Breathing easy by 2012
A month ago, the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles issued new regulations aimed at cutting down on the pollution belched out by trucks, and now it’s the state’s turn. The California Air Resources Board is considering new regulations for the state’s ports, covering trucks and more.

Six years after 9/11, America’s second-largest port is still open for terrorist business

PHOTO by RUSS ROCA
I’m a big one for historical remembrances–1066 (William the Conqueror lands on the English coast), 1945 (the atom bomb dropped twice in a single month), and 1977 (premiere of Three’s Company, with the first episode “A Man About the House”–hilarious)–and, [...]

Air pollution and the port
The Port of Long Beach adopted new rules regulating truck emissions earlier this week. It’s part of a joint effort with the Port of Los Angeles to limit vehicle-produced air pollution.
But the trucks, of course, are just one source of air pollution at the ports– what about the ships? A new [...]

New boss, same as the old boss?
The actual primary in the 55th Assembly District race–Congresswoman Laura Richardson’s old seat–is still more than a month away.
Somewhere, people like Carson Councilman Mike Gipson, Los Angeles Community College Trustee Warren Furutani, and other well-spoken folks with a few interesting ideas are vying to win that race.
And you won’t [...]