LOS ANGELES — The county Board of Supervisors voted Nov. 9 to pay out a total of $3.25 million to two mothers who alleged — in unrelated lawsuits — that deputies staged their young sons’ suicides to cover up fatal beatings in county jails. John Horton, 22, was found hanging in his cell in the…
Read moreMAYWOOD — The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) are about halfway through efforts to remove hazardous waste at the site of the Fruitland Magnesium Fire in Maywood, a summer incident that caused a three-week evacuation of some residents. The fire, which started at a local warehouse,…
Read moreLOS ANGELES — Retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., introduced a bill Nov. 15 that would scrap the Electoral College and determine the winner of presidential elections by the outcome of the popular vote. Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the Electoral College, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton currently leads the popular vote by nearly 1 million…
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