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Each April, the Angeles Chapter Sierra Club celebrates Earth Day with more than one trail-thumping tribute to Club founder John Muir. Muir turns 175 this April 21, and the Chapter has organized special rendezvous hikes in his honor....

Ron Van Cleave, longtime beloved chair of the Bicycle Touring Committee, died Oct. 27. He apparently died after a fall at his home in Newhall. Known relatives are his wife, Beverly, and son Jim. Ron was one of the earliest leaders of the Bicycle...

The Sierra Club headquartered in San Francisco is run by a national board of directions. This year there will be seven candidates on the ballot: Donna Buell, Jim Dougherty, Chuck Frank, Becky Gillette, Robin Mann, Susanna Reyes and Matt Urban.The...

This issue of the Southern Sierran combined with the Schedule of Activities is the first to feature our new size and our new format. Download it to your desktop or print it out. Here’s some of what’s new: • Southern Sierran:...

Its official! The Angeles Chapter has a new home, and you’re all welcome to stop by and say hello anytime! We are now located in 3250 Wilshire Blvd. #1106, L.A., CA 90010. The space is smaller and more compact but we think it will serve...

After a three-year campaign by tens of thousands across the city, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined the Sierra Club's L.A. Beyond Coal activists Friday to publicly announce this blockbuster news: L.A. will stop using coal by 2025. (...

On any given Friday night, you can find a group of intrepid Sierra Club hikers out on the East Topanga Fire Road in the Santa Monica Mountains enjoying one of L.A.’s best kept near-secrets.  “The Friday Night Hike,” as it...

Like some unending TV soap opera, the efforts to permit the Newhall Ranch and the persistent opposition of community activists continues — and it’s far from being over yet. More than a year ago the Sierra Club joined four other...

Two important bills to protect the environment and the health of all Americans were introduced in Congress on March 14: the Breathe Act, sponsored by Congressman Jared Polis (D-Colorado) and the Fresher Act, sponsored by Congressman Matthew...

The Del Amo Pits and Montrose Superfund Sites ground water remediation project was the subject of a federal Environmental Protection Agency community meeting in Harbor Gateway in February. The properties are located between Normandie and Vermont...