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San Gabriel Mountains Forever
Member of San Gabriel Mountains Forever, a coalition working to protect the San Gabriel Mountains and rivers; he’s also a Senior Regional Representative for the Wilderness Society
PROFILE
Daniel Rossman
Guest
FROM Daniel Rossman
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How might the national monuments in California change? Today Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke sent President Donald Trump his recommendations for changes to more than two dozen national monuments, including San Gabriel Mountains. He said he didn’t want to eliminate any of them, but will press to change some of their boundaries.
Which Way, L.A.?
San Gabriel Monument Slow to Clean Up Its Act Almost a year ago, President Obama designated the Angeles National Forest and San Gabriel Mountains as a National Monument, creating expectations for federal oversight of 350,000 acres of wilderness. Today’s Los Angeles Times reports , “overflowing trash bins, broken marijuana pies, graffiti and road kill.”
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Bookworm
Deborah Eisenberg: Your Duck Is My Duck: Stories Again Deborah Eisenberg demonstrates herself as a masterful and electric writer, in her new collection of seven stories, Your Duck Is My Duck.
Art Talk
Broken Family Reunited on Museum Walls Edward Goldman talks about the passing of the legendary Sister Wendy, and the moral responsibility of museums to reunite divided artworks.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
El Chapo trial: $100 million bribes and nighttime sewer escapes There’s been plenty of drama this week at the El Chapo trial, where it was revealed that he allegedly bribed a Mexican president. He also performed a movie-like escape in the dead of night as agents came to arrest him.