Tag: Park

  • No one is on the fence about the 'obscenity' in Griffith Park: chain-link trail barriers

    No one is on the fence about the ‘obscenity’ in Griffith Park: chain-link trail barriers

    • Griffith Park is an urban wilderness sanctuary, and hikers love its popular, twisty trails. • But two new fences that block short-cuts have led to heated meetings and a petition demanding their removal. • They were intended as a safety measure and to protect habitat, but one of the regulars labeled the fences an…

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  • The Point Reyes tule elk will finally roam free, Park Service announces

    The Point Reyes tule elk will finally roam free, Park Service announces

    After years of debate, nearly two miles of fencing that prevented Point Reyes National Seashore tule elk from accessing water and competing for food with nearby cattle will be removed, the National Park Service announced Monday. The 8-foot-high, 2.2-mile enclosure fence, which was decried as inhumane by animal rights activists but supported by cattle ranchers,…

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  • Elevated radiation detected at former Bay Area landfill turned art park

    Elevated radiation detected at former Bay Area landfill turned art park

    State-ordered environmental testing has uncovered elevated levels of cancer-causing radiation at a popular spot for hikers and dog walkers in the Bay Area, according to a new report. Over the summer, the city of Albany hired hazardous waste specialists with Cabrera Services Inc. to survey for the presence of radioactive waste at the Albany Bulb,…

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  • Monterey Park restaurant patrons may have been exposed to hepatitis A

    Monterey Park restaurant patrons may have been exposed to hepatitis A

    L.A. County health officials are warning that some diners at a Monterey Park restaurant may have been exposed to hepatitis A. An employee at a Buffalo Wild Wings in the city was found to be infected with the highly contagious liver infection, the county public health department said in a release Wednesday. Customers who ate…

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  • 16-year-old bicyclist struck, killed in possible road rage hit-and-run in Exposition Park, authorities say

    16-year-old bicyclist struck, killed in possible road rage hit-and-run in Exposition Park, authorities say

    A 16-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed by the driver of a sedan Friday afternoon in Exposition Park in a potential case of road rage, authorities said. The driver fled the scene after the incident, which took place in a parking lot of BMO Stadium in the park near downtown Los Angeles shortly after 4:30…

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