Environmental & Energy
Dec. 2, 2025
Witness testimony on Prologis odor event stricken as hearsay
Jurors heard disputed testimony as Los Angeles County Public Works Director Mark Pestrella said Prologis' warehouse runoff caused the 2021 Carson odor event, prompting objections and judicial limits on unadmitted investigative findings.
The Los Angeles County Public Works director told jurors Monday that a "once-in-a-40-year" odor event was caused by hand sanitizer discharged from a Prologis warehouse into the Dominguez Channel and that the industrial real estate company "gave no help" during the investigation.
This testimony from Mark Pestrella drew immediate objections and prompted lengthy sidebars over hearsay and foundation, after which Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham III ruled th...
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