Former Maj. Gen. Anthony L. Jackson will take over as director of the state Parks and Recreation Department, which was rocked by a financial scandal last summer. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2012 Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday tapped a decorated retired Marine Corps officer Read more…
Former ranch to be site of gated community Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, November 8, 2012 A 27-acre property once reserved for horses is the center of a dispute between neighbors who want to preserve the open space and developers who plan to build homes there. The Read more…
Carcass found in Sycamore Canyon being studied in lab Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, November 1, 2012 Scientists are still trying to figure out what killed a 1-year-old female mountain lion found last week in the upper portion of Sycamore Canyon. The animal’s cause of death will Read more…
A judge rules on the path that runs across nearly half of the 97 acres that Mohamed Hadid owns next to Franklin Canyon Park. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2012 A Los Angeles real estate developer must allow hikers to use the popular Hastain Trail Read more…
Efforts to save mountain yellow-legged frogs, which had been dwindling, seem to be paying off, with the fist-sized amphibians breeding in numbers not seen in decades. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2012 To reach one of the last wild populations of the mountain yellow-legged frog Read more…
The area’s recent hot spell may be sending residents running for shade, but the sunny skies are also fueling the city’s newest solar panel installation. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 6, 2012 Completed in June atop the Hillcrest Center—home to the Conejo Recreation and Park District, Read more…
Giant canyon live oak measures 499 inches around and 97 feet high, with a 98-foot canopy spread. But is it the biggest oak in the United States? Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2012 After a hellish hike in the wilderness above Yucaipa in the San Read more…
Rat poison, ingested secondhand, threatens already dwindling population Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, August 30, 2012 A doctorate student at UCLA is asking Ventura County homeowners to think twice before using rat poison. Laurel Serieys is in the midst of a six-year research project that’s revealing how Read more…
A Congressional Budget Office report finds that opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other federal land would bring modest federal revenues, despite more optimistic projections by the oil and gas industry. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2012 WASHINGTON — Opening nearly all federal land Read more…
Average temperature in the Lower 48 was 3.3 degrees above normal, data show. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, August 9, 2012 July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, beating the previous record set in the 1930s Dust Bowl era, according to new data Read more…