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Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo’s bill, D-Chatsworth, the Expediting State Housing Permits Act (AB 301) was passed as part of a major package of housing legislation aimed at tackling the state’s housing crisis.
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The Department of Water Resources conducted the all-important April snow survey on Wednesday, Aprl 2, the fourth measurement of the season at Phillips Station.
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The Santa Clarita Master Chorale invites you to an elegant evening of wine, dinner and song atthe annual Cabaret & Cabernet benefit “The Beat Goes On,” on Saturday, April 26, 5 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Valencia.
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Visit the Santa Clarita Public Library Valencia branch, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8 for a "Alice's Looking Glass" crafting session.
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Join the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce for a Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting at Monarch Beauty Academy, Thursday, April 24 at 4 p.m.
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For the third year in a row, The Master's University's basketball player Kaleb Lowery has been named an NAIA All-American, this time on the First Team.
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Lief Labs, a premier formulation and product development innovator and manufacturer of dietary supplements, has announced the launch of its 2025 Brand Boost Guide which offers tips, guidance and resources to support dietary supplement brands in identifying potential sales growth and risk management strategies.
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The Master's University men's volleyball team completed the sweep of its old rival with a 25-11, 25-21, 25-19 controlling of the Arizona Christian Firestorm Saturday afternoon, March 29 in Glendale, Arizona.
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Arbor Day is more than just a celebration, it’s a commitment to our future. Every year, communities across the world come together to plant trees, promote environmental stewardship and enhance the landscapes that make our cities and towns more beautiful and livable.
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April 30 will be the final day for submitting comments regarding the updating of Los Angeles County Floodplain Management.
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Among several important issues presented at its Tuesday, April 8 regular board meeting, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will hear recommendations on establishing a unified permitting authority for the Altadena One-Stop Recovery Permitting Center relating to properties impacted by the Eaton Fire.
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April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, a nationwide initiative that highlights the dangers of distracted driving and promotes safer driving habits.
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One of the things that makes the city of Santa Clarita such a great place to live, work and play, is the wide range of amenities we offer our community.
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Los Angeles Health Services has released its 2024 Annual Report, showcasing a year of exemplary achievements in patient care, innovation, and community health.
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The ability to put nutritious food on the table is one of the most important and pressing matters that low-income families face daily.
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American Sports Entertainment Company and the LA Kings, collectively referred to as JV Ice at The Cube, are seeking proposals to license restaurant and bar space at The Cube – Ice and Entertainment Center, powered by FivePoint Valencia.
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The College of the Canyons Foundation will host its third annual 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, April 27, in the college’s West P.E. (WPEK) gymnasium, located on the Valencia campus.
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The LA County Arts Internship Program will invest over $1.6 million to fund 228 university and community college internships, providing students with paid on-the-job experience in the arts and creative sector at over 170 nonprofit organizations starting this summer. Applications for interested students are open now.
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SCV Water received three prestigious awards from the California Association of Public Information Officials at an awards luncheon on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
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When Abraham Martinez-Peña enrolled at California State University, Northridge as a film major, he knew the path he set out for himself — to be a professional comedy writer for film and television — would not be an easy one. Hollywood’s hiring reputation was more “who you know,” than “what you can do.”
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After a nine-month process pursuant to requirements set forth in California’s Proposition 218, the SCV Water Board of Directors concluded its rate study and voted to implement proposed rate changes following a public hearing on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
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Members of the public and the campus community at California State University, Northridge will get a chance to test-drive the latest in electric vehicles on Wednesday, April 9, at CSUN’s Institute for Sustainability’s fourth annual EV Car Show.
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1910 - Filming of D.W. Griffith's "Ramona" with Mary Pickford - first known movie shot in SCV - wraps after 2 days at Rancho Camulos [story]
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I wish Darryl would cite specific sources with links in his commentary. It would be much more informative and believable if people could fact check his discussions. In this day and age a lot of people dismiss these types of columns/opinion without the sources cited. Just my opinion.
