On Saturday morning, hundreds of San Gabriel Valley residents gathered on a warm yet gloomy day in Rowland Heights to protest the creation of battery energy storage systems and data centers in the City of Industry.
In February, the City of Industry City Council voted unanimously to change zoning laws to allow for the construction of a battery storage site just northwest of where Azusa Avenue meets the 60 Freeway.
Although it only houses around 200 residents, the City of Industry is home to roughly 3,000 businesses, including many factories; with its unusual two-mile-wide, 14-mile-long strip, it neighbors about a dozen different communities…