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March 24, 2026 3:55 pmBombing Iranian power plants is a war crime

What happens if Iran bombs ours? The 1977 Geneva Convention, Article 56, states that bombing power plants is a war crime.  Despite this prohibition, many have have argued that the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is a legitimate military target because it is located on Camp Pendleton, a military base....

February 17, 2026 11:50 amNew Harvard Study Links Cancer to Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants

December 8, 2025 3:07 pmEarthquake strikes 2.7 miles from San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

November 11, 2025 6:47 pmPublication of SONGS Hazardous Waste Event Report No. 58027

November 11, 2025 1:08 pmEdison “Engagement Panel” on SONGS, this Thursday, 5:30pm

October 22, 2025 10:42 amVideo Recording of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Community Engagement Panel meeting on radioactive nuclear waste

Public Watchdogs has recorded and published the latest San Onofre Community Engagement Panel (CEP) meeting on the disposal of deadly high-level radioactive nuclear waste (they prefer to call it SNF or “spent nuclear fuel”) at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (“SONGS”). Background:  SONGS was shut down after a defective...

October 19, 2025 10:48 amCopy of California Highway Patrol Report on getting hit by shrapnel during the Vance/Hegseth tour of Camp Pendleton

This is the original California Highway Patrol (CHP) report with details on how the Marines, under the courageous leadership of the Secretary of the War Department, Pete Hegseth, accidentally shelled Highway Patrol vehicles and CHP officers on October 18, 2025.  Get the CHP report.  New Yorker article on Mr. Hegseth’s ascent....

October 3, 2025 2:57 pmCash-Strapped Electricity Ratepayers offered bank loans to pay bills!

US Bank is now offering loans so that families can “finance” sky-high high electric bills It’s no secret that San Diego County residents are victimized by the highest utility rates in the nation.  We pay as much as three times more than other states, which may be why almost one out...

May 23, 2025 10:10 amYour California State Senate and Assembly Member contact info, District Maps, and Bios for Orange and San Diego Counties

Updated: May 23, 2025 Finding a California politician’s phone number can be time consuming and frustrating.  That’s why Public Watchdogs has done the research for you.  Below is a complete list of San Diego and Orange County Senate and Assembly members with maps showing the boundaries of each district. When “Redistricting”...

May 5, 2025 12:47 pmPublic Watchdogs’ interview on Nuclear Hotseat, and the dirty details behind AB305

In this episode of Libbe HaLevy’s popular broadcast, Nuclear Hotseat, Libbe interviews Public Watchdogs’ co-founders, Charles Langley and Nina Babiarz about the extraordinary legislative treachery swirling around California Assembly Bill 305 (AB305), and how it is designed to pave the way for a massive rollout of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs)...