February’s full “supermoon” will generate “perigean spring tides,” the highest and lowest tides of the year that bring migrating species to the coast and humans to the beach to observe marine mammals…
As parks impacted by the Woolsey fire are incrementally restored and opened, they are also inspected for toxic residue in the ashes and tested for radiation contamination at the old Santa Susana…
Los Angeles County’s final document outlining grant guidelines and policies for park funding, will be recommended for approval by the Board of Supervisors, on February 5. Local activists, working to ensure that…
IT’S MUSHROOM SEASON AND LOCAL HIKERS ARE DISCOVERING SOME FASCINATING TROVES. GO TO THE COMMENTS SECTION AT THE END OF THIS PIECE AND IDENTIFY THESE MUSHROOMS IF YOU CAN AND WHETHER THEY…
“Dear Los Angeles: The City in Letters and Diaries, 1542-2018,” is garnering rave reviews in literary circles, and it’s easy to see why. This collection of excerpts selected from writings spanning more…
A bewilderingly large number of new laws took effect in California on January 1, 2019—1,016, to be precise. Some of these laws are obscure, others address high-profile issues like immigration and gun…
Burglary suspect Anthony Rauda has been charged with the murder of Tristan Beaudette, a 35-year-old Irvine research scientist who was shot and killed while camping with his young daughters in Malibu Creek…
This is dust and ash from the Woolsey Fire during 50 mph winds generated by the recent Santa Ana conditions. These photos were taken in Malibu from Point Dume, looking towards Escondido…
“…A green which no artist could ever obtain on his palette, a green of which neither the varied tints of vegetation nor the shades of the most limpid sea could ever produce…
A series of winter storms continues to bring rain to the Santa Monica Mountains. Mudflows and rockslides have been a problem in parts of the Woolsey Fire burn area, but Topanga has…