The latest in Palos Verdes

DDT deposit off Southern California will be capped

2010-04-16T09:58:44Z

EPA chooses $50 million plan to cap huge DDT deposit on ocean floor off Southern California

Clean sand and silt will be used to cover a vast deposit of the pesticide DDT and toxic compound PCB on the ocean floor off Southern California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday.

The $50 million...

SoCal Asian communities aim to weed out toxic fish

2010-04-16T11:30:30Z

Inspectors weed out toxin-laced fish from Southern California's Asian communities

John Fallan's trained eye scans rows of iceboxes brimming with tiger fish and shrimp in a Vietnamese supermarket, searching for one pesky fish that threatens the health of seafood lovers.

Authorities say the white croaker has become a popular catch in local Asian communities. But when reeled in off a stretch of California's co...

EPA plan targets vast DDT deposit off Calif. coast

2010-04-16T11:40:19Z

EPA plan targets vast DDT deposit on seafloor off Southern California

A plan to cap a vast, long-neglected deposit of the pesticide DDT on the ocean floor off Southern California got its first public airing Tuesday — nearly four decades after the poison was banned from use.

The estimated $36 million proposal by the Lt. Specialist John Fallan, right, of California's Department of Fish and Game teaches A-Dong market manager Dong Tran about the contamination in the waters off the Palos Verdes Peninsula and the danger of eating white croaker from the area, during a visit to the Randy Ruby, right, kayaks by a storm water drain in Redondo Beach, Calif., off the Palos Verdes Peninsula on Monday, June 22, 2009. The Environmental Protecti...

Actor Chuck Norris

2010-04-13T06:31:07Z

Jun 01, 1981 - Palos Verdes, California, USA - Actor CHUCK NORRIS at home in Palos Verdes, California

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Robert J. Lowe - Real Estate Developer

2010-06-15T10:00:07Z

Feb 14, 2009 - Los Angeles, California, USA - ROBERT J. LOWE, the founder and chief executive of Lowe Enterprises, a national real estate development company, is photographed at his company's Terrenea propert...