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Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles 
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Amusement Piers 
Suzanne Guldimann, June 13, 2025 0  
A pier is a folly, a highway to nowhere. Whether lined with fishermen or filled with the cries and clattering of a roller coaster, whether thick with the aromas of hotdogs and fries or freshly gutted fish, they are...
California Mustard: Beauty or Bane 
Suzanne Guldimann, May 30, 2025 0  
A beautiful but unwelcome tide of golden blossom is sweeping over the Santa Monica Mountains this year. The late—and light—rainy season has resulted in few native wildflowers but an abundance of mustard, an opportunistic invasive that thrives even in...
TREES IN BLOOM 
Suzanne Guldimann, April 18, 2025 0  
This isn’t one of those springs when the hills are covered in a vivid profusion of wildflowers. The Santa Monica Mountains have received just a fraction of the average rainfall for the season. Hot weather is already arriving, drying...
SAVING THE COAST 
Suzanne Guldimann, April 4, 2025 0  
The Trump Administration is taking aim at the California Coastal Commission, and according to a recent New York Times article, the President may have an ally in California Governor Gavin Newsom. The Times headline states “Trump and Newsom Find...
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A Bad Wrap 

Claire Chapman, December 3, 2021 0 4 min read  
The holiday season is here and amidst the warmth and togetherness, celebration and cheer, is lots of unnecessary, non-recyclable trash. Each year we generate an additional seven million pounds of waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, and it...
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Food for Thought 

Claire Chapman, April 23, 2021 0 8 min read  
Waste /wAYst/  n.  any unwanted material or substance that results from a human activity or process. Damaged, defective, or superfluous material Resource  /ˈrēˌsôrs,rəˈsôrs/ n.  a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon...