Los Angeles city crews began a major cleanup operation at a a nuisance property in North Hollywood that has drawn resident complaints over crime and drug use.
Residents in Tarzana say trash pickup has been delayed by multiple days.
A weeklong trash pick-up strike affecting Anaheim, Huntington Beach and surrounding cities ended Thursday, with the union representing some 400 sanitation workers ratifying deals to return to work Friday.
The strike raised the possibly that trash service might be disrupted in Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Anaheim, Huntington Beach and Seal Beach.
A federal appeals panel affirmed a ruling prohibiting Los Angeles police and sanitation workers from seizing and tossing oversized items stashed in public places, frequently by the homeless.
FOUND IN THE NICK OF TIME: One of the sanitation workers who saved the kitten from a horrific death, says whoever threw him in the trash, put him in a bag, tied it up and put tape around the top.