The Sally Beauty store chain settled a lawsuit with Riverside County and other government agencies statewide stemming from improper disposal of hazardous products, resulting in a $1.9 million agreement and the company’s commitment to sweeping policy changes, officials said Friday. According to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, the civil action against the Denton, Texas-based […]
Palm Springs will be the third city in the Coachella Valley to be sprayed with insecticide following the netting of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus within the city limits, vector-control officials announced Tuesday. Neighborhoods in Indio and Coachella were sprayed with an “ultra- low” volume of insecticide last week to prevent the spread of […]
A suburban Philadelphia mother has been charged with criminal homicide in the alleged poisoning death of her 2-year-old son. Bucks County authorities announced the charge Tuesday against 42-year-old Jennifer Clarey, alleging that she poisoned Mazikeen Clarey using two prescription medications. Authorities say lab tests of the boy’s sippy cup— which prosecutors stressed had a childproof […]
The California company that sells Crystal Geyser bottled water has been charged with illegally disposing of arsenic-tainted wastewater, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The charges don’t allege that CG Roxane LLC sold tainted water, but that it illegally shipped and disposed of the toxic waste filtered from well water. A 16-count indictment in Los Angeles federal […]
