The World - News from June 26, 1987
- Share via
Reversing an earlier decision, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega told a news conference in Panama City that he will attend an Aug. 6-7 summit of Central American leaders in Guatemala to discuss a peace plan for the war-torn region. Ortega said last week that he would not attend the summit, which originally was scheduled for June 25-26 but was postponed by Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte. Ortega contended that the United States pressured Duarte to back out. In Washington, the State Department said it welcomes Ortega’s decision to attend.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
