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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced the seven people chosen to serve on the Chiquita Canyon Landfill Community Advisory Committee on Thursday. On Thursday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced the seven people appointed to serve on the Chiquita Canyon Landfill Community Advisory Committee (CCLCAC). “These seven community members were selected for their commitment and willingness to provide ...

Los Angeles County supervisors once again approved a Chiquita Canyon landfill expansion in Val Verde at their weekly meeting Tuesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the recommendation from county staff to deny appeals from three Santa Clarita organizations, giving final approval to the landfill expansion. ...

Los Angeles County regional planners approved a permit application for hours Wednesday, before granting a conditional approval for Chiquita Canyon Landfill. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The county called for the adoption of the mitigating and monitoring program, and OK’ed the permit extension granted by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning ...

County planners are set to hold a hearing about the expansion of Chiquita Canyon Landfill on April 19 in Downtown Los Angeles. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Chiquita Canyon hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. in Downtown L.A. with a remote location at the Stevenson Ranch Library for local residents ...

Chiquita Canyon Landfill and CalArts are teaming up once again to host their Found Art Scholarship Program, rewarding students for showing off their creativity using almost exclusively discarded materials. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. “This Found Art scholarship program with CalArts is a great way to artistically demonstrate the reuse of ...