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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...

The Angeles Chapter's newly formed Fracking: Oil & Gas Committee has teamed up with several partner organizations to push for ending the practice of hydraulic fracturing in the City of Los Angeles. Their efforts paid off on February 28 when...

Mountaineer, guide and outdoor enthusiast Kurt Wedberg will speak at the Chapter’s Annual Banquet on May 4. Wedberg of Bishop, Calif., founded Sierra Mountaineering International in the fall of 1995 after returning from his first...

The Angeles Chapter recommends a vote for Dean Wallraff, Michael Dorsey and Jessica Helm in the upcoming election for the Sierra Club’s Board of Directors. Only Chapters may endorse/recommend candidates. All Sierra Club members eligible to...

To feed our continuing addiction to gasoline, local Wilmington oil refineries have quietly been making plans to bring in large amounts of Canadian tar sands crude oil and North Dakota Bakken crude oil. Canadian tar sands strip-mining destroys...

New oil and gas projects proposed for Carson and Hermost create the potential for spills, blow outs, and methane leaks, no to mention increased water demands and the effects of CO2, methane and other greenhouse gas emissions. These effects and...

Gather with your fellow Sierra Club Members and Californians from across California for the “Don’t Frack California” Rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday March 15 2014. Thousands of Californians...