California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has long been a poster child for managerial shortcomings among the state’s many agencies. It is, however, not the only example of how state programs fail to complete their designated missions. Another is the ambitious effort to reduce the nearly 80 million tons of trash...
California’s Largest Recycling Business Closes, 750 Laid Off
SAN JOSE — California's largest operator of recycling redemption centers shut down Monday and laid off 750 employees. RePlanet closed all 284 of its centers, and company president David Lawrence said the decision was driven by increased business costs and falling prices of recycled aluminum and PET plastic, the San Jose...
Fresno State Says Suck Less. Straw Ban in Dining Hall.
The #StopSucking movement has reached Fresno State. While students are returning to campus, straws have not. University Dining Services stopped serving the drinking device when the fall semester resumed this week. No Straws at Dining Halls Deborah Guill, dining services manager, says it is about the environment. “It’s a very...
Judge Cans Controversial Fresno Recycling Ordinance
Recycling in Fresno parking lots will continue — despite an attempt to regulate the centers out of existence. A Fresno County Superior Court judge has invalidated a city ordinance that would limit, if not outright close, numerous recyclers operating in the city. Last year, the Fresno City Council voted 7-0...
Will L.A.’s Water Delusions Kill the Delta Tunnels?
This time, “Chinatown” is fooling itself. Los Angeles has a long history of water deceptions, a point made famously by Roman Polanski’s 1974 film classic. But the self-sabotage of the city’s latest scheme is a real doozy. L.A. has convinced itself of the hokum that it has all the water...
Here's a Better Way to Help Homeless People of Fresno
Opinion by Bill McEwen Like a lot of people around the country, many Fresnans are fed up with the impacts of homelessness. They are tired of having their homes broken into. Tired of going to their businesses early in the morning and finding feces by the front door, water...
Here's a Better Way to Help Homeless People of Fresno
Opinion by Bill McEwen Like a lot of people around the country, many Fresnans are fed up with the impacts of homelessness. They are tired of having their homes broken into. Tired of going to their businesses early in the morning and finding feces by the front door, water...