State Reveals Routes of Volatile Crude Oil-Hauling Trains
Little has been known about shipments of volatile crude oil moving through California by rail, until now. The state has just revealed that tank cars loaded with oil from the Bakken formation, a crude that has a history of exploding, rumble through downtown Sacramento and through Stockton about once a week. Before they get there, they travel along the Feather River, a major tributary of the Sacramento and a key source of drinking water.
L.A. Foreclosure Registry Struggles to Keep Track of Vacant Homes
The Los Angeles City Council will soon vote on a measure that would charge banks a new fee to pay for inspections of foreclosed properties. That's to improve the city's tracking system that's supposed to crack down on lenders who fail to take care of vacant houses. L.A. remains littered with 4,000 rundown, foreclosed homes, but some say the city has a lot more than that.