The National Park Service (NPS) and (WNPA) celebrated the official arrival of autumn with the return of the Hubble Trading Post’s trunk show—a spectacular display of Navajo weaving that was both a…
Guidebook reveals the Backbone Trail has something for everyone. In fact, you may have already hiked some of it without even knowing you did. Husband and wife hiking and writing duo Doug…
Never mind the serpent, sometimes the fig leaf is the real danger in paradise. When Olaf Krull set to work pruning a fig tree in his Woodland Hills garden he didn’t expect…
IF YOU HAVE ANIMALS, NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN BEFORE THE NEXT DISASTER STRIKES, AND VICTORIA BEELIK’S HANDBOOK AND EVACUATION PLANNING WORKSHOPS ARE A GOOD PLACE TO START. Victoria Beelik has…
The North Area Plan (NAP) update process got off to a rocky start on August 21, when county planners failed to arrange a big enough venue to accommodate the public. The meeting,…
Giant spiders lurk in dark places…in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth and in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books, but one doesn’t need magic or the imagination of British authors to conjure enormous arachnids…
The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) has acquired an additional 98 acres of open space in the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Corridor in Agoura Hills. “This acquisition will create a block of…
A longstanding Coastal Act violation issue on property located on Stunt Road, adjacent to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) parkland, is finally being resolved. The enforcement action involves unpermitted development…
The North Area Plan (NAP) update process got off to a rocky start on August 21, when county planners failed to arrange a big enough venue to accommodate the public. The meeting,…
Recent incidents of violent crime in the Malibu Canyon area have shocked and saddened residents and local officials, but the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area always had a darker history. The…