Jason Kandel

KPCC News

• Scientist Watches Glacier Melt Beneath His Feet September 5, 2010
  Scientists collecting ice cores from Indonesia's Pancak Jaya say they saw the 16,000-foot glacier drop 12 inches in just two weeks. Puncak Jaya is one of the few tropical glaciers remaining in the world, and it's especially vulnerable to climate change. This makes it especially important to researchers. […]
• Indonesians protest Fla. church's Quran-burning day September 5, 2010
  The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., said it will burn the Islamic holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Religious leaders in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation, have appealed to U.S. authorities to stop the event. […]
• Thousands of returning soldiers face a new enemy September 5, 2010
  The legacy of one of America's longest combat missions will continue to affect the thousands of troops who came home suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries. […]
• Water valve failure sends city fire tankers to La Tuna Canyon September 5, 2010
  City fire tanker trucks were sent to a dry, brushy canyon Saturday in the eastern San Fernando Valley because a water pumping system failed, taking fire hydrants out of action during a wildfire alert. […]
• LA man booked in death of father found in storage September 5, 2010
  Authorities say a 24-year-old man from Hollywood has been arrested on suspicion of killing his 62-year-old father, whose body was found in a storage facility east of Los Angeles. […]
• Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86 September 5, 2010
  Paul Conrad, the political cartoonist who won three Pulitzer Prizes and used his pencil to poke at politicians for more than 50 years, has died. […]
• Mental stimulation postpones, then speeds dementia September 4, 2010
  Keeping an active mind helps stave off the development of dementia. But being mentally active might speed up Alzheimer's once it hits, according to new research from Chicago's Rush University Medical Center. […]
• On jobs, U.S. now ranks worse than similar nations September 4, 2010
  The U.S. unemployment rate surged far higher and has remained higher than in other major industrial countries. It's now at 9.6 percent. The big shift came when American companies cut workers more aggressively than foreign firms in the face of the financial crisis. […]
• Calif.'s first senator served just six months September 4, 2010
  September 9 is California’s 160th birthday. One of its first senators is a familiar name: John C. Fremont. […]
• Now We Are Alone: Living On Without Our Sons September 4, 2010
  A year ago, the author and his wife were part of a happy family with a bright future. Then their two sons were killed in a car crash. Now they feel a certain bond with other parents who understand that children die a second time "when no one speaks their name." […]