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1909 - Deputy Constable Charles A. De Moranville shot to death after responding to a Newhall bar fight. Prosecution fails to make its case and the killer walks [story]
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California State University, Northridge Men's Basketball knocked down 17 threes, tying a school record for a game, in a 95-65 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday, Jan. 2 at Titan Gym.
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The County of Los Angeles’ Department of Animal Care and Control relies on volunteer support from the community to provide the additional public service and animal care programs that are vital to a healthy community.
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The Santa Clarita Arts Commission will hold its regular meeting Thursday, Jan. 9, at 6 p.m., in Council Chambers at City Hall.
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The 2025 Annual St. Francis Dam Disaster Lecture and Bus Tour will be held Saturday, March 15, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. The event is a fundraiser for the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society.
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California is experiencing an increase in cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, a highly contagious bacterial disease that can be spread through coughing and can cause severe illness, especially in infants.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department that it's Computer Aided Dispatch system failed on New Year's Eve at around 8 p.m. The system has been down for more than 48 hours, but LASD has assured the public the department is working to restore the system.
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The city of Santa Clarita has issued a traffic alert starting Saturday, Jan. 4. The city will begin the installation of small dividers designed to create a dedicated, safe lane for bikers and pedestrians on Orchard Village Road.
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Registration is open for the Winter 2025 Adult 7-on-7 Flag Football League which will have its first meeting 6:30-9:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13 at Central Park, 27150 Bouquet Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91350.
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The members of the Santa Clarita Track Club and Westfield Valencia Town Center will present the 15th annual Mardi Gras Madness 5K/10K and Mini Madness 1K, benefiting Students Off And Running of Santa Clarita 7 a.m.-noon Sunday, Feb. 23 at Valencia Town Center in Valencia, 24201 Valencia Blvd., Valencia, CA 91355.
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The city of Santa Clarita has many valuable resources available for residents needing to dispose of tricky household items like furniture, appliances, large electronics and holiday trees.
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles has announced that Californians required to provide a signature to renew their permanent Disabled Person Parking Placard can now do so online.
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California’s first winter snowpack survey of 2025 showed the snowpack at 91% of the average to date and 37% of the average on April 1, when the Sierra snowpack is typically at its peak.
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A federal judge has barred the state of California from enforcing key parts of Senate Bill 976, also known as the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, finding it may infringe tech companies' First Amendment rights.
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The city of Santa Clarita has announced a new art exhibition, “Wonders That Surround Us,” will be on view now through March 17 at the Canyon Country Community Center.
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Nominations for the 2025 Santa Clarita Valley Man and Woman of the Year awards are now open, and will be accepted until Jan. 31. The awards dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 2, at the Hyatt Valencia.
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Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo (D-Chatsworth) was reappointed by Speaker Robert Rivas as Chair of the Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee for the upcoming legislative session.
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2004, 8:35PM PST - NASA Spirit rover lands on Mars. Wayne Lee of Stevenson Ranch handles entry-descent-landing; Richard Cook of Canyon Country is deputy project manager; Jennifer Trosper of Canyon Country is mission manager/surface operations [story]
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SCV Chamber of Commerce will host a Non-Profit Love Match: Speed Networking with Local Nonprofits event, 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 at James T Ventress Clubhouse, 24909 Newhall Ave., Santa Clarita, CA 91321.
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The Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation has announced registration is open for the annual Principal for a Day fundraising event to be held on Monday, Jan. 24.
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Beginning Tuesdays, Jan. 21 through May 27 from 10 a.m. - Noon, ARTree Community Arts Center will host Acrylic Painting Technique Classes for ages 18 and up.
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The city of Santa Clarita's “Exploring Domestic Spaces” exhibition will be on view through March 20, located at the Newhall Community Center, 22421 Market St. Newhall, CA 91321.
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The Santa Clarita Artists Association presents "Signature YOU," Art Show, bringing an artists unique signature style to Old Town Newhall with a reception, 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 at 22508 6th St., Newhall, CA 91321.
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Darryl… For the record, once again, what you’ve written is not true. Chiquita Canyon is a Class III landfill and does not accept radioactive materials, etc. You know that. And SCVTV leadership knows that.
There are dozens of regulatory agencies that monitor the landfill on a monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual basis and produce hundreds of thousands of pages of reports to ensure the public of the safe operations of the facility. You know that. And SCVTV leadership knows that.
Chiquita Canyon is proud to give back to our community and support local non-profits in the SCV. Chiquita has been in business for over 4 decades serving the SCV safely and will continue to support local nonprofits because it’s the right thing to do.
In regards to the EPA regulations and safety regulations and other regulatory agencies, if they don’t get caught they get away with it. Just like breaking traffic laws, you will do it until you get caught.
I have offered to show everyone documents to back up what we have been saying. No one ever asks me.
As for disclosure when purchasing, banks do not disclose anything. Anyone who buys a foreclosure (short sales too I think) will not see any disclosure about the DUMP or the jail (Peter Pitchess Detention Center). My closing documents don’t say anything about the aforementioned.
I again extend an invitation to those who think we are safe and imagining the smells, come live here on Lincoln or Jackson for a week. I am sure we can accommodate your motor-homes on a vacant lot.
John, SCVTV knows that Chiquita “does not accept radioactive materials.” We also are aware that it might have done so in the past. We know “there are dozens of regulatory agencies to monitor…” That fact is not in dispute. Please share the letters, emails, other forms of communication that Waste Connections and/or the Chiquita Canyon Landfill has had with NASA during 2013 and 2014 with respect to the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. Thanks!
