Did a Los Angeles school board member leak confidential information to charter school lobbyists?
Battery recycling is considered one of the most potentially hazardous industries. Yet Vernon’s Exide workers were routinely being poisoned with nearly nonexistent intervention by Cal/OSHA.
California’s Department of Public Health and Cal/OSHA failed to protect workers from lead contamination at a battery recycling plant.
A proposed law could reboot California’s public investment system to provide a stable source of local funding for affordable housing.
How an agency charged with protecting public health gave talking points to the lead-battery industry.
Long a community with little clout, the state’s renters won a victory with national implications.
It’s Betsy’s world and scholars just live in it.
One analysis predicts consumers would lose $460 billion between 2021 and 2026, primarily due to reversals in net fuel economy.
Former jail and prison inmates say they have been charged excessive amounts for the cost of probation, which they can never repay.
Health officials took eight days to send letters to parents of children possibly contaminated by lead. And not everyone received a letter.