@OutdoorSoCal

The outdoor adventure guide to Southern California

 San Diego, California
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The Sierra Club is asking Californians to press Congress over new border wall construction cutting through San Diego's Jacumba Wilderness and a mountain sacred to the Kumeyaay Nation. outdoorsocal.com/articles/bo…

Sierra Club Asks Californians to Press Congress Over New Border Wall Construction

The Sierra Club is petitioning Congress over new wall construction cutting through the Jacumba Wilderness and a mountain sacred to the Kumeyaay Nation, both already the subject of independent...

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A whale shark surfaced off Malibu this week, one sign of a strengthening El Niño pulling subtropical species into SoCal waters, set to double the young great whites nursing on local beaches too. outdoorsocal.com/articles/el…

A Strengthening El Niño Is Reshaping What's Swimming Off the Southern California Coast

A whale shark off Malibu this week is one sign of a pattern forecasters expect to intensify through the fall: subtropical sharks and rays moving into local waters, and the same conditions on track to...

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One dead, about 15 unaccounted for after Saturday's Grand Canyon flash flood. Know someone who was in the Bright Angel corridor Aug. 29? The park asks you to call 888-653-0009. Anonymous OK. outdoorsocal.com/articles/gr…

One Dead and About 15 Unaccounted For After Grand Canyon Flash Flood: How to Help the Search

A Saturday afternoon flash flood down Bright Angel Creek left one man dead and left about 15 people unaccounted for. The park is asking anyone who knows of hikers or campers in the corridor to call...

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Marmots at Sequoia's Mineral King Valley are still chewing through parked cars, and NPS says chicken wire doesn't stop them anymore. Full tarp wrap only, wheel wells included. outdoorsocal.com/articles/mi… 🧵

Mineral King's Marmots Are Still Chewing Through Parked Cars

Yellow-bellied marmots at Sequoia National Park's Mineral King Valley are still after antifreeze, wiring and hiking gear, and a Wall Street Journal report this week renewed attention on a problem the...

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A developer wants a private road into Yosemite's west side, and the Park Service is reportedly working on a land swap for it. Interior denies pressure. Where the parcel sits and what it would change for a trip: outdoorsocal.com/articles/yo…

A Private Road Into Yosemite: What the Reported Land Swap Would Change for Visitors

A Las Vegas developer wants a short road from an 83-acre parcel near the Big Oak Flat entrance into the park, and NOTUS reports the Park Service is already appraising the strip it would give up. Here...

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A Death Valley visitor died Aug. 17 walking for help in 116-degree heat after his vehicle got stuck. NPS: stay with a broken vehicle, carry a gallon of water per person daily, bring a satellite communicator. outdoorsocal.com/articles/de…

Death Valley Visitor Dies After Vehicle Gets Stuck in 116-Degree Heat

Pierre Michel Formosa, 68, died August 17 after his vehicle got stuck on a Death Valley backcountry road and he tried to walk out in 116-degree heat. The Inyo County coroner has not yet determined a...

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Bears keep climbing into SoCal backyard pools this month, the latest a black bear caught on video in an LA County yard mid-heat wave. outdoorsocal.com/articles/so… 🧵

Black Bears Keep Crashing SoCal Backyard Pools as the Heat Wave Drags On

Bears have shown up in backyard pools and spas across the San Gabriel foothills repeatedly this month, a pattern residents link to a punishing heat wave and habitat still recovering from last year's...

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Jackie, the Big Bear bald eagle known worldwide through her nest-cam livestream, died early Monday after more than three weeks of intensive care. outdoorsocal.com/articles/ja… 🧵

Jackie, Big Bear's Beloved Bald Eagle, Has Died

The Big Bear nest-cam eagle died early Monday after more than three weeks of intensive care, ending a story that captivated eagle-cam viewers worldwide since her fight for survival began in mid-July.

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Jackie, Big Bear's famous bald eagle, remains critical after a life-saving blood transfusion. Vets believe she was already sick before the fight that grounded her. Back at the nest, Shadow is holding down the fort. outdoorsocal.com/articles/ja…

Jackie the Big Bear Bald Eagle Remains Critical After a Life-Saving Blood Transfusion

The female half of the famous nest-cam pair is being treated at the Ojai Raptor Center while Shadow feeds and guards this year's juveniles back at the nest.

