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Rat Invasion Vexes Staff at Historic Los Angeles City Hall

LOS ANGELES — The first clue Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson had that rats were invading City Hall, possibly carrying a potentially deadly disease, was the pitter-patter of little feet. "We had an employee or two mention they heard something in the ceiling," Wesson said Thursday as he...

Mobile Home Residents Who Lived in ‘Squalor’ Awarded $5.5 Million

LOS ANGELES — A jury awarded more than $5.5 million to 31 residents of a Southern California mobile home park rife with problems, including sinkholes, sewage backups and rats. Jurors also found the owners of Friendly Village liable for elder abuse, lawyers for the plaintiffs said Monday. The amount of...

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