Owners of a Los Angeles scrap metal facility which was the site of an explosion near a school in Watts last year were jailed after prosecutors told a judge Thursday that they violated conditional ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

WATTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles County district attorney on Wednesday announced 22 felony charges against a metal recycling company and its owners in connection with the dumping of toxic ...

WATTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- After a years-long battle, a metal recycling company in Watts has pleaded no contest to five felony counts of hazardous waste, and it must close permanently. The residents ...

Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. in Watts will shut down permanently after pleading no contest to hazardous waste violations, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday. Los Angeles County District ...

On the first day of classes, students and staff at Jordan High School in Watts were rattled by an explosion at a neighboring scrap metal recycler, according to officials. Around 8:20 a.m. Monday, ...

The troublesome Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. will permanently close its Watts recycling plant after its owners pleaded no contest to polluting a nearby school campus with hazardous materials. Father ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a scrap metal recycler in Watts to take action to prevent chemicals from washing into local storm drains and drifting onto the campus of a ...

The S&W Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. and its owners were charged in an expanded 25-count indictment after an explosion earlier this year in its scrap metal recycler, Los Angeles County District Attorney ...