Topanga residents weathered a nervous week of extreme fire risk as the Getty fire threatened the entire eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. The wildfire ignited at 1:34 a.m., October 28,…
California groups sue to keep motorized electric bikes off non-motorized trails in Tahoe National Forest. This dramatic change in trail policy was made without public input. National Park Service campgrounds are the…
The California Coastal Commission okays PCH parking restrictions and moves to complete removal of 24 undersea concrete vaults located in Santa Monica Bay. OVERNIGHT PARKING ON PCH Los Angeles County is expected…
On November 8, 2018, a fire ignited near Southern California Edison equipment at the old Santa Susana Field Laboratory at the northern end of the San Fernando Valley. By noon on the…
“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves…
The Getty Fire broke out near the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass during the early hours of the morning on October 28 and rapidly spread in the Santa Monica Monica Mountains…
Malibu was especially hard hit by the Woolsey Fire. As the one-year anniversary approaches the community is still struggling to process the damage. At least 670 structures were reported destroyed inside Malibu…
“October Country . . . that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly,…
In the area where the federal government once operated 10 experimental nuclear reactors, 18 buildings are slated for demolition and mitigation. The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) sprawls across nearly 3000 acres…
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the last new laws of the 2019 legislative session. They include a ban on smoking in parks and beaches; a ban on the sale of furs;…