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Road Project Defeated

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 31, 2026 with No Comments

The County of Orange decided to spend public tax dollars on a road widening project in unincorporated territory near the City of Brea. The County proposed to widen the two lane rural road into four lanes. This would not only have encouraged development of a beautiful hillside area, but it would also make it harder for wildlife like deer and bobcats to safely move across the widened road. In the proposal, it called for k-rail down the middle of the … Read More

Myth vs. Fact

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 24, 2026 with No Comments

Harbor Blvd. Tunnel is 20 Years Old!

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 20, 2026 with No Comments

The Habitat Authority manages nearly 4,000 acres of protected open space west of Harbor Boulevard. When Harbor Blvd. was widened and straightened in the early 1990s, collisions with migrating wildlife soared. With the wider road, wildlife needed to dash across four lanes of traffic, not two and those vehicles were now going 60 miles per hour, not 30. In the early 2000’s, with the advent of our understanding of the need for safe passages for wildlife, the Habitat Authority partnered … Read More

Fire Safe Council Meeting (Aug. 6th)

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 18, 2026 with No Comments

Join us to hear Safety Officer Alex Ramirez from the Yorba Linda Water District at the Yorba Linda Hills Fire Safe Council meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 6th at 7 PM by Zoom. Participants will learn about the District’s proactive emergency planning, preventive maintenance, and strategic infrastructure investments. Read the announcement.

July E-Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 16, 2026 with No Comments

Check out Hills For Everyone’s July E-Newsletter, which features: Helping local biodiversity survive Celebrating 20 years of the Habitat Authority’s Harbor Blvd. tunnel Limiting impacts of future housing near the Harbor Blvd. tunnel Creating a darker environment for wildlife and humans! See the e-newsletter.