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Discoveries
Nature's Beloved Son
Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy
Bonnie J. Gisel with images by Stephen J. Joseph
Heyday Books: 248 pp., $45
SCOTLAND, Wisconsin, Canada, Kentucky, Florida, Alaska and the Sierra Nevada; wherever he went, John Muir,...Tags: Alaska, Kentucky, Poetry, Folk Music, Wisconsin
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Driven by soaring dreams
Chicago Tribune reporterIn the Chicago probate court proceedings that declared Steve Fossett legally dead last February, it was revealed that his estate was "vast, surpassing eight figures in liquid assets, various entities and real estate." As a celebrity adventurer, Fossett...Tags: International Business Machines Corporation, Athletics, Track and Field, California, Steve Fossett, High Schools
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Fairfield city councilman dies after being shot
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA day after being shot outside a friend's house, a 22-year-old Fairfield city councilman died Tuesday after lingering on life support for much of the day as family and friends gathered to pay their last respects. Councilman Matt Garcia, one of the...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Police, Regional Authority, Police Arrests, Gang Activity
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Glendale's Adams Hill neighborhood mixes historic charm, cosmopolitan vibe
Special to The TimesTwo decades ago, residents of Glendale's Adams Hill had to fight tooth-and-nail to preserve their neighborhood's historic charm. Today, with help from the city, a budding network of community institutions rooted in local history have brought new life to...Tags: History, Mount Washington, Homes
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John Muir Charter works with the California Conservation Corps to help wayward students
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAlex Gowan leaned against the side of the White Rhino. The bleached workhorse of a bus had strained up a near-vertical fire road to carry him and his fellow members of the California Conservation Corps to this wide, bulldozed bluff in the smoke-shrouded...Tags: Jerry Brown, Academic Progress, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), California, Teaching and Learning
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Sport Chalet's founder sees dream come true
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDecades have passed since Sport Chalet Inc. founder Norbert Olberz, 83, began pressing to develop a shopping plaza in the heart of La Caņada Flintridge. Sometimes he wondered if it would ever happen. "I just hope I don't die first," he said eight years...Tags: AT&T Corp., Tour Operations Industry, Petroleum Industry, Employees, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Glenn Kirkland
Sun ReporterGlenn Ira Kirkland, a physicist who became an advocate for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease and their families, and who later founded the Alzheimer's Disease Association of Maryland, died of heart and kidney failure Monday at Riderwood Village...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Diseases, University of Maryland, People, Government
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Hey, gay couples: Need a place to tie the knot? Honeymoon? Look no further
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWith California's same-sex marriages making headlines, the state's Travel and Tourism Commission compiled a handy list of potential wedding and honeymoon sites. After all, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palm Springs and San Diego were among the top 21...Tags: California, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Same-Sex Marriage, Century City
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For many hikers, conquering Yosemite's majestic Half Dome is an achievement of a lifetime
Contra Costa (Calif.) TimesYes and yes. But perhaps some perspective will relieve any fears. When Hirofumi Nohara fell in June, it marked the first time in at least three decades that someone died on the cables during the summer hiking season, park rangers said. So it's the...Tags: Clothing Accessories, Nature, Gardens and Parks, Boxing, Climbing
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Ban Mylar balloons
In "What’s helium-filled, foil — and harmless?" Terri Adishian says it's unnecessary to ban helium-filled foil balloons. Tell that to 2,000 residents of Menlo Park. On March 24, they came home to find no power. Why? Because a Mylar balloon...Tags: Jack Scott, California, Fires, Father's Day, Southern California Edison Company
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The church of green
Iadmit it: I'm no environmentalist. But I like to think I'm something of a conservationist. No doubt for millions of Americans this is a distinction without a difference, as the two words are usually used interchangeably. But they're different things,...Tags: California, Conservation, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Al Gore
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A mountain of ill will
The tarnished symbolism of the Olympic torch relays in London, Paris and San Francisco may seem tame beside the potential fallout of the Chinese plan to carry the torch to the world's highest peak, 29,035-foot Mt. Everest, on the border of Tibet and...Tags: Armed Forces, Defense, Mountaineering, Climbing, Nevada
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