I’ve been fighting bronchitis, and my cough just won’t seem to go away. My doctor has put me on a nebulizer to help open up my lungs — in part because breathing outside in the Central Valley over the last week has been tough on everyone’s lungs…
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Environmental activists from throughout the state got together last Saturday in the Central Valley to form a new coalition they hope will enhance their campaigns for healthy communities. Their goal is to boost the efforts of individual groups while creating an alliance that will strengthen California’s environmental justice movement as a whole. The California Environmental Justice Coalition plans to use its collective power to more effectively fight polluters and reform the state’s regulatory agencies. Vic Bedoian reports from Fresno…
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced today that Chevron Corp. has been fined $329,700 for the sale of illegally reformulated gasoline at its Montebello and Richmond, California terminals. The violations were for exceeding the oxygenate limit of 10 percent specified in state regulations for oxygenated gasoline. From 2010 through 2011, Chevron sold over 4.4 million gallons of the illegal fuel…
The San Joaquin Valley’s eye-stinging haze, filled with dangerous debris last Thursday, foreshadowed a most uncomfortable weekend, especially for those with heart and lung problems…
Heat and extreme drought have worsened smog in California over the last year, stalling decades of progress toward cleaner air and increasing health risks.
The state’s prolonged dry spells have brought more temperature inversions, with a layer of warmer air trapping cooler air below, concentrating pollution near the ground. Mother Nature could clear away much of the bad air with rain or wind, but high-pressure systems have resulted in fewer storms, less circulation and unusually stagnant conditions…
Teresa was born on March 4, 1959 to Pantaleon Ancheta and Dora Ramos in Delano, and remained proud of her Filipino and Mexican heritage throughout her life. She was a lifetime resident of Earlimart, growing up and eventually raising her own children in her father’s home.
One of three siblings, Teresa attended Earlimart schools and Delano High School…
A decade ago, corrosive air hung in the San Joaquin Valley for more than 10 weeks from June to mid-August — 73 consecutive days of a breathing nightmare…
The red air quality flag was waving Friday in front of Kendrick Elementary School which meant a lot of activities were taken away from the kids…
Environmental justice advocate, pesticide warrior and lifelong Earlimart resident Teresa De Anda is recalled as a “true inspiration” and “tireless leader”.
De Anda, 55, passed away last week after battling with liver cancer. The Central Valley advocate who shed a light on the health impacts of pesticide drift leaves behind seven children and eight grandchildren…