The dump does need to expand… to continue their business without interference from the Environmental Protection Agency. Landfills built prior to 1979 are not under the same rules as those built after 1979. Chiquita was built in 1972. Of course they want to expand, because closing as promised would get the EPA involved. The EPA oversees closures and monitors gases coming from the closed landfills. Currently Chiquita doesn’t have the EPA on their backs. There is also a very real chance there are chemicals and toxins, that were made illegal in 1976, are sitting in the part of the landfill without a proper liner. PCB’s, Asbestos, Lead paint and a slew of other toxins made illegal in 1976 are very likely seeping through to the aquifer. So yes, the dump needs to expand… to possibly keep all their dirty secrets buried.
Shelly, what kind of documentation do you want? I have all of it. There are lawsuits from LA County against an auto shredder from Orange County who dumped his toxic waste at Chiquita(LA County won), there is nuclear waste from Rocketdyne, and then the wonderful sludge that Santa Barbara refused to take because it was full of arsenic.
Mr. Manzer,
Many residents believed 2019 would be the closure of this local landfill, if I am not mistaken was agreed upon by very important people, the same people that are supposed to protect the communities.
Some people are ill in our community as there are ill people in other communities, but one needs to be real, there is stink all over the SCV area and bad air quality too, for many reasons that no one seems to be able to honestly control, so many people are unaware of the history of the entire SCV, Castaic, Saugus, Canyon Country and beyond areas there is only so much many of us can to to help people know the history of these areas.
I found this site of the articles written by the Los Angeles Times in regards to the past history of the prior expansion, so we will all have to see if history repeats itself…
http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/chiquita-canyon-landfill
I hope you have a wonderful day, your articles are getting my attention.
Wonderful article
I have some facts for the readers here:
1. The landfill is banned from accepting sludge by their 1997 permit from LA County
2. The landfill signed a contract with the community of Val Verde in 1997. In this contract, the landfill is banned from accepting sludge.
3. The landfill has bid on more than one RFP for sludge and received the contract for at least one.
4. The landfill accepted sludge for a year and if they hadn’t been caught by LA County, they were planning for another year.
5. 3,600 tons of sludge were brought into the landfill during the year.
6. The same sludge was banned from Toland landfill in Santa Paula.
7. The landfill rep came to various community meetings claiming they did not take in sludge.
8. When proof was provided, the story changed to admitting they took in a material which is a solid or semi solid from a water treatment plant, but they still denied it was sludge
9. The landfill rep claimed that there are many definitions of sludge
10. The EPA, Cal Code of Regulations and Waste Connections defines sludge in the same manner. It’s the waste from a water treatment plant. One definition of a material = sludge
11. The landfill rep claimed that they had changed the words on the invoice, so it no longer read sludge – the implication is that changing the words means that the material is no longer sludge
12. The definition of sludge still remains and the material the landfill took in fits the definition.
13. The landfill received a Notice of Violation for accepting the sludge
14. In the NOV, the landfill was warned that if they continued to take in this sludge, they would lose their permit.
15. The NOV states that the material the landfill took in is sludge
16. The landfill has not removed the sludge from their property. It is still improperly disposed of.
17. At a public meeting, the landfill rep claimed that the sludge was tested and is safe.
18. The community asked for the test results and the landfill at first denied they every said it was tested
19. The landfill rep later admitted that they made the claim about testing the sludge, but refuses to provide the results.
20. There is a worry in the community that this sludge contains Arsenic.
21. At a public meeting, the landfill rep went as far as saying that the test results are proprietary and they will not share them.
22. Here is the Merriam Webster definition of proprietary: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proprietary One can wonder what is so secret about the test results?
23. The landfill accepted radioactive waste from Rocketdyne, on at least one occasion, yet the landfill rep says they never did.
24. The landfill rep told us that they received almost no violations or citations. This website shows otherwise. http://chiquitalandfill.net/elevated-gases/
The bottom line is that the landfill has not been the “good neighbor” that they claim to be. It is very upsetting to hear the landfill push their propaganda on us, but when we do some research, we find out they were not being honest. So much for being a “good” neighbor.
My good friend Darryl is finding out how the sausage gets made in the SCV. During spring, the city council votes to approve a Development Agreement with METRO and two days later Arthur Sohikian and Hunt Braly (allvision lobbyists to the city) co-host a fund raiser for Marsha McLean and Laurene Weste. Suddenly- allvision is a sponsor of an charity event for the Boys and Girls Club, that money does not show up on a campaign disclosure. They know all the tricks. It is not a pretty picture Darryl, and they will ignore your concerns. But they do sponsor SCVTV’s banner don’t they?