San Onofre State Beach needs your help! The toll road backers in Orange County are appealing to the federal government to override the Coastal Commission and get special approval to build their toll road through San Onofre State Beach.
Send a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, urging him to deny the toll road appeal.
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View images of the 28 acre site of Griffith Park on the East Bank of the Los Angeles River in Atwater Village — which could be the Next Great Urban Park in Los Angeles.
Central Service Yard Opportunity Site
Reclaiming Griffith Park’s Lost Acreage for Public Enjoyment
By Jeff Gardener and Bernadette Soter,
Members Griffith Park Master Plan Working [...]

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has documented that obesity among school children in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LASUD) has increased from 20.2% in 1999 to 26.1%in 2006, going from 1 in 5 children being obese to over 1 in 4. The percentage of overweight school children has generally been increasing [...]

Transit to Trails visited the Wishtoyo Foundation’s Chumash Demonstration Village Project in Malibu on April 26, 2008.

The Village will consist of the creation of an outdoor working Native American village on a four-acre site at Nicholas Canyon County Beach in Malibu, creating the only living Chumash cultural village of its kind in Southern California.
Transit to [...]

UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

KLCS and KCET Broadcasts!

KLCS - Mondays at 8PM - April 28, May 5, 12, and 19

April 28: In Sickness and In Wealth
May 5: When the Bough Breaks and Becoming American
May 12: Bad Sugar and Place Matters
May 19: Collateral Damage and Not Just a [...]

The children of the Anahuak Youth Association planted trees and kicked off the 2008 soccer season on April 19 to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of the Rio de Los Angeles State Park at Taylor Yard as part of the greening of the Los Angeles River. Anahuak and The City Project worked with [...]

Superintendent Tom Workman invites everyone to celebrate National Park Week at Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego’s National Park, with special Junior Ranger Day activities on Saturday, April 26, 2008, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. National Park Week (April 19-27, 2008), celebrates and seeks to engage people with America’s national parks. The 2nd Annual National [...]

Manzanar is a best practice example of a cultural, historical, or artistic monument that reflects diversity, democracy, and freedom.

The mission statement at Manzanar states :
Manzanar National Historic Site preserves the stories and resources of Manzanar for this and future generations. We will facilitate a park experience that weaves the stories of the various occupations of [...]