The distinctive, red-and-white-striped steam stacks of the Scattergood Generating Station in Playa del Rey, visible from miles away, have been a landmark for decades. They also point to one of L.A.'s less lovely but critical pieces of infrastructure, the Hyperion Treatment Plant. There are free walking/tram tours of the facility; visitors are warned in advance that the smell may be overpowering for some. So how bad could a sewer serving 3.3 million people really smell? In the 90-minute tour,... More »
