The specter of homeless encampments steadily expanding across the downtown streets of San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco – bringing with them a public health crisis – has one southern California community taking tough action to dismantle a two-mi… Continue reading →
{FD} After Harvey and Irma, states grapple with millions of tons of garbage
Three weeks after Hurricane Harvey made landfall, Texans who first endured storm-force winds followed by historic flooding now have another mountainous problem on their hands: millions of tons of garbage. Continue reading →
Cowboys rescue hundreds of drowning horses and cattle from Harvey floods
While the nation is riveted to Houston flood rescues via helicopter and power boat, horseback cowboys have been rescuing hundreds of drowning horses and cattle away from the fanfare of the television cameras. Continue reading →
VA has a new ‘wait-list’ problem – the backlog to see an outside doctor
More than 2,900 veterans are caught up in bureaucracy hell at the Shreveport VA hospital, waiting to see non-VA doctors promised under the Veterans Choice Program that was created to alleviate appointment wait-times, a whistleblower says. Continue reading →
