A mile-long hiking trail is part of an ambitious plan to transform Grant Park — a place whose main draw until recently was a tribute to Junipero Serra — into a lush botanical garden. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2013 For 95 years, Grant Park Read more…
Gerson opened the summer camp halfway between Malibu and Agoura Hills in the Santa Monica Mountains in 1947. By 1984 more than 14,000 children had gone through the camp’s program. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2012 To generations of children attending summer camp in the Read more…
As an early winter solstice celebration, and just in time for holiday shopping, the National Park Service will host its annual Winter Solstice Art Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sun., Dec. 2 at Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center, at Lynn Road and Via Goleta, Newbury Park. More 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…
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…
The threat of development led Margot Feuer to be one of ‘the founding mothers’ of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, June 29, 2012 By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times After Margot Feuer moved to the hills of Malibu in Read more…
The National Park Service, along with local and state agencies, will open the Anthony C. Beilenson Visitor Center for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area on June 9. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, May 3, 2012 The new facility, at the site of the former stables Read more…
Damage to the visitors center and other structures at Mitchell Caverns in the Mojave Desert has officials working to improve plans to protect as many as 70 other California parks scheduled to close in July because of budget cuts. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, February 25, 2012 Read more…
Study determines grading could jeopardize homes above the site Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, January 12, 2012 Plans to build a full-service park with a community center, six baseball diamonds and a wide range of amenities in the Lang Ranch neighborhood of Thousand Oaks are over. Last Read more…
Long-abandoned wells on the Los Angeles City Oil Field, which sparked Southern California’s oil boom 120 years ago, are being sealed to make way for a 45-unit affordable housing project. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2012 It almost seemed as though oil drilling rigs were Read more…