San Gabriel Mountains Discussion Forum

AW · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:34 pm Post subject:

After Burn: Cleaning Up After the Fire
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist07/Publications/Inside7/story.php?id=410
"What I worry about most is what happens this winter,” said Ed Toledo, maintenance area superintendent for North Region 3. “We’re trying to get the culverts, basins and drain inlets ready for the first rains....The goal is to have that stretch of road(ACH) open when Angeles Forest Highway, a county road, is reopened, restoring the Antelope Valley commuter route. Freeman estimates that should happen by mid- to late October. The remainder of SR-2 is scheduled to reopen by mid-November."

Governer Signs AB 110: Elsmere Canyon Heading Down The Right Path
http://santaclaritacitybriefs.com...nyon-heading-down-the-right-path/
"One of the 200 bills signed late Sunday night by the Governor was AB 110, authored by Assemblyman Cameron Smyth and supported by the City of Santa Clarita to add Elsmere Canyon back into the Rim of the Valley corridor. The bill is part of Santa Clarita’s decades-long effort to protect and preserve Elsmere Canyon, which is partially in the Angeles National Forest near the terminus of Newhall Avenue and SR 14."

Mt Baldy Ski Lifts Announces Mammoth Increase In Snow Making Capabilities
http://www.pr-inside.com/mt-baldy...ts-announces-mammoth-r1535431.htm
"After 15 years of negotiation with the Forestry Service we were given permission to install a new 9 million gallon reservoir,” states Keith Hunt President of the Mt Baldy Chamber of Commerce....With the reservoir and the installation of additional guns our snow making capabilities has increased almost 50% over last season."

Speaking of MtBaldy ski lifts...part 2 of the 'transportation' series
Mt Baldy Downhill Union DVD(stay tuned past 2:35)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Kzj43V2Uw&feature=player_embedded
Baldy
http://vimeo.com/5797512

AW · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject:

Trip Report – Devore Campground – Angeles National Forest(no pictures,closed area)
http://www.chayacitra.com/?p=453
"It was an older man, probably in his late 60s, with a blonde handle-bar mustache, wearing that all-too familiar puke-green Forest Service uniform. And apparently, he wasn’t too happy about my presence in the area."

Rare big-animal deaths in Angeles National Forest's fast-moving Station Fire
http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily...t/animal-death-fire-angeles-fore/
"....A USFS team spent two weeks in the Station Fire area examining its effects but wasn't focused on evidence of animal deaths. However, when they stopped the vehicles, Cooper and others came upon three bears, 12 deer, two coyotes, one bobcat and a fox. (The Times said they found mountain lions, but this is not correct.). Since the animals were found by happenstance, this modest and informal survey hints at a widespread loss of big animals...."

Rare tadpoles rescued from Station Fire burn zone
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_13621141
"In a slippery, slimy rescue mission, federal workers this month scooped up and relocated 106 rare tadpoles to save them from possible fallout from the Station Fire.
When the Station Fire rolled through the mountains this August, it burned Devil's Canyon, a prime habitat for the yellow-legged frog, which is on the federal endangered species list.
So workers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service caught them and sent them to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, which recently formed a partnership with wildlife service....."

Speaking of rescues....`Yuppie 911' fosters risky behavior in hikers
http://www.dailybreeze.com/latestnews/ci_13641369
also covered on several blogs....
http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/a...lls_lead_to_citation_for_grand_ca

"In the span of three days, the group pushed the panic button three times, mobilizing helicopters for dangerous, lifesaving rescues inside the steep canyon walls(Grand Canyon)....This time(third time), according to a park service report, rescuers took them out and cited the leader for "creating a hazardous condition" for the rescue teams.

Historical:
L.A. area's history lives in these unique archives
http://www.latimes.com/news/local...chive18-2009oct18,0,5687799.story
"...The Mt. Lowe trip went up to Altadena and then to Rubio Canyon and up to Echo Mountain and then up to Mt. Lowe. . . . You should know about that. It's famous," Shidler said. From 1896 to 1936 -- the year the tavern atop the mountain burned -- it was popular: "Everyone came to Los Angeles, they went to Mt. Lowe," he said."

photo:MtLowe railway

http://bluemonocle.com/Photos/Product?itemCode=25179

History(well written) and Access to Upper Eaton Canyon (near Pasadena, CA)
http://www.lafn.org/~dave/eaton_can_hist.html
"Muir saw a potential economic use of Upper Eaton Canyon as part of a large "bee garden" to produce honey (obtained by bees from the native flowers) for beekeepers. In fact this chapter XVI, which contains this brief account of his exploration of the upper reaches of Eaton Canyon, is entitled "The Bee-Pastures" and is mostly about bee-pastures elsewhere in California...From 1915 until 1929, this was "Camp Idle Hour", a resort where one could pay to stay overnight and eat meals. Then in the 1930's it became a free public campground and remains so today... I remember seeing at least one a car parked in the "parking lot" ("Telephone Flat" per Brennen)."

