Rescuers have had to evacuate another hiker who fell and became injured in the local mountains. It’s the third incident this month. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 18, 2013 About 5:45 p.m. April 14, personnel from the Malibu Search and Rescue Team, Los Angeles County Fire Read more…
Rim of the Valley study now in fifth year Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 18, 2013 The mountains encircling the Conejo and Simi valleys may soon become part of the U.S. National Park Service. The Conejo Mountain area, Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains make up Read more…
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…
The network of park services in Southern California has a secret weapon for protecting folks visiting any of the parks and trails in the Santa Monica Mountains. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, Nov 1, 2012 The Mounted Volunteer Patrol (MVP) is a squadron of men and women Read more…
Irvin Centeno is no stranger to trouble; he lives on tough streets. But he’s discovered the rugged life of trail work and a path to fulfillment. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2012 Irvin Centeno’s tagger friends would hardly know what to make of him on 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…
The Encino park is one of 70 targeted for closure as part of California budget cuts. Fans are dismayed. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2011 Its buildings have survived droughts and earthquakes. But now Los Encinos State Historic Park faces another kind of hardship: state Read more…
Volunteers and corporate donors are hoping to pitch in to keep budget cuts from closing state parks. Many fear that without oversight, poachers and pot farmers will take over. Source of this Article: The Los Angeles Times, September 11, 2011 By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Henry W. Read more…