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Parks and Historic Sites

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    High School Students Create Environmental Billboards with Cell Phone Pictures

    By Andra Lim Four billboards featuring images high school students snapped with cellphones will go up at the north side of Los Angeles State Historic Park tomorrow. As part of an eco-internship, 20 local students worked with UCLA's Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance (REMAP) ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 22, 2012

    WTF with Marc Maron

    By Andra Lim Four billboards featuring images high school students snapped with cellphones will go up at the north side of Los Angeles State Historic Park tomorrow. As part of an eco-internship, 20 local students worked with UCLA's Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance (REMAP) ... More >>

  • News

    March 15, 2012

    Stop-Sign Cameras Ticket 70,000 in Los Angeles Parks

    By Andra Lim Four billboards featuring images high school students snapped with cellphones will go up at the north side of Los Angeles State Historic Park tomorrow. As part of an eco-internship, 20 local students worked with UCLA's Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance (REMAP) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Benjamin Colton Barnes, Suspected Mount Rainier Murderer, Represented Southern California With Riverside Raincross Tattoo

    As if SoCal needs more creepy people to its credit following the arrest of a man alleged to be the L.A. arsonist, it turns out that the weekend's Mount Rainier murderer is believed to by authorities to be a Riverside County native. Not only that, but suspect Benjamin Colton Barnes was so down with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Marijuana Growers Find a Home on California Farmland?

    realcaliforniamilk.comWhat are those cows munching on?​Since California legalized medical marijuana in 1996, growers of pot have, well, grown wise, evolving from a campaign that emphasized the cancer-afflicted grandma growing pot on her windowsill (way to legalize it) to the reality of large-s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Mountain Lion Killed on 405 Freeway: Photos From Before & After

    National Park Service​When the 15-month-old mountain lion known by National Park Service animal trackers as "P-18" (real cute) was killed on the 405 last Tuesday morning, adorable photos circulated of little P-body in his prime kitten years. So sweet! And so young, to die! (See, right.) But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    San Onofre Nudists Hop Fence to Sunbathe on 'Camp Pendleton' Military Base, Complain of Peeping Police

    nakedvolleyball.comIn the San Onofre glory days, naked volleyball games went unchecked (and rampantly sunburned).​The nudity laws in California, and on California beaches in particular, exist in a perpetual gray area -- a total headache for those who wish to live their lives outside the shackl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Brian Matayoshi of Torrance Killed in Yellowstone Bear Attack: Animal, Given Reprieve, Was Said to be Protecting Her Cubs

    The site of the Yellowstone bear attack.​A mama grizzly bear that was looking after her cubs in Yellowstone National Park was startled by a husband-and-wife pair of L.A.-area hikers and mauled the man to death this week. The Torrance victim was ID'd today as 57-year-old Brian Matayoshi of Tor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    John Frame: The Huntington's Unintentional Steampunk Exhibit

    Photo by John Frame, courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens​ When people ask John Frame what his work is about, the curators of "Three Fragments of a Lost Tale: Sculpture and Story by John Frame" write in the show's catalog, "he feels that the real answer sh ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    Feel Like Going Home

    Photo by John Frame, courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens​ When people ask John Frame what his work is about, the curators of "Three Fragments of a Lost Tale: Sculpture and Story by John Frame" write in the show's catalog, "he feels that the real answer sh ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2011

    Who's Your Birdy?

    Photo by John Frame, courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens​ When people ask John Frame what his work is about, the curators of "Three Fragments of a Lost Tale: Sculpture and Story by John Frame" write in the show's catalog, "he feels that the real answer sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    A Recipe From the Chef: Gilberto Cetina's Tikin-Xic

    A. ScattergoodTikin-Xic at Chichen Itza​ If you read our interview with Chichen Itza chef-owner Gilberto Cetina, you will have been reminded that the chef, besides running one of L.A.'s favorite restaurants and writing a soon-to-be-published cookbook on Yucatecan cuisine, makes a mean bottle o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Seed to Skillet: Learn Home Gardening Secrets at the Arboretum

    Amy Scattergood​ We have heard many times that you should never get high on your own supply, but what if that high comes from fresh jalapeños in your burrito, or a caprese salad with just-plucked tomatoes and basil? Jimmy Williams & Susan Heeger, authors of the home-gardening manual and cookb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Christmas for Kids on Skid Row (Video)

    In this week's print edition of L.A. Weekly, Sam Slovick visits the L.A. City Parks and Recreation Department's recent holiday event at Gladys Park and asks some of the children what they want for Christmas. Their responses are varied. Watch the video below and read more in "Getting Out for Christma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Food, Wine and Bocce Ball: The Pasadena Wine Festival

    Pasadena Wine Festival​Despite its name, the second annual Pasadena Wine Festival isn't just about vino. The outdoor food fête at the 127-acre Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens promises visitors a banquet for the senses with a caravan of food trucks, live entertainment, and law ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch To Become A California State Park?

