In a heated community meeting, furious residents assailed federal officials for trucking electric vehicle batteries and other hazardous materials from Altadena to their area for processing.

City leaders from Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa and Baldwin Park have joined in opposition of federal plans to use Lario Staging Ground as a place where they will dump and process the hazardous waste left behind by the Eaton Fire.

More than 600 "right of entry" forms giving the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permission to clear debris of wildfire-destroyed homes were submitted in the first day they were available.