March 2017

Decision Day for Hahamongna: Thursday, March 23rd

The big decision on County Flood's Big Dig Program for Hahamongna Watershed Park will be delivered on March 23 in the Superior Court. In February Judge James C. Chalfant issued a tentative ruling in Arroyo Seco Foundation & Pasadena Audubon Society v. County of Los Angeles, finding that the environmental impact report for the Devil's Gate Sediment Removal Project was critically flawed due to air quality and mitigation program deficiencies.

At the March 23 heaing, Judge Chalfant will review the cumulative impacts of the project and rule on what remedies County Flood must take for the project to go ahead. These could include revisions to the EIR and a re-approval by the County Board of Supervisors.

Show You Care - Help Save Hahamongna!

Thursday, March 23, 9:30am

Superior Court, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Room 846, 111 N. Hills Street, Los Angeles

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The Arroyo in the Time of Lummis


A Special Community Presentation by Tim Brick, ASF Managing Director, Wednesday, Mar. 29, 7pm


Audubon Center at Debs Park, 4700 North Griffin Ave., Los Angeles 90031

Sixth Annual LWV
Climate Change Conference

Working Together to Fight Climate Change Policy, Science, and Citizen Involvement

Saturday, APRIL 1, 2017, 9:00 a.m. – noon
Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church
500 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101

Celebrate California Spring
Native Plant Sale

Sunday, April 9th
9 am - 4 pm


4550 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena 91103 (626) 657-0392

Directions

Hahamongna Nursery is now open
on Saturdays and Sundays from 9 am to 4 pm

Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery presents a spectacular Spring Sale. These are the best native plants in our region, and they are available now. Spring is a great time to get beautiful, low-water-use native plants in the ground. Every purchase is a donation to promote native plants and water conservation for our region.

Arroyo Seco Calendar

Your guide to special events related to the Arroyo Seco, the Los Angeles River,
the San Gabriel Mountains, and key environmental issues in our region.

Click on the title link to read the event details.

Wednesday, March 22, 7:15pm

Living with Urban Black Bears: The Bear Essentials

Thursday, March 23, 9:30am

No Big Dig Lawsuit Hearing

Thursday, March 23, 7:00pm

Pasadena Climate Action Plan

Wednesday, March 29, 6:30pm

The Arroyo Seco at the time of Charles Lummis

Saturday, April 1, 9:00am

LWV-PA 6th Annual Climate Change Forum

Sunday, April 9, 9:00am

Celebrate California Spring Native Plant Sale

Wednesday, April 19, 6:30pm

Arroyo Seco Foundation Quarterly Meeting

News of the Arroyo

An achive of news stories about and related to life in the Arroyo Seco.

Click on the title link to read the entire story

Arroyo Seco Music Festival at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl to feature Tom Petty, Weezer, Mumford & SonsMarch 14, 2017 - The headliners have now been announced for the Arroyo Seco Music Festival coming up this June. -
Finding the hidden waterways of Los Angeles County, starting with the Arroyo SecoMarch 4, 2017 - Steve Scauzillo explores Hahamongna and its wonders. He laments the fact that a recent Pasadena candidates' forum neglected our region's most important environmental treasure. -
L.A. keeps building near freeways, even though living there makes people sickMarch 2, 2017- For more than a decade, California air quality officials have warned against building homes within 500 feet of freeways. And with good reason: People there suffer higher rates of asthma, heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer and pre-term births. Recent research has added more health risks to the list, including childhood obesity, autism and dementia. Yet Southern California civic officials have flouted those warnings, allowing a surge in home building near traffic pollution, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis of U.S. Census data, building permits and other government records.
In California, a Move to Ease the Pressures on Aging DamsFebruary 28, 2017 - "Scientists and environmental groups say deliberately creating floodplains to allow the state’s rivers to overflow more naturally and benignly is a way to help ease the strain on this water infrastructure, especially as climate change poses new challenges." -
Have we underestimated the West’s super-floods?February 28, 2017 - The potential for massive floods in the West is reviewed in this article from High county Times.
Drought finally over in nearly every part of California, scientists sayFebruary 23, 2017 - California's drought is over in most parts of the state, but effects will linger for many years. Los Angeles County still remains in the "abnormally dry" category.
A better plan to shore up Devil’s Gate Dam: EditorialFebruary 17, 2017 - The San Gabriel Valley Newspapers discuss the Oroville Dam situation and local implications, advocating a smaller, slower sediment removal program for Devil's Gate Dam.
Judge rules Devil's Gate Dam environmental report 'deficient' Devil's Gate DamFebruary 16, 2017 - Judge Chalfant's ruling on the County Flood Control District's Big Dam program means that "Los Angeles County Department of Public Works officials will likely have to revise and re-vet their environmental impact report." -
Devil’s Gate Dam sediment removal project dealt a blow after environmental report deemed ‘deficient’February 15, 2017 - Judge James Chalfant ruled the County Flood Control District's Environmental Impact Report on their Big Dig program for Hahamongna Watershed Park deficient and set a hearing on March 23 to consider remedies. -
New setback in plan to dredge Devil’s Gate DamFebruary 14, 2017 - KPCC covers Judge James Chalfant's ruling on the County Flood Control District's massive sediment excavation and trucking project for Devil's Gate Dam in Hahamongna.
Time for a new look at flood management in Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco: Guest commentaryJanuary 29, 2017 - LA County Supervisors should take a new look at the County Flood Control District's devastating program for Hahamongna in the Arroyo Seco at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains.

Arroyo Seco Foundation
Los Angeles River Center
570 W. Avenue 26 #450, Los Angeles, CA 90065
PO Box 91622, Pasadena, CA 91109
(323) 405-7326 | info@arroyoseco.org

Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery
Hahamongna Watershed Park
4550 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91103
(626) 657-0392

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