Vernon News

California's public retirement agency plans to radically slash the pension of ex- Vernon City Manager Bruce Malkenhorst Sr.

State officials have issued a subpoena to the city of Vernon as part of a wide-ranging probe of the city's finances, officials said.

LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles City Council voted 13 to 1 on May 23 to approve a ban on plastic and paper bags.

County tax assessor John Noguez is the target of a major investigation by the DA's office into shady tax deals, and has been urged to resign by District Attorney Steve Cooley himself.

"Forever Marilyn," the 26-foot-tall statue that became a controversial fixture on Chicago's Michigan Avenue, has been getting final touchups since its arrival in Palm Springs on Monday morning.

A tuberculosis patient has been charged in California after authorities said he failed to take medication for the highly contagious disease.

The state Supreme Court has decided not to review an appellate court's January ruling that a Superior Court judge has the power to consider a plan for water storage in the southeast area of Los Angeles County.

STUDIO SPACE: When Sandast opens its downtown Los Angeles store on May 17, visitors will be able to watch workers create the luxury leather line through a workshop window.

A so-called 'Big Shift' is in store for motorists traveling the I-215, 259 and 210 freeways through San Bernardino, as several current directions of traffic will be shifting, beginning this Friday, May 4, transportation officials said.