Los Angeles; City to Look Into Noise, Fumes; Councilman Ludlow asks experts to probe complaints from the West Adams district that an oil drilling site is a source of irritation.: [HOME EDITION]

Los Angeles officials have pledged to sniff out the cause of fumes and noise that neighbors say are coming from a West Adams district oil drilling site.

City Councilman Martin Ludlow, who represents the area southwest of downtown, said he had asked building and safety officials, environmental experts, city planners and the Fire Department to investigate complaints from neighbors living around the oil field in the 2100 block of West Adams Boulevard.

Residents contend that the continuous rumble of machinery and the smell of oil that wafts into their homes near the 3-acre drilling site are irritating and disruptive.

The oil field, first developed in 1962, is surrounded by single- family homes, apartments...