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The San Jose Mercury News’ Mark Emmons files part three of a five-part series on traumatic brain injuries suffered by Iraq War soldiers and the long, painful road to recovery. Today’s piece focuses on Michelle Sandoval, the wife of veteran Frank Sandoval. “There are pivotal moments in the recovery of every severely wounded service member, […]

The San Jose Mercury News’ Mark Emmons files part of a five-part series today on traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Yesterday, Emmons focused on the story of survivor Frank Sandoval. Today, Emmons delves deeper into the medical science behind treating Sandoval’s injury.
“Military and VA doctors describe a […]

Mercury News video of Frank and Michelle Sandoval at Ward 7D.
The San Jose Mercury News ran part one of a five-part series today on an Iraq War veteran struggling to recover from a traumatic brain injury at Acute Care Ward 7D in Palo Alto. The subject, Frank Sandoval, was one of the patients featured in […]

The Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News report today on the epic political battle to reform the Los Angeles Unified School District. The Times reports that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has selected a five-member team to implement his administration’s reform measures. Most experts applauded his choices but the general counsel for the […]

The Los Angeles Times’ Stephanie Simon reports on cities across the country that are bypassing the Bush administration and trying to meet the greenhouse-gas reduction targets of the international treaty known as the Kyoto Protocol. Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels started the civic trend two years ago by adopting the targets and then challenging other cities […]

The Associated Press and Los Angeles Times reported yesterday on the river revival of the Owens Valley, but the Sacramento Bee reports that legislation on another big river restoration project is hitting rough waters in Congress.
“Against a backdrop of lofty snowcapped peaks, about 500 spectators, led by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, gathered Wednesday […]

The Orange County Register reports today that California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez, co-author of the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act, arrived in Washington on Wednesday to make a case for a federal response to global warming. “We saw a necessity to take the lead in the area of climate change because we knew that the […]

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Sen. Barbara Boxer, chairwoman-to-be of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced that she will summon Gov. Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to Washington to testify on climate change and California’s landmark law to reduce greenhouse gases.
Boxer says she intends to model a federal global warming […]

The Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News and the San Francisco Chronicle report that Democrats pledged to continue their bipartisan work with Gov. Schwarzenegger as the California Legislature begun its latest two-year session Monday. “If we reject stalemate and stagnation, and if we commit ourselves to a path of civility and cooperation,” […]

The Sacramento Bee’s Daniel Weintraub comments on the important auto-emmissions case before the U.S. Supreme Court, which could effect California’s fight against global warming. Weintraub determines that Justice Anthony Kennedy, a native of Sacramento, could hold the deciding vote. “Kennedy gave little indication of which way he was leaning,” Weintraub reports. “His only substantive comment […]