EventsFunding shortfall foils efforts in Rubio Canyon By Kimm Groshong Pasadena Star News Staff Writer ALTADENA — Nearly six years after a water pipe replacement project in Rubio Canyon buried five waterfalls beneath tons of construction debris, and five months after the regional office of the USDA Forest Service reversed a decision to implement a [...]
Procedural error halts removal of debris. Written by Becky Oskin Staff Writer, Pasadena Star News ALTADENA — The Forest Service’s regional office has reversed a local decision to remove 35,000 cubic yards of construction debris from Rubio Canyon by trucking out the granite boulders on a temporary road. The judgment brings to a standstill efforts [...]
Alternative method to remove canyon debris suggested Written By Becky Oskin Staff Writer, Pasadena Star News ALTADENA — The battle over how to restore Rubio Canyon’s stretch of sparkling waterfalls, now buried in tons of rocky construction debris, appears far from over. Two appeals have been filed with the Forest Service protesting the agency’s decision [...]
In the spirit of balloonist Thaddeus Lowe, a trans-Atlantic balloon crossing is made in an open wicker basket! LONDON (AP) – Adventurer David Hempleman-Adams became the first person to cross the Atlantic solo in an open wicker basket balloon on Monday, September 29th, landing in England after surviving a sonic boom from a Concorde aircraft [...]
Rubio Canyon to get temporary road Forest Service finds way to clean up debris By Becky Oskin, Staff Writer, San Gabriel Valley News ALTADENA — Ending five years of rancor, the Forest Service said Thursday it will build a road within the sinuous length of Rubio Canyon and haul out some 35,000 cubic yards of [...]