July 2011 Archives
Safety:
Backcountry hikers, take note. A growing wildfire in the Sierra Mountains has prompted forest officials to close a number of areas that may affect trips.
Outdoors:
Orange County's stock of open space grew significantly last summer when the Irvine Company gifted 20,000 acres of undeveloped land. Of that, about 2,000 acres make up Black Star Canyon.
Tours:
Few objects say "California Desert" quite so unambiguously as the Joshua tree. The Mojave's signature tree yucca is an apt symbol for the countryside it lives in -- harsh, bleak and seemingly unforgiving, yet oddly picturesque and evocative.
Outdoors:
Once crucial infrastructure for Angeleños of the city's public-transit era, public staircases became all but forgotten when Los Angeles turned to the automobile.
Outdoors:
Many of Los Angeles' hillside neighborhoods are situated near open space, giving residents convenient opportunities to outdoor recreation.
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