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| Runkle Canyon: News and Analysis 2 |
| Simi Valley citizens headed up Runkle Canyon in May 2007 to find out for themselves what was in the mysteriously gooey water |
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| Citizens question California Dept. of Health Services about radiation in Runkle Canyon (click here to read) CDHS responds to citizen questions (click here to read) |
| Runkle Radiation Rangers water tests (click to read the two pertinent pages ) |
| Strontium-90 pollution in Runkle Canyon comes from adjacent Rocketdyne says recent report! READ REPORT |
| October 2006 EPA-funded Simi groundwater report links Rocketdyne water to Runkle Canyon! |
| The Runkle Canyon Timeline (click here to read) |
| Runkle Canyon Documents (click here to read) |
July 26, 2007
Bubble Trouble - City of Simi Valley forced to
test Runkle Canyon water and soil for arsenic.
test Runkle Canyon water and soil for arsenic.
- Simi Valley retests Runkle Canyon July 2 after Radiation Rangers tests
show high levels of arsenic developer didn't test for
- City officials chide residents over "melting" glove
- Councilmember Williamson says bees and butterflies in canyon could
mean it isn't polluted with arsenic
- Full Pat-Chem lab residents report released July 6 that added 15 pages of
non-detects for other chemicals in addition to the two pertinent pages
- EnviroReporter.com addresses media and city official comments as well
as the "melting" glove in its Pat-Chem Report and Analysis
- StopRunkledyne.com analyzes high arsenic at Rocketdyne and shows
faults that lead from the lab into Runkle Canyon that could explain arsenic
- "KB Homes - Where Trust Is NOT Built" analysis by StopRunkledyne.com
cites criminal investigation of former CEO and KB Home's development
built on a U.S. Navy practice bombing range with unexploded bombs
Spin Cycle - Selling Runkle Canyon
pollution report as clean
pollution report as clean
- City spins troubling Tetra Tech toxics report as proof of safety of Runkle
Canyon's water and soil
- Arsenic in single soil sample lower, still 20 times over EPA's "preliminary
remediation goal" for residential soil
- City water sample 25 percent higher in arsenic, 26,478 times tap water’s
PRG and 47,000 California's "public health goal" for toxin in water
- Tetra Tech reports barium detected in water at levels 233 percent higher
than the citizens’ sampling
- 33 percent more nickel in Runkle water
- Vanadium 55 percent higher; 2.8 times "notification level" where local
water purveyor advised to warn consumers of "presence of the
contaminant and about the health concerns associated with its exposure,”
according to California Department of Health Services
- Carcinogenic chromium detected 20 percent higher than the state’s
maximum contaminant level (MCL) for tap water
- Cadmium detected at nearly three times the PRG for tap water and 700
times the public health goal
- Lead discovered in city's samples at 33 percent higher than state’s MCL
for the metal
- Reality disconnect: Simi Valley staff claim water in canyon isn't a drinking
water source and Councilman Becerra, and City, demand Radiation
Rangers report that doesn't exist
- Ventura County Star and Simi Valley Acorn report canyon as "safe" with
continued fact-challenged coverage including false alarm about copper,
erroneous cost of citizens' test and wrong posting status of Rangers report
- Los Angeles CityBeat covers Runkle Canyon results
November 1, 2007
Dirty Business - New law cleaning up
Rocketdyne for parkland may not stop adjacent
KB Home development pushed by Simi Valley
City Council
Rocketdyne for parkland may not stop adjacent
KB Home development pushed by Simi Valley
City Council
- Ventura County Reporter cover story of the battle in Simi Valley over
proposed 461-residence KB Home development in Runkle Canyon
- Radiation Rangers and residents demand new Environmental Impact
Report and demand government meeting over pollution concerns
- KB Home undertakes new strontium-90 soil testing over land where
homes may be built -- one test per two acres is called "inadequate"
- StopRunkledyne.com reveals developer contributions, including KB
Home, GreenPark Runkle and Boeing
- Four out of five council members, including mayor, receive Runkle Canyon
developer campaign contributions
- Mayor Paul Miller and Council Member Glen Becerra receive Runkle
developer money before approving massive project's EIR in 2004
- City council berates Radiation Rangers at city hall -- accusations called
"shameful"
- Rocketdyne watchdog Dan Hirsch debates Norm Riley of Department of
Toxic Substances Control over cleanup standards for Rocketdyne with
passage of historic State Senate Bill 990
August 23, 2007