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Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Kourtney Kardashian Barker joins protest against wildfire debris plan in Calabasas
Kourtney Kardashian Barker joined protesters on Thursday, who continued to express their opposition to a plan that brings thousands of tons of ash and debris from the recent wildfires to the Calabasas Landfill in Agoura Hills. The plan involves bringing up to 5,000 tons of debris from the recent wildfires, including the Palisades Fire, to the landfill each day. Ash can contain lead, other heavy metals, and various toxic compounds, and scientists say any amount of lead exposure is potentially dangerous. Neighbors protest plan to put wildfire debris in Calabasas Landfill Since Feb. 15, protesters have been at the landfill site demanding change. The Poosh founder wasn't the only public figure in attendance. Kendra Wilkinson, the ex-girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy Magazine, shared moments from the protest on her Instagram. 'Stop the toxic waste dumping around our schools and residential areas!!!' the Instagram post caption said. The Calabasas City Council recently wrote a letter to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors opposing the plan. 'The City Council is compelled to echo the public sentiment that the urgency of the recovery phase and efforts to remediate one disaster is laying the foundation for future public health and environmental catastrophes that will affect Calabasas residents,' city leaders wrote. Despite vocal opposition, the Board of Supervisors recently agreed to temporarily remove dumping restrictions at the Calabasas Landfill, allowing it also to accept fire debris, according to the Los Angeles Times. The landfill is typically restricted to waste only from Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Agoura Hills, Malibu, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, some parts of Los Angeles and select incorporated areas. The board's vote will allow the landfill to accept material from outside that area for six months, with possible extensions. County leaders have said they understood the public's concern but noted that landfills face strict regulations about handling fire waste, and there was little chance of toxic waste escaping into the air. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- General
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Neighbors protest plan to put wildfire debris in Calabasas Landfill
Protesters are continuing to pressure local officials to dump a plan that would bring thousands of tons of ash and debris from the recent wildfires to the Calabasas Landfill in Agoura Hills. Opponents of the plan, which involves bringing up to 5,000 tons of debris from the Palisades Fire to the landfill each day, first came out to the site on Saturday to make their displeasure known, as reported by the Los Angeles Times. 'Our concerns are the microscopic particles in the ash that cannot be cleaned out,' local resident Kelly Martino told KTLA on Saturday. 'This is microscopic airborne ash, primarily asbestos. It should all be packed up and taken to Nevada … where there's no population in the middle of the desert. It does not belong in a residential neighborhood.' Ash can contain lead, other heavy metals and a variety of toxic compounds, and scientists say any amount of lead exposure is potentially dangerous. The flames are gone, but fires' remnants remain dangerous The Calabasas City Council agrees with Martino and the other protesters, writing a letter to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors in opposition to the plan. 'The City Council is compelled to echo public sentiment that the urgency of the recovery phase and efforts to remediate one disaster is laying the foundation for future public health and environmental catastrophes that will affect Calabasas residents,' city leaders wrote. Martino, who also spoke with the Times and said she lives at the base of the landfill, agreed that the protesters are deeply concerned about future impacts. 'We are just a bunch of moms looking to protect our kids, our schools, our health, not wanting this to become some huge thing in 20 years when a bunch of kids are sick and we have to sue for damages,' Martino said. 'We're trying to stop that before that happens.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
