2015 Press

Some of the environmental and/or land use articles from 2015 include:

• Orange County Register (25 Dec 2015) Online
  “Drummond: A List for Best of in 2015 in Yorba Linda”
• Orange County Register (16 Dec 2015) Online
  “Drummond: Opposition Groups Turning to the Courts”
• Voice of OC (16 Dec 2015) Online
  “Welsh: Coastal Commission Banning Ranch Hearings in January Need to Hear From OC”
• Orange County Register (01 Dec 2015) Online
  “Yorba Linda Postpones Decision on Esperanza Hills Development”
• Orange Juice Blog (30 Nov 2015) Online
  “How—Suddenly and Quietly—We Lost West Coyote Hills”
• KPCC (30 Nov 2015) Online
  “CA High Court Deals Blow to Newhall Ranch Development Project”
• Orange County Register (21 Nov 2015) Online
  “Fighting Arsonists Before They Can Ignite Wildfires”
• Orange County Register (18 Nov 2015) Online
  “Fullerton City Council Keeps Plan For Division of Coyote Hills Allowing Purchase of Parcels For More Open Space”
• Chino Champion (07 Nov 2015) Online
  “Judge Puts Brakes on Canyon Project”
• KABC News (04 Nov 2015) Online
  “Housing Development Project in Brea Halted by Judge”
• Voice of OC (04 Nov 2015) Online
  “Yorba Linda is Government At its Worst”
• Orange County Register (03 Nov 2015) Online
  “Nonprofit Wins Lawsuit Against Brea’s Madrona Development”
• Los Angeles Times (25 Oct 2015) Online
  “Desalination Still Poses Too Many Risks For Coastal Areas”
• Orange County Register (24 Oct 2015) Online
  “Plan to Divide up West Coyote Hills so Parts Could be Purchased for Preservation Clears First Hurdle”
• OC Weekly Blog (16 Oct 2015) Online
  “Irvine is Greenest Big City in Orange County Based on National Rankings”
• Orange County Register (07 Oct 2015) Online
  “Watchdog: Nuclear Waste can be Stored at New San Onofre Site, Coastal Commission Says”
• Voice of OC (05 Oct 2015) Online
  “Fake Nuisance Ordinance Will Not Curtail Public’s Beach Access Rights”
• KCBX (01 Oct 2015) Online
  “Prolonged Drought Starting to Take Its Toll on Coastal Oaks”
• Voice of OC (01 Oct 2015) Online
  “Stop Mega Development on OC’s Last Unprotected Coastal Open Space”
• Orange County Register (30 Sep 2015) Online
  “Fire Season on Horizon: Santa Anas Fan Flames That Are More Dangerous Than Summer Blazes, Study Says”
• NBC Los Angeles (17 Sep 2015) Online
  “5 Acre Fire Breaks Out in Yorba Linda”
• LA Observed (09 Sep 2015) Online
  “Watch El Niños Build Side by Side: 1997 and 2015”
• Los Angeles Times (04 Sep 2015) Online
  “The County is AWOL in the Fight for Malibu Beaches”
• Los Angeles Times (03 Sep 2015) Online
  “We Finally Know How Many Trees are in the World”
• Laguna Beach Independent (01 Sep 2015) Online
  “Study Adds Fuel to Fire Safety”
• SoCalWild (26 Aug 2015) Online
  “A Tale of Two Squirrels”
• Laguna Beach Independent (22 Aug 2015) Online
  “Can Bikers, Hikers and Habitat Co-Exist?”
