Alfredo Santana

1 month ago | lapublicpress.org | Alfredo Santana

Inside La Asunción Family Restaurant in North Hills, a large wall canvas depicts the Lady of Solitude in front of a church named in her honor inOaxaca. It welcomes customers to dive into dishes like mole negro, tlayudas, and tamales Oaxaqueños. While La Asunción owner Dolores De Los Santos dishes warm and aromatic foods under the protection of the Lady of Solitude, serving the North Hills community has become more difficult.

1 month ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Alfredo Santana

This article was first published by the nonprofit newsroom LA Public Press on Feb. 28, 2025 and is republished here with permission. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday at a community meeting that a toxin found at the former Exide Technologies battery smelter in Vernon was not generated by the plant, dealing a serious blow to calls from residents and elected leaders to designate the site as a Superfund.

2 months ago | lapublicpress.org | Alfredo Santana

Maria Ramirez knows a thing or two about hazardous cleanups. Two weeks ago, her home on Esperanza Street in Boyle Heights with a chain-link fence and a large front yard was detoxified from the lead and arsenic that blanketed this area from the former Exide Technologies plant. And Ramirez had a few pieces of advice for the homeowners starting to return to their burnt-out properties in the Eaton and Palisades fire: bring in the experts.

Oct 15, 2024 | boyleheightsbeat.com | Alfredo Santana

This article was first published by the nonprofit newsroom LA Public Press on Oct. 10, and is republished here with permission. Following requests from environmental justice organizers, residents who live near the former Exide Technologies plant in Vernon now have until December 4to submit public comments regarding the proposed addition of the site to the federal Superfund National Priority List (NPL) for cleanup — a 30-day extension.

Oct 10, 2024 | lapublicpress.org | Alfredo Santana

Following requests from environmental justice organizers, residents who live near the former Exide Technologies plant in Vernon now have until December 4to submit public comments regarding the proposed addition of the site to the federal Superfund National Priority List (NPL) for cleanup — a 30-day extension. The Exide site has landed itself on the fact-track to Superfund designation following the June publication of a 111-page report by the engineering firm Weston Solutions.