Congresswoman a Auntie Maxinea Waters strikes a chord with millennials

She's 78 years old, but Rep. Maxine Waters is more popular with millennials than their parents ever dreamed of. The blunt-talking Democratic congresswoman who represents a densely populated corridor of Los Angeles County stretching from Inglewood to Torrance and east to South Los Angeles has been in public office longer than the 20- and 30-somethings have been on the planet.

LA County joins efforts to ban toxic chemical from Torrance, Wilmington refineries

The county Board of Supervisors, prodded by increasing political and regulatory efforts to protect public health and safety, endorsed efforts Wednesday to ban highly toxic hydrofluoric acid from the two South Bay refineries that use the chemical. That has prompted the South Coast Air Quality Management District to propose banning the chemical by year's end .