I started the series of posts on the King Gillette Ranch Park, with a very narrow focus on that park…
Entries Tagged as 'King Gillette Ranch'
Controversy Surrounds SMMC Head, Joe Edmiston
November 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Conejo Valley, Outdoors
Tags: California State Parks·Joe Edmiston·King Gillette Ranch·Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy·Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area·SMMC·SMMNRA
King Gillette Ranch: The National/State Park that Isn’t, Part II
November 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Green, History, Outdoors, Uncategorized
I guess we have to acknowledge that both the U.S. and California are in a budget crunch and money is hard to come by for park maintenance, as Econerd pointed out in her comment for Part I. One way to raise money for parks is to contract them out for movie and TV shoots, which is happening at King Gillette [...]
Tags: California State Parks·King Gillette Ranch·MRCA·SMMC·SMMNRA
King Gillette Ranch: The State/National Park that Isn’t, Part I
November 4th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Conejo Valley, Outdoors, Uncategorized
Not meaning to confuse you too much, but maybe a little, because I sure was confused when I drove on to the King Gillette Ranch…
“Biggest Loser” in 12th Season on NBC, Has Conejo Valley Tie
October 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, History, Outdoors, TV Shows
I enjoy watching TV shows that are filmed in the Conejo Valley or nearby, and looking for familiar vistas and scenes. The “Biggest Loser,” where contestants compete to lose the most weight, is one of those TV shows. It is filmed at Gillette Ranch, which is a California State Park at the corner of Las [...]
Tags: California State Parks·Coenjo Valley·King Gillette Ranch
Tireless Activists, Feuer, Swift, Nelson, and later, Wiesbrock, and Boecker Gave Us Our Parkland
December 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Las Virgenes, Malibu, Oak Park, Outdoors
How many places could you live, where you could actually meet the people responsible for the creation of a local national park or state park? I don’t think there are many, but the Conejo Valley is definitely one of them! Margot Feuer and Mary Wiesbrock are in the photo at the left, taken at Ahmanson Ranch this [...]
Tags: Ahmanson Ranch·King Gillette Ranch·Save Open Space·SMMNRA
