San Clemente Island News

A 33-year-old botanist who fell down a steep ravine on San Clemente Island and was rescued by a Los Angeles County sheriff's Air Rescue crew was hospitalized in stable condition today, authorities said.

How does the busiest, most critical part of the year-the breeding season-even begin for the shrikes and staff of the San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike Breeding Program? Since 1989, the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, in conjunction with the United States Navy, has been making great efforts to recover endangered San Clemente ... (more)

In 1854, there was no Pasadena to write about. We do have a copy of the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey Showing the Progress of the Survey during the Year 1853." There was much ship traffic up and down the coast and accurate maps and charts were important to maritime safety.

Naval Base Coronado received a top national honor from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel for its approach to dealing with threatened species at Naval Air Station North Island and seven other locations.

By the time the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973 Southern California's picturesque Channel Islands had already devolved into an environmental nightmare.