Ordinance Seeks to Curb Roadside Camping The city of Malibu is following Los Angeles’ lead in an effort to free up public parking on two stretches of Pacific Coast Highway and clean…
Telecom companies may soon be required to provide at least 48 hours of battery backup power for cellphone towers in high-risk fire areas, including the Santa Monica Mountains. SB 431, sponsored by…
Watch for sunsets, supermoons and seabirds this season. Every winter, the Sun, Moon and Earth align to create extreme low and high tides. While “king tides” can flood beaches and swamp roads…
Local State Parks miss out on funding bonanza. Where is Woolsey on that list? Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2020-21 California budget is a formidable $222 billion, and bursting with funding for homelessness, housing,…
A red-tailed hawk has received a second chance at life after receiving a blood transfusion. On December 3, 2019, California Wildlife Center received an adult female red-tailed hawk with evidence that she…
A Hike in the Santa Monica Mountains Backcountry offers an uplifting start to the New Year. Above, hidden much of the year in coastal fog, the western Channel Islands appear like a…
The Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act is back, and this time its authors are optimistic that the odds are in their favor. If approved by the Senate and signed into…
The entire Santa Monica Mountains Coastal Zone will soon be poison free. Los Angeles County banned pesticides in the unincorporated Santa Monica Mountains in 2014 as part of its Local Coastal Plan…
Sea level rise dominated the California Coastal Commission (CCC) meeting in December, while other, long-standing issues were also addressed and finally resolved. The Commission met at King Gillette Ranch in the Santa…
We visited upper Trancas Canyon just one week after the Woolsey Fire was officially contained. A year later, this National Park Service property is already in the process of transforming from wasteland…