When the Los Angeles beachfront community of Surfridge disappeared decades ago to make way for the jet age, nature was slow to reclaim the sandy dunes and upscale lots that once dominated the path of planes taking off from Los Angeles International Airport. Today however, this 2-mile ghost town of vanished homes supports a growing community of rare owls…
via LAX-Adjacent Ghost Town Now ‘Priceless Coastal Real Estate’ for Rare Owls — KTLA
Desert X, a collection of public art so ambitious it crosses an international border, has returned to the Coachella Valley. This is the second edition of an event that launched in 2017 with the intention of returning every other year. The 2019 edition has “expanded in lots of ways,” according to artistic director Neville Wakefield,…
San Bernardino firefighters and California Fish & Wildlife officials teamed up to rescue a young mountain lion that got stuck in a tree in Hesperia on Feb. 16, 2019. (Credit: California Department of Fish & Wildlife) Firefighters and wildlife officials teamed up to rescue a young mountain lion that became stuck in a tree…
via Firefighters, Fish & Wildlife Officials Rescue Very Large Car from Tree in Hesperia — KTLA
Ever since the brand launched “Objets Nomades” in 2012, style cognoscenti couldn’t wait for the newest installment.
Worried about what kind of fine you are facing for that library book you keep forgetting – and forgetting and forgetting – to return? OC Public Libraries is offering “Fine Free Library Days” through Feb. 24, so delinquent borrowers can return to their local county library branch without fear of having to pay…
In a major victory for coastal advocates, a Santa Barbara judge refused to approve a controversial deal that would have allowed access to Hollister Ranch’s coastline only to landowners, their guests, visitors with guides, and those who could boat or paddle in from two miles away…
via Judge Blocks Deal to Limit Public From Accessing Hollister Ranch Beaches — KTLA
Weather and climate-related disasters cost the U.S. economy $80 billion last year — and have hit the nation’s bottom line to the tune of roughly $100 billion per year over the last five years, according to a new survey from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
