Baseball fields at Sierra Madre schools close for soil testing
SIERRA MADRE, Calif. (KABC) -- Two baseball infields in Sierra Madre were closed Tuesday due to soil testing, more than three months after the Eaton Fire.
The fields at Sierra Madre Elementary and Sierra Madre Middle School were closed off to students.
The Pasadena Unified School District said it has closed off all areas with bare dirt as the district conducts its own soil testing at all campuses - which are separate from the county's tests.
On Friday, the city of Pasadena announced it would be closing baseball infields at two parks after Los Angeles County health officials found high lead levels in the soil.
Soil sampling in two Pasadena neighborhoods revealed led levels above 80 parts per million, which does not require cleanup or remediation but indicates the need for further evaluation, city officials said.
In a statement Tuesday, the district said, "the recent findings were not from school grounds and at this time there is no indication that any of our campuses - or district sites - are unsafe or that anyone is in immediate danger."
In an email to parents, the Sierra Madre Little League said it's working with the city to expedite testing and results so the group can get fields re-opened.
The group is also working on finding other fields to use.
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City News Service, Inc. contributed to this report.
