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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday presented the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter with a proclamation from the City of L.A.to mark the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Standing at a point in Griffith Park called 3 Mile Tree (because it's...

Show your green side! Here are some free and ticketed events on Earth Day and beyond. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 22: Join Sierra Club, Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilman Tom LaBonge for an Earth Day event in Griffith Park that celebrates the 50th...

Longtime Sierra Club leader Philip Henderson Dorner died on Aug. 16, 2013. He was 90 years old. Phil was one half of the dynamic duo, consisting of himself and Ed Lubin, who led the Sierra Club’s hike in the Pacific...

**We recommend carpooling, as parking along the road will be limited.  Restrooms are located in the Griffith Park Observatory parking lot. Please note, there are no facilities at 3-Mile Tree. Please bring water and wear walking shoes. After...

Griffith Park is under siege. Colonel Griffith donated almost 4,000 acres of his land to the City of Los Angeles in order to provide a place of respite for “the plain people.” However, those who want to commercialize the park, have other...

John Muir was born April 21, 1838, in Dunbar, Scotland. Come mark the Sierra Club founder's birthday on an April 19 hike. Three hikes of varying difficulty converge on -- where else? -- John Muir Peak in the Angeles National Forest. These...

Although Colonel Griffith J. Griffith donated almost 4,000 acres of his Rancho Los Feliz land to the City of Los Angeles in order to provide a place of respite for the “plain people,” many eye this piece of real estate as a land of...

We (heart) Abby, big-time. Why? Because she's the face of the Sierra Club's future -- and a promising one at that. Abby King, a newly minted 14-year-old, hopes to complete 25 of the peaks on the Angeles Chapter's Hundred Peaks Section...

When you hear Jerusalem, Masada, the Dead Sea and Sea of Galilee, Crusader castles, and the Jordan River, you think of Israel. But what about stunning coral reefs, strikingly bold deserts, luxuriant mesas, stark white sea cliffs, verdant streams...

If you wonder what the Angeles Chapter has been working on to help the planet, we have much to tell. In 2013, conservation activities focused on preventing a restart of the failed San Onofre nuclear power plant; promoting sustainable and reliable...