California Activists Band Together to Keep State Parks Open
When California announced last year that it would cut costs by shutting down a whopping 70 state parks, many residents were understandably outraged, and some started fighting to keep the parks open. And now, with less than a week until the closure deadline, the state parks department has signed partnership agreements with 22 outside groups—most of them nonprofits—allowing them to operate parks on their own.
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Free Platform Aims to Put Musicians in Control of Their Own Destiny
Plenty of startups are trying to figure out how to make music’s digital revolution pay off for recording artists by stripping out middlemen and turning musicians into entrepreneurs. At CASH Music, a nonprofit platform to help recording artists survive, musicians come first.
The Real Lesson of the SOPA Blackout: The Internet Should Flex Its Muscles More Often
Everyone has been talking about SOPA. But people have also been talking about the amazing online activism that took place. Maybe the real lesson here is that the Internet needs to get involved and stand up for more. Just imagine the possibilities…
No Arts at Your School? There’s a Law for That
- Kristen Rae posted in Education, Arts and California
Arts educator Carl Schafer was shocked to find a few lines in the California education code requiring arts to be taught to all California students. Unfortunately it has no teeth. What are your ideas for incorporating arts education into curriculum on budget?
On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered California to reduce overcrowding in its prisons. So just how bad is it? California’s 33 state prisons are designed to hold a total of 80,000 inmates. As of Monday, they held 143,435 inmates, nearly 180 percent of their intended capacity, resulting in one preventable death every week. Prison overcrowding has been a problem in California for decades.
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Colombia Has 100 Tiny Libraries in Public Parks
The program was started more than 15 years ago, and it has continued to thrive, operating 51 mini libraries in Bogotá and more than 100 throughout the country. The libraries themselves are rather remarkable—they hold about 350 books each, and they’re operated by volunteer librarians who organize activities and help kids with their homework.
Oakland Getting First Urban Network of CO2 Sensors
California has a cap-and-trade law that goes into effect Jan. 1, and the new sensors might be the best way to figure out whether or not it’s actually effective. Scientists are spreading 40 of them across a 27 square-mild grid in Oakland, creating a much better measurement framework than the dozen or so sensors that currently exist.
Cooling Off During Heat Waves Doesn’t Have To be a Summer Bummer
During California’s heat wave, don’t just turn down the AC. Turn it off altogether with some (super basic) suggestions.
In 1897, a Bicycle Superhighway Was the Future of California Transit
- Yasha Wallin posted in Transportation, Bikes and Biking
In 1897, a wealthy American businessman named Horace Dobbins began construction on a private, for-profit bicycle superhighway that would stretch from Pasadena to downtown Los Angeles. It may seem like a preposterous notion now—everyone knows Angelenos don’t get out of their cars—but at the time, amidst the height of a pre-automobile worldwide cycling boom, the idea attracted the attention of some hugely powerful players. And it almost got built.
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