Unearthing the past: The history of rock climbing in Joshua Tree

  • Posted on 23 July 2024
  • By Avery Weinman

On April 25, 1936, Arthur B. Johnson, Chair of the Rock Climbing Committee of the Southern California Sierra Club Chapter led what was likely the first ever climbing-focused expedition in the Wonderland Rocks area of Joshua Tree, before it was even designated as a national monument on August 10th of the same year. In the 1930s, the Sierra Club was the preeminent climbing organization in Southern California, and helped to bring European Alpinist techniques to the California landscape.

Water District Board Members Mike Ti and Jody Roberto Can End Rigged Study Promoting Desert-Damaging Water Project

  • Posted on 1 October 2021
  • By John Monsen
The Cadiz corporation helped put a little-known water district in eastern LA County on the map -- but not for any reason the district would want. The Three Valleys Municipal Water District has been exposed by the Sierra Club, tribal leaders, and local ratepayers for rigging an $805,000 study of the Cadiz water mining project’s environmental impacts in favor of the corporation.