Search

The article discusses how violent attacks and the deaths of several people at the homeless camp known as the Jungle in Seattle, Washington highlights the city's social problems as of 2016. According to the article, Seattle, Washington's police and fire fighters have responded to the Jungle camp more than 820 times in the last five years. It states that three teenage brothers were arrested in connection with shootings at the camp in January 2016. Homeless shelters are assessed.

The article focuses on fire management policy in California. Experts state the wildfires in southern California in October, 2007 demonstrate the failure of the current policy of suppressing all fires. This leads to an accumulation of fuel that creates huge fires which pose a far greater threat. It is acknowledged that the expansion of the state's population into areas most at risk of fire make a change in current policy politically impossible.

Profiles the 1970 class of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania in light of corporate downsizing in the 1990s. The significant slice of the United States population that the 618 graduates represent; Experience of professional success and insecurity; Members of the class; Poll of the class and the nation. INSETS: For Bucknell's class of '96, pressure to focus, and fast;The downsizing of America (details on series of articles).