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SoCal's fall stargazing calendar 🔭 The Perseids peak Aug 12-13 under a new moon this year, up to 100 meteors an hour from a dark site. That's the one night to plan around. Full fall calendar: outdoorsocal.com/articles/so… 🧵

SoCal Stargazing: Where to Watch the Sky Through Fall

Southern California gets an unusually good run of dark-sky nights this fall, headlined by a new-moon Perseid peak in August, but not every date on the calendar is worth the drive.

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Angelica Brophy has been missing for two weeks since entering Palomar Mountain State Park alone on July 6. Oceanside police say there's no evidence of foul play; the case remains open. Tip line: (760) 435-4900.
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Scripps found that buried sensors can detect a California cliff collapse hours to days before it happens. A 200-ton bluff at Del Mar fell in 2024, exactly as predicted. No warning system exists yet. outdoorsocal.com/articles/co…

Sensors in California's Coastal Cliffs Could Warn of Dangerous Bluff Collapses

A four-year Scripps Institution of Oceanography study found that underground sensors can detect a bluff on the verge of collapse hours to days before it falls, laying the groundwork for a real...

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Parking at Fryman Canyon costs money again, the first time since 2014. LA County pulled the subsidy that kept the Wilacre Park lot free, and MRCA reinstated a $7/2hr fee this year. 🧵 outdoorsocal.com/articles/fr…

Parking at Fryman Canyon Costs Money Again for the First Time Since 2014

For the first time in over a decade, drivers pay to park at one of LA's busiest trailheads, after county budget cuts ended a subsidy that kept the lot free.

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A kelp-forest predator that vanished from California a decade ago is turning up alive. Divers found 18 sunflower sea stars in a NorCal sanctuary. For SoCal, the star is still gone. 🧵 outdoorsocal.com/articles/su…

A Lost Kelp-Forest Predator Is Turning Up off California. Federal Protection for It Isn't.

Divers found 18 wild sunflower sea stars in a Northern California sanctuary, the best news in a decade for the animal that keeps urchins off the kelp. In Southern California, where it is still...

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Four agencies issued bear advisories in three weeks this spring. Thin snowpack means a longer, hungrier season, and bears are already in SoCal foothills and on trails like Mt. Wilson. What to know: outdoorsocal.com/posts/hungr…

Hungry Bears, Thin Snowpack: What SoCal Backcountry Users Should Know This Season

Four federal and state agencies issued bear-aware advisories within a three-week window this spring, and the same pattern keeps showing up in each one: a winter that didn’t deliver, vegetation timing…

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Southern California is about to have the highest concentration of wave pools on the planet. DSRT Surf, a Wavegarden Cove next to Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert, opens this summer with a 5.5-acre lagoon. outdoorsocal.com/posts/socal…

SoCal’s wave pool boom: DSRT Surf slated to open this summer

Southern California is about to become the highest concentration of wave pools on the planet, with the newest facility slated to open this summer.

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A stranded sailor's emergency flare sparked California's largest wildfire of 2026. The Santa Rosa Island blaze has burned ~19% of the island, 0% contained. Three structures destroyed; 11 NPS staff evacuated. outdoorsocal.com/posts/santa…

Santa Rosa Island Fire Started by Stranded Sailor Hits 10,000 Acres

A wildfire on Santa Rosa Island has burned 10,029 acres, roughly 19% of the island, and remained 0% contained Monday morning, three days after it started on the southeastern end of Channel Islands...

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The San Gabriel Canyon Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area, located 11 miles north of Azusa, California, offers an rugged off-road trails and a off-road training course, spanning over 160 acres of rocky, sandy river bottom. buff.ly/3ZDk9kx
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California will ban single-use propane canisters by 2028, which...makes sense. buff.ly/3ZDVDQ5
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I'm super intrigued by electric motocross bikes...like ths new one from Dust Moto revied by @thegearjunkie buff.ly/4f2zteX
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