    ​State Assemblyman Mike Davis (D-South Los Angeles) is proposing to turn Michael Jackson's 2,500 acre Neverland Ranch into a state park, according to the Associated Press. Davis said that fans from around the world would visit the Santa Barbra County estate -- it once had a zoo and housed amus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Shark Warning North Of L.A. Issued By National Park Service

    ​Great white sharks? In Southern California. Nice way to start off the summer season. The National Park Service issued a shark warning for the Santa Barbara area on Wednesday following a great white shark sighting off East Beach. A shark might have also attacked a sea lion pup that ended up de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Squid Ink Food Fight: The Pork of the Yucatan, Cochinita Pibil

    If God exists, then His greatest gift to mankind may very well have been that delightful creature the pig (unless you're a member of one of the many religions that don't allow it, in which case it is God's ultimate cruel joke). It is a large, round being, packed to the brim with uncommonly flavorful ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    Pave to Save Whittier Narrows?

    A tense battle over erecting a "hands-on" museum and more parking on a shrinking band of green

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Granny Can't Grow Pot In South O.C. Community Garden

    ​The senior-living community of Laguna Woods in South Orange County has been a must-stop location for Republicans raising money and running for office. It's a conservative enclave in a conservative part of a traditionally red county. But sprouts of green have been cropping up as some of its re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Inch By Inch: Gathering of Community Gardens at Farmlab This Weekend

    If you find yourself considering the current state of your lawn, or questioning how best to garden during a drought, it might be a good idea to head over to the Gathering of Community Gardens conference in downtown LA for some fresh ideas on how to nurture a sustainable garden in the city of Los Ang ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Cemetery Desecretation Suit Goes Forward

    The class action lawsuit against Eden Memorial Park is going forward, plaintiff lawyers said today at a Century City news conference. The suit, brought last Thursday by the Newport firm of Eagan O'Malley & Avenatti, alleges that EMP, one of the country's largest Jewish cemeteries, "intentionally ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Chichen Itza Closes Its MacArthur Park Location: Tonight's Last Supper Will Be A Celebration

    Photo credit: Anne FishbeinSous-chef Jose Chan finishes a plate of cochinita pibil​Chichen Itza, the highly-regarded Mexican restaurant near downtown L.A.'s MacArthur Park that specializes in the food of the Yucatán, is closing as of tomorrow. It's the economics, said chef-owner Gilberto Ceti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Up in Smoke: California's Pot Forests Cause for Alarm

    It's long been a fear of state parks officials -- that California's already vulnerable, tinder-dry forests could be set ablaze through activities of pot growers who have penetrated deep into wilderness areas to cultivate weed. "It's a very big concern of ours," state parks spokesman Roy Stearns told ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    L.A.'s State Parks & Beaches Admissions Climb

    Starting Monday, August 17, entry fees to California's state parks and beaches will rise. The State Parks' Web site has a page showing the new admissions, as well as the old ones that were last posted April 1. Below is a sampling of Los Angeles County parks and beaches operated by the state, showing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Lightning Bolt, Black Lips, Tim & Eric, No Age to Headline Festival Formerly Known as F Yeah Fest

    Lightning Bolt at WFMU​ It's been a crazy past few months for F Yeah Fest principals Sean Carlson, Keith Morris and Phil Hoelting. The annual summer music festival, which changed its name from the Fuck Yeah Fest two years ago for obvious reasons, has been the sturdy little engine of the punk/ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2009

    GOD BLESS OUR PARKS

    Lightning Bolt at WFMU​ It's been a crazy past few months for F Yeah Fest principals Sean Carlson, Keith Morris and Phil Hoelting. The annual summer music festival, which changed its name from the Fuck Yeah Fest two years ago for obvious reasons, has been the sturdy little engine of the punk/ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    More State Parks to Close

    ​That state park system that was miraculously saved at the last minute during the budget holocaust in Sacramento? It's on the chopping block once more. According to the L.A. Times and other sources, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's last-minute, half-billion dollar "gotcha" cuts made through line-i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Pot Farms Found in Santa Monica Mountains

