All Things Considered,June 26, 2008 ·
California's Air Resources board has announced a draft plan to
radically cut greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with a 2006 state
law to combat global warming.
A year ago this week, the Angora Fire ravaged
a swath of hillside and homes in South Lake Tahoe. While the fire was
still burning, I met Lori Herman, a woman whose home was destroyed in
the blaze. I recently checked in with Lori to see how her rebuilding
project is going.
I actually interviewed Lori twice last year, once while the fire was still burning and again about a month later when she was still sorting through the ashes. It was great to see her this time moving onward and upward.
Angora Fire Victims Rebuild 1 Year Later
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Fires are burning all over California in what has been a fierce fire season already.On this day a year ago, the Angora Fire swept
through South Lake Tahoe taking
with it more than 250 homes and 31-hundred acres of forest land.Today, the destroyed neighborhoods are well
on their way to rebuilding.But as
Tamara Keith reports many homeowners aren’t using the most fire safe methods to
rebuild.
I had planned to go to South Lake Tahoe to do a fire recovery story, but when I started making calls I discovered it was more complicated than I had originally thought. I knew there were new state building codes designed to protect homes from future wildfires. What I learned from the county was that 155 (of 166 so far) homeowners had filed their building permit applications before January 1st, the date those codes went into effect. As an outsider I had a hard time understanding why anyone would rebuild their home after a fire without doing everything possible to prevent another disaster from happening in the future. The answer: it's all about money. Many resident were under insured. They simply can't afford to comply with the new codes...and they don't have to because their got their permit applications in early.
Day to Day, June 23, 2008 · Fuel prices are soaring, so what's the mood among independent truckers?
Several share their diesel woes from Interstate 80 in California. Tamara Keith reports.
Gay Couples Have An Ally in Yolo
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Most counties waited until this morning to
start performing same-sex marriage ceremonies, but a few Northern
California county clerks kept their offices open after-hours last night
to get started. Tamara Keith introduces us to one clerk who married 11
couples last night.
Shelly Bailes and Ellen Pontac were the first couple married in Yolo County. They have been together for 34 years and now gladly call each other "wife."
