Tonya Simpson

Jan 9, 2025 | abcnews.go.com | Jared Kofsky |Lindsey Feingold |Tonya Simpson |Cindy Galli

In 2022 alone, 11% of local fire insurance policies weren't renewed. ByJared Kofsky, Tonya Simpson, and Cindy GalliJanuary 9, 2025, 11:13 AMWhen fast-moving fires plagued neighboring communities in Los Angeles County years ago, a school in Pacific Palisades served as an evacuation center. After this week's disastrous fires on the Westside, that will no longer be an option.

Jan 9, 2025 | thepulseofnh.com | Jared Kofsky |Tonya Simpson |Cindy Galli |Bill Hutchinson

(LOS ANGELES) -- When fast-moving fires plagued neighboring communities in Los Angeles County years ago, a school in Pacific Palisades served as an evacuation center. After this week's disastrous fires on the Westside, that will no longer be an option. On Tuesday, flames tore through Palisades Charter High School, which reports show was previously used to offer shelter to people escaping Southern California wildfires like the 1977 Topanga fire and the 2018 Woolsey fire.

Aug 23, 2024 | espn.co.uk | Tonya Simpson

Tyler Zombro, the former Tampa Bay Rays minor leaguer pitcher who suffered a serious head injury when he was hit by a comebacker during a Triple-A game in 2021, said Friday that his playing days are finished. In a series of social media posts, the 28-year-old Zombro said he's fought "consistent nerve issues" since suffering the injury, making it difficult to play, and instead will turn his full attention toward "helping others vs. helping myself."This is a post I've dreaded.... but it's time.

Apr 26, 2024 | yahoo.com | Evan Simon |Jon Schlosberg |Tonya Simpson |Tommy Brooksbank |Matt Gutman

A plastics facility listed as a member of an environmental stewardship program created by American plastics industry groups appears to be regularly discharging plastics into the Malaysian river beside which it is located, according to an investigation by ABC News. "We used to see them discharge it every two days," Saravanan Kumar, whose family has been fishing along the river for generations, told ABC News. "Sometimes we can see it all, the plastics and everything.

Apr 24, 2024 | abc13.com | Matt Gutman |Evan Simon |Tonya Simpson |Jon Schlosberg |Tommy Brooksbank |Mark Nichols

Pua Lay Peng lives on the front lines of the global plastic pollution crisis. The 52-year-old's hometown of Jenjarom, Malaysia has been transformed in recent years by thousands of tons of imported plastic waste from the U.S. and other wealthy nations. As a result, the once quiet agricultural town she grew up in is now surrounded by dumpsites and smokestacks from plastic factories that she says pose dire health risks for her and her loved ones.