City of Simi Valley forced to test Runkle Canyon water and soil for arsenic By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – July 26, 2007 No sooner had Simi Valley’s cadre of concerned citizens, the Radiation Rangers, discovered that arsenic and other heavy metals were fouling the water and soil of […]

The following two excerpts are noted in “Spin Cycle – Simi Council sells disturbing Runkle Canyon pollution report as clean” in the August 23, 2007 issue of Los Angeles CityBeat. The statements of Assistant City Manager Laura Behjan, reporting for staff, seem to indicate a disconnect between the city’s understanding of the nature […]

New law cleaning up Rocketdyne for parkland may not stop adjacent KB Home development pushed by Simi Valley City Council By Michael Collins Ventura County Reporter – November 1, 2007 The apocalyptic Ranch Fire marching toward Simi Valley Oct. 22 never made it to the city limits, but smoky wind […]

KB Home’s Runkle Canyon radiation tests questioned as more groundwater pollution is found and developer negotiates cleanup agreement with state By Michael Collins Ventura County Reporter – January 17, 2008 As soon as the Rev. John Southwick heard the latest round of Runkle Canyon soil testing for the leukemia-causing radionuclide strontium-90 […]

KB Home and state agree to cooperate on troubled Simi canyon By Michael Collins Ventura County Reporter – April 24, 2008 Coming on the heels of the historic covenant to clean up the former Rocketdyne Santa Susana Field Laboratory to the strictest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund standards for radiation […]

Runkle Canyon’s Chromium Conundrum By Michael Collins Ventura County Reporter – June 26, 2008 The men had been up that hot dusty trail before, high in the hills above Simi Valley. Hawks flew overhead as vernal pools evaporated in the late March heat. Tracks of critters led to the stream […]

Selling Runkle Canyon pollution report as clean By Michael Collins Ventura County Reporter – August 23, 2007 The headlines out of Ventura County last week must have pleased Simi Valley officials intent on convincing its citizenry of the benign nature of Runkle Canyon’s soil and water. This is where homebuilding […]

EnviroReporter.com analysis – June 2008 MARCH 2008 ROCK SAMPLE WITH WHITE EVAPORATE A mysterious white evaporate or precipitate was found in Runkle Canyon by Rev. John Southwick and Frank Serafine on March 26, 2008 and given the next night to Norm Riley, Rocketdyne cleanup Project Manager for Cal-EPA’s Department of […]

The Rocketdyne facility is more poisoned than anyone knew. Now residents and community leaders of the northwest San Fernando Valley and Ventura County supervisors want more testing before new homes get any closer. By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – July 22, 2004 [KB Home’s Runkle Canyon development is now […]

How many cancer deaths are too many? The City of Los Angeles finally sues feds over inadequate cleanup of Rocketdyne By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – November 4, 2004 *2007 UPDATE BELOW – CITY, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WIN LAWSUIT Last week, the City of Los Angeles launched an historic lawsuit […]

Gov. Schwarzenegger signs Kuehl bill to clean up Rocketdyne to Superfund standards; Boeing agrees to pay for remediation and donate lab to State for parkland EnviroReporter.com — October 13, 2007 By Michael Collins A decades-long battle over Boeing’s massive Santa Susana Field Laboratory came to a historic climax on Friday […]

The EnviroReporter.com interview October 26, 2007 California State Senator Sheila Kuehl (D-Los Angeles) has long been in the spotlight, first as a child actress best known for her irrepressible Zelda Gilroy character in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. The popular show’s four year run began in 1959 and starred […]

Sounding off over Rocketdyne cleanup milestone – Pros & Con Cal/EPA Secretary Linda Adams “I’d like to thank our partners for their tireless efforts. U.S. EPA, community members, Boeing, and local and state elected officials continue to be valuable partners in our efforts to plan and implement site cleanup.” Louise […]

RUNKLE CANYON LATEST NEWS (32+ POSTS) EnviroReporter.com KB Home’s Runkle Canyon development is now called Arroyo Vista at the Woodlands. Runkle Canyon property adjacent nuclear meltdown site. High radiation and heavy metals found in soil and water. RUNKLE CANYON TIMELINES Before an experimental nuclear reactor and Hot Lab were built […]

(Click here to see Geocon report on the DTSC website) P. 5/150: “Analytical results of surface water samples collected from East and West Seeps in Fishtail Area that are not produced in a report. Samples were collected by Miller Brooks on April 5, 2005.” P. 7/150: “Perchlorate was detected at a concentration […]