Combining mechanization and hands-on labor, city program is giving new life to discards and sending less trash to landfills. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 5, 2005. By James Ricci, Times Staff Writer On a warm, sunny Tuesday morning, city recycle truck No. 36572 huffs and bucks Read more…
New technology and rising demand for petroleum are fueling a comeback of drills in the Southland, where they once numbered 33,000. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 28, 2005. They once ruled Southern California, staking claim to broad stretches of coastline and hillsides. Then, in the 1980s, Read more…
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA National Park Service California State Parks Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Newsletter ff3 August, 2005 Public Scoping Announcement Conceptual Trail Policy Map Alternatives Ready for Public Input National Park Service, California State Parks, and Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy invite your participation in public scoping for the Read more…
His office asks a state agency to reconsider its refusal to allow a developer to run a private road through AhmansonRanch park. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2005. By Daryl Kelley, Times Staff Writer Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office has asked a state parks agency to Read more…
Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2005. Hugo Martín A new trailhead will provide access to trails in the lush, rolling hills of the former Ahmanson Ranch just west of Woodland Hills. At noon on July 2, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy will open a trailhead Read more…
The Sam Merrill Trail, carved into the mountains of the Angeles Forest, runs along the site of an early 1900s resort. Amid deep canyons and wide vistas, stone ruins and signs along the five-mile path Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2005. By Vernon Loeb, Times Read more…
One really twisted canyon – Tori Radaich leads the way to the sandstone slabs of Devil Canyon. OK, so the frogs didn’t show. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, September 21, 2004. By JORDAN RANE, Special to The Times IT’S a scalding Wednesday afternoon, just shy of rush Read more…
Police presence puts a chill on the L.A. leg of World Naked Bike Ride against oil dependence. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, June 13, 2004. Daren Briscoe | Times Staff Writer You could almost say that the Los Angeles leg of the World Naked Bike Ride went Read more…
Audit says that mountains agency misused $7 million Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2004. By SUE FOX AND ANDREW BLANKSTEIN, Times Staff Writers A state audit has accused the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy of mismanaging $7 million in voter-approved bond money that was supposed to Read more…
The proposal seeks to require costly permits for grading land and restrict development to preserve the Santa Monica Mountains. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2004. By SUE FOX, Times Staff Writer Los Angeles County’s latest plan to limit development and preserve scenic ridgelines in the Read more…