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By Mike Sappingfield Chair, Angeles Chapter Sierra Club's Friends of the Foothills campaign won a major victory on Wednesday, February 6th when, after over 12 hours of testimony from all sides, the California Coastal Commission voted 8-2 to...

As I pitched the idea of the Sierra Sweethearts feature to the Editorial Board a couple of months ago, it seemed simultaneously a great idea as well as one destined to annoy a sensible part of the membership that rejects the notion of Valentine's...

'Our future no longer fits within these walls,' declares a poster near the entrance to the Museum of the American West in Griffith Park. Indeed. A brochure which announces 'A New Plan for the Autry National Center at Griffith Park' and exhorts the...

According to the Lonely Planet book series, China is 'the longest continuous civilization, with an impressive heritage of art, architecture, language, and cuisine…. [China] is a country of great contrasts: picturesque rural landscapes and congested...

Santa Clarita Group US Representative Howard 'Buck' McKeon, Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich (Fifth District), and the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita have joined with the Sierra Club and many others in their opposition to...

Photo courtesy Don HendersonA three-year-old male condor as seen from Lookout Studio at South Rim Grand Canyon National Park. Wilderness Adventures' Thanksgiving bus trip to the Grand Canyon resulted in five sightings of the California...

Global Warming, Energy and Air Quality Committee LA County Supervisors have directed staff to prepare a draft Green Building Ordinance that needs your support. Please send a letter by January 7, 2008, to zoup@planning.lacounty.gov and also speak at...

2008 ExComm Member-at-Large A new Angeles Chapter committee - the Chapter Leadership Training Academy - will be responsible for training of newly elected and returning entity officers and appointed chairs, as well as for other volunteer training...

Going on a diet, exercising, reading more, working less, spending more time with the family. All popular resolutions. As a Sierra Club member, I also am asking myself to make 2008 be a greener year. Here are 33 small changes you can make in your...

'We were driving along the Wildlife Loop, and we saw this massive herd of buffalo. Our car was like a rock in this river of wildlife. The buffalo were so close that we could just about reach out and touch them.' Photo courtesy Mike...