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Although California officials have known of the risk for over a year, they have not made sure the wells are permanently sealed.

A two-acre lot in South Los Angeles where 21 oil wells sit idle is a danger to the surrounding neighborhood, according to state documents and several petroleum engineers. But although California officials have known of the risk for over a year, they have not made sure the wells are permanently sealed. The wells are located in University Park, a dense neighborhood of intergenerational Latino families and students at the University of Southern California. The chief of the California Geologic Ener...