"What is the cost to the people?" asked a resident who said he'd not been informed of numerous chemicals lacing a plot he'd planned to garden in.

For months, federal officials have said post-cleanup soil testing for fire-stricken homes in L.A. was unnecessary. Now, they plan to test 100 homes destroyed in the Eaton fire.

More than 2,500 buildings have been destroyed since the start of the cease-fire, according to a New York Times analysis.