State and local leaders are to gather in Boyle Heights Friday and tour a contaminated neighborhood that is still reeling from the fallout of the now-defunct Exide recycled battery plant in Vernon.

Ahead of an April groundbreaking on Grand Park, Frisco officials approved a nearly $22.4 million increase for environmental cleanup at the former Exide Technologies site.

It’s about time. After years of being excluded from California’s largest environmental cleanup, there’s finally a proposal to remove lead-tainted soil from thousands of parkways — the publicly owned ...

A long-awaited transformation is inching closer to reality in Frisco, thanks to a major boost in state funding aimed at cleaning up one of the region’s most toxic industrial sites. Texas State ...

The shuttered Exide Technologies in Vernon, responsible for a swath of lead and arsenic contamination stretching 1.7 miles in southeast Los Angeles County communities, is scheduled to be a Superfund ...

VERNON, Calif. (KABC) -- A decades-long battle to clean up contamination in Vernon and surrounding communities is getting a new boost from Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget. Neighbors and activists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The now-closed Exide Technologies lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon, shown in 2020. State officials are proposing ...

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After heated criticism from community groups and environmental justice advocates, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control has announced that it will publish detailed records of work done ...