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California suspends operations at Vernon battery recycler

2013-04-24 18:20:00

State regulators took the highly unusual step Wednesday of suspending operations at a Vernon battery recycler that has discharged harmful quantities of lead for years and more recently has been deemed to pose a danger to as many as 110,000 people...

State officials temporarily shut down Vernon battery recycler

2013-04-24 10:33:00

State regulators announced Wednesday that they are temporarily shutting down a Vernon battery recycler that has been under fire for posing a danger to as many as 110,000 people because of arsenic emissions. The state Department of Toxic Substances...

Assembly speaker demands action on Vernon recycling plant

2013-04-05 16:11:00

Assembly Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) on Friday asked the state Department of Toxic Substances Control to take "immediate action" on dangerous arsenic emissions from a battery recycling plant in Vernon. Last month, �the South Coast Air...

L.A. City Council members irate over arsenic emissions

2013-04-03 23:51:00

Los Angeles City Council members Wednesday expressed fury at recent revelations that arsenic emissions from a battery-recycling plant in nearby Vernon pose a danger to as many as 110,000 people, and called upon the city attorney to look into possible...

Toxic lead pollution in L.A.: Two battery recyclers beg to differ

2010-11-09 21:33:03

Shannon Aubert named AJGA All-American for 3rd straight year

2012-10-27 08:29:00

Earning Junior All-American honors even once in the competitive world of junior golf is noteworthy enough. Now, though, Shannon Aubert is starting to join some exclusive company. The Pine School junior has been named to the American Junior Golf...

Samantha Wagner, Tae Wan Lee named to Wyndham Cup roster

2012-06-27 21:49:40

A tree grows at Saucon Valley – and another, and another

2012-04-17 17:57:00

Driving across the 850 acres of golf course he tends to daily, Jim Roney pointed out a chestnut tree that sustained significant damage during the harsh storms of 2011. "This is one my favorite trees," he said, "and it really took it on the chin....

Exide to add up to 130 jobs in Salina

2012-02-23 19:35:00

Exide Technologies has announced a multi-million-dollar expansion at its Salina plant. The battery maker will add between 100 and 130 new jobs over the next two years. The plant currently employs just more than 600. ...

The week ahead

2006-11-05 00:00:00

Monday: -- Earnings: American Financial Group Inc.; Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; Charles River Laboratories International Inc.; Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.; Corrections Corporation of America; El Paso Corp.; Gaylord Entertainment Co.; General Growth Properties...

Wearing breathing devices, employees move boxes around by forklift at the lead smelting company Exide Technologies in Vernon. State regulators took the highly unusual step Wednesday of suspending operations at the battery recycler.

2013-04-24 00:00:00