Global building products giant CRH is latest to exit the Israel market, but firm says its sale of a 25% stake in a large local cement firm was not due to boycott pressure.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. (LACSD) accused two phony engineers of using stolen software to forge the engineering seal and signature of a former employer.
Even as drilling crews are getting closer to capping a natural-gas well that has spewed thousands of metric tons of methane since last fall, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has filed criminal charges against utility Southern California Gas Co. for failing to immediately notify authorities of the rupture within the largest underground natural-gas storage facility west of the Mississippi River.