A major new Reuters investigation details how the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) “regularly downplays and disregards neighbors’ health concerns” and “has helped polluters save at least tens of millions of dollars on cleanups, delayed billions…

“The objects — a 1.5-inch deck marker covered in radium tainted paint that was used to light passageways on ships during the Cold War, and a radioactive piece of glass — were discovered on two swaths of land where the…

“There are times when the citizens of Ventura County need to stand in solidarity for our shared interests. Now is such a time. While many of us are potentially affected, the residents of the East County are directly in harm’s…

“The action culminated in a demonstration on July 23 outside the county Government Center in Ventura, featuring protesters wearing green Parents Against SSFL T-shirts and carrying signs, followed by a parade of 15 speakers from the campaign asking the Board…

“About 60 people attended the event at the Strathearn Historical Park in Simi Valley. Ventura County Supervisors Janice Parvin of Simi Valley and Vianey Lopez of Oxnard attended. Former Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks, also in attendance, was acknowledged for…

“Approximately 20 people protested outside the Ventura County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, July 23, demanding they keep their promise and sue the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to require the cleanup of the toxic Santa Susana…

“Two years after Gov. Gavin Newsom brokered an agreement to help Pacific Gas & Electric Co. preserve the life of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on the state’s Central Coast, the expensive deal came under fresh scrutiny from lawmakers. Once…

“Whether to litigate over a potentially inadequate Environmental Impact Report for the clean up of toxic contamination at Santa Susana Field Lab in the Simi Valley Hills is on the July 23 closed session agenda of the Ventura County Board…

“Coinciding with the 65th anniversary of what they consider “one of America’s worst nuclear meltdowns,” Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup advocates hosted an “action assembly” at Strathearn Historic Park in Simi Valley July 13 hoping to get the Board of…

“Here we are 65 years later and SSFL has never been remediated, never been cleaned up, despite a long history of pleadings, protests, and petitions to the responsible parties, not to mention the ill effects to previous workers and nearby…

“Organizers with the grassroots nonprofit Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab and supporters kicked off a 10-day campaign July 13 aimed at persuading the Ventura County and Los Angeles County Boards of Supervisors, and the Simi Valley and Los Angeles…