KPCC News: Science/Technology Podcast
KPCC's award-winning news team brings you features and interviews focusing on science and technology in Southern California. KPCC's local reporting can be heard during Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and throughout the day, at 89.3 FM. Visit KPCC online at www.kpcc.org. Note: These stories are part of KPCC's ongoing news coverage. Topic-based stories will appear in this podcast as they are broadcast on-air. New stories may appear daily, weekly, or bi-weekly, not necessarily on a predictable schedule.
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Biologists use birth control to manage Catalina bison population
Biologists undertook an unusual operation today to control the bison population on Catalina Island. They injected female bison with a vaccine called PZP (Porcine Zona Pellucida) that prevents pregnancy. (Audio: KPCC's Alex Cohen spoke with Dr. Ann Muscat, president and CEO of the Catalina Island …
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1 clean truck program, 2 ports, and now 2 strategies
A year after the Clean Trucks program began at the harbor complex, the two ports in San Pedro Harbor are headed in divergent directions. The port of Los Angeles continues to fight challenges to pollution controls in court. In Long Beach, harbor commissioners are trying to end the same lawsuit.
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Long Beach public officials, environmentalists seek to unsettle port settlement with trucking indus …
In Long Beach, public officials and environmental activists are challenging a plan by the harbor commission to settle a lawsuit with the trucking industry.
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Empty debris basins wait for Station Fire's winter impact
Three months after the Station Fire ignited in dry brush in the Angeles National Forest, fire officials still consider it active. But cold weather and the possibility of rain have Los Angeles county public works crews ready for the fire’s winter flood fallout.
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Southland legislators will sell their constituents and themselves on $11 billion water bond
Around the state, the governor has been signing into law the bills that constitute a $40 billion water management package. That’s ended most legislative water politics for a while. But a year of public politicking awaits the bond measure that's a key part of the water plan.
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A preferred alternative nobody prefers for South Coast marine protected areas
A state panel has recommended a network of havens for marine life in California waters. Marine protected areas from San Diego up to Santa Barbara will join a statewide network, the largest of its kind in the country. The compromise plan doesn’t feel like a success to everyone yet.
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State panel recommends coastal water areas designed to protect marine life
A state panel has recommended a patchwork of areas in coastal waters designed to protect marine life. If state fish and game commissioners approve them, new rules would limit commercial and recreational fishing in some key spots between Santa Barbara and the Mexican border. (Audio: KPCC’s environmen …
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Angeles Forest officials use Station Fire to fine tune Twitter policy
The Station Fire burned nearly 250 square miles in the Angeles National Forest, destroyed homes and buildings, and sent people and animals running for their lives. But there was a silver lining in those giant pyrocumulus clouds. The fire helped officials fine tune how they’ll use social media duri …
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Water officials hope to deodorize stinky Orange County reservoir
If all goes well, residents of South Orange County will be able to get some fresh air this week. Since before Halloween, they’ve endured a putrid smell coming from a local reservoir.
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Shell Oil and its gas stations to pay millions for violating hazardous waste laws
A California court has ordered Shell Oil to shell out millions of dollars in penalties for violating the state’s hazardous waste and fuel storage laws.
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Compromise plan at water board brings sewers to some of Malibu
Regional water officials have approved a partial ban on septic systems in Malibu after city leaders worked out a compromise.
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California lawmakers pass water plan to improve supply
After months of negotiation and a couple of all-night voting sessions, state lawmakers passed a cluster of bills Wednesday morning designed to improve California’s water supply. They’ve called the $11 billion package “historic” – and it is. The plan alters the way California manages water.
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City of Malibu seeks septic tank solutions
Septic tanks helped give birth to the city of Malibu just 18 years ago. People along 21 miles of scenic coastline wanted local control over how Malibu would treat wastewater. Now regional water officials will vote on whether to prohibit septic systems. Regulators blame septic tanks for poor water qu …
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LA County weighs in on MPAs: Yes in Malibu, no at Rocky Point
Los Angeles County supervisors have added their opinion to the debate over where and how to protect marine life off the Southern California coast.
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Historic legislation to improve California’s water supply stalled in Legislature
A vote on bills to improve California’s water supply stalled in the state legislature Tuesday. The Senate has passed several of the bills that comprise a comprehensive overhaul of the way the state manages and monitors water. One of the more controversial bills has hit a snag.
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LADWP sponsoring drought-friendly landscaping workshops
Water use restrictions and occasional brushfires are constant reminders that the Southland is enduring another year of drought. Here’s a partial remedy: drought-tolerant landscaping workshops begin this Saturday, Nov. 7.
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GOP boycotts climate change debate
When you’re in the minority in Washington, you often have to get creative to make your point. Tuesday in the House of Representatives, Republicans will take turns reading the entire health care bill out loud. GOP senators are trying a different tactic with the climate change bill. They’re staging …
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Green buildings grow on Skid Row
Near the Los Angeles Convention Center, a curved white building rises along the 10 freeway. The New Carver apartments will fill with disabled and recently homeless residents. The building's one of several green projects for people who live in and around downtown L.A.’s Skid Row. KPCC's Molly Peterso …
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California's lawmakers to vote on comprehensive water policy change
California lawmakers could vote as early as today on bills intended to improve the state’s water supply. Some thought they’d be able to agree on a plan last week, but negotiations stalled. Despite the setbacks, one veteran of California’s water wars says there’s still reason to hope legislators wi …
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Facebook wins anti-spam case
Social networking site Facebook says it has won a multi-million dollar award in an anti-spam case.
KPCC News: Science/Technology Podcast
