Cleveland National Forest

Trabuco Canyon Rescue Cost County $160,000

You asked and the County of Orange answered: this cost to search for and pluck two young adults out of rugged Trabuco Canyon terrain last month was more than $160,000."Why do I have to pay for someone's negligence?" reacted county Supervisor Todd Spitzer of the figures released Tuesday by the Orange ... More >>

[UPDATED with Rescuers Put in Harm's Way:] Kyndall Jack and Nicholas Cendoya Saved

See Update No. 7 on page 3 about a recently concluded press conference giving a complete overview of the latest events in Trabuco Canyon.See Update Nos. 3-6 on page 2 about the man being found alive, the search resuming for the woman, Kyndall Jack being found and airlifted out and how it all happene ... More >>

Inside the Secret Shows of the Shadow Creek Open Mic

Hidden somewhere in the Cleveland National Forest, there is an E-Z UP with a tie-dyed tapestry marking the entrance to the Shadow Creek Open Mic. Under a sky unspoiled by streetlights and concealed by old oak trees and rustling sage brush, four fire pits are placed thoughtfully around a little cabin ... More >>

Embarcadero: The San Francisco Treat

The bistro brings a little bit of the Bay Area to the boonies we call RSM

Weird Beard Joel: Why You Shouldn't Flush Poop!

At one time, people drank out of almost any stream in OC. No filter was required! They also pooped outside. This was when tribal people, grizzlies, steelhead trout, condors, pronghorn, and wolves populated the coastal bluffs, valleys, foothills, and mountains of California. Toilets, modern plumbing ... More >>

Roots Down: Education Group Hopes to Buy Big Oak Canyon

http://www.earthrootsfieldschool.org/There's a big world outside Bikini Bottom and iCarly's apartment. And the non-profit education group Earthroots hopes to show kids where it is, as they've announced plans to buy 39 acres near the Cleveland National Forest to use for nature programs, and work ... More >>

Conservationists Hope Federal Dismissal is Final Nail in Coffin for Cleveland National Forest Dam Project

​Conservationists are not out of the woods (or watershed) yet, but they believe victory is near in a long battle to stop a dam and hydroelectric project proposed in Cleveland National Forest.The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last week dismissed the Lake Elsinore Advanced Pumped S ... More >>

[UPDATED with Denial:] Kevin Frank Henriques, Killer of Girlfriend, Faces Parole Challenge

​UPDATED, MAY 11, 10:04 A.M.: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations' Board of Parole Hearings on Tuesday, denied parole for Kevin Frank Henriques, a 40-year-old Riverside man convicted of strangling his live-in girlfriend to death before wrapping her body in a blanket and ... More >>

Blowing Holes Through the "Big Dug Tunnel"

​An 11.2-mile "Big Dug Tunnel" through Cleveland National Forest was the apparent last standing solution to clogged rush hour (and several other hours') traffic between Orange and Riverside counties.But that has now been thoroughly pooh-poohed by local politicians, and a joint transportation comm ... More >>

Orange Sunshine

In his new book, the Weekly's Nick Schou tells the tale of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, OC's notorious 'Hippie Mafia'

Don Bren's Gift That Keeps On Taking Public Money (or Trying to, Anyway)

Want to Find Crime? Go to Church

Here's lookin' at ya!Forget the barrios, Harbor Boulevard and potential marijuana fields of Cleveland National Forest. If Orange County law enforcement wants to find illegal activity, they should go to church. Insert your favorite Catholic Diocese of Orange reference here. Then, take a l ... More >>

Outdoor Marijuana Eradication Called "Costly," "Futile"

​A sheriff's helicopter was chugging over Cleveland National Forest, about 15 miles off Ortega Highway, three years and one month ago when the pilot spotted a vast marijuana field. Deputies on the ground later confirmed--and cut down--about 1,000 young plants that had been thriving thanks to an el ... More >>

Crime Time: Move Over, Trendzilla!

The must-have fashion accessory of the season for robbers in Irvine and San Juan Capistrano.It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of Orange County police calls . . . TUESDAY, JUNE 16Forest Firebug is a Pot Farm Exposer to Boot: Seven fires were ignited within a short distance of each other in Trabuco Ca ... More >>

To Do This Weekend 6/19-6/21

Tree Huggers Ball and Go Green Expo, Saturday, 6 p.m.Canyon Land Conservation Fund works year-round to preserve the last of the wilderness within OC's Cleveland National Forest, so check out this hip eco-outfit and arrange a romantic summer evening at the Fifth Annual Tree Hugger's Ball, hosted by ... More >>

Tree Huggers Ball

Cornerstone

Busybody

Mike Sager peeks in on the lives of our times

The Fire of the Century . . . of the Year

Hellish fires now, Sahara Desert later, says UCI doom prophet Mike Davis

FOX News Covers the OC Fire (BADLY)

Here's a repost from Weekly contributor Joel Beers' MySpace blog. Title: FUCK YOU FOX NEWS: "Even the local station is staffed by mental incompetents. Like the dumb as dirt field "reporter" in Modjeska Canyon (at least she got that right) who says if the fire gets past the residential neighborhoo ... More >>

On the Range

Ridin’, ropin’, rasslin’ & other games of skill & contests of  strength, blazing trails, seeing sights &, of course, Anteaters

Trestles Tussle

The TCA’s expansion plans spark renewed activism

No Sweat

County officials say no to swimming, but yes to recycling at Irvine Lake

Does a Bear Shit in the LA Times?

If you read Monday's Los Angeles "By God" Times Business section (and why would you?), you might've choked on your French Roast when you came on C3's three-quarter page advert announcing the California Bear is missing from the state flag. The gloomy gray gus informed that the Grizzly "grew tired of ... More >>

San Juan Capistrano

No Mo Moiso

Grassroots campaign aims to stop homebuilder from invading OCs last protected wilderness area

The Closing Of The Orange County Frontier

True Men Dont Kill Coyotes

Activists howl foul over Rancho Mission Viejo

A Win-Lose Solution

Say hello to more South County homes, adios to wilderness

Road to Victory

Dr. Roadmap says elect him, and hell build a road through our nasty forests

Grin and Ferret

Buying Woodstock

Is Ladera Ranch the green revolution or the same development crap in a new package?

The Darkish Side

UCIs Observatory No, really

On the Outside Looking In

Tunnel Vision

All that stands in the way of Bill Vardoulis tunnel dream is the Irvine Co.

Hillside Strangers

Trabuco Canyon monks brace for major changes to their quiet lives

Diary of a Mad County

No Escape

A night of illegal camping

Great Pork

Agrans plan for a Great Park will make Don Bren a far richer man

No Matter Who Wins, We Do

Great Park great for Irvine Co.

Cry Baby Beach

Looking for the most polluted water in OC? Look for a baby beach

Please, God, Let This Be the Last One

Aint No Mountian Low Enough

Year in Review

Year in Review

The Year in Bits:July - December

Burning Sensation

Ketchup Time

Eat Cheap

Part Two

Beach Blanket Stinko

Corky's fight to keep our ocean clean

The Anus of Aliso Viejo