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Printable voter guide to San Francisco's mayoral candidates
The 2011 Nonpartisan Voter Guide to the SF Mayoral Candidates is a succinct, printable listing of candidate positions and quotes on more than two-dozen key policy issues and ballot initiatives.
Los Angeles neighborhood bears the brunt of air pollution
As summer temperatures rise, so do fears of asthma and other illnesses caused by all the air pollution converging on the east Los Angeles community of Boyle Heights.
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Washington Elementary students need microphones to talk
Students at Washington Elementary School have to take turns using wireless microphones to be heard over the continuous noise from airplanes from the nearby San Jose International Airport.
Printable voter guide to San Francisco’s mayoral candidates
The 2011 Nonpartisan Voter Guide to the SF Mayoral Candidates is a succinct, printable listing of candidate positions and quotes on more than two-dozen key policy issues and ballot initiatives, including pensions, taxes, transportation, homelessness…
Filed Under: Democracy
West Oakland keeps fighting for cleaner air (Toxic Tour 1 update)
Two years after Newsdesk.org first examined high levels of air pollution in West Oakland, progress towards helping this community breathe easier is moving slowly. Thorny projects, including cleanups at the port and a local Superfund site, are hard…
Filed Under: Oakland Toxic Tour
Los Angeles neighborhood bears the brunt of air pollution
By Jasmin López, special to Newsdesk.org | Crowdfund this story on Spot.us As summer temperatures rise, so do fears of asthma and other illnesses caused by all the air pollution converging on the east Los Angeles community of Boyle…
Filed Under: LA Toxic Tour: Boyle Heights, Social Systems
Missed EPA grant stalls West Oakland brownfields cleanups (Toxic Tour 2)
After more than a decade of getting approved for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants to remediate “brownfields” (contaminated properties), Oakland has been turned down. This is the first such rejection in a long time – and it will delay…
Filed Under: Oakland Toxic Tour
Residential lead pollution cleanup in West Oakland will use new green technology (Toxic Tour 2)
Soil polluted with lead has long plagued the South Prescott neighborhood of West Oakland. But cleanup is finally getting underway. This Saturday, June 25, the community is invited to learn more about the new green technology this project will use…
Filed Under: Oakland Toxic Tour
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Some big changes are underway at Newsdesk.org, as we redesign the whole website and rebuild the infrastructure from the ground up. This includes revamping the categories, altering the architecture and meddling with the code, all to create a…
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‘Right Beneath Our Feet’: The Toxic Tour returns to Oakland
By CB Smith-Dahl Editor’s Note: Newsdesk.org is teaming up with Oakland Local and Spot.Us for a return to the West Oakland community covered in 2009′s award-winning “Toxic Tour” series. Thinking about planting a garden this spring? Many West…
Filed Under: Newsdesk News, Oakland Toxic Tour, The Toxic Tour
Washington Elementary students need microphones to talk
By Jessica Olthof, photo by Barbara Benton SAN JOSE, Calif.—For an elementary school here, the traditional “talking stick” (teaching patience and consideration) has been replaced with microphones. Students at Washington Elementary School…
Filed Under: San Jose Toxic Tour, Social Systems, The Toxic Tour
Young people define a healthy future for Boyle Heights
By Jasmin López, special to Newsdesk.org | Crowdfund this story on Spot.us New community collaborations in Los Angeles are giving young people a leading role in improving their neighborhoods. Youth are setting goals and organizing…
Filed Under: Featured, LA Toxic Tour: Boyle Heights, Social Systems, The Toxic Tour
In smoggy Los Angeles, one neighborhood pushes back
By Jasmin López, special to Newsdesk.org | Crowdfund this story on Spot.us News about Boyle Heights in Los Angeles tends to be about crime or gentrification. There’s little coverage of air pollution, lack of safe and green spaces, lack of…
Filed Under: Democracy, Featured, LA Toxic Tour: Boyle Heights
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