March 17, 1943:Marine Corps Air Station El Toro is commissioned. CLICK HERE to see a photo slide show of El Toro’s early days. June 27, 1993: The federal base closure panel decides to close El ...

It’s called “Toxic El Toro.” Over the years, tens of thousands of servicemen were exposed to myriad dangerous chemicals that flowed through the former Marine Corps Air Station in Irvine.

IRVINE – Years of work and millions of dollars have gone into the cleanup of a toxic plume released from the old El Toro airbase ... contamination at the old base is so bad that no one can ...