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Malibu surfside news | February 7, 2019 | 11<br />
SMNRA mostly reopened following termination of government shutdown<br />
Submitted by National Park<br />
Service<br />
With the enactment of<br />
the continuing resolution,<br />
staff at Santa Monica<br />
Mountains National Recreation<br />
Area resumed regular<br />
operations. Some areas<br />
of the park remain closed,<br />
however, due to impacts<br />
from the Woolsey Fire.<br />
Paramount Ranch, Rancho<br />
Sierra Vista/Satwiwa,<br />
Cheeseboro/Palo Comado<br />
Canyons, and the Santa<br />
Monica Mountains Visitor<br />
Center are open. The<br />
popular Sandstone Peak<br />
Trail also has reopened,<br />
but the rest of the park is<br />
still closed and will remain<br />
closed until further notice.<br />
The park website (www.<br />
nps.gov/samo) will have<br />
the latest information on<br />
accessibility and visitor<br />
services.<br />
“Our employees and myself<br />
included, are looking<br />
forward to rolling up our<br />
sleeves and continuing the<br />
work needed to restore our<br />
public lands and all of our<br />
trails after the devastating<br />
Woolsey Fire,” said David<br />
Szymanski, superintendent<br />
of Santa Monica Mountains<br />
National Recreation<br />
Area. “Serving the American<br />
people and welcoming<br />
visitors, old and new, to<br />
LA’s national park, is what<br />
we do best.”<br />
Park partners have been<br />
supportive throughout the<br />
lapse in appropriations.<br />
Community Nature Connection<br />
and the Mountains<br />
Recreation and Conservation<br />
Authority organized a<br />
concert fundraiser at King<br />
Gillette Ranch during the<br />
shutdown to benefit the<br />
park’s friends group, the<br />
Paramount Ranch, which was impacted by the Woolsey Fire, is among sites in the<br />
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area which have reopened.<br />
22nd Century Media File Photo<br />
Santa Monica Mountains<br />
Fund. The funds raised<br />
during the concert will go<br />
toward replacing wildlife<br />
tracking cameras, rebuilding<br />
Paramount Ranch’s<br />
Western Town and park restoration<br />
after the recent fire.<br />
NEWS BRIEFS<br />
From Page 10<br />
of pedestrian and bike collisions;<br />
motorcycle safety<br />
operations; speeding, red<br />
light and stop sign enforcement;<br />
presentations to youth<br />
and the community on distracted,<br />
impaired and teen<br />
driving, and bicycle/pedestrian<br />
safety; warrant service<br />
operations for multiple DUI<br />
offenders; and training to<br />
identify/apprehend suspected<br />
impaired drivers.<br />
DA’s Office announces new<br />
Mental Health Division<br />
Los Angeles County District<br />
Attorney Jackie Lacey<br />
established a new Mental<br />
Health Division on Jan. 23<br />
to aid those in the criminal<br />
justice system with mental<br />
illness.<br />
The division — which<br />
will involve deputy district<br />
attorneys with cases involving<br />
defendants declared incompetent<br />
to stand trial or<br />
who are seeking alternative<br />
sentences due to their mental<br />
illness — is designed to<br />
serve as a resource to both<br />
attorneys and first responders.<br />
The division also is designed<br />
to advocate for more<br />
community-based mental<br />
health resources and pursue<br />
legislation to enact meaningful<br />
criminal justice reform<br />
in California.<br />
“Our goal is to protect<br />
the public and to assist<br />
people in getting the mental<br />
health and other services<br />
they need to be productive<br />
members of our community,”<br />
Lacey states in a press<br />
release. “We also want to<br />
make sure that jails and<br />
prisons are reserved for the<br />
most serious and violent offenders.”<br />
‘American Pickers’ seeks<br />
private collections in<br />
California<br />
The History Channel<br />
production “American<br />
Pickers” plans to return to<br />
California this March and<br />
is seeking collectors of<br />
unique items who wish to<br />
be featured on the show.<br />
The show only picks<br />
from private collections<br />
and will not consider collections<br />
at stores, malls,<br />
flea markets, museums,<br />
auctions, businesses or<br />
anything open to the public.<br />
Anyone interested in being<br />
featured on the show<br />
may call (855) 653-7878,<br />
or email AmericanPick<br />
ers@cineflix.com. More<br />
information also may be<br />
found on Facebook at @<br />
GOTAPICK.<br />
News Briefs are compiled<br />
by Editor Lauren Coughlin,<br />
lauren@malibusurfsidenews.<br />
com.<br />
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