Do Not Go Into the Water
Do not go into the water. The Palisades fire burn area has the dubious distinction of earning some of the worst water quality ratings possible. The fire has transformed a huge expanse of the ocean into a toxic stew...
Chasing Arrows to Nowhere
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law prohibiting the use of the chasing arrows symbol on material that is not able to be recycled. This symbol has led consumers to wrongfully believe that placing packaging in...
Intelligent Life Forms
Some people like to imagine that there is an intelligent life form looking down on our planet, trying to learn about human behavior. If aliens are looking down on Earth from above, there is one human activity that might...
An Ocean Underfoot: Topanga’s Fossils Record the History of Vanished Seas
The shark tooth was so shiny, so perfectly triangular and sharp, that it looked at first glance like a shard of metal on the sand. Our coast is home to a wide variety of sharks: leopard sharks that swim...
Annual Beach Report
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area beaches received good marks on Heal the Bay’s annual Beach Report. Every year, the nonprofit organization ranks the beaches and freshwater sites it tests for bacterial pollution. The recent 17-million-gallon sewage spill at...
Los Angeles County Lifeguard Beach Safety Tips
Beach weather is here, and the Los Angeles County Lifeguards have some safety tips for swimmers and surfers. Rip currents are a major safety issue along much of the local coast. Rip currents form when water from breaking waves...
To Be a Mermaid
An Interview with Linden Wolbert Among the oaks and rocky canyons of Topanga lives a real live mermaid. Linden Wolbert is a professional mermaid or entrepre-mermaid and ocean “edutainer” who uses her freediving skills to perform underwater, transforming herself...
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