The hikes listed in this web site should be checked by calling the leader. Hikes listed are listed with a two letter Group in parentheses: Conejo (CJ), Ventura (VEN), Santa Barbara (SB), Arguello (AR) and the three letter exception - West LA (WLA) (Angeles Chapter).
Trailheads in the Santa Monica’s and Surrounds
The site is useful for finding Trail Maintenance and hiking locations. Created by a collaboration with the Santa Monica Mountains Trails Council. Each area you link to displays the selected trail on a Google Maps overhead or satellite view.
The web site lists all State Parks, allows online reservations, lists park programs and contains an events calendar. Many events are depicted graphically.
This site lists interesting information about what to do (see their events for the quarter in OUTDOORS online) as well what is the latest information about trail closures (duplicated here).
This is a textual listing of weather for the Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County areas. Use the Local forecast feature to search for your city by Zip Code or City, State.
Check this site for any information about traffic, road closures, freeway maps with traffic speeds, incidents, etc. A valuable resource to bookmark.
This site will allow you to access traffic and other road information in a Google Earth map format with street view. You will require some experimentation if you want to get the most from this very useful site.