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I am the host for California Report at KQED. Previously I was a reporter at Capital Public Radio. I was a 2009 California Fellow. Interests: Cheese Whiskey Bacon Skateboarding Darts Chili Dogs Beer Cigars Rope Swings HEALTH CARE
<p>The central California community of Kettleman City sits next to one of the largest toxic landfills in the country. Some residents think landfill toxins are to blame for air, water, and health problems, including a cluster of birth defects.</p>
<p>California regulators stop monitoring PCBs in the air at the Kettleman Hills Facility, then birth defects increase in Kettleman City, then regulators start monitoring, and birth defects go down.</p>
<p>Kettleman City has a <del>toxic</del> PCB dump problem, or at least so says the U.S. Enivornmental Protection Agency. From the release:</p>
<p>For the viewing, I sported green Nike running shoes and a 2nd hand brown suit. I thought I looked fine. But on the way over to the church, my friend, who I'll call Tony, laid into me:</p> <p>"You look like an idiot. What the hell are you doing wearing that? You're the only fool I know that would go to a funeral dressed like you're running to a 1975 prom."</p>
<p>My mom used to take me to <a href="http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-10-18/business/17137174_1_mervyns-natio… "husky" jeans. My mom tried to sugar coat this embarrassing ritual by telling me I was <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=big%20boned">big boned</a>.</p>
