‘We Are Slowly Being Killed’: Porter Ranch Residents Beg Gubernatorial Candidates To Shut Down Gas Plant
A leak at the Southern California Gas Co. storage facility has resulted in negative health consequences for the residents who live near the plant, advocates say.
Los Angeles Times:
Residents Call On Candidates For Governor To Shut Down Aliso Canyon Gas Facility
A mysterious disease is spreading through Kyoko Hibino's neighborhood, but you'd never know it by glancing at her sunny, tree-lined Southern California community, she says. The Porter Ranch resident has suffered bronchitis, heart palpitations, headaches and nosebleeds, none of which amount to a diagnosis by doctors. Hibino said her cat also started getting nosebleeds, and now has cancer. (Lau, 1/13)
In other news from across California —
Orange County Register:
Supporters Of Citywide Smoking Ban In Dana Point Hope 3,258 Cigarette Butts Prove Their Case
[Denise] Erkeneff, special events and youth program chairwoman with the South Orange County Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, will be carrying in a jar filled with 3,258 cigarette butts that was collected in less than two hours on Saturday, she said, along Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point. She said she’s hoping the collection might be just enough to convince skeptical council members to give a final OK to an ordinance to ban smoking in all public places citywide. (Ritchie, 1/15)
KPBS:
The Shrinking Salton Sea Endangers Region's Health
The dust in those clouds contribute to the Imperial Valley’s highest in the state asthma rates, and most people who live here expect things to get worse. That is because the Salton Sea is shrinking, exposing thousands of acres of possibly toxic lakebed to the hot sun and the region’s powerful winds. (Anderson, 1/15)