| Published in 2003 Los Angeles Daily News -- The below items can be found using the Advanced Search feature at www.dailynews.com Industrial sites face pollution charges
By Kerry Cavanaugh , Staff Writer - SUN VALLEY -- Finally heeding residents' complaints about contaminated industrial sites in their neighborhood, local and state agencies teamed up Tuesday to crack down on polluting businesses... -- 2/19/2003 What’s Going on at Hansen Dam? By D. Baumann - Here at Hansen Dam, we're used to being rebuffed for even the most basic services. For instance, there are no bathrooms at the soccer fields. Therefore, players relieve themselves in the reeds lining the nearby lakeshore... -- 2/23/2003 Supervisors to pay horses more heed
By Troy Anderson, Staff Writer - In response to community outrage after a Los Angeles city crew paved an equestrian trail at the Hansen Dam Recreation Area in Lake View Terrace, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to work with city officials to preserve horse-keeping traditions in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, Antelope and San Gabriel valleys... -- 2/26/2003 Rotten to the Corps
Properly maintained, Hansen Dam could be a tremendous recreational resource for the San Fernando Valley. But the dam is run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which, sadly, means it isn't properly maintained at all... -- 3/20/2003
Council wants Corps to restore Hansen Dam lake
By Rick Orlov, Staff Writer - Frustrated by nearly a year of delays, the Los Angeles City Council demanded Wednesday that officials of the Army Corps of Engineers explain why they haven't delivered on their promise to clean up Hansen Dam lake... -- 3/20/2003
Army corps agrees to clean mess at Hansen Dam
By Kerry Cavanaugh, Staff Writer - A year after neighbors first decried dumping at Hansen Dam, the Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to spend $60,000 to remove oil-tainted soil and garbage from one of the flood-control basins... -- 4/5/2003 Army Corps of Engineers should clean All its mess at Hansen Dam Half-hearted effort -- For reasons that don't quite add up, the Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to clean up 500 of the 1,200 cubic yards of waste it's dumped into a lake at Hansen Dam...4/12/2003 Re: Army Corps reluctant to clean up Hansen Dam (4/12 editorial)California’s law says "No Dumping." The law does NOT say "Go ahead and dump and then take however long you like to conducts tests; furthermore, you can do the testing yourself, and there’s no need to disclose the results – if you say your dumping caused no harm, we’ll be happy to take your word for it." At Hansen Dam, both the Army Corps and LA Dept of Recreation & Parks have violated California Environmental Protection Laws... |