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Budget and Spending

Thousand Oaks pays $1 million for scenic open space

Thousand Oaks quickly put $1 million in the pocket of the Operating Engineers Pension Trust Fund after the group’s Realtor advertised in the Dec. 18 Thousand Oaks Acorn. Source of this article – Thousand Oaks Acorn, January 8, 2009 The real estate advertisement in the paper caught the interest of Read more…

By Steve, 16 yearsJanuary 8, 2009 ago
Environment

No Superfund listing for field lab site

The state holds out for its own stricter cleanup standards for the former rocket engine and nuclear testing facility near Chatsworth and Simi Valley. Activists are pleased. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2009. By Catherine Saillant California’s top environmental cop Monday rejected an offer to list Read more…

By Steve, 17 yearsJanuary 3, 2009 ago
Drilling, Mining, Logging

Energy dispute over Rockies riches

A trove of oil shale may be a boon. But the science to extract fuel is imperfect, and locals worry about their water supplies, which ultimately feed Southern California reservoirs. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2008 By Julie Cart Reporting from Salt Lake City — Read more…

By Steve, 17 yearsDecember 28, 2008 ago
California State Parks

Disbelief over a charred Chino Hills State Park

Residents and park officials mourn the loss after more than 95% of the 14,100 acres burned in the Freeway Complex fire, leaving little but a blackened landscape behind. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 29, 2008 By David Kelly For more than 20 years, Chino Hills State Read more…

By Steve, 17 yearsNovember 29, 2008 ago
Drilling, Mining, Logging

Does Natural-Gas Drilling Endanger Water Supplies?

A debate is heating up over whether the fracturing technique used in natural-gas drilling could result in chemicals contaminating drinking water Source of this article – Business Week, November 24, 2008. By Abrahm Lustgarten Natural-gas operations are proliferating from Wyoming to New York. At the same time, Halliburton (HAL) and Read more…

By Steve, 17 yearsNovember 28, 2008 ago
Activities

Summer Sports Are Among the Safest

Source of this article – New York Times, July 8,2008. By NICHOLAS BAKALAR If it’s summer, it must be time for safety warnings about outdoor sports. So here is a surprise: measured by the rate of injury while participating, the most dangerous outdoor recreational activity by a wide margin is Read more…

By Steve, 17 yearsJuly 8, 2008 ago
Development

Jill Swift, 79; teacher had key role in creating the Santa Monica Mountains recreation area

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…

By Steve, 17 yearsMay 23, 2008 ago
California

U.S. sits on locked pools of oil, gas

The United States is sitting on vast locked up pools of oil and natural gas that are off limits because of environmental issues and other considerations, senior federal lands officials said Wednesday. Source of this article – Ventura County Star, May 22, 2008 In releasing what they described as the Read more…

By Steve, 17 yearsMay 22, 2008 ago
Environment

Purple-flowered poodle-dog bush, growing in burn areas, is hazard to humans.

Flower danger: ‘If you touch it, it’s going to get you’ Source of this article – The Orange County Register, March 23, 2008 By EUGENE W. FIELDS A pretty purple-flowered bush blooming on the hills of the burned areas in Santiago and Modjeska canyons is a danger to people, according Read more…

By Steve, 17 yearsMarch 23, 2008 ago
California State Parks

‘M*A*S*H’ camp comes alive

A quarter of a century after the TV comedy about the Korean War went off the air, the set is being re-created at Malibu Creek State Park. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2008. By Bob Pool, Times Staff Writer You could almost hear the distinctive Read more…

By Steve, 17 yearsFebruary 1, 2008 ago

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