Santa Barbara, AKA the American Riviera, offers mountains and ocean, and plenty of stops in between for food, wine and adventure. And it s dog-friendly too.
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On Easter Sunday 1987, the last known wild California condor was captured 40 miles southwest of Bakersfield He was taken to what is now called the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, to be put in a captive-breeding program.
The giant male known as AC-9 (Adult Condor 9) fathered 9 chicks before he was moved to the Los Angeles Zoo. After fifteen years in the captive breeding program he was released back into the wild May 1, 2002.
From a population of 27 birds in captivity in 1987, the population of California condors has grown to more than 500 birds.
From The San Diego Union, Monday, April 20, 1987:
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Rare bird taken to Wild Animal Park to be put in captive-breeding program
How to surf Malibu Surfrider Beach
April 8, 2021 |
Surfing
The Malibu Surfrider Beach is one of the epicenters of surfing in California and probably the most famous surf break in mainland America.
The legendary point break became a popular surf spot in the 1950s and 1960s with the rise of surfing as an all-year-round outdoor sport.
Surfrider Beach also played a critical role in the development of the sport over the decades. It s a charismatic place with as many stories as the number of people who enjoyed it along the way.
The first surfers to ride a wave at Malibu were Tom Blake and his friend Sam Reid in 1927.
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Lacking the modern equipment available today, the effort required a tremendous amount of paid physical labor and planning, as the construction had to take place seasonally adobe bricks could not be left out in the rain, as they would have melted to mud.
Over the course of describing the reconstruction of the fort, in several installments, I hope to convey to the reader just what it takes to make and lay the bricks and gather the other materials required for fenestration and the roof structure.
The task was formidable, and Goicoechea was able to carry it out effectively with a cooperative labor force that included a mix of soldiers and local Chumash Indians. I came across only one hostile incident in the records, when a soldier disobeyed a Goicoechea order, was pulled down from a wall, arrested and sentenced to jail time.
Illustration by Matt Collins You Want to See Yourself in Cartoons : Animation Pros Talk Inclusivity, Recasting Roles and What Still Needs to Be Done
by Carolyn Giardina
December 11, 2020, 6:00am PST
With Hollywood’s animation ranks loaded with traditional-track hires, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse director Peter Ramsey, Big Mouth new voice Ayo Edebiri, Sony Pictures Animation exec Karen Rupert Toliver and veteran actress Cree Summer discuss what it will take to ramp up representation: What s on the screens that s the artifice.
Amid a wider conversation within the entertainment industry about representation, the past year has seen some signs of change in its animation sector, both onscreen and off. From the recasting of biracial characters with BIPOC voice actors on Netflix s