List of Reports
Smoke coming from flare at Kern Energy
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 12:40 PM
Description:
The flare at Kern Energy is on and is letting off a lot of smoke! It is blowing out of the facility and we're concerned for our health. ...
Smoke coming from flare
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 12:38 PM
Description:
The flare is on and is emitting large amounts of smoke. The smoke is being blown out of the facility. ...
Burning is creating too much smoke for traffic and is hurting our air quality
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 07:01 AM
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Heavy burning is happening on the East side of hyw 184, creating a hazard to ongoing traffic. Additionally, it is visibly making our air quality worse. ...
Quemando basura y plasticos
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 06:51 AM
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En el lado este de Weedpatch hwy se esta quemando much basura y el humo se esta convirtiendo negro, me imagino que esta quemando hasta llantas y plasticos. El humo es tanto que se esta poniendo peligroso para el traffico que no puede ver y puede causar un accidente. Por favor investigen. ...
Signage for canals
Monday, April 28, 2025, 01:13 AM
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People are fishing near canals and reservoirs all over Lexington. I don't think it's safe for people to be fishing when pesticides or other chemicals could be in the water. Is there any testing to show the safety of the water, or signs that can be put up to say the water could be contaminated and un ...
Huge fire on refinery flare
Monday, April 21, 2025, 03:21 AM
Description:
I smelled something that smelled like plastic burning and went outside. The flare at the refinery is huge and has some black smoke coming from the end of the fire. This is not normal because the fire likes like it's 20 feet long it's almost as tall as the flare itself. ...
Water pipe near road is spewing a lot of foamy substance
Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 09:07 AM
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Vertical pipe near cottonwood is spewing foamy substance. This has happened numerous times. ...
Loud boom and oil globules from asphalt company
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 09:51 AM
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There was a loud boom around 7am from the golden bear facility. There was some smoke coming from a stack after the boom. There are now globules of oil all over my cars. Can someone come down and take a sample or check on the facility? ...
Water pipe releasing foamy stinky water
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 05:27 AM
Description:
I was driving on Panama Rd and passed by a vertical pipe that was releasing foamy, stinky water. This has been ongoing for weeks now. Will the water ever stop coming out? ...
Pesticide airplane flying over field workers
Saturday, March 8, 2025, 12:58 PM
Description:
We received an Ivan complaint with the following description: On Vineland near sunset and Buena Vista there is a plane applying pesticides. There are workers inside of the field on ATVs and there is also other field workers nearby while the airplane is applying these pesticides. ...
Burning trash in AG field
Saturday, March 8, 2025, 12:00 PM
Description:
There is a fire in the field on the southwest side of Comanche and sunset. They are burning in an AG field and it smells like plastic. I think they are burning trash. ...
Oil left near Sycamore and Edison
Saturday, March 8, 2025, 01:07 AM
Description:
Off sycamore and Edison there is a stop sign by a little lagoon. There is two boxes with 6 gallons of oil in each box. The boxes are Valvoline brand and somebody came to dump the old oil next to this stop ...
Symptoms from refinery
Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 08:25 AM
Description:
I was doing outreach work on Glade and Doyle near the tricor refinery. Every single person that I talked to told me that there is almost always a strong smell of either crude, oil, or rotten eggs. Every single person also mentioned that the smells usually get bad at around 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.. ...
Chevron owns public roads?
Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 08:16 AM
Description:
Apparently someone spilled 30 barrels of oil on the road. When I try to drive past the area Chevron had the street closed, not the city or the county or any government agency. Does Chevron own the roads? They didn't tell me what was happening. They just told me to shut up and turn around. Will there ...
Issues with refinery
Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 08:12 AM
Description:
I have had issues with the refinery for years. There has been oil mist on the cars at night at least three times in the past 10 years or so. There is a strong crude and sometimes rotten egg smell that settles inside my house. I hear them release stuff at 2-3 in the morning. It almost always smells ...
Smells like oil
Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 08:10 AM
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11-12 at night it smells, not every night. Just a strong oil smell. It smells strong this morning ...
Smells nasty
Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 08:08 AM
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There is a nasty smell in my neighborhood. It happens everyday especially at nights ...
Rig near a house
Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 12:49 PM
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I was a drilling rig near 11021 buena vista. I heard on an AB617 meeting that it is illegal to make new wells next to homes. I looked up the area on Well-finder and nothing popped up. Why is this allowed? CARB talked about some law that said new wells near homes are illegal. ...
Black smoke from AG burning in lamont
Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 12:27 PM
Description:
There is black smoke coming from a field near habecker and Panama Road in Lamont. You can see the black smoke from far away. ...
Black smoke from Flare at refinery
Sunday, March 2, 2025, 02:24 AM
Description:
I was driving by the refinery and I saw black smoke coming from the flare at the refinery. I stopped for a few minutes and it was blowing black smoke the whole time. ...
Smsteing smells by My Vernon exit
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 08:15 AM
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I was driving by the Mt. Vernon exit and got off on the 58. There is a very strong smell of gas and feces for miles. It's strongest by the exit. ...
Applying pesticides on windy day
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 11:48 AM
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I saw people applying pesticides yesterday near this area. I saw people out working today when it was super windy and they didn't have any protective equipment on. Are the workers allowed to be out that soon after a pesticide application why don't they have any protective equipment? what if they get ...
Water in the street coming over the train tracks
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 11:45 AM
Description:
I was driving my daughter from school and we saw a ton of water coming over the train tracks. Where is it coming from? Does someone have a broken pipe? is this waste water? Are they allowed to throw their waste water into the street? ...
Strong nasty smell
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 11:36 AM
Description:
it smelled like feces when I drove past this area. It was strongest by the intersection when I was in my car. What is causing this smell? it has been particularly smelly this week. ...
