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By Howard Kayton Outings Chair, Santa Monica Mountains Task Force The 12th annual Backbone Trail Festival will be held on weekends starting Sat, Nov 7 and continuing through Sun, Dec 6. Hikers will be able to traverse 50 of the 70 miles of this...

The Station Fire has had severe impacts on the San Gabriel Mountains. Because of this, any activity in the San Gabriel Mountains may be rerouted or cancelled. ANGELES COUNTY ROAD CLOSURES

Lose yourself in a great read and maybe find yourself described in its pages Edna Erspamer, long-time Sierra Club member, has written a book about her adventures during the years she climbed peaks in our local mountains and throughout...

BY Coby Skye On August 21, 2009, Congressman Henry Waxman, co-author the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454), and State Senator Fran Pavley, author of the California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), hosted a lively forum...

Russ Black Russ Black, a long-time leader and volunteer for the 20s &30s Section, recently passed away on Friday, September 11, a week before his 53rd birthday. Russ became an O-rated leader in 1991 and participated or led over 200...

We are at a historic crossroads in the fight against climate change. The Sierra Club is asking its activists and chapters to help in this critically important fight by committing to daily, weekly or monthly actions as a Sierra Club Climate Leader....

Kathleen Murphy and Dennis Willett, Harwood New Year's Dec 31, 2008 Photo Credit: Photos by Dennis Willett This New Year's holiday join other revelers to howl at the full moon on the stroke of midnight! Come up to the Angeles Chapter's...

By Jim Stewart Co-chair, Angeles Chapter Global Warming, Energy & Air Quality Committee The world's leaders are meeting this December in Copenhagen, Denmark to craft a new global treaty on cutting emissions. The problem is, the draft treaty...

Photo Credit: Darrell Clarke This Navajo, AZ coal power plant supplies LADWP. A major committee focus is ending our dependence on this and other coal plants producing dirty electricity. The Angeles Chapter's Global Warming, Energy and...

BY CARA LAMB When I got an e-mail saying I won an energy audit, I figured someone would come and spend an hour or two scolding us about the hot tub or trying to sell us new appliances and solar panels. It was only when I learned that the audit...