Investigation-April, 2012Los Angeles teeters on the brink of bankruptcyMonday, April 30th, 2012 April 30, 2012 By Brian Calle Taxpayers in Los Angeles are facing a major crisis if Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other officials do not begin to address the systemic, structural issues putting the city on the fast track to economic upheaval. The situation is similar to that in other Califo... Warning for CA: Harrisburg confronts bankruptcyTuesday, April 17th, 2012Editor’s Note: This is the seventh in a CalWatchDog.com Special Series of 12 in-depth articles on municipal bankruptcy. In a warning for California, it examines the bankruptcy of Harrisburg, Pa. April 17, 2012 By Tara Leo Auchey What happened in Harrisburg, Pa.? One day there was nothing ... Cadiz creates water out of thin airMonday, April 9th, 2012 April 9, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Call it “thin water.” A small private company called Cadiz Inc. in Los Angeles is in the process of creating water in California’s Mojave Desert -- like a magician, literally out of thin air. By selling that water wholesale, water agencies will be able... New High-Speed Rail Plan Runs Over Prop. 1A MandatesTuesday, April 3rd, 2012 April 2, 2012 By Katy Grimes As California politicians show more desperation to build any part of the California High-Speed Rail system in order to get their hands on $3.5 billion in federal stimulus money, the plan is looking more like a whack-a-mole game. But every hole that is plugged, ever... |