Congresswoman with close ties to Toyota in recalls Investigation committee

California – A congressional committee investigating Toyota’s nationwide recall includes a congresswoman who owns a chunk of shares in the company and owes much of her personal wealth to a family owned auto-accessories manufacturing outfit that supplies the embattled automaker. Democratic Representative Jane Margaret Lakes Harman also represents Torrance, the district in California where Toyota

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Swimming With the Sharks: 40-year-veteran journalist left editor’s desk for grueling schedule as Sharks’ beat writer

By Kathryn Roethel David Pollak, the San Jose Mercury News’ beat reporter for the San Jose Sharks, sits alone in a hotel room in Buffalo. He’s waiting for a phone call confirming that the Sharks just traded left wing Jody Shelley to the New York Rangers. He was awake until 1 a.m. in a different

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Environmental Law: Development Impediment or Protective Measure?

View Video The California Legislature created the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in 1970 to protect the increasingly vulnerable environment from potentially damaging development projects. More recently, developers and environmentalists each have conflicting issues with the laws. California environmentalists have long celebrated the enactment of CEQA as a measure to ensure that developers do their

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Environmental Law: Development Impediment or Protective Measure?

The California Legislature created the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in 1970 to protect the increasingly vulnerable environment from potentially damaging development projects. More recently, developers and environmentalists each have conflicting issues with the laws. California environmentalists have long celebrated the enactment of CEQA as a measure to ensure that developers do their part to

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