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 across the state, including many in Los Angeles. The investment Read more…
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 or city agency he recognized. Back in July, one of Read more…
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 turf-covered bridge itself where mountain lions, bobcats and other species Read more…
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 of its kind to be tentatively approved in the state. Read more…
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 in place. The 2.4-mile stretch of Mulholland Highway, named for Read more…
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 Conejo Grade on the 101 Freeway Thursday night, authorities said. Read more…
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 Electronic bikes are bicycles that can be powered by electricity Read more…
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 the brush. The map here shows what I found: some Read more…
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 was struck by multiple vehicles around 10:30 p.m. on the Read more…
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 years to clean up a benzene-laden underground waste sump in Read more…