Which Way, L.A.?
A New Rail Yard Is Proposed at the LA Ports
It’s the economy versus the health of people living near the Port of Los Angeles who are opposed to a massive new facility to be built there.
By Warren Olney • • 29m ListenJobs, traffic and air pollution are part of an 8-year battle over a proposed railroad yard to serve the Port of Los Angeles. The neighboring City and Port of Long Beach are against it, but LA's Harbor Commission has just approved it unanimously. Now, an environmental group is appealing to the LA City Council with the threat of a lawsuit. What will it mean for the 710 Freeway… and the health impact on a low-income neighborhood called "the diesel death zone?" Also, a high school in the Inland Empire is sued for discrimination against gay and lesbian students. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the Iraq War ten years later.
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2 storiesThe Economy, the Environment and the Port of Los Angeles
After eight years of controversy, the LA City Harbor Commission has unanimously approved a new cargo facility to transfer containers from ships to train cars instead of trucks using the Alameda Corridor. Bob Foster, the Mayor of Long Beach, calls it a threat to the lives of school kids on his side of the border.
Read the story21 minGay-Straight Alliance Struggles at Sultana High in Hesperia
Sultana High School in Hesperia, in the Inland Empire has a club called the Gay-Straight Alliance, but members say it's not being allowed to staged events or put up posters the way other clubs are. Now the ACLU has filed suit , contending that administrators — and even teachers — are discriminating against gay and lesbian students.
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