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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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. |
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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.
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| Arroyo Seco Music Festival at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl to feature Tom Petty, Weezer, Mumford & Sons | March 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 Seco | March 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 sick | March 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 Dams | February 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 say | February 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: Editorial | February 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 Dam | February 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 Dam | February 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 commentary | January 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. |
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