A new study has found that radioactive contamination migrated from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site during the 2018 Woolsey Fire into Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks and other neighboring communities.
In the aftermath, some people are deciding to just begin new lives elsewhere. The pandemic and longstanding housing problems haven’t made the choices any easier.
When rain comes to Malibu this week, loose dirt and rocks, with nothing to snag on, could pour downhill, following the same channels— the streambeds and draws—that pulled the fire up the mountain face.
