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For years, an oil drill site stood in the heart of a South LA neighborhood. Now a park may rise in its place.

By Bob Smietana — December 19, 2023
(RNS) — 'God is giving us beauty for ashes,' said Parks, president of Redeemer Community Partnership.

Urban oil well to be shut down, cleaned up after pressure from LA faith activists

By Bob Smietana — June 4, 2019
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The city of Los Angeles gave AllenCo three years to clean up an urban oil well in Los Angeles. The move comes after years of activism by local faith-based groups, who say the neighborhood well was a nuisance.
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