News Blog

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...

Down by the Los Angeles River, by Joe Linton, Wilderness Press, 2005, $17.95 Illustration by Joe Linton An illustration from Down by the Los Angeles River shows a willow tree in a soft-bottom portion. The Los Angeles River's long-...

Member finds the Club's 100-year-old LeConte Lodge full of life during week of volunteering Reprinted with permission from the Foggy View, the newsletter of the Palos Verdes-South Bay Group. It was January when an e-mail calling...

Airport Marina Group The facts Established 1970 Serves the 1,900 Sierra Club members who live in Venice, Marina del Rey, Westchester, Inglewood, and the L.A. Airport area. The group works to save natural resources, to promote the enjoyment of nature...

Member Training Workshop The Angeles Chapter's Annual Member Training Workshop is coming up on Feb. 11 at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena. If you've taken on new responsibilities in the Chapter and need help learning the job, this is the...

R.J. Secor is hiking again after Mt. Baldy accident Reprinted with permission from the Arroyo View, the newsletter of the Pasadena Group. Mountain climber and author R.J. Secor is famous for his classic guide book, The High...

Senior Regional Representative There's no other place like it in California. Tejon Ranch is 270,000 acres of land owned by one corporation and sitting at the crossroads of the Sierra Nevada, the South Coast mountain ranges, the San Joaquin Valley,...

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...