My Investigation of Cancer in Kids & Dogs Ladera Ranch CA and Old Oil Well Underground at Poets Park Could Use Help From Green Activist Wendy Schmidt
Zombie Oil & Gas Wells in Newport Beach Orange County CA Spring to Life. In Orange County, California, dormant oil and gas wells known as "zombie wells" are literally springing back to life, posing immediate environmental, health, and structural threats to local communities. The most dramatic example occurred in late 2025 on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach CA, where a 1920s-era orphan well began bubbling up thick crude oil, methane, and hydrogen sulfide directly underneath residential foundations. In late December 2025, a historical well drilled in 1924 and deserted just five years later resurfaced in a densely populated Newport Beach CA neighborhood. Public records and local community reports highlight two historical wildcatter oil and gas wells buried beneath residential sections of Ladera RanchPoets Park / Merriweather Place: Records point to an old well drilled down over 8,000 feet directly under or adjacent to Merriweather Place near Poets Park. Citrus Lane: A ...
