Bottling the stars
They always say that viable, commercial nuclear fusion is 30 years away from reality. Thirty years ago they said it and today they say it. Thirty years from now? Who […]
Man vs. trout vs. drought
We can adapt to California’s crippling, three-year drought: we use less water, let our lawns dry up, import the rest of the water we need from elsewhere. The Southern California […]
Nostalgia for abalone is the reason to bring them back
It’s a tale all too common: it’s tastes good so we end up eating waaaaaaaay too much of it. Except with abalone, the consequences weren’t just an expanding waistline and […]
Solar’s time is now
With incentives the way they are, there’s not much reason to pass up on solar. Federal tax credits. Multiple financing options. Credit for electricity your house produces but doesn’t use. […]
Hire those sharks a PR agent because attacks aren’t common, experts say.
Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Jaws. Sharknado. All perpetuate what is, actually, largely a myth that sharks commonly attack people. And an attack at the Manhattan Beach Pier doesn’t […]
Stuck with the tab: L.A. County must clean up runoff
Los Angeles County didn’t create the pollution problem, exactly, but now it must clean it up. The runoff that flows from parking lots, industrial yards, driveways and just about everywhere […]
When kayaks and contaminants collide
I spent about two months, on and off, reporting out my recent Long Beach Register story about the Los Angeles River. I could have easily spent another couple months on […]
