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3 dead, 2 injured in shooting rampage at California utility

Angel Jennings, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 9:56am

LOS ANGELES -- An employee went on a shooting rampage at Southern California Edison offices in Irwindale on Friday, killing two co-workers and critically wounding two others before taking his own life.

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Whitney High School in Cerritos, California, hosts a food truck fundraising event to raise money for a new multi-media room on October 17, 2011. Some area high schools - already hit hard by budget cuts, are taking donations from food truck vendors looking for a place to park their businesses. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Schools rolling out food trucks as new fundraisers

Angel Jennings Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 10:04am

LOS ANGELES -- Echo Lau drove to Whitney High School on a recent Monday evening to pick up her kids. She left with dinner.

The student parking lot at the Cerritos campus is transformed every week into a congested food truck stop as eight mobile eateries attract the business of loyal followers, parents and students.

But this isn't a typical stop for these catering trucks; this is a school fundraiser, in which a portion of the proceeds go directly to Whitney to help pay for a new multi-media center.

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