s […]
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L.A.-Area Environmentalists Call ExxonMobil Refinery a Danger
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Southern California regulators must put the brakes on an ExxonMobil refinery that emits 50 tons of hydrogen cyanide in Los Angeles each year, the Refinery Safety Network says in court. The nonprofit sued the South Coast Air Quality Management District on Wednesday in Superior, and named ExxonMobil Oil Corp. as a […]
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An East Bay Child’s Death and the Power of the Dental Lobby
After their 6-year-old son died following a dental procedure, a Bay Area couple went to the California Legislature, hoping a new law could prevent other families from experiencing similar tragedy. What they’ve found, so far, is that dentists hold surprising sway in Sacramento. More, it seems, than grieving parents making a plea for change. The […]
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Key dates in the past year since the 2015 explosion at ExxonMobil’s Torrance refinery
Aerial view of affected area at the Exxon/Mobil refinery in Torrance following an explosion and fire on Feb. 28, 2015. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer) • Feb. 18, 2015: A massive 1.7-magnitude explosion at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance literally rocked the city, showering some neighborhoods with industrial debris and crippling the plant’s ability to […]
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Torrance leaders, activists butt heads over whether refinery fire is cause for concern
One day after a fire at the PBF-owned Torrance refinery set off alarms among community activists, city and fire officials Wednesday described the blaze as a minor event that did not endanger residents. As an investigation continued into the Tuesday fire that was doused within 90 minutes, local activists pointed to the accident as yet […]
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Healdsburg Water Fluoridation Moratorium Initiative
Signatures are being gathered to put a Water Fluoridation Moratorium Initiative on the Healdsburg ballot for November 2016. The Initiative calls for a moratorium on water fluoridation until the manufacturer of Healdsburg’s fluoridating chemical provides specified information about the chemical, including verification of its safety for ingestion by all consumers, regardless of an individual consumer’s […]
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Federal agency cites Exxon Mobil for safety and lack of responsiveness in Torrance
A federal investigation into the explosion at Exxon Mobil’s Torrance refinery last year found multiple safety-management problems that led to the incident and endangered the lives of “many community members.” The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released part of its findings Wednesday from the investigation into last February’s Torrance refinery explosion, which has been a major […]
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