Nearly 50 years after it was discovered that an estimated 4,500 barrels filled with toxic waste were dumped and buried on a 650-acre strip mine in northwestern Washington County, federal environmental ...

Steel drums of hazardous waste were found at a roadside turnout at Monterey Road near Paso Robles on Dec. 18, 2024. Four of the barrels contained benzene, a substance SLO County Public Works said is ...

Atascadero residents were ordered to shelter in place Sunday afternoon after a smoking barrel of hazardous waste was found at a Circle K gas station. Atascadero Fire and Emergency Services responded ...

The owner of a now-defunct Ventura County dry cleaning operation has been ordered to pay more than $30,000 for dumping 110 gallons of hazardous waste in Los Angeles County, officials announced this ...

Several drums of hazardous waste were dumped on Monterey Road in Paso Robles in December, the San Luis Obispo County Department of Public Works said in a Tuesday news release. Five steel drums were ...