El Segundo Residents Await Reimbursement, Improvements Months After Hyperion Sewage Spill

A sign is posted at Alamitos Beach warning of the dangers of sewage contaminated water in Long Beach, Calif. on July 19. Steve McCrank/The Daily Breeze via AP

For years, the city of El Segundo has been lovingly dubbed “Smell Segundo” by residents for its proximity to a sewage reclamation plant, a Chevron refinery, and the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

“You put those three together and it’s not going to make for fresh, clean, beautiful air, no goodness,” Resident Jo Franco told The Epoch Times. “On some days it’s business as usual, and on others, you walk outside, it’s like ‘Oh, it really stinks today.’”