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Living Next to a War Factory

Neighbors of closed Aerojet plant worry about their health and water By Michael Collins LA Weekly – May 11, 2000 Fred Sharp thought it was funny the time his son brought home 20 rounds of machine-gun ammo he had found in his Chino Hills neighborhood. But Sharp, a Vietnam vet […]

Russians, Rockets and the Santa Ana River

A closed weapons plant in the Chino Hills may be leaking hazardous chemicals into the Santa Ana River. By Michael Collins Orange County Weekly – May 18, 2000 Fred Sharp thought it was funny the time his son brought home 20 rounds of machine-gun ammo he had found in his […]

ROCKETDYNE RANCH

The battle over the massive Ahmanson Ranch housing development heats up amid growing concerns about possible water and soil contamination from nearby Rocketdyne. By Michael Collins Ventura County Reporter – December 12, 2002 July 1959. Eastern Ventura County. Simi Valley folks squirmed uncomfortably in their chairs as they watched their flickering […]

HIDE AND SEEK

Brentwood School study finds no radiation on campus land leased from the VA, but bigger questions remain unanswered By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat — February 22, 2007 In a January 30 letter to the parents of students at Brentwood School, headmaster Dr. Michael D. Pratt revealed that the exclusive […]

NUKE ‘EM HIGH

Unearthing the VA dump’s dirty secrets raises more questions than answers By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat — August 16, 2007 On August 8, after months of wrangling, Congressman Henry Waxman finally released nearly 6,000 pages of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) documents related to the Brentwood nuclear and chemical […]

VA Nuclear Dump Documents

Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development 2019 EnviroReporter.com Comments on West LA VA Master Plan Environmental Impact Statement February 13, 2019 Michael Collins breaks down all that is wrong with the West LA VA Master Plan […]

SPIN CYCLE – LA CityBeat

Selling Runkle Canyon pollution report as clean By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat – 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 […]

Aerojet Chino Hills

2000-2023 Aerojet Rocketdyne Chino Hills Investigation Main Page “Perchlorate draining off Aerojet Chino Hills” – October 26, 2017 Surface and subsurface water tests ordered by DTSC in response to EnviroReporter.com comments finds high perchlorate, explosive RDX and uranium. DTSC notifies no one about it.   “Dead for the Hills” – […]

VERY DIRTY LAUNDRY

A new report on L.A.’s nuked Rocketdyne site finally catches the attention of mainstream media By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat — October 12, 2006 A new five-year study of Boeing’s monstrously contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) sparked unprecedented mainstream print, radio, and television coverage last week. “Study Says […]

HOT PROPERTY

Runkle Canyon developers claim mysterious new state tests have erased previously high levels of Radioactive contamination By Michael Collins Los Angeles ValleyBeat – January 19, 2006 Much like Ahmanson Ranch, the huge housing development planned near the Los Angeles County border with Ventura that was instead turned into a park, […]

THE HILLS HAVE EYES

Simi Valley residents unite to fight ‘hot’ KB Home development in Runkle Canyon By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – September 21, 2006 “I am not a tree hugger, an environmental activist, or an Erin Brockovich wannabe,” said Patricia Coryell before an August 21 meeting of the Simi Valley City […]

AHMANSON RANCH TIMELINE

How investigative reporting stopped a public health disaster By Dean Kuipers Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – December 31, 2003 June 13, 2002: Collins writes “Earthly Secrets” for LA Weekly, questioning what was in the water and soil of Ahmanson Ranch which is owned by Washington Mutual. Late June 2002: Residents hold […]

Runkle Canyon EIR Analysis

Residents contend that the Runkle Canyon Environmental Impact Report (EIR) appears to be flawed for a number of reasons including those reported on by Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat and EnviroReporter.com, and because of new developments analyzed here. Not only were high strontium-90 findings in Runkle Canyon omitted or mischaracterized in the EIR, the […]

HOT PROPERTY – Annotated

Runkle Canyon developers claim mysterious new state tests have erased previously high levels of radioactive contamination By Michael Collins Los Angeles ValleyBeat – January 19, 2006 Much like Ahmanson Ranch, the huge housing development planned near the Los Angeles County border with Ventura that was instead turned into a park, […]

DUST IN THE WIND

Simi Valley city and citizens are still looking for answers about Runkle Canyon radiation By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – March 15, 2007 Last fall, spurred on by citizens alarmed at the impending development of picturesque Runkle Canyon and the cloud of strontium-90-laden dust it could launch over the […]

Entire Pat-Chem Laboratories report

Recent articles in the Ventura County Star and the Simi Valley Acorn, and comments by City of Simi Valley officials, have misrepresented the pollution problems in Runkle Canyon and our role in reporting them. In order to correct the record, and to continue to provide the citizens of the Simi […]