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The guarded gate to Runkle Canyon.
| Runkle Canyon Testing - July 2, 2007 |
After the Los Angeles CityBeat & ValleyBeat cover story "The Radiation Rangers" came out June 21, 2007, the City of Simi Valley decided to go up
Runkle Canyon and test it for itself. This testing for Title 22 hazardous metals, which includes the arsenic, nickel and vanadium found at shocking
levels by the Rangers and tested previously, took water and soil samples which were split to be tested by Pat-Chem Laboratories and another
lab of the City's choosing. The results of this testing should be known within about a week.
Runkle Canyon and test it for itself. This testing for Title 22 hazardous metals, which includes the arsenic, nickel and vanadium found at shocking
levels by the Rangers and tested previously, took water and soil samples which were split to be tested by Pat-Chem Laboratories and another
lab of the City's choosing. The results of this testing should be known within about a week.
Folks gather for the ride up Runkle at
9:00am
9:00am
Shade offered some respite from the
blistering sun and summer heat.
blistering sun and summer heat.
(left to right): The Reverend John Southwick, Council Member Barbra Williamson, Assistant City Manager Laura Behjan, Ventura
County Supervisor Peter Foy, City Manager Mike Sedell and the Honorable Mayor Paul Miller share notes and a laugh in the shade.
County Supervisor Peter Foy, City Manager Mike Sedell and the Honorable Mayor Paul Miller share notes and a laugh in the shade.
KB Homes' Scott Ouellette, in purple shirt, allowed into the property a caravan of city and county
officials to head up into the hills to test the not-so-mysterious muck percolating up from the
groundwater in Runkle Canyon in the Santa Susana Mountains.
officials to head up into the hills to test the not-so-mysterious muck percolating up from the
groundwater in Runkle Canyon in the Santa Susana Mountains.
Pat-Chem technician Ron Lovato, foreground and at right,
sampled the goo in the water trying his best to duplicate the spots
he sampled for the Radiation Rangers over a month before.
sampled the goo in the water trying his best to duplicate the spots
he sampled for the Radiation Rangers over a month before.
Unidentified testing person in the reeds of
Runkle Canyon.
Runkle Canyon.
(left to right): unidentified woman, KB
Homes' Keith Jajko, Williamson.
Homes' Keith Jajko, Williamson.
(left to right): Ouellette, Sedell, Miller
Pat-Chem's Lovato with unidentified man
Ouellette with Foy
(left to right): Sedell, Foy, Jajko and
Williamson
Williamson
Unidentified testor
The black gunk on the testor's gloves
appears to be crude oil.
appears to be crude oil.
Simi Valley's Laura Behjan, foreground,
looks like she'd rather be somewhere else
than this scorching hot canyon!
looks like she'd rather be somewhere else
than this scorching hot canyon!
Lovato appears to be sampling from the
same location where the arsenic-laced
mud was sampled by the Radiation
Rangers.
same location where the arsenic-laced
mud was sampled by the Radiation
Rangers.
KB Homes' Ouellette shares some thoughts
with Simi Valley's Williamson.
with Simi Valley's Williamson.
One unidentified man said to Southwick
that the rusty-looking soil was stained by
these old pipes -- a highly unlikely scenario.
that the rusty-looking soil was stained by
these old pipes -- a highly unlikely scenario.