Articles for San Gabriel Mountains

San Gabriel Mountains National Monument expands by more than 100,000 acres
7 months, 3 weeks ago

San Gabriel Mountains National Monument expands by more than 100,000 acres

LA Times  

President Biden on Thursday expanded San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by nearly a third in an action that was widely praised by the Indigenous leaders, politicians, conservationists and community organizers who had long fought for the enlargement of the protected natural area that serves as the backyard of the Los Angeles Basin. The president also signed a proclamation expanding Berryessa …

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Trash heaps and wild parties: Blight invades a beloved L.A. escape
1 year, 4 months ago

Trash heaps and wild parties: Blight invades a beloved L.A. escape

LA Times  

Moises Rivera and Marisol Medina had a clear vision in mind when they began their summer excursion in the mountains above blistering Los Angeles recently — and that vision definitely included a cooling dip in the East Fork of the San Gabriel River. “It’s disturbing.” Moises Rivera and Marisol Medina encountered a harsh reality when they visited the popular East …

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California Congress members call for expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
1 year, 5 months ago

California Congress members call for expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

LA Times  

Andrew Guiding Young Cloud Morales, from the Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians, offers a blessing during an event calling for the expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by over 100,000 acres. In a bid to expand wilderness protections to the mountains and foothills just north of the Los Angeles Basin, California Rep. Judy Chu and Sen. Alex Padilla …

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Rare yellow-legged frogs are returned to drought-hammered San Gabriel Mountains
2 years, 3 months ago

Rare yellow-legged frogs are returned to drought-hammered San Gabriel Mountains

LA Times  

Six biologists shouldered backpack coolers filled with 200 federally endangered frogs on Thursday morning and started trudging uphill across three miles of roadless wilderness on the northwestern flanks of the San Gabriel Mountains. The inch-long juvenile Southern California mountain yellow-legged frogs were being carried on foot to a pair of remote spring-fed streams running through some of the wildest places …

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Photos: Storm brings rain, snow and cold to California
3 years, 10 months ago

Photos: Storm brings rain, snow and cold to California

LA Times  

Showers continued falling in parts of the Southland on Friday following a night that saw steady downpours saturate roadways and hillsides, prompting mudslides from Azusa to Orange County, but the rain is expected to taper off as the day wears on. Salinas In this image taken by a drone, a truck drives along River Road, where heavy rains caused mudslides …

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Bobcat fire aftermath threatens endangered species in San Gabriel Mountains
4 years, 2 months ago

Bobcat fire aftermath threatens endangered species in San Gabriel Mountains

LA Times  

Up until a few weeks ago, the West Fork of the San Gabriel River was one of the most abundant wildlife habitats in Los Angeles County, a secluded and rugged area defined by its steep peaks, lush canyons and mixture of rare and endangered species. A heavy mudslide, experts said, could reverse decades of conservation efforts by inundating the last …

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