Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pumpjacks in the Inglewood Oil Field operate in close proximity to homes in September 2024. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) For ...

Southern California’s commercial real estate industry doesn’t want to drink each other’s proverbial milkshakes — they want to build on top of them. Yet redeveloping land used for oil extraction is ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. L.A. County is suing four oil companies for allegedly failing to plug at least 227 idle wells in the Inglewood Oil ...

2:47 p.m. Dec. 12, 2025: An earlier version of this article said California law defines “exhausted wells” as those that have yielded an average daily production of two barrels of oil or less. This ...