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On Dec. 21, 2005, a 118-acre portion of Bolsa Chica was purchased by the state of California for $65 million dollars. The state used funds from Proposition 50, a 2002 initiative that provided $3.4 billion for environmental projects and acquisitions...

Crenshaw High School students camp in Kenneth Hahn Recreation Area as part of Club program More than 80 students and teachers from Crenshaw High School recently spent the night camping under the stars at Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Baldwin...

The time has come to bid aloha to Angeles Chapter leader Gordon LaBedz, who next month will be moving to Hawaii. Departing leader LaBedz LaBedz, 58, has served as Chapter chair and Conservation Committee chair. He also served on the executive...

Rep. Schiff to speak at Member Training The Angeles Chapter's Annual Member Training Workshop, Feb. 11, at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena, will feature Congressman Adam Schiff as keynote speaker. If you've taken on new responsibilities...

After a long vacancy, the position of senior Chapter director for the Angeles Chapter was filled by Ron Silverman. Silverman, who was hired on Jan. 9, has worked for over 15 years in the nonprofit arena. Most recently he served as executive director...

Sierra Club National Sustainable Consumption Committee Since space heating uses 49 percent of the energy in our homes, turn down your thermostat to 65 degrees. For every degree you lower your heat in the 60-degree to 70-degree range, you'll save up...

U.S. Congresswoman In Southern California over the past 75 years, we've developed an elaborate flood control system that has turned many local creeks and rivers into concrete channels. That's allowed the rain from heavy storms to be moved quickly...

A wetland in Long Beach is in danger of being flattened for a pay-for-play sports park. The 60-acre remnant of a riparian corridor, known as Willow Spring, originated well up in the watershed and emptied into the L.A. River. The city of Long Beach...

Vice-chair, Angeles Chapter Conservation Committee and Chair, Ballona Wetlands Restoration Committee We hear lots of talk today about restoring the Los Angeles River, restoring the Ballona Wetlands, restoring Bolsa Chica Wetlands. What does...

More than 600 acres of land at the Ballona Wetlands is now in public hands and safe. Or is it? Title of the land did change hands from Playa Vista developers and is now owned by the state of California. But Sierra Club activists know from many...