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 ...

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, ...

The Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed last Wednesday at a community meeting that the presence of a toxic chemical at the site of the former Exide Technologies plant is linked to operations at ...