Past Articles by Gloria Hillard
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Starving Baby Sea Lions Flood Southern California Shores More than 1,000 sick and dying sea lion pups have been found stranded since the beginning of the year, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. As scientists try to figure out why, one animal rescue worker says that in nearly three decades on the job, he's never seen anything like it. |
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Starving Baby Sea Lions Flood Southern California Shores More than 1,000 sick and dying sea lion pups have been found stranded since the beginning of the year, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. As scientists try to figure out why, one animal rescue worker says that in nearly three decades on the job, he's never seen anything like it. |
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Starving Baby Sea Lions Flood Southern California Shores More than 1,000 sick and dying sea lion pups have been found stranded since the beginning of the year, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. As scientists try to figure out why, one animal rescue worker says that in nearly three decades on the job, he's never seen anything like it. |
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Wildlife Advocates Fume Over Army Corps' Razing Of Reserve A 48-acre area in California that housed more than 200 species of birds was stripped bare by the Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the land. The Corps says the clearing was necessary to improve flood control and discourage homeless camps and drug dealing, but some are questioning whether the agency violated rules that protect wetlands and waterfowl. |
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Wildlife Advocates Fume Over Army Corps' Razing Of Reserve A 48-acre area in California that housed more than 200 species of birds was stripped bare by the Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the land. The Corps says the clearing was necessary to improve flood control and discourage homeless camps and drug dealing, but some are questioning whether the agency violated rules that protect wetlands and waterfowl. |
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Hit-And-Run Deaths Increase, But Culprits Hard To Capture In Los Angeles, where the car is the major mode of transportation, hit-and-run accidents involving pedestrians occur almost daily. But these crimes can be the most difficult for law enforcement to investigate and solve. |
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'Erin Brockovich' Town Faces New Threat   Pacific Gas & Electric Co. — blamed for the groundwater pollution case made famous in the movie -- is offering to buy homes in Hinkley, Calif., again, this time in areas previously believed to be unaffected by the contamination. Many families, some who have lived in the town for generations, are packing up. |
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'Erin Brockovich' Town Faces New Threat Pacific Gas & Electric Co. — blamed for the groundwater pollution case made famous in the movie -- is offering to buy homes in Hinkley, Calif., again, this time in areas previously believed to be unaffected by the contamination. Many families, some who have lived in the town for generations, are packing up. |
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'Erin Brockovich' Town Faces New Threat Pacific Gas & Electric Co. — blamed for the groundwater pollution case made famous in the movie -- is offering to buy homes in Hinkley, Calif., again, this time in areas previously believed to be unaffected by the contamination. Many families, some who have lived in the town for generations, are packing up. |
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Domestic Abuse Victims Get Chance At Freedom Women in California prisons for killing their abusive partners may get a chance at freedom. Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a bill that allows new evidence to be considered in decades-old cases. |
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One Afghan Girl's Healing Journey To The U.S. Arefa, 6, suffered a life-threatening wound on her head as well as severe burns when her family's tent in Afghanistan was engulfed in flames from an IED. Doctors treating her at a hospital in Los Angeles say her struggle to stay alive for three years is nothing short of a miracle. |
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Office Stress Dogging You? Try Punching In With Fido A number of studies have touted the health benefits of canine companions. But a new study says dogs can make for a happier, more productive workplace, too. |
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Calif. College Hikes Tuition For In-Demand Classes After years of state budget cuts resulting in fewer classes, Santa Monica College has a solution. Starting this summer, certain classes will cost $180 per credit hour compared to the current price of $36 per credit hour. That's raised concerns of a two-tier system: one for those who have financial resources and another for those without. |
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Blue Angels Bring Winter Thrill To California City El Centro has something most hard luck small cities don't have - the Blue Angels. For three months every winter, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron makes the city its training home. It's been an enduring love affair for both the city and its adopted military family. |
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Down And Out Escape To 'Slab' In California Desert Slab City is a 600-acre chunk of California desert on an abandoned WWII artillery training range, home to long time residents, newcomers and transients. There is no running water, no sewers, and no other comforts of modern day civilization, and the folks of Slab City like that just fine. |
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Urban American Indians Rewrite Relocation's Legacy In 1952, the federal government created a program that encouraged Native Americans to move off reservations and into cities such as Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles. They were lured by the hope of a better life, but for many that promise was not realized. |
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Some Jobless Saved By The Salvation Army Bell Although in the past bell ringers were primarily volunteers, for many behind the kettle today, the temporary job has become a lifesaver. For first-time bell ringers Lynn and Rusty Smith, the minimum wage job is helping to keep them afloat during tough economic times. |
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'Hamlet' On An Elevator? The Bard Gets A New Venue The elevator lunch crowd of a Los Angeles office building is the last place you'd expect to encounter William Shakespeare, but that's just where the Salty Shakespeare theater group is taking him. |
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LAPD Officer Puts A Muzzle On Illegal Animal Sales Thousands of animals are sold illegally on the streets of Los Angeles every year - dogs, cats, lizards, rabbits and turtles. But the city passed a new ordinance to help police the problem. And one officer, nicknamed Dr. Dolittle, is helping enforce it. |
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Military Dogs Enjoy Brighter Future After Service Military working dogs were once euthanized when their service days were over. Today, military and civilian families pressure the Defense Department to make it easier for handlers to adopt their canine colleagues. |
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A Last Gift: Father Finishes Book After Son's Death It's been more than four years since Army Staff Sgt. Darrell Griffin Jr. was killed while serving in Iraq. When he died, he had been collaborating with his father on a book about the war. The book - Last Journey, A Father and Son in Wartime - is a compilation of hundreds of emails and letters - and Darrell Jr.'s journal. |
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In Tight Times, L.A. Relies On Volunteer Police The Los Angeles Police Department has more than 700 unpaid workers in its Reserve Corps. The volunteers save the city about $5 million each year. But with new budget cuts hitting the department, some in the legal profession have concerns over the volunteers' role. |
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Group Offers Comforts For Hollywood's Street Kids Members of the non-profit organization Covenant House spend their evenings handing out sandwiches, blankets and water to kids living on Hollywood's streets. They say runaways often come to California looking to break into show business and find a very different - and dangerous - ending. |
