The Weisenbergs are awaiting trial on 25 counts of failing to properly dispose of hazardous waste and failing to minimize the risk of exposure or fire at their Watts plant, which has operated next ...

A long-sought victory for residents in Watts as the owners of a metal salvage and recycling yard face felony charges of ...

A few days after he jailed the owners for repeated violations of court orders, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Terry Bork ...

Older Encino defendant is released on “urgent medical grounds,” but two men continue to face multiple charges related to ...

S&W Atlas Iron & Metal Co., a recycling company located in Watts that has garnered controversy due to claims of pollution ...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered Matthew Weisenberg, co-owner of S&W Atlas Iron and Metal Corp., to remain jailed ...

After Atlas Metal Company’s owners, Matthew and Gary Weisenberg, were indicted in September for mishandling hazardous waste ...

One of the two owners of a metal salvage and recycling yard adjacent to Jordan High School in Watts was ordered Monday to remain jailed in lieu of $1 million bail in connection with charges that ...

His office released a statement that read, "This is a historic day for Watts, Jordan High School and criminal justice—for the first time, after decades of endangering children with metal ...

“Today is the first time the owners of Atlas metals have felt the consequences for their decades of damage to the Watts community," Genesis Cruz, former student of Jordan High School said in a ...