How Sacramento deals with polluted wells is quickly, if quietly, defining how seriously California takes the issue of clean drinking water.
Experts describe the winter surge as a “perfect storm” driven in part by poor planning, staffing woes and a tardy governmental response.
A notorious pollution site may be paved over and repurposed for new industrial activity.
California's workplace safety agency has received complaint after complaint about COVID-related cases fueled by lax labor protections.
The coronavirus lowered greenhouse gas emissions, but at year’s end global CO₂ concentrations are still at record levels.
An October bankruptcy settlement let Exide Technologies walk away from a multimillion dollar cleanup in L.A. Could California have done more to secure recovery costs?
Los departamentos (Estrada Courts) continúan sin salida de la zona de contaminación, sin embargo, el estado no ha examinado la posible presencia de plomo en esas...
Who was watching the watchdogs as the cleanup of lead contamination on L.A.'s Eastside ran out of money?
Estrada Courts sits within the Exide contamination zone, but the state has yet to test the homes there for lead.
Co-published by L.A. TacoIn the wake of Exide's bankruptcy filing, questions arise about the state's missed opportunities to secure recovery costs from Exide.
Some observers say it’s time to hand over L.A. County’s oversight of its nursing homes to California. But would state control be any better?
A bill to reform the Department of Toxic Substances Control has been a long time coming, but will Governor Newsom sign it?
Budget overruns, conflicts of interest and bankruptcy hound the quarter-billion-dollar Exide cleanup.
A new study identifies the state's worst regulatory agencies responsible for food safety and agriculture, air quality and toxic wastes.
Health experts worry that Los Angeles County officials might let COVID-19 “burn” through the population.
The five-year cleanup of a lead-contamination zone is a story of confusion, shifting goalposts, missed deadlines and bloated budgets.Co-published by KPCC
The Dept. of Toxic Substances Control has halted all field work on cleaning homes affected by Exide contamination until further notice.
A family of toxins known as PFAS has gotten its closeup on the silver screen via Dark Waters. Will regulators take note?
A warehouse project is planned for a Los Angeles area that is among the very worst in the state for the threats that toxic cleanups and...
While community activists demand ending the use of a dangerous gas at two California oil refineries, their owners claim the ban would cost jobs and raise...