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Murder suspect killed by police after punching officer

Authorities respond to a fatal police shooting in the Vernon area on April 5, 2023. (KTLA)

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EPA is urged to help clean up L.A. contamination

The Exide Technologies battery recycling plant is seen in Vernon, Calif., on March 10, 2015. Members of Congress are calling on the federal government to help clean up toxic lead contamination from the former battery recycling plant outside Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

1 killed in multi-vehicle crash in L.A. County

Vernon semi-truck fatal crash

Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon to close

A woman wears a facemask while walking past the Farmer John Slaughterhouse/Packing plant in Vernon on Sept. 14, 2020. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

2 L.A. area men collected ransom payments for people kidnapped …

A U.S. Border Patrol agent shows an incomplete section of a border wall on a hillside along the U.S.-Mexico border between San Diego and Tijuana on May 10, 2021 in the Otay Mesa area. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

3 L.A. County men charged in connection with kidnapping …

A judge's gavel is shown in a file photo. (Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus)

CA regulators sue to recover costs for Exide lead cleanup, …

Portions of the former Exide Technologies lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon, seen in October, are wrapped in plastic to prevent the release of lead and other contaminants. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

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2 hospitalized after falling unconscious at Vernon …

Authorities respond to a Vernon food processing plant where two workers were found unconscious on Dec. 1, 2020. (KTLA)

Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon hit with …

A worker finishing his shift carries a cooler past activists from groups such as LA Animal Save, Slaughter Free Los Angeles and Direct Action Everywhere gathered to demonstrate outside the Farmer John Slaughterhouse/Packing plant in Vernon, an industrial city five miles south of downtown Los Angeles on September 14, 2020 (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

State auditor criticizes California agency for Exide …

Workers remove topsoil from homes in Boyle Heights in 2015 as part of a state-led cleanup of lead contamination from thousands of properties surrounding the closed Exide Technologies battery recycling plant in Vernon.(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)

Contaminated Exide plant in Vernon is turned over …

The closed Exide Technologies lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon is partially enclosed in plastic to prevent the release of lead and other contaminants in this undated photo. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Residents dump bags of dirt at federal courthouse …

Protesters left bags of lead-contaminated dirt in downtown L.A. on Oct. 19, 2020, during a demonstration against a court ruling allowing owners of the Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon to abandon the facility, leaving the cleanup to California taxpayers. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

CA taxpayers to foot bill for massive Exide toxic …

Portions of the former Exide lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon are now wrapped in scaffolding and white plastic sheeting.(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Residents express outrage over Exide’s plan to abandon …

The closed Exide Technologies lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon is partially enclosed in plastic to prevent the release of lead and other contaminants in this undated photo. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)