Last night an armed man tore things up at Rose Hills Cemetery in Whittier when he carjacked an employee on the property and flipped the stolen vehicle during the ensuing police pursuit, says the LA County Sheriff's Department. more ›

Every day we make trash. We do it without thinking. Our refuse is barely a part of our lives. But all around us is a separate, secret culture, created to care for and dispose of this garbage, a world of silent signs and messages that we don't even see. But without it, our lives would be impossible. We would be surrounded by stinking refuse and vermin, able to think about nothing else. more ›