South Coast Air Quality Management District
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East Los Angeles
State legislation would increase fines for industrial odors
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer BOYLE HEIGHTS — A bill that would fight non-vehicular air polluters as a tool to…
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Community
Bike rides, tree plantings mark Earth Day events
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — City Councilwoman Nithya Raman, the Department of Recreation and Parks and the nonprofit Friends…
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East Los Angeles
Cleanup work continues in neighborhoods near Exide plant
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Lead cleaning and dismembering of the third battery recycling building at the Exide…
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East Los Angeles
Southeast area leaders send letter to AQMD over odors
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — A group of 37 Southeast Los Angeles representatives have signed a letter…
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East Los Angeles
Animal rendering plant producing foul odors in Cudahy
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer CUDAHY — Foul smells drifting from a Vernon rendering plant that reached residents of this…
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East Los Angeles
Cleanup action near Exide plant picked up in 2021
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Residential cleanups continued at a rate of 80 parcels a month as efforts…
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East Los Angeles
Community is briefed on air quality near Exide plant
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Airborne lead particles from scaffolding removed at the former Exide battery plant in…
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East Los Angeles
Residents outraged over Exide bankruptcy plan
By Ashley Orona Contributing Writer VERNON — A federal court’s decision Oct. 16 to allow Exide to abandon its contaminated…
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