Styrofoam products banned in county
restaurants
VENTURA “”mdash; Styrofoam or polystyrene products are being
banned at restaurants and concessions doing business on Ventura
County properties.
Following the lead of several other California counties, the
Board of Supervisors unanimously decided Tuesday to ban the
environmentally unfriendly products at 13 restaurants.
Polystyrene does not decompose, but instead breaks into tiny
chunks, littering the landscape, contaminating streams and rivers
and posing dangers to marine birds and other wildlife, according to
a staff report.
Man charged with bombing to claim mental
defect
LOS ANGELES “”mdash; A man charged with firebombing sport utility
vehicles at San Gabriel Valley dealerships will present a
mental-defect defense and claim he has Asperger’s
syndrome.
Asperger’s syndrome is a type of autism where an
individual can display eccentric behavior but often has high
intelligence and language skills.
U.S. District Judge Gary Klausner on Tuesday denied a
prosecution request to postpone the Oct. 26 trial so a government
expert could interview defendant William Cottrell about his mental
health.
Compiled from Bruin wire services.