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Foothill Trails District Neighborhood Council
Land Use Chair for the Foothill Trails District Neighborhood Council in Lakeview Terrace.
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Nancy Woodruff
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FROM Nancy Woodruff
Which Way, L.A.?
Solar Power: From the Roof to the Ground A state law, passed in 1978, says virtually nothing can stop the installation of solar power if there's no threat to health or safety. Now the Lakeview Terrace neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley is one of at least two dozen places where ground-based solar projects are planned. They are different from what was envisioned when the law was passed. LA City Councilman Felipe Fuentes says local government should have more power .
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
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President Trump: US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord Trump says he was elected to serve Pittsburgh, not Paris.
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
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Who's to blame for the opioid crisis? Some of the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are now going after Big Pharma. It’s all about the deadly epidemic of opioid use. Are the drug companies to blame? What about the users? Later, on today’s Talking Point: making sense of Britain’s upset election.