Settlers had high hopes for Llano del Rio
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_13595163
"The dream of Job Harriman, an unsuccessful candidate for governor of California, vice president of the United States and mayor of Los Angeles, Llano del Rio Cooperative Colony started in 1914 as a model socialist community....As early as May 1914, the first families moved onto the barren site north of the San Gabriel Mountains and there was a whole lot of backbreaking work waiting for them. Water needed to be diverted from nearby Big Rock Creek, and great fields of sagebrush, creosote and rocks had to be cleared for irrigation....Hoping to get more water from Big Rock Creek, cobblestone-lined ditches were built. Unfortunately, the water flow wasn't anywhere near the amount required"

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AW · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject:

Victoria Principal Charity Donation
http://www.soapchat.net/showthread.php?t=191067
"October 30, 2009: Victoria Principal joined nonprofit TreePeople and the U.S. Forest Service to announce a $25,000 gift to support TreePeople's fire restoration efforts in the Angeles National Forest. Victoria Principal's gift kicks off a fundraising goal of $250,000 to help restore the Angeles National Forest following the 2009 Station fires...."

Arroyo Seco USACE Study & Station Fire Update
http://arroyolover.blogspot.com/2...eco-usace-study-station-fire.html
"....The Angeles National Forest is closed indefinitely and USFS continue to ask hikers and others to refrain from curiosity walks along the perimeter. The extremely 'soft' footing due to erosion and ash build-up has already led to one rescue of one experienced hiker who slide deeply down a canyon when the trail unfoot literally gave way due to the post-fire conditions...."

Hiker rescued from Mt. Baldy foothills
http://www.sbsun.com/breakingnews/ci_13671258
"...The hiker, who was stuck on a small ledge around 3,200 elevation in a steep canyon near San Antonio Dam, was able to call 911 on his cell phone and ask for help..."

Body of missing Mount Whitney hiker found
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/...missing-Mount-Whitney-hiker-found
"...The body of Kenneth "Wade" Brunette, 73, of Hansville, Wash., was found at 12:45 p.m. Saturday on the eastern slope of the mountain by a search-dog team, National Park Service Spokeswoman Adrienne Freeman said"

Religious group pushes to protect San Gabriel Mountains
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/g...gabriel-mountains-protection.html
"The group, Progressive Christians Uniting, is touting the proposal(NPS) to congregants of dozens of San Gabriel Valley churches near the 650,000-acre range that constitutes about 70% of Los Angeles County's open space....."

Mountain High Resort Now Open In Wrightwood(includes slideshow)
http://cbs2.com/tv/Mountain.High.Resort.2.1281612.html

AW · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:38 pm Post subject:

Initial reports - KNX et al that ACH&AFH will open November 25.

11/06/2009 13:24 Filming ''Psychic Hollywood'' ACH 6.9 miles up the Crest
-murder sites in the forest episode

Authorities release details in case of Pomona man linked to three killings
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13750346
"....Authorities identified the two additional victims as El Monte native David Arthur Padilla Jr., 29, whose body was found under a Chino freeway overpass, and 32-year-old Lorraine Minjarez of Covina. Minjarez's body was buried along Mt. Baldy Road in the San Gabriel Mountains....She was strangled and suffered slash wounds to her neck,....On Monday, a man who lives next to Caballero's parents in a Mira Loma senior-housing complex said he remembered Caballero(murder suspect) as a nice, pleasant person"

Nov 12: Wildfires and Their Aftermath: Assessing the Station Fire
http://cssd.ucr.edu/EMails/CSSD0911.html
"Jody Noiron, Angeles National Forest Supervisor, will discuss the aftermath of the devastating Station Fire, its effect on the watershed ecosystems, and what homeowners living near wildfire areas can do to help protect themselves"

Pasadena and activists clash over removal of non-native trees in Hahamongna
http://www.examiner.com/x-28812-A...-of-nonnative-trees-in-Hahamongna
"While the U.S. Forest Service is advising Pasadena to remove non-natives, some community activists would prefer a wait-and-see approach until more is known about the effects of the wildfire. City officials fear that without native vegetation to slow their spread, non-natives may propagate in burned areas.....Tim Brick, Managing Director of the Arroyo Seco Foundation, counters, "The logic is quite the opposite of what they are saying. It doesn't make a lot of sense at all."

CresentaValley chamber hands out awards
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/...olitics/gnp-recognition110709.txt
"Organization of the Year: Montrose Search and Rescue"

search&rescues elsewhere:
Climber recovering from long Mount Shasta tumble
http://www.google.com/hostednews/...tqWGenfF3rFOIEjkmEyPW8XQD9BNMCJG0
"A climber who tumbled more than 1,500 feet down Mount Shasta escaped with only a broken hip, authorities said Monday.
Julian Lopez, 43, and a friend were taking the Avalanche Gulch route Saturday on the 14,000-foot mountain in Northern California when the mishap occurred, said Susan Gravenkamp, spokeswoman for the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office."

HikeUp · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: