U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

South Gate contaminated sites may finally get EPA Superfund cleanups

Wave ProductionJuly 27, 2023010 mins

By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer Two of three former industrial parcels in South Gate with high levels of underground contamination…

Wave ProductionApril 13, 202304 mins

Wave Staff Report WEST HOLLYWOOD — The city will celebrate Green Week 2023 April 15-22 to focus attention during April on the…

Wave Staff DonOctober 13, 202209 mins

By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer LYNWOOD — The city has hired an engineering and environmental consultant for nearly $427,000 to…

Wave Staff DonJuly 7, 202209 mins

By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — A perimeter with properties impacted by lead pollution from the Exide Technologies plant…

Wave Staff DonApril 11, 2022010 mins

By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — A split emerged among community leadership committee members during the panel’s first…

Wave Staff DonApril 7, 2022010 mins

By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — A bike path expansion project in Southeast Los Angeles cities along the…

Wave Staff DonJanuary 6, 2022011 mins

By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — A closed metal scrap facility in the Walnut Park section of…

Wave Staff DonDecember 30, 2021January 4, 2022011 mins

By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Residential cleanups continued at a rate of 80 parcels a month as efforts…

Wave Staff DonDecember 17, 2021December 21, 2021010 mins

By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — A revived task force studying the Long Beach (710) Freeway has committed…

Wave Staff P3August 6, 2021011 mins

By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Airborne lead particles from scaffolding removed at the former Exide battery plant in…