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Rubbish Collection
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Italy mobsters block efforts to clean up toxic trash heaps
World |
August 22, 2008
Raffaele del Giudice was a crusader. Read more
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Trash tax doesn’t just hire police
California | Local |
July 9, 2008
The city of Los Angeles collected nearly three times as much money from new trash fees as it spent on the first two years of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s plan for hiring more police officers, according to a report issued Tuesday by City Controller Laura Chick. Read more
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
L.A. officials vow to clean up illegal trash at double speed
California | Local |
July 1, 2008
Piles of smelly, rotting trash dumped illegally in some of Los Angeles’ poorest neighborhoods have been allowed to sit for weeks because dumping has increased: The number of complaints has doubled in the last year while sanitation staffing has remained stagnant, the city’s top public works officials reported Monday. Read more
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
State grant to fight illegal dumping
California | Local |
June 18, 2008
In the wake of a Times report that illegal trash dumping is plaguing some of Los Angeles’ poorest neighborhoods, state officials announced Tuesday that they would give the city a $500,000 grant to help crack down on violators in the hardest-hit areas. Read more
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Italians raising a stink over trash
World |
January 8, 2008
The smell, said Carmela Di Nardo, undulates sickeningly, a cross between rotten eggs, burned skin and dead animals. Read more
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Trash workers go on strike in three Southland cities
California | Local |
October 20, 2007
More than 450 truck drivers, welders and mechanics chanted “yes we
can” and “we are united” early Friday as they went on strike against
Waste Management facilities in Compton, Long Beach and Sun Valley. Read more
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Annual coastal cleanup event expands inland
California | Local |
September 16, 2007
An army of volunteers hunting for litter across Los Angeles County
collected nearly 80,000 pounds of trash Saturday, officials said. Read more
Monday, July 23, 2007
Q&A | LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Would more police mean even less crime?
California | Local |
July 23, 2007
It was Christmas in July last week for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa, who received some good news: Major crime this year was
again down in the city. Read more
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Oakland holds nose as garbage piles up - Cans sit at the curb after a trash firm locks out union workers. The city fears health crisis looms.
California | Local |
July 21, 2007
Twenty days without garbage pickup has taught Walter Smith an
odiferous lesson about modern culture: Today’s throwaway society
produces a heck of a lot of trash. Read more
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Residents raise a stink over lack of trash pickups
California | Local |
July 17, 2007
City officials vowed to get a court order to force a trash company to
pick up rotting garbage during its labor dispute with union workers. Read more
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Leaving a big mess on campus
California | Local |
May 20, 2007
After final exams and graduation every spring, America’s college
campuses become astonishing junkyards of abandoned stuff –
providing, some say, a snapshot of a generation of students raised in
a throwaway culture. Read more
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Council acts to expand pickup of curbside junk
California | Local |
April 26, 2007
In the latest chapter in the city’s war against bulky discards that
sit for days along streets and alleys, the City Council approved in
concept a new monthly fee for apartment buildings to expand pickup of
curb junk. Read more
Monday, April 9, 2007
Charges fly over hauling of trash
California | Local |
April 9, 2007
Over the last four years, trash has brought only trouble to the Los
Angeles County city of Gardena. Read more
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Council Votes to Raise Residential Trash Fees
California | Local |
July 26, 2006
As expected, the City Council voted 12 to 1 on Tuesday to raise
residential trash fees to free up money for more police. Read more
Monday, July 24, 2006
River May Get Cleaned, but City Hall Is Still a Mess
California | Local |
July 24, 2006
If you had spent a couple of weeks traveling in the Pacific Northwest
recently, as I did, you might have encountered the following local
stories: In Ashland, Ore., a City Council candidate who lives in a tent is
mounting a campaign to recall the mayor. Read more
Thursday, April 13, 2006
155% Hike in Garbage Fee Urged
California | Local |
April 13, 2006
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proposed Wednesday steadily
raising residential trash fees to what by 2009 would amount to a 155%
increase over the $11 customers now pay each month. Read more
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Villaraigosa to Seek Hike in Trash Fee
California | Local |
April 12, 2006
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, caught between a tight budget
and a promise to expand the city’s police force, will recommend
hiking trash collection fees and using the money to pay for more officers. Read more