Darryl,
Thank you for once again sharing your opinion regarding the Chiquita Canyon expansion and appealing to peoples fears. I find it very interesting that you have posted documents that are over 22 years old that insinuate the landfill, it is not a dump, is somehow unregulated and unsafe. In your extensive research on this issue, do you by chance find the multitude of documents showing the current day very strict safety regulations that a facility of this type must adhere to? Any reference to the exhaustive EPA regulations they must follow?
I am not uncompassionate the the folks in Val Verde, however the location of the landfill (again NOT a dump) in relation to the community has not been a secret and must be fully disclosed when one purchases a home.
Thank you Darryl Manzer for letting EVERYONE know what we have been saying is true! We are not liars nor did we make up anything. What we have been saying is fact and can obviously be proven.
A resident of Val Verde had their home fall out of escrow when it was disclosed that the landfill was in the process of expanding. For those who claim that the landfill does not affect property values, the proof is here. So, will the landfill pay this property owner for the damage they have caused? My assumption is that they will not, but being a good neighbor means that you don’t cause them to have their home fall out of escrow.
If you go on the website, you can see the many violations the landfill has already broken and continues to break. Yes, they have strict guidelines on paper, however, that doesn’t mean they adhere to them. I live in Val Verde and there are mornings where the smell is just awful. I am concerned for the health of my family as well. No one told me about the landfill when I purchased my home. The landfill was supposed to be closing, but have found a loophole in the contract to get out of it. The people of Val Verde never expected such an expansion. People too often see money and give the green light. I just really want every person to really think about what is important to you and your family. Is it your health? How would you feel if your children started to get sick with no explanation. what about your wife,husband, your elderly parents? How would you feel then? You cannot put a price tag on health. It is just not possible. If I had know about the landfill and it’s risks, on top of a possible huge expansion, I would never have purchased a home here. I actually bought back here because I thought the air quality was better being the furthest away from the freeway. All I am saying is to please really think about the true issues. Don’t think because you live in Castaic, you won’t be immune for the landfill’s ill effects either. Let’s work together for a good cause and that’s keeping our families healthy.
The right thing to do. I am so glad the landfill is going to do the right thing.
The right thing would be to honor the contract with Val Verde and Close.
The right thing is to not buy Castaic so they could turn their backs on Val Verde.
The right thing is to not ask for the addresses of people who complain to the landfill.
The right thing is to listen to the people who live with the smells.
The right thing to do is to not involve a close friend to write in his column how Val Verde residents who smell the land fill are deliberately calling when they do not smell it.
The right thing to do is to fix the smells.
The right thing to do is not to blame a flower, neighbor, or a septic tank for smells that come from the landfill.
The right thing to do is to listen to residents from Val Verde who live in the stench instead of rolling your eyes to suggest that the resident is a little looney.
The right thing to do is to use sand to stop the smells from escaping, not just say your using sand and we find out later that you are using the same rotting vegetation that has always been used.
The right thing to do is not to sit outside houses for hours of someone who has complained about the smells.
The right thing to do is to buy new equipment to mitigate the smells.
The right thing to do is to put in the Draft Deir the 10,000 expected trucks and cars into the air quality section of the Draft Deir.
The right thing to do is to paint the citizens of Val Verde as human, not the bullies they have been painted as.
The right thing to do is to be upfront about the violations and not to hide them from Val Verde. They have all been discovered with much research.
The right thing to do is to admit that there are verified complaints from AQMD. NO violations because it has to be 6 calls, and many in Val Verde are afraid to call because of what happened in the past when they were known to be the callers.
These are all the stories I have either witnessed or have heard when I went door to door to meet my fellow neighbors.
I am so glad we are doing the right thing now. I look forward to the good neighbors that we were promised many years ago.
For those interested in reading very carefully researched news stories about Rocketdyne aka Santa Susana Field Lab, go to enviroreporter.com and start with the earliest article.
The location from which waste was to be hauled to Chiquita, called the “Sodium Disposal Facility” in the memoranda linked above, is commonly referred to among Rocketdyne activists and in news stories is the “Sodium Burn Pit”.
Last week, I found out that there were 280 complaints against the landfill filed this year. If there were no problems, then why would there be so many complaints?
– The landfill rep tells us that none are verified – An outright lie!
– The landfill rep has told us that Chiquita Canyon Landfill has NEVER accepted radioactive material – Another lie!
– The landfill rep has told us they have only had … maybe one … maybe two violations in the last few years – Another lie! This site lists a lot more than one or two!
– The landfill rep has told us that they didn’t take in sludge – then they tried to change the invoice to no longer read sludge. The fact is that they received a Notice of Violation, because it’s against their permit.
– The landfill employees have insulted the residents of Val Verde for years, claiming that the odors in town are due to: flowers, dead animals (yes, we have stock piles of them here in Val Verde), trash cans (somehow they only smell like the landfill near the landfill and they don’t smell bad on the other parts of Val Verde), septic tanks (again they seem to only smell near the landfill and not around the rest of Val Verde) or the farms!
– The landfill rep has been seen sitting in front of residents homes in an attempt to intimidate them.
– The landfill rep has told us that they tested the sludge and it came up safe, however he never produces these results – oh yeah, I forgot that they’re proprietary.
– The landfill rep admitted that he has no idea why Toland Landfill was banned from taking the sludge, yet it’s okay to dump it in Chiquita Canyon Landfill.
– Good neighbor? I’d hate to see what a bad one is!
Sorry, here is the site with all the violations. http://chiquitalandfill.net/elevated-gases/ I was shocked when I saw how many and I couldn’t believe when I read that they had methane readings of 45%, when the maximum is 5%! Methane is the gas in your home (natural gas). Imagine leaving the gas on (no pilot or flame) until your house was 45% full of gas! One spark and poof!
Derek Alan thank you so much for that information!!