A recycler in Vernon melted down pallets of lead-acid car batteries for a century and there is still lead in people's yards ...

Now lawmakers are trying to figure out what they actually meant when they approved CEQA exemptions last year.

As a study out of UC Irvine finds excessive lead near Vernon, advocates want retesting and an expansion of the clean up zone.

VERNON, Calif. (KABC) -- The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday the permanent closure of a battery recycling plant in Vernon operated by Exide Technologies. The company will also pay $50 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portions of the former Exide lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon are now wrapped in scaffolding and white plastic sheeting ...

VERNON (CBSLA) — A judge on Friday approved a bankruptcy settlement allowing Exide Technologies to abandon its former battery recycling plant in Vernon, despite the protests of state and local ...

Exide Technologies has been allowed to abandon its former battery-recycling plant in Vernon, leaving the state -- and taxpayers -- on the hook to pay for continued environmental cleanup. Tuesday, ...

Five years ago, federal prosecutors made a devil’s bargain with one of Los Angeles’ worst polluters. Authorities had built a damning case against Exide Technologies, which operated a battery recycling ...