Air quality regulators act on Boyle Heights odor complaints, imposing new requirements on warehouse operator Lineage

Debate over deadline rages as cleanup of Boyle Heights warehouse continues - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Wave Wire Services BOYLE HEIGHTS — As cleanup efforts continues at the fire-devastated Lineage Logistics food-storage warehouse, a debate was raging over whether the company missed a city-imposed deadline to complete the work. Mayor Karen Bass had imposed a 45-day deadline for Lineage to complete the removal of roughly 85 million pounds of rotting food from the warehouse. Bass contends Aug. 14 is the end of that 45-day period, and she accused th…

Lineage and Fire Chief Said There Was No Ammonia Leak. Real-Time Logs Tell a Different Story.

Weeks later, Lineage’s own data — buried in online reports — shows some unsafe ammonia levels in Boyle Heights. The post Lineage and Fire Chief Said There Was No Ammonia Leak. Real-Time Logs Tell a Different Story. appeared first on .

Warehouse fire cleanup dispute adds to frustrations in Boyle Heights

Frustrations continue to mount for Boyle Heights residents nearly two months after a fire at a cold food storage warehouse followed by concerns about air quality and a lingering stench from rotting food being removed from the building. This week, a disagreement over the timeline for cleanup at the property flared up between the city and the building’s tenant-operator Lineage Logistics. On Friday, NBC Los Angeles obtained new images showing the c…

Air quality regulators act on Boyle Heights odor complaints, imposing new requirements on warehouse operator Lineage

After two days of hearing​ from Boyle Heights residents and Los Angeles city officials, the South Coast Air Quality Management District approved an order of abatement that would increase the potential fines levied against Lineage Logistics.