Twenty-five members of the Stay Green Inc. team from all over Southern California recently completed a 10-week irrigation training program focusing on water use efficiency and maximizing the benefits of state-of-the-art irrigation control systems. “While we’ve had one wet winter here in Southern...

[Kevin de León] – Thursday, Senate leadership unveiled the Preserve California legislative package to insulate the state from dangerous rollbacks in federal environmental regulations and public health protections. The bill package establishes strong and legally enforceable baseline protections...

UCLA issued the first comprehensive environmental report card for Los Angeles County on Tuesday, marking the region as an unimpressive “C” student overall for air, water, waste and other key areas. After nearly two years of gathering and analyzing data, researchers at UCLA’s Institute...

An ongoing challenge to us all is where to live while at the same time protecting the environment around us for our personal quality of life. Some like to live in a city densely packed into multifamily dwellings called apartment buildings, accepting a small community park either close to or far from...

Hundreds of California red-legged frogs are packing their little frog suitcases to move to “parts unknown.” Well, not exactly. The California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) is a rare species of frog found almost exclusively in our state. It was once commonly found throughout much of California,...

[KHTS] – College of the Canyons and the the Santa Clarita Environmental Education Consortium (SCEEC)  officials hosted the first Green Up: Community Action & Education event Saturday. “This is our first Green Up event for the Santa Clarita Environmental Education Consortium. We’re just...

St. Patrick’s Day is over, but College of the Canyons wants to remind local youth that it’s always a good time to “go green.” Elementary, junior high and high school students from across the Santa Clarita Valley will have an opportunity to win a prize by presenting their environmentally...

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer [Sen. Boxer] – U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) have introduced the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act, legislation that would designate the Berryessa Snow Mountain region as a National Conservation Area to better manage and...

Read an update to this story here => http://scvnews.com/?p=32325   One man’s wilderness is another man’s playground. Thus begins the battle for the future of some of Southern California’s last remaining roadless natural areas. Local residents have until Monday, June 11, to tell the Forest...

The City of Santa Clarita will be recognized by representatives of the California Green Communities, an environmental recognition program, at the Feb. 28 City Council meeting for achieving “silver” status as a result of the City’s commitment to environmental sustainability.  Santa Clarita is one...