Save Porter Ranch

09/02/2026

GAS CONTAMINATION IN PORTER RANCH TODAY, AGAIN!

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Residents across the area reported a very strong natural-gas-type odor from roughly 6:00–7:30 a.m. and beyond. Multiple odor complaints were logged through the PRCAMP/Argos system and reported on Nextdoor.

At the same time, several of SoCalGas’s Aliso Canyon methane monitors were OFFLINE, including monitors on the eastern side of the facility closer to neighborhoods near Castlebay School, closest to the odor reports.

An offline monitor showing zero does NOT mean zero contaminants. It means there was no measurement. And this is not some new glitch. SoCalGas’s fence-line monitors have repeatedly gone offline during major odor/gas events since the system was first turned on about eight years ago. That pattern has been documented for years.

One resident says SoCalGas told her they were “doing work on an odor pump” and advised her to keep doors and windows closed. We are treating that only as a SoCalGas claim until it is independently verified.

Natural gas itself is odorless. What people recognize as the “gas smell” comes from added odorants such as mercaptans. Mercaptans themselves are not harmless. They cause symptoms including headaches, nausea, dizziness, and irritation of the eyes, nose, throat and respiratory system. And other not so obvious health issues.
Look it up.

Right now, we do not know whether there was a mercaptan/odorant release, a natural-gas release, maintenance-related emissions, or something else. There has been A LOT of activity over the past weeks at that facility.

We are digging into it.

We will follow up by email with more detail as we learn more.

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SoCalGas Makes EVERYBODY SICK!

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08/30/2026

IS SUNSHINE CANYON LANDFILL (just NW of PR/Granada Hills) NEXT?
Remember all the Hazmat fire debris they dumped there? There will be no end to this unless we do something about it. You can help Save Porter Ranch help you. Donation link in the first comment.
https://www.facebook.com/ABC7/posts/pfbid02rAyXeHJKrVoeghtmvmp7uutnvSNYercyGiwraDRM9YKGTT5eKnipzMZMw15kZi2ql

Residents in the Big Sky community of Simi Valley say they have been dealing with foul odors they believe are coming from a nearby landfill that is receiving rotting food from the fire-damaged Lineage Logistics warehouse in Boyle Heights. Some residents described the smell as severe and said it has affected their daily lives. https://abc7.la/goYYVI

05/04/2026

Link to all the details:
https://mailchi.mp/saveporterranch/ucla-health-study-meeting-05042026

04/11/2026

04/11/2026

Here’s a summary of the gas blowout that SPR cofounder Matt Pakucko posted about five years ago today on Nextdoor.com. Every bit of it still stands—and the evidence has only grown stronger with time. Nothing about that facility has fundamentally changed. If anything, the silence around it has. In case anyone’s forgotten… take another look.