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Barger Calls On Chiquita Canyon Landfill To Relocate Neighbors Afflicted By Odors

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Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger Thursday called on Chiquita Canyon Landfill to provide relocation assistance services to residents from surrounding communities who request it.  In a letter addressed to one of the landfill’s top executives, Supervisor Barger  urges Chiquita Canyon Landfill to take immediate steps to address the suffering experienced by community members – many of whom attended yesterday’s ...

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Chiquita Canyon Landfill Ordered To Find Cause Of Odor Issue Impacting Val Verde, Castaic

Wednesday, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) Hearing Board approved an Order for Abatement that will require the Chiquita Canyon Landfill to take actions to reduce odors from the landfill that have impacted the community. The Chiquita Canyon Landfill is a landfill/solid waste disposal facility located at 29201 Henry Mayo Dr., in Castaic, California. So far ...

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AQMD Requests Odor Management Order Against Chiquita Canyon Landfill

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) filed a petition Tuesday for an Order for Abatement that would require the Chiquita Canyon Landfill to take actions to reduce odors from the landfill. The Chiquita Canyon Landfill is a landfill/solid waste disposal facility located in Castaic, California. In May, South Coast AQMD began receiving hundreds of odor complaints ...

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Chiquita Canyon To Host Online Forum Discussing Foul Odors 

Officials representing Chiquita Canyon Landfill are set to hold an online forum Thursday evening to discuss ongoing odors emitting from the dump.  Since May, residents in several neighborhoods in Val Verde and the Castaic area have been posting complaints on social media about foul smells coming from the Chiquita Canyon landfill.   Since the complaints have started to pile on, ...

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Chiquita Canyon Donates Bikes, Scooters To Children Across Santa Clarita 

In an annual tradition, Chiquita Canyon Landfill made the holiday season a little brighter by donating over 100 bikes and scooters to nonprofit organizations across the Santa Clarita Valley on Tuesday. On Tuesday, as part of Waste Connection’s 22nd Annual Christmas Promise Bike Build Program, Chiquita Canyon Landfill employees assembled and delivered over 100 bikes and 70 scooters to the ...

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LAPD Searching Chiquita Canyon Landfill Near Santa Clarita In Connection With Missing Mother Heidi Planck

Detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) arrived at the Chiquita Canyon landfill just west of the Santa Clarita Valley early Monday morning to search for evidence connected to the disappearance of Heidi Planck, a West LA mother who was last seen in October. In a statement, the LAPD revealed that evidence suggested that 39-year-old Planck had died at ...

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Chiquita Canyon Delivers Over 100 Bikes, 70 Scooters To Santa Clarita Non-Profits

Chiquita Canyon, an innovative local business in the Santa Clarita Valley, continued its legacy as a good neighbor, even during the pandemic, by helping make the holiday season a little brighter for children at the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley and Santa Clarita Grocery. This year, over 100 bicycles and 70 scooters were assembled by landfill employees ...

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Former Santa Clara Waste Water Company Officials Sentenced For Dumping Hazardous Materials In Chiquita Canyon

Two former officials from Santa Clara Waste Water Company (SCWWC) were sentenced for fraud after pleading guilty of dumping hazardous materials into the Chiquita Canyon Landfill, according to officials. On Nov. 22, former SCWWC employees Gus Baker and Mark Avila were sentenced to 36 months of probation, two months of suspended jail time and a $150 fine by the Superior ...

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Free Disposal Day Set For Castaic, Val Verde On Saturday

A Free Disposal Day event for residents of the unincorporated communities of Castaic and Val Verde is set for Saturday. The event is scheduled to be held on June 1 from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill, 29201 Henry Mayo Dr, Castaic, CA 91384. Sponsored by Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger (5th District) and Chiquita ...

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Chiquita Canyon To Deliver Dozens Of Hand-Assembled Bicycles To Two Santa Clarita Nonprofits

Chiquita Canyon — which is a sanitary landfill in the Santa Clarita Valley — is delivering 60 hand-assembled bicycles and helmets for the Child and Family Center and Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley on Tuesday. Do you have a news tip? Call us at (661) 298-1220, or drop us a line at community@hometownstation.com. The bikes will be delivered ...

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