Blue Star Ranch Honorable Citizens Award
Earthwise Aggregates was recognized for exceptional support of Blue Star Ranch and its mission serving our nation's veterans.
A Certified Combat Disabled Veteran-owned recycling business serving contractors, ranchers, landscapers, and public works customers from Newhall, California.
I moved to Santa Clarita in 1995. My children were born and raised here — they went to local schools, played local sports, and grew up in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
Our family loves this valley. We hike the trails, care about the environment, and support the neighbors and local businesses that make the SCV what it is.
Earthwise Aggregates is an extension of that. We're not just operating here — we're invested in this community.
— George Molina, Owner
George Molina is a U.S. Army Gulf War combat veteran and retired Los Angeles Police Department Detective whose career has been defined by service, courage, leadership, and accountability.
During Operation Desert Storm in Iraq, George served with a tank company in the U.S. Army's 3rd Armored Division. During ground combat, he sustained blast-force trauma while under enemy fire and continued assisting members of his unit. For heroism in ground combat, he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal with “V” Device for Valor.
Following his military service, George joined the Los Angeles Police Department, where he served for more than 27 years. During his LAPD career, George was also recognized with an LAPD Police Medal for lifesaving actions during a critical incident in which he and another officer rescued a man from railroad tracks moments before an approaching train.
Today, George brings those same principles of courage, responsibility, integrity, safety, and service to Earthwise Aggregates.
U.S. Army Gulf War Combat Veteran • Retired LAPD Detective • Veteran-Owned Business
Earthwise Aggregates is a small, locally operated micro-aggregate business and veteran-owned recycling yard in Newhall, supporting property owners, homeowners, contractors, ranchers, landscapers, and local businesses across the Santa Clarita Valley. Led by a retired LAPD Detective and Combat Disabled Veteran, the business is built around integrity, accountability, and dependable service.
As a micro-aggregate operation, Earthwise is intentionally local and responsive. We recycle clean concrete and asphalt and supply materials including Caltrans-tested Class 2 aggregate base and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) for Santa Clarita Valley property owners, businesses, contractors, ranches, and construction projects.
Stable pathways and drainage systems for farms.
Durable roads and foundations for heavy equipment and livestock.
Recycled material for pathways, patios, and project bases.
Recycled aggregate materials for sustainable infrastructure and building projects.
A local, code-compliant inert processing operation provides a legal recycling alternative and supports the community's construction-recycling goals.
Earthwise supports the city's construction and demolition recycling requirements and documents accepted inert material for contractors working under project recycling plans.
Earthwise Aggregates was recognized for exceptional support of Blue Star Ranch and its mission serving our nation's veterans.
The award presented to Earthwise Aggregates for exceptional support to Blue Star Ranch, Serving Our Nation's Veterans.
The Signal profiled Earthwise Aggregates and its founder, highlighting the local family-run recycling operation, George Molina’s military service, law-enforcement career, and the story behind the business.
