Test

Apr 12 2011

Emergency shut-down and securing fuel rods

SAN ONOFRE, Calif.—Radiation experts and emergency workers at the San Onofre nuclear plant drilled today in response to a simulated radiation leak as part of scheduled exercise that took on new significance in light of the disaster in Japan.

Oct 15 2010

52 siren alarm

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—The annual test of the community alert siren system for  the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station will be conducted next week.

The exercise scheduled for Wednesday morning involves Southern California Edison and the cities of Dana Point, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, as well as Orange County, the California Department of Parks and Recreation and Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton.

Marisol Aguilar  |   OW Contributor
Aug 19 2010

Even top Black youth trail

The Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) 2010 results are out, and California students continue to improve and make steady progress, however the scores still reveal a high achievement gap between minority students and Whites.

The STAR Program, which consists of four components, include the California Standards Test (CSTs), the California Modified Assessment (CMA), the California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) and the Standards-bases Test in Spanish (STS).

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.