Cerritos

CERRITOS - A federal study released Wednesday shows a Cerritos neighborhood bordering the Santa Ana (5) Freeway suffering from the nation's worst air quality.

Long Beach Press Telegram Most Viewed 2009

The worst single neighborhood lay between two freeways in Cerritos, Calif., outside Los Angeles.

EPA study: 2.2M live in areas where air poses cancer risk 2009

After the EPA released its assessment, which USA TODAY reported on June 24, California's South Coast Air Quality Management District reviewed the data and found "gross overestimation" in Cerritos and several other places because the EPA relied on outdated or incorrect emission data.

EPA study: 2.2M live in areas where air poses cancer risk 2009

Environmental Protection Agency air pollution assessment that identified a neighborhood in Cerritos as facing the nation's highest cancer risk from air emissions.

EPA study: 2.2M live in areas where air poses cancer risk 2009

The AQMD also tested emissions from a facility the EPA report blamed for much of the risk in Cerritos and found its current pollution levels were far lower than those the EPA cited.

EPA study: 2.2M live in areas where air poses cancer risk 2009

Cerritos is on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, right next to the Orange Curtain (OC).

December 2006 2006

Cerritos is on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, right next to the Orange Curtain (OC).

L.A. MIX PROFILE: Librarian Padmini Prabhakar 2006

Catch them at Stacks in Cerritos this Friday at 7: 00PM (18300 Gidley Road, Suite B, 90701) then this Saturday at 4: 00PM at Fat Beats in Los Angeles (7600 Melrose Ave.).

Weekend Highlights (Music (For Robots)) 2005

The Experience Library has just opened up in Cerritos Library in California.

Handheld Computer Use By Librarians in Experience Library/ Computers in Libraries Lori 2002

The Experience Library has just opened up in Cerritos Library in California.

Archive 2002-04-01 Lori 2002