    An LAist report on a pair of pot plantations discovered in the Santa Monica Mountains underscores concerns we raised this morning about the shutting down of state parks because of budget cuts. While not every park is set in the middle of a wilderness, it's unknown as to which parks will be closed du ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Most State Parks Spared -- For Now

    Among California's treasures to be targeted by budget cutters' machetes are its state parks. However, it looks as though most of the parks will remain open until at least the end of the year. At one point it was feared that many parks on a 220-site hit list, which included 13 L.A.-area parks, would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Southland State Parks on Budget Chopping Block

    Here are some L.A.-area state parks and beaches that have been earmarked for possible closure in Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's new budget proposals. Of California's 279 state parks and shorelines, 200 have been red-penciled for closure to save $143.4  million. Follow the jump to see Californ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Charles Manson's Hide-Away Gutted in Suspicious Fire

    Charles Manson's former remote hide-out has been gutted in a suspicious fire, according to the Death Valley National Park Service. Authorities are not sure whether Barker Ranch, famous for being Manson's last home before he was nabbed by police for the notorious Tate-LaBianca murders, was torched ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    Egg Hunt and Spring Fest at the Watts Healthy Farmers' Market

    The Watts Healthy Farmers' Market hosts an Egg Hunt and Spring Festival on Saturday, April 4. Lots of activities for kids: basket making at 10 a.m., egg hunt at 11:00, and other games and face painting between 11:30 a.m and 1 p.m. Market goes until 2 p.m. Ted Watkins Memorial Park, 103rd and Central ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 14, 2008

    Old as Dirt

    The Watts Healthy Farmers' Market hosts an Egg Hunt and Spring Festival on Saturday, April 4. Lots of activities for kids: basket making at 10 a.m., egg hunt at 11:00, and other games and face painting between 11:30 a.m and 1 p.m. Market goes until 2 p.m. Ted Watkins Memorial Park, 103rd and Central ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Manson Dig Officially Over

    Inyo County sheriff investigators officially called off the dig for human remains Wednesday at remote Barker Ranch, the last known hideout of Charles Manson and his followers. Investigators reported that 20 law enforcement officials and scientists using portable ground penetrating radar, lasers an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    No Human Remains Found yet at Manson Dig

    So far…nada. Inyo County sheriff investigators reported today that they have not found any bodies yet at Barker Ranch, the last known hideout of Charles Manson and his followers. “One bullet casing was found in the site,” said Inyo County Sheriff’s Lt. Jim Jones,” but forensic testing in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl: August 24 and August 25

    Yep, just announced: Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl on August 24 and 25, which is a little weird because it's a Sunday and a Monday. Presales begin April 9. The entire second leg of the American tour: August 6 - Parc Jean Drapeau - Montreal, QC August 8 - All Points West Music & Arts Festival/Li ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 28, 2008

    Adios, Pio Pico: Doors Close on California Historic Park

    One of five local estates targeted by Schwarzenegger's budget cuts

  • Eat+Drink

    February 15, 2007

    Seeking Chichen Itza’s Hot Spots

    A single drop of habanero salsa is enough to season a panucho. A small spoonful renders a vaporcito ­practically radioactive. And this isn’t even the hottest salsa Chichen Itza has to offer.

  • Stage

    July 6, 2006

    Southwest Chamber Music at the Huntington

    A single drop of habanero salsa is enough to season a panucho. A small spoonful renders a vaporcito ­practically radioactive. And this isn’t even the hottest salsa Chichen Itza has to offer.

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    They Also Served

    So long, Mojave burros

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Of Rocks, Creeks and Broom-Tailed Horses

    Will California’s own wild mustangs ever return to Coyote Canyon? Should they?

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    12 Man-Made Disasters

    Will California’s own wild mustangs ever return to Coyote Canyon? Should they?

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Loss and Loathing on the Cheney Trail

    The environmental destruction wrought by the vice presidents secret energy plan

  • News

    July 8, 2004

    The Fight for Eagle Mountain

    The environmental destruction wrought by the vice presidents secret energy plan

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    The Glendale Narrows

    From Griffith Park to Downtown

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    Go Climb a Mountain

    David Brower, 19122000

  • LA Life

    August 17, 2000

    Grand Expectations

    Traveling with Sweetie and Sinatra

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Wilderness, Inc.

    Southern California's controversial 'Adventure Pass' program

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    Nature Boy

    Adam Werbachs audacious plan for the Sierra Club

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