Posts Tagged ‘santa monica mountains’
Map of $175 Stop-Sign Cameras to Avoid in Los Angeles and Santa Monica Mountains Parks
March 15, 2012 at 7:45 am
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Hidden camera: 40 feet behind you in Franklin Canyon, a camera snaps your rear plate and sends you a $175 ticket.As Michael Goldstein reports in "Parks Agency Money Grab" in the print L.A. Week
Mobile Hiking App Coming For Santa Monica Mountains
October 3, 2011 at 2:32 pm
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A German-based publisher will release a mobile hiking guide to the Santa Monica Mountains for Apple iPad, iPhone, and iTouch on Wednesday. Michael Mueller Verlag is responsible for the app (titled MM-Hiking Santa Monica), which uses GPS, geo-integrated maps, and informative rich yet precise texts to guide hikers along 10 different paths in the Sa...
U2′s The Edge finds conservancy’s price
May 7, 2011 at 3:30 pm
The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy softens its opposition to the rocker’s plans for an exclusive development on a Malibu ridge in exchange for $750,000. Let’s have yet another round of applause for the fabulous, long-running Malibu morality play starring the eco-conscious U2 guitarist and international humanitarian who calls himself The Edge. After five years, it [...]
National Park Service Geocaching Program Kicks Off
April 18, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Let the games begin! The National Park Service is now using geocaching—a game that involves using multi-million dollar satellites to search for secret Tupperware—as a means to educate those exploring the surrounding Santa Monica Mountains. Not that there weren’t always geocaches placed throughout the mountain ranges—there are many. However, now there are a few that [...]
[VIDEO] Did I Discover a Prehistoric Creature in the Santa Monica Mountains?
April 26, 2010 at 7:20 am
On a recent hike along the Santa Ynez Trail, I took a detour to see if I could locate the Santa Ynez waterfall. A well marked sign indicates this is not a well-marked and a non-maintained trail, but with a bit of caution and trail info, I managed my way along the creek to find [...]
Santa Monica Mountains Science Festival April 16-17
April 7, 2010 at 8:00 am
For inquiring minds of all ages! Watch owls fly at night. Identify a wildflower. Learn how to track mountain lions and bobcats. Listen to stories from long ago. Discover the mysteries of your neighborhood national park! The 1st annual Santa Monica Mountains Science Festival, sponsored by the National Park Service in partnership with the Natural [...]
[VIDEO] Flooding in Temescal Canyon
February 8, 2010 at 7:43 am
On Saturday morning, as I sipped my warm cup of coffee looking out to the cold, cloudy, rainy day in front of me, I recalled the plans I had made on Friday – to go for a hike. Today, I headed to Temescal Canyon. Turning up into Temescal off of PCH, I was anticipating the [...]
Hiking the Santa Monica Mountains!
February 3, 2010 at 7:08 am
I am sitting here with the beginnings of a blister on my right foot, my legs are bit sore, and I have an exhaustion I haven’t felt in a while… BUT I love it all. Why?… because the other day (on a Saturday) I woke up early, headed up to Will Rogers State Park and went [...]
