Slow to Clean Up its Own Mess, Exide Demands Boyle Heights Residents Hurry Up and Submit Personal Injury Claims by Oct. 31st
In mid-September, they won court approval to pay out $16 million in bonuses to ensure that they would be able to carry out their restructuring plan. The settlement agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency also required that they continue to comply with any cleanup work consent decrees, cleanup work orders, and contamination discovery and cleanup during their restructuring process.
October 17, 2013
Filed Under: Why Can’t We Have Nice Things?
A few days ago a sad message popped in my inbox.
October 16, 2013
Hit-and-Run Victims and Surviving Family Members Face Drunk Driver at Her Arraignment
This past Wednesday, friends and family of Andy Garcia, killed in a brutal hit-and-run last month, came face to face with the woman that had upended their lives.
October 11, 2013
Man Dies Along the Blue Line; Safety Improvements Are Planned for Next Year
On Friday, September 27th, shortly after 6 p.m., 37 year-old Zenon Vazquez opened the gate and stepped in front of the Blue Line train at Vernon.
October 9, 2013
Why Are There CicLAvias I Never Walk Along but Large and Melodious Thoughts Descend upon Me?*
"Wow! That's a lot of bike people!" exclaimed a security guard at a plaza in Little Tokyo.
October 7, 2013
A Friday Shout-Out to Our Readers Who Make My Job So Rewarding
So, this might be kind of an odd and non-newsy post, but I wanted to take a second to thank our readers for allowing us, and particularly me, to do the kinds of reporting we do here.
October 4, 2013
City Asks For Your Input on How to Spend Federal Dollars
The federal government might be shut down right now, but that doesn't mean that we have to stop thinking about how to spend the federal funds that will (eventually, hopefully) come our way.
October 3, 2013
Weekend Events Prove South L.A. Can Be an Amazing Destination, While Also Highlighting the Challenges that Remain to be Overcome
As I walked toward the new garden beds at the West Athens Victory Garden, I felt a little tap on my shoulder.
October 2, 2013
Eastside Access Project Takes Another Step Forward, Experiences Growing Pains
As I walked along 1st St. last week, I came across a gentleman standing outside a storefront, staring at the square of dirt where a huge ficus tree had once stood.
September 27, 2013
Hollenbeck Middle School Breaks Ground on a New Garden
Earlier this week, parents and students broke ground on a new garden at Hollenbeck Middle School in Boyle Heights.
September 26, 2013