Fall Equinox: Chumash Celebration (Malibu)

Xochitl, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly; Wishtoyo.org via Tim Martinez (ArroyoSage)

How we used to dance without judgment, all-inclusive, everyone a member of the tribe.

OPEN TO ALL: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, 4:00, 33904 PCH, Malibu, CA 90265 (wishtoyo.org)

• Wishtoyo Benefit Dinner, Oct. 26, Malibu Chumash Discovery Village! Details
  

Exploring the Hills of Mt. Washington

Tim Martinez (The Arroyo Sage)

Last week, my friend and Arroyo Seco Foundation colleague Scott Cher took me on a walking tour of Mt. Washington [in the foothills of Los Angeles near Pasadena], which he has long called home.

 

Nestled in the hills behind the majestic Southwest Museum, Mount Washington is a historic L.A. neighborhood [above gentrified Highland Park crowned by the Self Realization Fellowship mother center] with commanding vistas and surrounded by nature.

 

We set out to explore the open spaces and habitat in the area that have been set aside, preserved, and some still in need of protection

 

Shuttered Southwest Museum languishing under Autry Museum management (AS)

We began our walk by hiking through Moon Canyon Park. Moon Canyon is an unmaintained Los Angeles City park with great potential for habitat restoration. The canyon's slopes are home to the rare California Walnut tree, which Mt. Washington is known for. More

 

Moon Canyon Park surrounded by residential area, L.A. (Tim Martinez/ArroyoSage)