Gatherings

Learn about our social and educational get-togethers and monthly Executive Committee meetings.

Foggy View News

Read the The Foggy View, newsletter of the Palos Verdes-South Bay Group with the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Hikes and Trips

Join us for a local hike. The Palos Verdes Peninsula has many rustic trails and easy coastal paths. Explore the beautiful wild places close to home.

From The Foggy View

Nesting Success for Local Cactus Wren

Written by Olivia Jenkins, Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy Biologist. Photo by Randy Harwood. The coastal cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) is a special status species of bird that lives exclusively in coastal sage scrub habitat areas including on the Palos…

Ongoing Land Movement on the Palos Verdes Peninsula

Written by Al Sattler. Photo by Sabine Stenschke. NOTE:  The situation has changed dramatically since August 26, 2023, when the article below was written.  Because of accelerated land movement, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes (RPV) has declared a state of local…

Improving Air Quality for San Pedro and Long Beach

Written by David Wiggins. Photo by Green Oak/Shutterstock.com You think you might enjoy the fumes from a diesel truck idling outside your house around the clock?  I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t.  Yet that is effectively what people living and working…

Improving Air Quality for San Pedro and Long Beach

Written by David Wiggins. Photo by Green Oak/Shutterstock.com You think you might enjoy the fumes from a diesel truck idling outside your house around the clock?  I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t.  Yet that is effectively what people living and working…

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Better Bluffs Bring Back Blue Butterflies

Close up photo of the el Segundo blue butterfly by Eva Cicoria.

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Resilience in the Face of Natural Disasters

Solar panels helped a Florida community retain power after a hurricane. Can they do the same in earthquake country? Photo: Henrik Kam.

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