• NOAA (20 Aug 2015) Online
  “Global Summary Information”
• Daily Pilot (20 Aug 2015) Online
  “California Supreme Court to Hear Lawsuit over Plans to Develop Banning Ranch”
• Orange County Register (16 Aug 2015) Online
  “Orange County Has Led the Way As a Model for Recycling Water, But Here’s What’s Being Done to Do More”
• Los Angeles Times (13 Aug 2015) Online
  “The ‘Sad But Not Surprising Death’ of a Wandering Puma Known as P-32”
• Orange County Register (05 Aug 2015) Online
  “Lawsuit Ruling Could Come This Month on Brea’s Madrona Project”
• Orange County Register (30 Jul 2015) Online
  “Toll Agency to Sue Over 241 Extension”
• Voice of OC (28 Jul 2015) Online
  “Chandos: OC Politicos Squeeze Local Homeowners on Water But Save Developers”
• New York Times (22 Jul 2015) Online
  “How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain”
• Kaboom (20 Jul 2015) Online
  “Congratulations to Our 2015 Playful City USA Communities”
• Los Angeles Times (15 Jul 2015) Online
  “To Save Water, New California Homes Will Have Less Lawn“
• KTLA News (13 Jul 2015) Online
  “230 Acre Brush Burns Along State Route 241in Irvine, 3 Structures Destroyed, Evacuations Ordered”
• Orange County Register (08 Jul 2015) Online
  “Irvine on Alert Amid Coyote Attacks on Children”
• Orange County Register (02 Jul 2015) Online
  “Lawsuit Filed Against County Over Esperanza Hills Project”
• Grist (29 Jun 2015) Online
  “Here’s the Only Explainer on California Drought You Need”
• Daily Pilot (19 Jun 2015) Online
  “City Leaders Seek Input From County Supervisor on Talbert Park”
• Los Angeles Times (12 Jun 2015) Online
  “Emissions Cap-and-Trade Program is Working Well in California”
• Los Angeles Times (12 Jun 2015) Online
  “California Moves to Restrict Water Pumping By Pre-1914 Rights Holders”
• Los Angeles Times (10 Jun 2015) Online
  “P-22, P-41 and the Future of L.A.’s Mountain Lions”
• Orange County Register (10 Jun 2015) Online
  “Live Oak Canyon Road to Get Safety Improvements”
• Los Angeles Times (07 Jun 2015) Online
  “California Drought: No Rain, But ‘The Sky is Not Falling‘”
• Voice of OC (03 Jun 2015) Online
  “340-Home Development Above Yorba Linda Gets Approval Amid Wildfire Concerns”
• OC Weekly (03 Jun 2015) Online
  “Surfrider, Coastkeeper and Other Groups Sue Surf City Over Its Repeal of Plastic Bag Ban”
• KPCC (03 Jun 2015) Online
  “California Lawmakers Advance Aggressive Climate Change Plans”
• Orange County Register (02 Jun 2015) Online
  “O.C. Supervisors Clear Path For Esperanza Hills Development”
• Orange County Register (01 Jun 2015) Online
  “Laguna Beach to Extend Popular Trolley Route”
• Orange County Register (01 Jun 2015) Online
  “’It was a Catastrophe’: Tree With Birds’ Nests Torn Down in Newport Beach, Angering Neighbors”
• Orange County Register (29 May 2015) Online
  “Unhappy Trails: Orange County’s Wilderness Saved, Public Access Denied”
• Daily Pilot (21 May 2015) Online
  “Preservationists, Costa Mesa Weigh Next Moves in Banning Ranch Saga”
• Orange County Register (19 May 2015) Online
  “Buena Park’s Open Space Initiative Failing in Early Results”
• Orange Juice Blog (15 May 2015) Online
  “The Poseidon Adventure Sails On”
• Orange County Register (14 May 2015) Online
  “From Cattle Land into Bird-Lover’s Paradise: San Clemente’s New Wetland Habitat Takes Root”
• Orange County Register (13 May 2015) Online
  “Newport Beach to Enforce Restricts on Water Use”
• Laguna Beach Independent (01 May 2015) Online
  “Laguna’s Land Preserves Expand”
• Orange County Register (30 Apr 2015) Online
  “Some Orange County Official’s Personal Water Use Rising, Despite Impending Restrictions”
• Los Angeles Times (29 Apr 2015) Online
  “Lake Mead Water Level Falls to a Landmark Low, and is Likely to Get Worse”
• Los Angeles Times (29 Apr 2015) Online
  “OCTA Purchases Open Space for Preservation”
• ABC 7 News (29 Apr 2015) Online
  “California Touts Aggressive Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gases”
• Los Angeles Times (27 Apr 2015) Online
  “Legislature, Close Loop Hole Exempting Building Projects From CEQA”
• Orange County Register (26 Apr 2015) Online
  “Irvine: County’s 100-acre Plan Could Kill the Great Park”
• Orange County Register (24 Apr 2015) Online
  “The Hidden Jewel: That’s What Locals Call the Relatively Unknown Oso Creek Trail in Mission Viejo”
• Orange County Register (20 Apr 2015) Online
  “Highway Fire Near Corona Blamed on Unattended Cooking Fire”
• Orange County Register (19 Apr 2015) Online
  “Voluntary Evacuation Lifted in Fullerton Brush Fire Area”
• Orange County Register (15 Apr 2015) Online
  “No Balony, Abalone – The Lowly Mullosk Has a Champion in Nancy Caruso”
• Orange County Register (14 Apr 2015) Online
  “Posing Children with Sea Lions, Harrassing Them for Selfies”
• Fullerton Stories (15 Apr 2015)
  “Coyote Hills Land Deal Establishes Path to Acquire Property”
• City of Fullerton (07 Apr 2015) Online
  “Mayor’s Statement on West Coyote Hills”
• Fullerton Observer (Early April 2015) PDF
  “What is Happening with Coyote Hills?”
