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 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…
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…
Tracks and a GPS tracker confirmed that a rare black bear spotted in the Santa Monica Mountains made its way to the beaches in Malibu, officials said. He now seems to be headed north. Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2023 A black bear living in Read more…
Five years after Paramount Ranch was destroyed in the Woolsey fire, work is set to get underway rebuilding the site in rural Agoura, a mainstay of TV and film production for decades. Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, June 2, 2023 The National Park Service awarded a contract Read more…
Central Coast Community Energy Gives Progress Report to Board of Supervisors Source of this article, the Santa Barbara Independent, May 10, 2023 Whatever else the rest of the world is doing, Santa Barbara County is on the way to 60 percent renewable energy by 2025 and 100 percent by 2030, Read more…
Plants like Sahara or black mustard, common in Southern California but not native to it, can strangle native flowers and pose fire danger. Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2023 Tourists and travelers driving to visit California’s superblooms this year may see some striking vistas along Read more…
The Rim of the Valley Preservation Act was reintroduced in Congress by U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on March 29. Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 28, 2023 A longtime priority of the congressman’s, the Rim of the Valley bill would broaden the Santa Monica Mountains National Read more…