In a bizarre incident a woman mistakenly put her one-month-old grand son into a plastic bin to be scanned along with her baggage at Los Angeles International airport. The baby was noticed by an airport worker who immediately pulled the bin back from the conveyor belt.

Los Angeles County is known for having the stinkiest sludge in America. Virginia Tech environmental engineer John Novak says the sludge from that county in California has the "worst odor of any I have ever tested. " "This county can haul its sludge hundreds of miles into the desert, and it still gets complaints," Novak said, according to a press release by Newswise.

A California men's prison hopes to keep inmates from returning to crime by training them for undersea construction and dam. The marine technology training program is taught to prisoners serving 14 months to 4 years sentences. Ironically, the California Institution for Men is landlocked and located on a stretch of former farmland some 40 miles east of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa vetoed the city council's decision to award a black fire fighter $2. 7 million after he said his co-workers mixed his spaghetti with dog food. Furthermore, Fire Fighter Tennie Pierce said he suffered retaliation from the other fire fighters after he reported the incident, saying the other men barked at him and asked him how dog food tasted. He sued the department in 2005.

Gourmet food on an airplane? It's happening more and more as chefs and hotels are teaming up with airlines to create in-flight meals. Various airlines have found top chefs to help them out.