Finding Our Routes: The Backbone Trail
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where…
A Love Song for Owls
Every winter, canyon residents are treated to what sounds like a treetop woodwind concert, but the music isn’t intended for a human audience, instead, it’s…
Great Backyard Bird Count 2021
Owls aren’t the only amazing avian residents to watch for in winter; the Santa Monica Mountains and coastline are the winter home of a spectacular…
Manzanar Left Its Mark on Local Family
It’s a stark photo: a young man bending to drink from an Army canteen. Behind him is a vast empty landscape of desolate desert and…
For Local Gulls Life Really Is a Beach
I met a gull I hadn’t seen before when I was out shooting photos for the article on winter beach walks in this issue of…
Winter Beach Walk
I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not…
The Devil Wind
This year’s continuous Santa Ana wind conditions have created a season of extremes: warm days, cold nights, fiery sunsets, and an ocean pressed so smooth…
Two New Books Celebrate the Life of Mountain Lion P-22
Mountain lion P-22 was catapulted to fame in 2012, when Griffith Park ecologist Miguel Ordenana first captured the big cat on film with a remote…
It’s Fruitcake Weather
“It’s always the same: a morning arrives in November, and my friend, as though officially inaugurating the Christmas time of year that exhilarates her imagination…
This Is the Season to Watch for Mirages and the Elusive Green Flash
Looking for a bit of magic this holiday season? The beach at sunset is a good place to find enchantment. Autumn is the season of…
