L.A. drops truck academy

City officials announced Wednesday they had dropped an ambitious, 5-year-old plan to create a truck driving academy atop a portion of the closed Lopez Canyon Landfill. Daily News.

After a closed-door meeting, the City Council decided to not appeal a judge's ruling that would have required the city to perform a full environmental impact review for use of the 1.5 acre site.

"We were hoping the court would have said our mitigated negative declaration would have been fine with a few fixes," said Councilman Richard Alarcón. "But when the court said we would need a full environmental review, it wasn't worth pursuing."