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WATTS, CA - JUNE 16: An aerial view of Atlas Iron & Metal Co., which is a metal recycler that has piles of metal scrap and debris adjacent to newly-built Jordon Downs public housing, shown at top left of photo, and Jordan High School Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Watts, CA. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Plea deal shutters Watts recycling plant accused of spewing toxins onto school

S&W Atlas Iron & Metal pleads guilty to multiple counts of failing to properly dispose of hazardous waste, charges that stemmed from allegations it belched projectiles and toxins onto a high school.

Deputy Trevor Kirk

Judge, prosecutor spar over plan to give lenient deal to L.A. deputy after conviction

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - APRIL 24: Excavators clean up the first home at the Vista del Mar townhomes in Pacific Palisades on Thursday, April 24, 2025. The homeowners association fought for 10 weeks to get approval for cleanup because of a property classification issue. A resident said it was a corporate/commercial classification that made the property ineligible for free government cleanup. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

As L.A. rebuilds from the Palisades fire, residents ask: What’s the plan?

Los Angeles, CA, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 - Efty Sharony, the former ombudsman for the state Office of Youth and Community Restoration. She alleges she was fired after pointing out horrible conditions at an L.A. County juvenile hall where a teen later died of a drug overdose in 2023. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

She brought ‘teeth’ as juvenile hall watchdog — but claims state defanged her

Los Angeles , CA - January 18: Katy Yaroslavsky, Councilmember District 5, at Los Angeles City Council meeting that approved a Homelessness Emergency Fund of approximately $50 million to help implement Mayor Karen Bass' Inside Safe program, held at Council Chambers in City Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023 in Los Angeles , CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. council panel votes to save 1,000 city jobs, reducing layoffs to 650

L.A. council members were told a vote could violate public meeting law. They voted anyway

Judge orders more than 100 youths moved out of troubled L.A. County juvenile hall

L.A. council backs $30 minimum wage for hotels, despite warnings from tourism industry

What happens next for the Menendez brothers? Multiple paths to release now open

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A wide and deep pothole at Western and Sixth St. in Los Angeles on January 12, 2023.
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Contributor: Don’t let the mayor’s budget make our streets even worse

The current proposal represents a dystopian nightmare for our streets, sidewalks and public transportation system.

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