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Environment

Top Story: A park’s legacy grows in Malibu

Legacy Park in Malibu has wildlife, sculptures, outdoor classrooms and five coastal habitats. But to understand why Los Angeles County’s most innovative new recreational area recently racked up its sixth award in 16 months of existence, you have to look deeper—underground, in fact. Beneath its… [Read more]

Coast and Mountains

Calling all stewards of the sea

Protectors of Southern California surf just got a lot of new turf to keep an eye on. And they need your help. On January 1, the California Fish and Game Commission gave marine ecosystems a regulatory facelift, creating 36 new Marine Protected Areas spanning 187… [Read more]

• Santa Monica Mountains man on the move

Urban Rivers and Streams

Boom times on the L.A. River

When the heavens open, as they did epically last month, the Los Angeles River becomes a roaring, churning testament to urban junk and waste. With a collection area of nearly 900 square miles, it carries in its rain-swollen waters anything that can be chucked into… [Read more]

• What’s killing Malibu Creek’s steelhead

Going Green

Ocean-friendly gardening starts here

Malibu made a prizewinning environmental “cleaning machine” out of a vacant lot that had the community’s annual chili cook-off site. You don’t need to own a spread like Legacy Park, though, to help curb urban run-off. Paul Herzog, coordinator of the Surfrider Foundation’s Ocean-Friendly Gardens… [Read more]