Author Archives: Steve Scauzillo

About Steve Scauzillo

I love journalism. I've been working in journalism for 32 years. I love communicating and now, that includes writing about environment, transportation and the foothill/Puente Hills communities of Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, Walnut and Diamond Bar. I write a couple of columns, one on fridays in Opinion and the other, The Green Way, in the main news section. Send me ideas for stories. Or comments. I was opinion page editor for 12 years so I enjoy a good opinion now and then.

A gas station of tomorrow — today

Pull up to a Propel Fuels gas station and you could be asked: “Do you want fry oil with that?” This unique drive-thru offering “food” for your car is the gas station of the future, today. The Clean Mobility Center, … Continue reading

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Starving CSU students’ voices go unheeded

ON my way to teaching my class at nearby Cal State Fullerton, I stepped over a bedroll outside the convenience store inside Langsdorf Hall, the building that houses the university’s administration. I asked the student clerk who handed me my … Continue reading

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Least bell’s vireo seen in San Gabriel Valley

Kimball L. Garrett, ornithology collections manager at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, allows a child to take a peek through his scope focused on a rare bird in the San Gabriel River. Garrett led the bird walk … Continue reading

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Southern California air getting cleaner

By Steve Scauzillo, SGVN twitter.com/stevscaz The air in Southern California is the best it has been in 13 years, according to the American Lung Association, and Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties have been removed from the association’s “fail” list … Continue reading

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Empty Bowls event at Sierra Madre church on Sunday

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Health care mandate a volunteer’s dilemma

MY wife and my 20-year-old son were transfixed to the TV as I walked in the door Wednesday night. The evening news was quoting a Supreme Court justice. He was responding to arguments by the U.S. government’s executive and legislative … Continue reading

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Stop starving our state universities

JUST by watching a bit of television the other night I could tell something is afoot in the world of higher education. Slick ads for Capella University, University of Phoenix, Devry Institute, ITT Tech are flooding the prime time airways. … Continue reading

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Another kind of recycling

THE GREEN WAY Ever since the 1970s, the three R’s of the green movement were Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. It has served the recycling movement well, helping the planet through the recycling of aluminum cans, glass bottles and now, plastic. … Continue reading

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New study says diesel exhaust more dangerous

http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_20146023/new-study-says-diesel-emissions-can-increase-risk?IADID=Search-www.sgvtribune.com-www.sgvtribune.com A landmark government health study released last week provides evidence that the diesel engine exhaust that pervades California highways could be causing cancer at a greater rate than previously known. The study says miners exposed to diesel engine exhaust … Continue reading

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Term limits put bureaucracies in charge

EVERY six years, the state Assembly clears out its membership and replaces them with folks with absolutely zero experience. It’s like the physician’s staff telling you as you are about to go in for surgery: “We’ve replaced all the doctors … Continue reading

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