Earthjustice
PROFILE
Angela Johnson Meszaros
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FROM Angela Johnson Meszaros
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
L.A. Oil and Gas Over the weekend, city officials ordered the leaking Porter Ranch gas well to be shut down permanently after it’s fixed. But the whole debacle has made activists and residents question how the city of Los Angeles is dealing with its oil and gas production. In the past, South Los Angeles residents have complained that oil drilling has led to horrible smells and noise pollution in their neighborhood just west of USC. There are about 1,000 active oil and gas wells across the city of Los Angeles.
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Bridget Riley and Lee Mullican and the ‘60s A catchy name gives traction to an art movement: Abstraction Expressionism (AbX), Pop Art, or Op Art, short for “optical art One of the artists most associated with the latter was the English painter Bridget Riley, born in 1931, who was catapulted to success in the early 1960s.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Investigation into Les Moonves uncovers more cases of alleged sexual misconduct The board of CBS hired two law firms to investigate the sexual misconduct allegations against former CEO Les Moonves. The draft report was leaked. It says Moonves repeatedly lied to investigators, and destroyed evidence to save his reputation and severance.