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May 24, 2012, 10:09 amNew Orleans Times-Picayune to Cut Staff and Cease Daily Print Edition By DAVID CARRThe New Orleans Times-Picayune confirmed on Thursday that it will cut back its daily print publishing schedule to three days a week and lay off an unknown number of staff members.This memo to the staff of the Times-Picayune from the publisher was sent out on Thursday morning, following a New York Times report about the plans on Wednesday night:To all employees:We wanted to make you aware of a news story that will be posted on NOLA.com regarding the future of the company, and to alert you that we will be scheduling meetings to discuss it with groups of employees today.The story, which can be accessed through this link, ... Continue reading →
At issue is whether a series of modifications to the generators, including increasing the number of tubes, should have triggered a more thorough review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It’s possible that the generator changes could be the cause of the excessive tube wear, which remains under review.Speaking in North Carolina, NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko said the problems at San Onofre suggest the rules under which the generators were installed might need to be changed.The agency is reviewing whether Edison operated within those guidelines when modifying and installing the generators — two in each reactor. “We really need to take a look at this process, one way or another,” Jaczko said at a news conference.Operator Southern California Edison initially targeted a June restart for at ... Continue reading →
Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation to approve a ban on plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines, handing a hard-fought victory to environmentalists and promising to change the way Angelenos do their grocery shopping.The City Council voted 13 to 1 to phase out plastic bags over the next 16 months at an estimated 7,500 stores, meaning shoppers will need to bring reusable bags or purchase paper bags for 10 cents each.The ban came after years of campaigning by clean-water advocates who said it would reduce the amount of trash in landfills, as well as the region’s waterways and the ocean. They estimate that Californians use 12 billion plastic bags a year and that less than 5% of the state’s plastic bags are ... Continue reading →
Ben Welsh and Anthony Pesce present the work of the L.A. Times Data Desk for the Online News Association. Continue reading →
The president of Los Angeles Trade Technical College said Tuesday that no one was authorized to sign his name on checks that were identified in a college district audit as potentially forged. The Los Angeles Community College District undertook an audit of checks issued by the Trade Tech foundation as part of a probe of the foundation's finances and particularly payments to the executive director, Rhea Chung. An audit report released Monday concluded that more than $137,000 worth of foundation checks bearing Trade Tech President Roland "Chip" Chapdelaine's signature were not actually signed by Chapdelaine, although auditors wrote that they were "unable to render an opinion" as to who signed them. The bulk of the checks were payments to Chung totaling $99,676. Chung's attorneys argued ... Continue reading →
