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  1. #LAFires Could Transform Former #Rocketdyne Site into #FEMATrailerPark

    January 2025

    "#Radiation and chemical vapors on 47-acre #CanogaPark site are too toxic for housing, but could be mitigated to safely house residents displaced by January 2025 fires in above-ground trailers.

    - Gross site contamination and development encumbrances prohibit residential housing
    - Hundreds of #FEMATrailers, mobile homes and even shipping containers could be placed on site safely and temporarily house thousands of #LosAngeles disaster victims [Or maybe a potential #DetentionCenter? Hmmmm...]
    - Efforts to clean up polluted west Valley groundwater could emulate 2024 agreement to remediate fouled east Valley aquifer and provide billions of gallons of clean water

    "The former Rocketdyne Canoga Park facility in the western #SanFernandoValley is so contaminated that it is nearly impossible to build anything on it other than light industry even though a developer wanted to construct homes on the site.

    "#Chemicals and #radiation severely contaminate the land and #groundwater in and around the site according to documentation obtained by EnviroReporter.com.

    "According to astonishing information never before covered in the media, areas offsite and around #RocketdyneCanoga are hot with high amounts of gross alpha and uranium radiation."

    Read more:
    enviroreporter.com/2025/01/la-

    #USPol #RadioactiveHazards #NoNukes #NoWar #EPAFail #USGovtFail #NuclearWeapons #RethinkNotRestart #NoNuclearWar #EnvironmentalDisaster
    #WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #UraniumContamination

  2. It's crazy that a large portion of a large city is missing and it's business as usual on the other side of the country.

    maps.app.goo.gl/vZd8huTAZn8s7e

    #Altadena #LAFires #ClimateChange

  3. A year after the tragic Los Angeles fires, the lingering scent of smoke remains in parts of L.A.

    County.

    Many residents are still displaced as they strive to rebuild their lives.

    This is not just a story of loss; it's a second chance for some.

    #LAFires #Resilience

  4. A Year After LA Fires, Don’t Forget How Trump and Musk’s Lies Hurt Recovery

    Powerful figures were “pouring rhetorical fuel on the flames of the very real fire," says journalist Jacob Soboroff.

    murica.website/2026/01/a-year-

  5. the Eaton and #lafires were a year ago, here's a zine about my experience jackiejude.me/e-zines/eaton/

  6. Managing wildfire risk isn’t just about regulations — it’s about neighborliness: the choices people make on their own property that help keep the people around them safe. #LAFires theconversation.com/la-fires-s

  7. When cities burn, plastics, electronics, cleaning chemicals and more create a toxic brew. An environmental health scientist studying the #LAFires found that some chemicals can be more concentrated indoors than outside, posing real health risks. theconversation.com/la-fire-st

  8. Months After LA Wildfires, Disabled Residents Still Struggle to Find Safe Housing

    Advocates say California’s disaster response has failed to protect people with disabilities.

    murica.website/2025/11/months-

  9. "In the months since the fire, I have taken on a new, unpaid job: I have become an archivist. I ask myself: How to write the disaster when it is the disaster that leaves writing in ruins?" —Vanessa Holyoak for The Los Angeles Review of Books

    lareviewofbooks.org/article/on

    #Memory #PersonalEssay #LAFires #Altadena #PacificPalisades

  10. Posted a new zine about my experience in the #lafires jackiejude.me/e-zines/eaton/

    also, I added alt text to all my zine posts

  11. #PacificPalisades #LAfires #LosAngelesFires
    A 29-year-old former Uber driver was arrested and charged in connection with the #PalisadesFire in January, one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, authorities said at a news conference Wednesday.

    nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arres