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When my partner and I started dating, she was in Austin, TX and I was in Truckee, CA. Given the distance, neither of us believed it would actually turn into anything more than a summer fling. It was tenuous, wild, exciting. Yet we fought for it, and...

In a long-sought win for a hallowed California landmark, Governor Newsom has officially signed Bill AB1426 into law last month – permanently protecting San Onofre State Beach and neighboring surf gem Trestles Beach from road infrastructure...

Have you ever thought that soil could be the key to a sustainable future? Five years ago, I would not have known the answer to this or even thought about it in the first place. After discovering the realities of large scale farming and the...

A Smiling Kim at Bryce Canyon Natoinal Park The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter welcomes Kimberly Orbe as the new Conservation Program Manager on staff at the Angeles Chapter office. Kim will be working with the Conservation Committee as well as...

Share the Importance of Voting with 5 people and ask them to do the same. There is so much noise in the media regarding the national election that local issues and local elections are getting lost.  Also, this national election noise...

Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles County residents live near oil and gas drilling sites where toxic, health-threatening pollutants are released into the air, water, and soil. Numerous studies link proximity to oil and gas wells to health impacts...

The Forest Committee launches a series of programs on Wildfire November 18th with “The Bobcat Fire and the Future of the San Gabriel Mountains”    The Forest Committee will be presenting a one-of-a-kind assessment of the...

On September 25, 2020, the Sierra Club lost one of its legendary leaders. Emil Lawton passed away at the age of 97 after a long and fruitful life, much of it centered around the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club.   Not only was Emil an E...

Why do I Volunteer?  I volunteer because it gives both ways. I get to share knowledge, influence people’s thinking, and bring about the exact kind of change I want to see! I then receive other’s collaboration, teamwork, drive, and...

More and more of us are realizing that this is what it’s like to live in the Anthropocene.      The Anthropocene is generally considered to be the geologic age where humankind is the dominant force upon the surface of the...