Spraying pesticides on a windy day and a fire in the field
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 03:09 AM
Description:
There is a pesticide blower spraying pesticides right now. It's 3:00 and it's super windy. The wind is coming towards the community. There is also a huge plume of smoke inside of the field. Can they burn when it's this windy? And can they put pesticides when it's this windy? This feels dangerous ...
Smelly foam from pipe
Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 10:47 AM
Description:
I drove past this pipe and it was foaming and had a nasty foul odor again. Can someone test the water to make sure it's safe? ...
Idling diesel outside of refinery
Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 10:57 AM
Description:
The refinery has way more tankers than usual. There is dozens inside and even a row lined up outside on Panama Road. Some of the trucks are idling, are the trucks allowed to idle near my neighborhood? ...
Ag field burning trash
Saturday, February 15, 2025, 11:01 AM
Description:
There has been a fire burning just to the west of Vineland and Panama. The fire is in a pit where there is a lot of trash. It has been burning since yesterday and the pit is still smoking. Right now there is workers in the field next to the fire breathing in all the smoke. Do they have a permit for ...
noisy oil will at highgate
Thursday, February 13, 2025, 12:57 PM
Description:
noise coming out of the will to the point that we cann"t sleep, it was never disclosed to us, and still building houses around it. ...
oil will noise
Thursday, February 13, 2025, 12:54 PM
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I live at 15008 Pemberley passage ave, at highgate community, there is an oil will immediatley next to my house, it is noisy to the point i loose my sleep at night, and it was not disclosed to me by castle and cook when i bough the house. they still building houses around it. ...
Ag burning
Thursday, February 13, 2025, 11:37 AM
Description:
At 11:14 in Comanche and d Giorgio they are burning wood. Do they have a permit? ...
noisy oil well
Thursday, February 13, 2025, 01:05 AM
Description:
Oil well API periodically has a deep rumble that shakes the house and constant noise rumbling to the point that can't sleep ...
noisy oil well
Thursday, February 13, 2025, 01:04 AM
Description:
Oil well API periodically has a deep rumble that shakes the house and constant noise rumbling to the point that can't sleep ...
Crude smell and steam coming from seam of tank at refinery
Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 09:06 AM
Description:
It smells very strong like crude near the refinery. There is an old tank near the corner of Panama and 184 . ...
Bulging floor in house
Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 02:52 AM
Description:
Floor bulging near kitchen area of the house. The house suffered from a oil pipeline leak back in 2014. We're worried that this might be due to a pipeline issue as well. ...
Quemando basura y plasticos
Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 08:32 AM
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Se esta kemando mucho basura y plasticos que esta produciendo mucho humo que proviene de lado norte/oeste. El humo esta progresando hacia la refineria y la ciudad de Lamont y huele muy feo, y cuesta respirar. Por favor investigen la causa. (There is a lot of trash and plastic burning that is produ ...
Smoke in my neighborhood
Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 05:29 AM
Description:
Someone in my neighborhood is buring something in their yard. ...
Burning tires in alley
Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 10:38 AM
Description:
There is a pile of burning tires near Vineland and smith. ...
Smoke coming from plot near 223
Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 10:35 AM
Description:
I drove passed the corner of s Fairfax and the 223 hwy. There was a thick white smoke coming from the south east corner on the s Fairfax and 223 hwy intersection. ...
Ag burning off of Bear Mnt Blvd
Monday, January 27, 2025, 11:21 AM
Description:
There is burning on the south side of this road. I took pictures ...
Foaming water smells foul
Friday, January 24, 2025, 01:57 AM
Description:
There is water coming out near the baseball field off of cottonwood on Panama Road. The water is foamy and has a very foul smell. There is a very thick white liquid coming out if a pipe that is a several feet from the ground. It smells like poop and chemicals. ...
Heavy smoke from a truck yard
Thursday, January 23, 2025, 08:54 AM
Description:
There is heavy smoke coming from a truck yard. The smoke is at ground level and and you can taste it. There is also a cloud that spread out in all directions. It looks like black when I look at it from the south with the sun to my back. The smoke I saw was thick white smoke. ...
Noisy oil api 402904218
Sunday, January 19, 2025, 03:47 AM
Description:
Oil well periodically has a deep rumble that shakes the house. ...
Noisy oil api 402904218
Sunday, January 19, 2025, 03:42 AM
Description:
Oil well API periodically has a deep rumble that shakes the house. ...
Refinery is Dark
Monday, January 13, 2025, 06:32 AM
Description:
The refinery has gone dark. I saw it when I woke up that none of the lights are on, I'm worried that the equipment protecting us is also turned off. Is everything okay at the refinery? ...
Multiple AG fires
Monday, December 16, 2024, 02:00 AM
Description:
I was driving north on the 99 and saw a lot of burning happening east of the 99 just south of Laredo. ...
Large flames from Alon Refinery
Thursday, November 21, 2024, 09:32 AM
Description:
There are currently two flares on at the Alon Refinery that have huge flames coming out. This doesn’t look like the usual flaring. ...
Quemando basura y llantas
Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 06:49 AM
Description:
Dos casas en la area de Hill-top siguen quemando basura que creo yo contiene plastico y llantas. El olor y el humo son muy fuertes que provocan disfilcutades para respirar. Ususalmente esta sucediendo en la noche hasta en las madrugadas. Por favor investiguen porque asi no se pueded vivir con la ...
White smoke going from garlic company
Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 06:53 AM
Description:
I was driving south on the 99 and noticed a white cloud with an opacity of around 25 to 30% coming from the north side of the garlic company facility. The cloud was staying low to the ground and traveling Northwest. The cloud was not dispersing or acting like vapor. It was a rolling cloud. This happ ...