It’s a familiar scene in Los Angeles County courtrooms: A landlord shows up to an eviction proceeding with an attorney well versed in housing law. “Our landlords have more resources, they have more knowledge, and more power than our tenants,” said Rafael Carbajal, head of the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs, which oversees the county’s eviction defense services. “And …
Resident Adilene Cardenas, right, waits for word on the whereabouts of her two dogs after a fire swept through her backyard and destroyed her garage on Palm Lane in Fontana. As a precaution for the conditions, Southern California Edison cut power to nearly 13,000 customers in parts of San Bernardino, Ventura, Kern and Los Angeles counties Thursday as firefighters battled …
