Associated exposé: Brentwood nuke dump burns as VA finalizes draft master plan
December 15, 2015 – VA Nuke Dump Before Fire
The lower baseball/soccer field of Brentwood School is the southern extent of the immaculately kept school grounds. Close inspection reveals tons of rubble and rebar piled up adjacent the well tended leased land. Further south in the dump it seems that the grounds hadn’t been cleared of brush for a long time. Photographs of the Santa Monica artesian well with suspected radiation contamination possibly from the Brentwood dump groundwater shows it to be in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country.
One of the known centers of dumping of nuclear and chemical biomedical wastes for decades.
Uranium-238 has been found in this well perhaps from the Brentwood dump groundwater.
The well is in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country.
Santa Monica artesian well along San Vicente Boulevard.
A dog park patron looks into the dump from the soon-to-be-closed dog run.
Suspicious mounds are under the overgrown weeds.
Brentwood's hidden dump.
Perhaps this brush remained uncut since it pulls tritium out of the groundwater making it a hazard to cut without a good breathing mask and eye protection.
VA master plan envisions this area to be a beautiful natural sanctuary.
Impressive - and heavy - debris probably from the demolition of an old VA hospital in the Valley.
In California's drought, this brush has taken years to accumulate.
A "DO NOT ENTER" sign on a dump perimeter fence.
VA found chloroform and benzene gas coming out of this field during its $2 million testing.
Barrington Rec Center's field and dog park border the dump.
Brush obscures massive chunks of concrete.
Laying beneath the brush are suspicious-looking mounds indicating some kind of burials.
Tons of refuse lay on unkept grounds next to leased field creating a major fire hazard.
Parking lot next to lower school field.
Typical top-notch school landscaping.
School's landscaping artfully obscures piles of junk.
Tons of rubble.
Rubble on or next to Brentwood School campus.
VA subcontractor found benzene gas coming out of ground in this area.
Tons of dump debris are piled up next to this Brentwood School Field.
Associated exposé: Brentwood nuke dump burns as VA finalizes draft master plan
January 28 and January 30, 2016 – VA Ceremony and Nuke Dump After Fire
Photographs of the VA ceremony are followed by shots of the dump which we saw was burned arriving at the event. Images include the dog park and the fields of the Barrington Recreational Center in Brentwood which which border the burn area and had holes cut in the fences to get at the fire that weren’t wired shut. We found the charred and discarded tombstone of World War II veteran Jack J. O’Neill of Wisconsin along with fragments of other tombstones. Further investigation revealed that more than a dozen tombstones and grave marker chunks disposed of against VA regulations once again are visible in the dump.
Councilmember Mike Bonin
Former First Lady of California, Maria Shriver
VA Secretary Robert "Bob" McDonald
Ron Olson, an attorney working pro-bono representing veterans
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Schematic of VA master plan showing dump area to be extensively developed as open space.
3-D master plan representation that again indicates the major changes that are coming to dump area, with no apparent alterations to avoid tons of rubble and nuclear and chemical waste.
Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles)
Two days before the January 28, 2016 VA event, the dump caught on fire.
VA media director David Bayard says the VA testing of the dump actually was $2 million.
Nuclear waste goes up in smoke in Brentwood.
Barrington dog park is on its final legs
Pro-dog handlers will be the most impacted.
Across the expanse is where the fire was.
Perhaps already looking for a new dog park.
Charred palm trees
Hole in fence to burnt part of dump. Note chairs and cut logs in background across dump by Japanese Gardens.
Burnt dump looking south.
Open hole in the fence.
Welcome to the Hotel Brentwood.
Burnt dump looking north towards Brentwood School.
Palm fronds caught on fire.
All manner of debris and burnt junk were in the dump including tombstones.
Brentwood palm tree
Looking south at the dump.
Looking east at the dump.
Looking northeast at the dump.
Looking north at the dump where Brentwood School chloroform and benzene gas was found in field soil.
Dumped tombstone of World War II veteran Jack J. O'Neill from Wisconsin.
Torched nuke dump
Panorama of area that will have to be excavated to finally unearth and dispose of toxic waste dump in licensed land fills.
Tombstones are once again exposed in the dump.
VA claimed to have removed all tossed tombstones in 2009.
Rains will make these stand out more.
Tons of junk in the VA's nuke dump.
A tombstone sits exposed.
Area of char.
Area still choked with tritium-contaminated brush that could also catch on fire.
This is the replacement tombstone, completed in 1974, for World War II veteran Jack J. O'Neill from Wisconsin. The marker includes his wife. His former tombstone was disposed of in the VA's dump sometime after 1974.
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