Jaclyn Cosgrove covers the (great!) outdoors at the Los Angeles Times. They started at The Times in 2017 and have written about wildfires, culture, protests, crime and county government. In 2022, they managed For Your Mind, a yearlong mental health project. Cosgrove is originally from rural Oklahoma and is a proud Oklahoma State University graduate. They fell in love with the Southern California landscape when they moved here in 2017. They are always looking for the next adventure and welcome your ideas. If their phone goes straight to voicemail when you call, it probably means they’re in the mountains with their beloved dog, Maggie May.
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In the first two weeks of spring in L.A., our mountains have turned greener and flowers are blooming. These hikes will give you much to celebrate about all that spring brings.
A longtime trail runner went for an evening run in a remote area of San Bernardino County. ‘What’s the worst that could happen?’ she joked to a friend before she left. ‘I get eaten by a bear?’
The January L.A. fires burned dozens of trails, including several local favorites. Consider hiking one of these. Hopefully, you’ll find a new favorite.
Of the 1,000 workers who heard that they would be able to return to their jobs, several included workers from the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Channel Islands National Park.
Mother Nature recently dumped up to a foot and a half of snow onto the San Gabriel Mountains near L.A. Here are three spots to hike in it, all within about an hour’s drive of L.A.
The Woolsey and Palisades fires both burned in large swaths of land in the Santa Monica Mountains. What can we learn from the land’s gradual recovery from the Woolsey fire?
Vetter Mountain lookout is about a five-mile round-trip hike. When it’s open, you’ll be greeted by a panorama of L.A. and a seasonal volunteer who will teach you about the lookout’s history.
A Bay Area couple hoped to spend a few days camping near hot springs and redwoods. Then they heard a peculiar sound on the trail and their whole trip was turned upside down.
National Park Service staffing cuts prompted off-duty rangers and residents to protest at national parks nationwide, including Joshua Tree and the Santa Monica Mountains.
The Santa Monica Mountains National Park and Channel Islands collectively lost 14 permanent staffers. Their jobs were in archaeology, preservation, research and emergency medical response.