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Incompetent, Corrupt, or Impotent: How public agencies mishandled the Aliso Canyon disaster in the San Fernando Valley
The 2025 edition of my book, updated through October 4, 2026 is available for uploading. https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:va6c2:a5a886c2-82f5-4719-a44e-e11379ea7047
wearealiso
Oct 171 min read
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SFV Residents Will Mark 10th Anniversary of the Aliso Canyon Gas Blowout with Town Hall
It’s hard to believe, but October 23, 2025, will mark the 10th anniversary of the largest gas release in US history. To commemorate this milestone of the Aliso Canyon methane blowout, Save Porter Ranch and Food & Water Watch have planned a town hall for Sunday, October 26, starting at 3 p.m. at the Porter Ranch Vineyards Community Room, 20065 Rinaldi St. on the second floor (around the corner from Gus’s Barbecue and to the north of La Popular). Among the topics on the agenda
wearealiso
Oct 173 min read
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SFV Residents Will Mark 10th Anniversary of the Aliso Canyon Gas Blowout with Town Hall
It’s hard to believe, but October 23, 2025, will mark the 10th anniversary of the largest gas release in US history. To commemorate this milestone of the Aliso Canyon methane blowout, Save Porter Ranch and Food & Water Watch have planned a town hall for Sunday, October 26, starting at 3 p.m. at the Porter Ranch Vineyards Community Room, 20065 Rinaldi St. on the second floor (around the corner from Gus’s Barbecue and to the north of La Popular). Among the topics on the agenda
wearealiso
Oct 173 min read
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Incompetent, Corrupt, or Impotent: How public agencies mishandled the Aliso Canyon disaster in the San Fernando Valley
This is the current edition of my book, updated on December 4, 2024. The PDF can be accessed at https://adobe.ly/3Zj8FS0 .
wearealiso
May 241 min read
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The Fight to Stop Hazardous Waste at Sunshine Canyon Continues
Published on Medium.com on February 19, 2025 February 18, 2025 Sunshine Canyon Protest; photo by Patty Glueck Feeling that they have no...
wearealiso
May 243 min read
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Why the Sunshine Canyon Landfill is a Poor Choice to Store Urban Fire Debris
Published on Medium.com on February 2, 2025 February 4, 2025 meeting of the Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council; photo by Patty...
wearealiso
May 2312 min read
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What Every Angeleno Should Know after the L.A. fires
Published on Medium.com on January 18, 2025 Aftermath of January 2025 urban fire in Los Angeles; photo by ABC7 While the Los Angeles...
wearealiso
May 238 min read
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How a Captured Regulator Will Endanger Residents in Northern Los Angeles
The California Public Utilities Commission voted to keep the hazardous Aliso Canyon storage site open indefinitely Published on Medium.com...
wearealiso
May 2310 min read
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The Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Facility Update for Fall 2024
Published on Medium.com on October 6, 2024 This article has been updated on October 19, 2024. Now that the ninth anniversary of the...
wearealiso
May 2316 min read
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SEVEN YEARS LATER: RESIDENTS ARE STILL WAITING TO SAY BYE BYE TO ALISO
Published on Medium.com on October 22, 2022 Sign outside SoCalGas office One thing that hasn’t changed is the sword of Damocles swinging...
wearealiso
Oct 29, 202241 min read
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Where Do 2022 Candidates Stand on Environmental Issues?
Knock LA asked several state and county candidates for their position on transitioning LA away from oil and gas. Published in...
wearealiso
Jul 8, 20226 min read
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San Fernando Valley Residents Show Up to Say Close Down Aliso Canyon
Published in Medium.com on April 4, 2022 Senator Henry Stern speaks at SB-1486 Rally, held outside SoCalGas office. Approximately sixty...
wearealiso
Jul 8, 20227 min read
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Is a Shutdown of Aliso Canyon’s Gas Storage Facility in Sight?
Published in Medium.com on March 9, 2022 Aliso Mom Alliance’s Jane Fowler speaking about the need to close Aliso. Photo by Andrea Vega....
wearealiso
Jul 8, 20225 min read
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Why I’m Speaking Up About the Aliso Settlement Offer
Published in Medium.com on February 16, 2022 Rally held in Porter Ranch on September 28, 2021; photo taken from NBC video I admit I’m a...
wearealiso
Jul 8, 202217 min read
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From Muting to Withdrawing: Fighting to Shut Down Aliso Canyon in Year Two of COVID
Published in Medium.com on January 10, 2022 Residents speaking up against the Lawsuit settlement offer; photo by Deidre Bolona 2021 was a...
wearealiso
Jul 8, 202224 min read
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Six Years is Too Long: Another Milestone in the Aliso Canyon Disaster Aftermath
Published in Medium.com on October 24, 2021 Residents and activists on the 6th Anniversary of the Aliso Canyon Blowout; photo by Alex...
wearealiso
Jul 8, 20227 min read
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Why Residents are Against the Aliso Civil Case Settlement Offer
Published in Medium.com on September 28, 2021 Residents show up for rally, photo by NBC “Let’s put this in front of a jury let’s see all...
wearealiso
Jul 8, 20225 min read
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Incompetent, Corrupt, or Impotent: How public agencies mishandled the Aliso Canyon disaster...
...in the San Fernando Valley This is the PDF I created in May 2021, from deconstructing my series up to that point....
wearealiso
Jul 8, 20221 min read
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Are Aliso Victims Going to Be Screwed By the Impending Health Study?
Published in Medium.com on March 31, 2021 From the beginning of the 2015 blowout at the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility, local...
wearealiso
Jun 21, 20213 min read
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Incompetent, Corrupt, or Impotent: How Public Agencies Mishandled the Aliso Canyon Disaster: Pt 11
Published in Medium.com on March 8, 2021 NEWSOM SIGNS EOs for the ENVIRONMENT BUT NOT FOR ALISO In his February 29th State of the State...
wearealiso
Jun 20, 202114 min read
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