Changes At FEMA; Environmental Groups Propose Solution To Tejon Ranch Development; Internet Dating; Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Film Darwin’s Nightmare
Changes At FEMA
Michael Chertoff, the head of Homeland Security, says he will “fix what went wrong'' with the government's response to Hurricane Katrina. Yesterday, he unveiled new changes for FEMA, including more personnel and a more reliable disaster reporting system. Larry talks with experts about these changes and finds out what we’re doing on a state level to prepare for the next disaster. Guests include Peter Grier, Washington Editor for the Christian Science Monitor, Russ Knocke, spokesman for Homeland Security, Mike Wermuth, Director, Homeland Security Program and Senior Policy Analyst at RAND, and Eric Lamoureux, spokesman for State Office of Emergency Services.
Environmental Groups Propose Solution To Tejon Ranch Development
Environmentalists offered to withdraw opposition to development of the sprawling Tejon Ranch if the builder agrees to set aside about 380 square miles in the Tehachapi Mountains as wilderness. The offer was designed to persuade developers to scale back plans on the 270,000-acre site some 60 miles north of Los Angeles and to more than double the amount of land to be preserved. The offer was dismissed by Tejon Ranch Co. officials as unreasonable, but the developer left open the possibility of more discussions with the coalitions of environmentalists. In May 2005, Tejon Ranch Co. and a national land trust hailed an agreement to sell more than one-third of the ranch for use as a nature preserve. But that plan failed to satisfy the Tejon Natural Heritage Park Committee, a coalition of 12 conservation groups. Larry talks with Barry Zoeller, Vice President of Corporate Communications for the Tejon Ranch Company, and John Musick, attorney and volunteer advisor to the Tejon Natural Heritage Park Committee about the newly proposed plan and the possibility of a compromise solution that would satisfy all parties involved.
Internet Dating
Are you looking for love on the internet this Valentine’s Day? Or are you looking for friendship, romance, or a long-term relationship? Larry talks with James Houran, of onlinedatingmagazine.com, about what the euphemisms of online dating really mean and the differences in the variety of websites that offer to help you find your match.
Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Film Darwin’s Nightmare
Larry Mantle talks with director Hubert Sauper about his Academy Award-nominated documentary Darwin’s Nightmare that explores the two-fold story of the Nile Perch, which over the course of a few decades ate through everything that lived in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria, and the foreign capitalists who introduced the non-native fish in order to sell it to European customers.