The corporation, which illegally killed at least 11 cats to keep them away from game wanted by high-paying trophy hunters, must pay $136,500, according to a settlement with the state fish and game agency. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2012 The Tejon Ranch has agreed Read more…
Photographer Ed Lawrence noticed a solitary tree in the middle of an Albertson Ranch hayfield in 1962. One morning, he snapped the shutter — and the magnificent valley oak stood near the center of the resulting panorama. ‘That picture opened a lot of doors for me,’ says Lawrence, now 87. Read more…
California’s landmark act on environmental quality is credited with preserving scenic landscapes but is now slowing key projects and spawning a flurry of litigation. Changes are urged. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2011 By Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2011 To halt a Read more…
The twin forces of power costs and climate-change regulations are threatening Southern California’s long love affair with imported water, forcing the region to consider more mundane sources closer to home. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2011 By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times; Reporting from Chiriaco Read more…
Posting of U.S. flags on public land causes heated debate Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 15, 2011 By Anna Bitong An American flag once fluttered over a ridge near Lynn Ranch. It flew in the same spot for at least a dozen years, maybe longer, local Read more…
A brief history of the incorporation of cities in the Conejo Valley Source of this article – Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 8, 2011 By Jonathan Kuperberg Scott Wolfe admitted it’s confusing. The planning director for Westlake Village—the city in Los Angeles County, not the Thousand Oaks community in Ventura County—said Read more…
The Agoura Hills City Council remained split at its Feb. 24 meeting as to whether changes should be approved to the laws that govern the Ladyface Mountain area south of the freeway. Source of this article: The Acorn, March 11, 2010. The council was asked to review an amendment to Read more…
Source of this article – Thousand Oaks Acorn, February 5, 2009. By Sophia Fischer The first in a series of meetings to educate the public about the expiration of deed restrictions that currently protect 400,000 acres of open space in Ventura County was held Jan. 31 in Oak Park. About Read more…
Urban sprawl has been encroaching on the equestrian lifestyle for decades, but with a string of stables closing across Southern California, horse lovers say the threat seems more dire than ever. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 26, 2009. By Jessica Garrison As the horse named Sombrero Read more…
Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2008. By Elaine Woo Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Jill Swift, a former teacher and hiking enthusiast whose love of the outdoors led her to play a central role in the creation of a national park in the Santa Monica Read more…