While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for ...
A dry wind was already stirring when the sun rose over Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, fitful gusts whipping palm fronds seaward and making eucalyptus limbs creek and groan. The forecast called for an ...
“Chaparral is extraordinarily species-rich ... tribes inhabited the land and engaged in controlled burning — the Santa Monica Mountains and its landscapes of chaparral, oak woodlands and ...
The Palisades Fire started at about 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, near Temescal Ridge Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. At first, it was native chaparral in the surrounding hills ...
Much of this land is part of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area ... At more than 150,000 acres, it encompasses rugged 3,000-foot mountains, chaparral hills, ancient stands of live oak, ...
Thick, yellow fire hoses crisscrossed the deck of a home in the Santa Monica Mountains ... vehicles and chewing through hills thick with chaparral. Resident E.V. and his wife stayed as flames ...