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APPLE SETTLES LAWSUIT OVER IPHONE 4 RECEPTION

Mon, Feb 20, 2012 1:30 pm -0800 PST

Apple is settling a lawsuit over its iPhone 4 reception. CNET is reporting the deal resolves class action litigation linked to the iPhone's antenna. The California company is agreeing to give everyone in the U.S. who bought an iPhone 4 15-Dollars or a free phone case in the settlement. An attorney representing the plaintiffs says the settlement is open to over 20-Million Apple customers. The iPhone case is supposed to help correct the problem.

EPA TO DIG MORE WELLS TO STUDY CHROMIUM 6 LEVELS

Mon, Feb 20, 2012 1:30 pm -0800 PST

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is looking for more evidence of a cancer-causing substance in the ground water below the San Fernando Valley. The EPA will dig about 30 more wells to study levels of chromium 6 under Glendale and Burbank. The "Los Angeles Times" reports the study is funded by federal grants and by aerospace manufacturing firms that polluted the water supply decades ago.

VIOLENT DISNEY VISITOR SUBDUED BY PEPPER SPRAY

Mon, Feb 20, 2012 1:29 pm -0800 PST

Visitors were stunned when a man at Disney's California Adventure became very belligerent and took on a couple of bellhops at the Tower of Terror Saturday in Anaheim. The bizarre brawl was caught on a camera phone. Glen Horlacher took wild swings at security personnel until he was subdued by pepper spray. Police arrested the 53-year-old. One Disney security employee was treated at a hospital for injuries.

"L.A. TIMES" STUDY FINDS LACK OF DIVERSITY

Mon, Feb 20, 2012 1:29 pm -0800 PST

They decide who wins the Oscars, but the 57-Hundred-and-65 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are largely unknown, even to most Hollywood insiders. Now, a "Los Angeles Times" study finds Oscar voters are a much less diverse group than the movie-going public. Among other things, academy voters are 94-Percent white, 77-Percent male and have a median age of 62 years. And, since academy membership is for life, hundreds of Oscars voters haven't worked on a film in decades.

MOBILE VENDORS FIGHT PROPOSED SCHOOL ZONE BAN

Mon, Feb 20, 2012 1:29 pm -0800 PST

The Southern California Mobile Food Vendors Association is lobbying against a state Assembly bill that would ban food trucks within 15-Hundred feet of any kindergarten-through-12th grade school. It was introduced last week by Bill Monning and would be in effect between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on school days. Food truck owners say there are fast food restaurants close to many schools. The association has posted an online petition opposing the bill.

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