A Sacramento teacher is demanding $2.3 million from the Sacramento City Unified School District, alleging discrimination and retaliation after being disciplined for removing carpet from her classroom. KCRA…
Read more Phoebe Hearst teacher demands $2.3 million from SCUSD over carpet removal, alleging retaliationLondon — Thousands of people in the United Kingdom have filed a joint legal claim estimated to be worth more than £1 billion ($1.34 billion) against Johnson & Johnson,…
Read more Johnson & Johnson faces claim by 3,000 in U.K. who say asbestos in talcum powder made them sickNearly 100 parents and students gathered at Thursday’s Sacramento City Unified School District board meeting to protest the removal of Jeanine Rupert, a sixth-grade teacher at Phoebe A.…
Read more Sacramento parents, students protest replacement of teacher over carpet removalNavy officials announced this week that a $6-million contract has been awarded to an environmental cleanup firm to remove the debris that were released when an historic 17-story…
Read more Navy awards $6-million contract for cleanup of World War II hangar in Tustin that burnedOfficials in Orange County declared Friday that the Tustin hangar fire is “fully extinguished” after 24 days, calling the blaze “one of the most challenging structure fires in…
Read more After 24 days, officials declare Tustin hangar fire 'fully extinguished'Johnny Schillereff and his wife, Kori, never worried about their home’s proximity to the historic Tustin hangars. If anything, the cavernous wooden structures made the Columbus Square neighborhood…
Read more Neighborhoods get little guidance about toxic risks after massive Tustin hangar fireA massive former military hangar that burned in Tustin earlier this week, closing schools over asbestos worries, reignited Saturday night. The city of Tustin tweeted that there was…
Read more Massive Tustin hangar reignites just days after initial blaze spewed asbestos and leadLocal schools were closed and health officials are suggesting Tustin residents stay indoors after officials confirmed asbestos was found in ash and debris emanating from a fire that…
Read more Tustin schools close after asbestos is found in ash from large World War-II hangar fireMissoula, Mont. — A federal jury ruled Wednesday that a health clinic in a Montana town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure submitted 337 false…
Read more Clinic in Superfund town submitted 337 false asbestos claims costing government more than $1 million, jury saysCNN — A fire burning at a recycling plant in Richmond, Indiana, is mostly out, but hundreds remain evacuated from their homes as crews monitor the air for…
Read more Indiana’s recycling plant fire is mostly out, but evacuations remain as crews monitor air quality and clear debris from schools and homes | CNN