• OCTA Blog (31 Mar 2015) Online
  “More Than 200 Turned Out for Coyote Creek Bike Day”
• CBS Local (29 Mar 2015) Online
  “Riders Say Dog Viciously Attacked Horses in Trabuco Canyon”
• Daily Pilot (21 Mar 2015) Online
  “Environmentalists Contest Sewer Line Project Through Talbert Park”
• NBC Los Angeles (17 Mar 2015) Online
  “Drought Stricken California Ramps Up Water Restrictions”
• KQED (16 Mar 2015) Online
  “Los Angeles Willing to Pay Highest Price Ever for Water”
• Voice of OC (16 Mar 2015) Online
  “Canyons Home Development Gets Go-Ahead from Appeals Court”
• Surfrider (16 Mar 2015) Online
  “San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Rejects Orange County Tollroad Permits”
• Orange County Register (14 Mar 2015) Online
  “Laguna Beach Homeowner Sues Over Aliso Creek Inn Renovation”
• Daily Pilot (12 Mar 2015) Online
  “Banning Ranch Developer, Coastal Commission Settle Dispute Over Plants, Oil Wells”
• Orange County Register (12 Mar 2015) Online
  “Appeals Court Clears Way for Saddle Crest Housing Development”
• OC Weekly (11 Mar 2015) Online
  “Zombie Poseidon Desalination Plant From Beyond the Grave”
• KPCC (11 Mar 2015) Online
  “Yorba Linda Residents Fear New Subdivision Would Pose Wildfire Evacuation Risks”
• Orange County Register (10 Mar 2015) Online
  “Settlement Proposes Halt to Banning Ranch Drilling and Mowing”
• Voice of OC (05 Mar 2015) Online
  “Opinion: Fire Dangers Loom Over Proposed Houses in Yorba Linda”
• San Gabriel Valley Tribune (25 Feb 2015) Online
  “Yes on Measure A in La Habra Heights: Endorsement”
• Orange County Register (16 Feb 2015) Online
  “Eagle Eye”
• Orange County Register (07 Feb 2015) Online
  “Why Build Homes in Canyon Areas at Risk of Fires? It’s Complicated, But Judge’s Ruling Could Bring More”
• Orange County Register (04 Feb 2015) Online
  “Council Created to Study Bikeways and “Walkability” in Costa Mesa”
• Yahoo (01 Feb 2015) Online
  “The Storm e-Bike: The Inexpensive Answer to Gridlock?”
• Los Angeles Times (29 Jan 2015) Online
  “Panel Urges Transformation of California State Parks System”
• Los Angeles Times (29 Jan 2015) Online
  “Scientists See Shrinking California Snowpack as Harbinger”
• Orange County Register (15 Jan 2015) Online
  “340-Home Project in Hills Above Yorba Linda Get County Planners’ OK”
• Coast Pilot (15 Jan 2015) Online
  “Out of the Blue: Ranch Decision a Big Win For Laguna”
• Orange County Register (16 Jan 2015) Online
  “Hold Your Breath: There Are Underwater State Parks in O.C. For Your to Explore”
• Orange County Register (09 Jan 2015) Online
  “Could O.C. Get Drinking Water From the Sea? Huntington Beach Desalination Plant Gets a Boost”
• Wilderutopia (08 Jan 2015) Online
  “Laguna Beach “Ranch” Hotel Renovation Violates Coastal Act”
• Orange County Register (07 Jan 2015) Online
  “County Commission to Meet on Esperanza Hills”