Medical examiner’s office says injuries to body are consistent with cliff accident. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1014 Mike Herdman, an off-duty Arcadia firefighter whose body was found in Los Padres National Forest after a nearly two-week search, died after falling from a cliff, the Read more…
Michael Herdman’s body is discovered two weeks after he left camp to find his dog. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, June 28, 2014. Two weeks after he ran off after his dog at a campsite and disappeared, the body of an Arcadia firefighter was found Friday on Read more…
The Santa Susana Field Laboratory site is one of the most challenging cleanup jobs in the state, possibly the country. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2014 Any way you cut it, the situation at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site outside Simi Valley is a Read more…
If you find yourself in a creative slump, scientists have a suggestion: Take a walk. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2014 People generate more creative ideas when they walk than when they sit, according to a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Read more…
Some laud Local Coastal Program, others see it as government overreach Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 24, 2014 Environmentalists see the recent approval of the Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program as a milestone. For Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, the April 10 vote in Read more…
Evidence of rat poison is found in a sickly puma whose territory includes Griffith Park. Researchers suspect a link between poisons and mange. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 17, 2014 The mountain lion known as P-22 looked majestic just a few months ago, in a trail-camera Read more…
The Fish and Game Commission is giving itself another 90 days. Wildlife officials believe California will host a functional gray wolf population within 10 years. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 17, 2014 The California Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday postponed a controversial decision on whether Read more…
A new National Park Service report shows that the 650,000 visitors to national parklands in the Santa Monica Mountains spent $26 million in the surrounding community in 2012. The spending supported 336 local jobs. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, March 6, 2014 The report only studied the Read more…
Liberty Canyon Road under the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills is one of the only places left in the area where mountain lions and other animals can move in and out of the Santa Monica Mountains. Source of this article: The Acorn, March 6, 2014 But the roadway can be Read more…
Officials with California State Parks and the National Park Service have lifted the nighttime closures imposed after last year’s Springs fire. The restriction to stay on official roads and trails remains in place. Officials with both agencies chose not to renew the emergency closure that expired at the end of Read more…