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Sometimes we all need to be reminded the profound difference one person can make -- and to be inspired to chart our own course. Jeannette Merrilees loved Crystal Cove State Park and for years led a Sierra Club task force to protect it from a...

Many Southern Californians may not be aware of something happening in their own backyard. A billion-dollar desalination plant, the most expensive and environmentally-damaging way to secure Orange County's future water supply, is planned for...

An aerial view of San Francisco Bay and its fragile delta areas. Credit: US Geological Survey The plan to build 30-mile-long tunnels in the freshwater San Francisco Bay Delta is back for a vote by L.A.'s...

Scott Pruitt's got a polluting problem. Ever since he became head of the EPA, he's only cared about helping out polluting industries, not our families' health. And now he's using a strategy right out of the tobacco industry'...

The Sierra Club's Climate Action Team is looking for fired-up volunteers to find solutions for the reduction of greenhouse gases.   The committee is recruiting new members and invites all to a 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 5 brainstorming...

All are invited to a free screening of the Sierra Club film "Reinventing Power: America's Clean Energy Boom" starting at 6:30 p.m. June 5 at Ahrya Fine Arts theater in Beverly Hills. Sierra Club Executive Producer Michael...

All are invited to a service in support of Frank Politeo, who lost his son Tom. Mass will be held NOON WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 at: Mary Star of the Sea 870 W. 8th Street  San Pedro, California 90731 Reception follows at the Dalmatian...

John Robinson. Sierra Peaks Section Banquet, January 25, 2015. Credit: Bob Cates John W. Robinson was a native Californian, born and raised in Long Beach. He died April 24 at age 88. After a stint in the army...

John W. Robinson, Southern California mountain man extraordinaire, died April 24 at age 88. No one did more to make us aware of what the Southland high country has to offer. Robinson’s “Trails of the Angeles” -- a guide to 100...

Roadrunners are one of the many bird varieties that call the former BKK landfill home. Credit: Livable West Covina Turning trash into treasure.  Sometimes that means recycling, sometimes that’s composing...