The story of Runkle Canyon and the fight against what turned out to be called Arroyo Vista at the Woodlands is far from over. More revelations are surfacing. EnviroReporter.com broke the Runkle Canyon contamination story in Los Angeles CityBeat with “Neighborhood Threat” March 10, 2005. Soon an amazing group of Simi Valley residents rose up to challenge Runkle Canyon’s developers knowing that people needed to know what they literally unearthed which the City of Simi Valley and Department of Toxic Substances Control ignored and dismissed.
The Radiation Rangers of StopRunkledyne formed in 2006 and led the fight against developing Runkle Canyon because of high radiation and chemical findings. Above is the June 21, 2007 Los Angeles CityBeat cover story “The Radiation Rangers – Developers of Simi Valley’s Runkle Canyon claim the water tested clean. Then a band of citizens discovered super-toxic goo seeping from the ground.”
Following are links to archived pages of their information and jam-packed archived website StopRunkledyne. Nearly all the links work making this a go-to news source regarding Runkle Canyon and Rocketdyne. The Radiation Rangers are still active helping media and attending the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Inter-Agency Work Group.
May 16, 2013
City of Simi Valley City Council Campaign Contributions
Radiation Rangers expose tens of thousands of dollars taken by councilmembers who later voted on developers’ project without recusing themselves which is legal in Simi Valley
Do Not Build in a Hot Zone – Fukushima meltdowns awaken America about the dangers of radiation
Newest Radiation Ranger – “Wild Bill” Bowling
September 29, 2011: RunkleDyne History
September 29, 2011: About Rocketdyne
September 29, 2011: Media
September 29, 2011: Resources
April 21, 2010
Runkle Canyon Robber Baron Convicted! Former KB Home chief Bruce Karatz guilty of four felonies
“Perchlorate Patty” Coryell, Radiation Ranger, talks Runkle Canyon with KCET‘s “Life & Times” in Runkle Canyon Development – Radioactive?
Straight Shootin’ – Simi Style – Radiation Rangers have Runkle Canyon covered!
KB Home’s Bombs – StopRunkledyne YouTube video uploaded on Aug 8, 2007
“See How Housing Developer Manipulates the System and builds on top of a bombing range.”
City of Simi Valley lab results worse than Radiation Rangers Runkle Canyon report! – Yet City declares the soil and water clean. City denies water is drinking source and seems clueless as to details of their own damning report! Radiation Rangers reach out to State for relief! Ventura County Reporter tells all in “Spin Cycle”
Where Science and Morality Meet: Don’t build Runkle Canyon by “The Good Reverend John” Southwick
~September 22, 2008
Runkle Canyon – Safest Soil in Simi Valley? – City of Simi Valley and KB Homes’ soil radiation tests are amazingly low — the lab data missing — Rev. Southwick wants answers
Runkledyne Arsenic – Rocketdyne faults leads to Runkle
Good News and Bad News – Gov. Schwarzenegger assures strict Rocketdyne cleanup while Runkle Canyon tests find cancerous TCE
BOEING PAYS $471,000 FINE FOR POLLUTION VIOLATIONS – Penalty to Fund Environmental Programs Benefitting Los Angeles and Ventura Counties
Radiation Rangers Questions for the California Department of Health Services
Save Runkle Canyon – Save Lives
24 Years of Award-Winning SSFL/Rocketdyne Reporting
June 1998 – June 2022
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