In 1982, there were 22 California condors left alive. Every last one was pulled from the wild. The wild population was gone.
This year the Oregon Zoo’s recovery program hatched 15 chicks — the most in 23 years of trying. Ten are in nest boxes right now at the Jonsson Center in rural Clackamas County. Five hatched under foster parents in Boise. Two more came from San Diego Zoo eggs.
Nicole LaGreco, who runs the program, said they currently have 12 sets of condor parents tending chicks at once. Nearly a full house.
The world condor population is now around 600. More than 100 Oregon Zoo birds have already gone out for release. Most of the 600 are flying free.
Twenty-two in 1982. Six hundred now.
What recovery story near you never gets covered?
Women grew up seeing their mothers work full time, make lunches, make dinner, did the preponderance of child rearing, cart kids to activities and keep up the house. Dads mowed the lawn on Saturdays and took out the trash. They saw their mothers tired all the time, burnt out, exhausted.
I think that’s changing quite a bit…I see husbands way more active in all things home making and child rearing now adays, but then you have to find one of those guys. I think this will trend in a new direction as young people are rejecting how things were done before them and are forging their own paths. And good for them.
@marcminter Church membership is not required to repent and become a believer. You are deferring to the authority of the church, not the authority of God.
She made bad choices. This is self-imposed slavery. I’m not wanting to sound mean, but she received a masters in business and didn’t do the math, which is probably why she only makes $15/hr.
If anything, you should be criticizing the educational institution who offered her a place in their program and graduated her when she clearly is not performing at the masters level. That said, she likely didn’t research the institution and success rates upon graduation either.
@BretWeinstein Lol, I wish Community Notes would have some sort of detection for this as well. Sooo tired of CNs that try to prove something didn’t happen because there is no mainstream narrative evidence to support the thing. “Misses key points or irrelevant”…
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They also want walk in closets, granite/quartz countertops, fancy appliances and hardwood floors. You’ve got to work your way up to those things. The best thing my dad did was teach me how to maintain my home and do stuff…it’s helped me make improvements on my homes without having to hire out pros for everything. That said, he also taught me when to call ‘em in…
P*ssed off father addresses township board over the cover up of an accident where his wife his son were hit by the son of a friend of the chief of police.
This father is demanding accountability at a North Huntingdon Township Board of Commissioners meeting, but the backstory behind this confrontation is a chilling look at a family's fight against small-town corruption.
On July 7, 2024, Kathleen Morcheid was driving with her 13-month-old son, Jordan, when a vehicle driven by 22-year-old Nolan Patrick Mullen crossed the center line, striking them nearly head-on. Accident reconstruction experts later testified that Mullen was flying at 90 MPH in a 35 MPH zone just five seconds before the collision.
While the toddler miraculously survived without major injuries, Kathleen suffered life-altering harm, including a severe traumatic brain injury and permanent physical tremors that stripped her of her career as a nurse.
Nicholas Carrozza, the child’s father seen at the podium, quickly uncovered what he alleges is a deep-seated conflict of interest. Local critics and public complaints allege that Mullen’s father was close personal friends with high-ranking local police officials.
Carrozza claims responding officers failed to perform standard on-scene sobriety testing, ignored witnesses who saw the driver laughing after the crash, and systematically stonewalled his family's Right-to-Know requests for body camera footage and basic police reports.
The systemic frustration peaked when the District Attorney’s office offered Mullen a lenient plea deal—dismissing the felony chargesin exchange for probation and home electronic monitoring.
Fortunately, a Westmoreland County judge took the unusual step of rejecting the plea deal, stating home monitoring was entirely inappropriate for an offense requiring prison time.
Carrozza fought back with constitutional law. He openly called out Township Manager Harry Fulk for attempting to bypass him, exposed threats of arrest from the DA for asking questions, and vowed to strip the board members of their qualified immunity via a federal civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
As of June 2026
The fallout has turned into a massive First Amendment battle. Instead of transparent answers, local authorities hit Carrozza with a wave of criminal charges, ordering him to stand trial for misdemeanor counts of disrupting a public meeting, illegal recording in a police lobby, and endangering a public official after he posted an officer's photo online to criticize the department.
Carrozza maintains that these charges are an unconstitutional overreach designed to criminalize citizen activism and silence a father demanding justice for his permanently injured wife and child. Meanwhile, the family home has fallen into foreclosure due to mounting medical debt.
As far as the driver.
Mullen's defense attorney requested a special pretrial hearing to challenge the state's evidence, specifically arguing that Morcheid's injuries did not legally meet the threshold of "serious bodily injury" and that the felony charge should be thrown out.
Judge Stewart firmly rejected the defense's request to drop the felony charge. The judge noted that Morcheid's daily life remains entirely upended by her ongoing brain injury symptoms, headaches, speech issues, and physical tremors. The prosecution also successfully presented accident reconstruction data proving Mullen was driving 90 MPH in a 35 MPH zone just five seconds before the impact, which the court agreed was the absolute "definition of recklessness."
Because the defense's efforts to dismiss the charges failed, Judge Stewart ruled that the final determination of fault and the severity of the crash must be decided by a local jury. Mullen remains charged with felony aggravated assault by vehicle, misdemeanor reckless endangerment, and multiple traffic summaries as the case moves toward a formal criminal trial.
Republicans are passing a temporary rule change that will force us to vote on legislation the same day it’s introduced.
This shell game allows the Senate to jam the House with a spending bill that’s not even settled.
I support border security, but not this bastardized process.