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ANNUAL STARR RANCH BARBEQUE APRIL 26
March 31, 2009
BY MIKE SAPPINGFIELD Bring a camera and you might catch sight of deer at Starr Ranch later this month. PHOTO BY MIKE SAPPINGFIELD Join Sierra Sage Group of South Orange County on Sunday April 6 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. for a wnderful...
THE CHAIR'S CORNER
March 31, 2009
BY DARRELL CLARKE Chair, Angeles Chapter Executive Committee Welcome to my first column since being elected Angeles Chapter Chair by the Executive Committee in January, fittingly in the Earth Day issue! I remember the first Earth Day in 1970. I...
CHANNEL ISLANDS: CHOOSE MAY, JULY, AUGUST, OR SEPTEMBER
March 31, 2009
BY JOAN JONES HOLTZ Hiker on Santa Rosa PHOTO BY MARLEN MERTZ Island hop in Channel Islands National Park. Fundraising Cruises in 2009 run May 1-4, July 17-20, August 7-10, and September 11-14. Come and explore the wild, windswept...
COUGAR P-12 EVIDENCE THAT WILDLIFE CORRIDORS WORK
March 31, 2009
Liberty Canyon Interchange on the eight-lane Ventura (101) Freeway. Four-lane underpass is visible in center left. Hill on right is national Park Service Land. Critical choke point is to the left of the underpass. PHOTO BY DAVE BROWN...
NEIGHBORS' PLANS FOR EXPANSION MAY SPELL TROUBLE FOR GRIFFITH PARK
March 31, 2009
BY CAROL HENNING Griffith Park sits at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountain range, and the land surrounding the Park has become developed to the point where Griffith Park is virtually an island in an urban sea, its rugged interior...
Group Spotlight: Inner City Outings
March 31, 2009
A passerby took this photograph of the outing taken by Avalon Continuation School. From left: Gina Awtry (principal of Avalon Continuation School) Rodrigo Hernandez, Eddie Banales, Jesus Heredia, Melody Anderson (ICO leader), and Juan...
ANGELES CHAPTER CONSERVATION LEGAL COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR PREPARES LAW STUDENTS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PLANET
March 31, 2009
BY DEAN WALLRAFF Vice Chair, Conservation Legal Committee PHOTO BY DAVE BROWN On January 30, 2009, Prof. Dan Selmi trained 19 law students at Loyola Law School in the basics of CEQA, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)....
Passages
March 31, 2009
By Shirley Hickman Vicente Baldwin, a long-time and valued leader for Inner City Outings (ICO), died suddenly due to a heart attack in February. He was only 44 years old. Vicente Baldwin Vicente was a giving and positive ICO leader...
A POLCOMM MEMBER REFLECTS ON THE UPCOMING LA CITY ATTY RACE
March 31, 2009
BY EMIL LAWTON Political Committee The two candidates for Los Angeles City Attorney, Jack Weiss and Carmen Trutanich, who received the most votes in the first round on March 3, will face each other in a runoff election on May 19. After evaluating...