The Whittier Narrows Dam is an earthen dam constructed in 1957 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The dam stretches across a narrow gap between the Montebello Hills and the Whittier Hills at the confluence of the Rio Hondo and San Gabriel Rivers. Rosemead Boulevard (California State Route 19) crosses over the top of the dam and passes through the flood plain bordered by both rivers.
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Can and Must Do More to Protect Groundwater
By: Annelisa Ehret Moe, Heal the Bay & Charming Evelyn
The Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area is a well-kept secret. The natural area in the heart of the San Fernando Valley covers 60 acres of bird habitat north of Burbank Boulevard on the basin’s east side, south of the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant that releases 18 million gallons of treated water daily.
Three new studies released in December by the California Air Resources Board reveal that exposure to airborne fine-particulate matter significantly elevates the risk for premature deaths from heart disease in older adults and elevates incidence of strokes among post-menopausal women.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in California and is responsible for approximately 35 percent of annual deaths.
The board commissioned the studies to further investigate the connection between fine particulate pollution and public health impacts in California.
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LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite National Park is seeking volunteers this summer at the Tudorstyle stone structure the Sierra Club built in 1904 to honor geologist and early Club president Joseph LeConte.
In a big win for California’s coast, the Oxnard City Council adopted a final 2030 General Plan that firmly advances the protection and restoration of the Ormond Beach wetlands.
The Sierra Club’s Los Padres Chapter has been fighting to preserve the vast ecosystem of green wetlands and unique coastline habitat in Oxnard since the 1980s.
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Los Angeles, CA 90010
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