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Concerned Residents Take on… Solar Energy?
It's one thing if you want to put a solar installation on the roof, but one San Fernando Valley neighborhood is protesting against putting solar panels on the ground.
By Warren Olney • • 23m ListenIn 1978, when solar power meant pipes or panels up on the roof, the state legislature decreed no local ordinance or covenant could prevent such installations. But now, solar power can mean acres of photovoltaic cells three feet above the ground — in that vacant lot across the street from your house. A horsey neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley has problems with that. Also, Common Core computers are failing their tests.
Later, on To the Point, House Republicans are investigating the deaths of Americans in Benghazi all over again. Is it all about politics? Will there be any time left for Congress to address the economy, immigration reform and other issues until this year's elections are over?
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2 storiesSolar 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.
Read the story17 minA Bumpy Start for Common Core Testing
For weeks, California schools have been administering tests for public school kids based on the new Common Core curriculum. Last week on this program, Ingrid Villeda, a 4th grade teacher in South Los Angeles, told us there was trouble in 120 schools she represents for the teachers' union.
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