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VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER

By Joan Trossman Bien

Oct 15, 2009

Smoke signals

https://web.archive.org/web/20180810021040/https://www.vcreporter.com/2009/10/smoke-signals/

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PACIFIC STANDARD MAGAZINE

Rail’s 150-Year Wait for Safety
Positive Train Control — technology that adheres to the simple premise that there should only be one train to one track — is still years away from full implementation in the U.S.

BY JOAN TROSSMAN BIEN

October 6, 2009 • 9:02 AM • SHARE

https://psmag.com/economics/rails-150-year-wait-for-safety-3433

https://web.archive.org/web/20180327004642/https://psmag.com/economics/rails-150-year-wait-for-safety-3433

https://web.archive.org/web/20141228101207/http://www.psmag.com/navigation/business-economics/rails-150-year-wait-for-safety-3433/

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VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER

One year later: is Metrolink safer now?
Lessons learned but still a long way to go

By Joan Trossman Bien 09/03/2009

One year later: is Metrolink safer now?

https://web.archive.org/web/20090906183847/http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/one_year_later_is_metrolink_safer_now/7237/

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PACIFIC STANDARD MAGAZINE

50 YEARS AFTER AMERICA’S WORST NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
Human error helped worsen a nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, and now human inertia has stymied the radioactive cleanup for half a century.

JOAN TROSSMAN BIEN AND MICHAEL COLLINS

AUG 24, 2009

https://www.enviroreporter.com/investigations/rocketdyne/50-years-after-america%E2%80%99s-worst-nuclear-meltdown/all/1/

https://psmag.com/environment/50-years-after-nuclear-meltdown-3510

https://web.archive.org/web/20180209184455/https://psmag.com/environment/50-years-after-nuclear-meltdown-3510

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VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER

Nature vs. Nurture: Can you ever really trust a pit bull?

By Joan Trossman Bien 08/20/2009

Nature vs. Nurture: Can you ever really trust a pit bull?

https://web.archive.org/web/20120613183017/http://www.vcreporter.com:80/cms/story/detail/nature_vs_nurture_can_you_ever_really_trust_a_pit_bull/7201

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VENTANA MONTHLY

AUGUST 2009

In the Shadow of the Captain
How a personal relationship with Ansel Adams and the masters influenced Larry Janss, artist and local arts philanthropist.

By Joan Trossman Bien

http://www.ventanamonthly.com/article.php?id=395&IssueNum=39

https://issuu.com/ventanamonthly/docs/august2009

https://web.archive.org/web/20130620070735/http://www.ventanamonthly.com/article.php?id=395&IssueNum=39

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VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER

Multilevel marketing: Brand new names, same old games
What may be the golden ticket for some turns into a nightmare for others

By Joan Trossman Bien 07/09/2009