In the northwest corner of Los Angeles County, one of America's largest landfills has been overheating to dangerous levels, and the neighbors are getting sick. There have been reports of headaches, nausea, and a cluster of new cancer cases. In 2022, buried pockets of waste at Chita Canyon Landfill started climbing to broiling temperatures well above safety standards, according to a state assessment.Since then, officials say the hot temperatures have consumed about 90 acres of the landfill, spewing out stron ...