Illegal dumping in Antelope Valley has led to massive waste piles, posing environmental and health risks. Companies like ...

“Illegal dumping has ... makes for an acute fire risk. Between 2020 and 2024, the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to 42 mulch or trash-related fires in the Antelope Valley, ranging ...

Drive along one of the Antelope Valley’s long, open roads and you’ll see wood chip-covered berms rising from the flat desert ...

illegal dumping of mulch on empty land in the Antelope Valley, a growing problem in the wide open, often rural communities of north L.A. County. Some of these fire-prone materials are left on ...

A Los Angeles County fire official said Monday that the cause of the Apollo Fire in the Antelope Valley — which torched 800 acres and destroyed at least one home — was mulch that spontaneously ...

The mulch is spread out on Luna’s property. It has a spongy consistency that could potentially smolder if caught on fire ... area to report if they see illegal dumping. If you see any illegal ...

Illegal mulch dumping is a big problem because piles of green waste can smolder, smoke and flare up into a large fire. In other words, self combust. But, that's not all, other dangerous items ...

Eric Eller likes to ride his dirt bikes through the canyons, dry riverbeds and rocky outcroppings of the Antelope Valley in the high desert north of Los Angeles. Eller's an off-the-grid kind of guy ...