By Jim Holt Senior Investigative Reporter As the cleanup of close to 1,000 acres of contaminated soil and water at Whittaker-Bermite comes to a close, and while lawyers in bankruptcy court hundreds…
Santa Clarita LLC, which owns the undeveloped 900-plus-acre Whittaker-Bermite site, recently filed for voluntary bankruptcy, and is working to sell it to a global industrial real estate company for possible commercial and residential development, officials said Wednesday. In…
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control is developing draft agreements that break down what can and cannot be done in areas that will be restricted in the nearly 1,000…
The public is invited to hear an update on the 19-year cleanup of nearly 1,000 acres at the heart of the Santa Clarita Valley during a multi-jurisdictional community meeting at…
With close to 1,000 acres in the heart of Santa Clarita cleaned to the satisfaction of state officials, stakeholders meeting at City Hall Wednesday turned their focus on what’s to…
After more than a decade, the Whittaker-Bermite cleanup reached a significant milestone this month as soil remediation efforts in contaminated areas are now complete, according to officials close to the…
Citing evidence of a bird hardly anyone ever sees and dealing with permit paperwork they see all too much of, officials supervising the cleanup of the Whittaker-Bermite site said their…
Firefighters responded Wednesday night to a 1.5-acre brush fire at the edge of the Whittaker-Bermite site near the approximate center of the Santa Clarita Valley. Flames were reported around 8:40…
During a multi-jurisdictional meeting Wednesday, stakeholders in charge of cleaning up the contaminated land of the Whittaker-Bermite property mentioned that interested parties could follow the progress of the project on…
The cleanup of close to 1,000 acres of contaminated soil at Whittaker-Bermite is still on track to wrap up by year’s end, with just a dozen isolated pockets needing particular…
As state officials count down the time remaining in the cleanup of close to 1,000 acres of contaminated land at Whittaker-Bermite, they plan to update the public about the cleanup…
After three decades of cleaning groundwater and close to 1,000 acres of contaminated soil at Whittaker-Bermite, cleanup officials told a public meeting Wednesday they can “wrap it up in a…
Anyone wanting an update on the cleanup of nearly 1,000 acres in the heart of the Santa Clarita Valley should drop by a meeting of the Whittaker Bermite Citizens’…
Wouldn’t it be pleasant to travel between Canyon Country and southwest Newhall in a matter of 10 minutes instead of half an hour? Crawling through traffic, you have probably said…
Building a road that connects major portions of the city across the contaminated Whittaker-Bermite site is just a developer away, according to city officials. As the conclusion of the more…
In a recent issue of The Signal we learned that there is light at the end of the tunnel (CAG: Roads built across Whittaker Bermite land would open up the…
In the Great Depression, manufacturers made and exploded dynamite on the Whittaker-Bermite site. At the start of the Second World War, they made and set off fireworks there. Then they…
The latest test results of the air wafting over the site at the former Keysor Century Corporation reveal good news and bad news. The good news is that the air…
What a great idea Chad Kampbell proposed for the Whittaker-Bermite cleanup site “Seize this choice opportunity,” (Jan. 17 in The Signal)! It’s questionable whether, even after “cleanup,” the site will…
After several delays and more than a few obstacles the Whittaker-Bermite cleanup effort is well under way. Completion of the cleanup is expected by late 2018. Once the cleanup is…
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