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Budget and Spending

California’s effort to plug abandoned, chemical-spewing oil wells gets $35-million boost

Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2024 California will receive more than $35 million in federal funding to help address the scourge of abandoned oil wells that are leaking dangerous chemicals and planet-warming methane in areas Read more…

By Steve, 1 yearMay 19, 2024 ago
Budget and Spending

They film you rolling through stop signs and fine you $100. One SoCal agency’s $1-million idea

Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2024 The citation that Andrew Rice received in the mail looked like a traffic ticket, including a photo of his license plate. But the mail didn’t come from any police Read more…

By Steve, 1 yearMay 19, 2024 ago
Conejo Valley

Wildlife crossing bridge officials beam

Source of this article, the Camarillo Acorn, April 26, 2024 For the first time, drivers on the 101 Freeway are passing under parts of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing at Liberty Canyon in Agoura Hills—structural elements that will support the Read more…

By Steve, 1 yearApril 26, 2024 ago
California

Can old oil fields be used to slow global warming? First California plan nears approval

Source of this article, The Los Angeles TImes, January 15, 2024 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on a California oil company’s plans to permanently store carbon emissions deep underground to combat global warming — the first proposal Read more…

By Steve, 1 year ago
Bicycle Riding

Section of Mulholland Highway, closed since the Woolsey Fire, will reopen in 2024

But can “The Snake” shed its dangerous reputation? Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2023 Los Angeles County officials are getting ready to let “the Snake” out of its cage — with some extra safety precautions Read more…

By Steve, 2 years ago
Bears

Bear struck, killed on Conejo Grade

BB-12 was the first Santa Monica Mountains bear collared and tracked by the National Park Service. Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 28, 2023 A young black bear was struck and killed while attempting to cross the Read more…

By Steve, 2 yearsJuly 28, 2023 ago
Health and Safety

E-bikes added to Ventura County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue toolkit

Under a brilliant summer sun amid a landscape of rolling hills and rocky peaks, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office volunteers and sworn personnel presented their newly acquired e-bikes and e-motorcycles. Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 28, 2023 Read more…

By Steve, 2 yearsJuly 28, 2023 ago
Calabasas

Evaluating the New Millennium Loop Trails for maintenance needs

On Saturday July 1, I rode along the New Millennium Loop Trail, and access trails, from the trailheads on the north and west sides. The purpose was to evaluate the trails to see where work was needed to cut back Read more…

By Steve, 2 yearsJuly 1, 2023 ago
Bears

Another black bear is killed on a freeway near Castaic

A bear was killed Thursday evening while crossing the 5 Freeway near Castaic, the second such fatality in the area in a week, according to authorities. Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2023 The black bear Read more…

By Steve, 2 yearsJune 25, 2023 ago
Drilling, Mining, Logging

Santa Maria Jury Hammers Chevron with $63 Million Verdict

Oil Company Waited 41 Years to Clean Up ‘Hazardous Cesspool’ Source of this article, the Santa Barbara Independent, June 14, 2023 Last week, a Santa Maria jury found Unocal (a k a Union Oil) — and its parent company, Chevron — reprehensibly negligent for waiting 41 Read more…

By Steve, 2 yearsJune 14, 2023 ago

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