HIKERS COMMUNE WITH LEADER LOCKYER JOINS STROLL INTO VERDUGO MOUNTAINS.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer BURBANK - While hiking in the Verdugo Mountains The Verdugo Mountains are a small mountain range located just south of the western San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, Southern California, The United States of America (USA). The range is commonly known simply as the Verdugos. on Sunday in an excursion organized by the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club , nature lovers could enjoy more than fresh air, views of the jagged slopes and exercise. The hike was also a chance to meet with California Attorney General The California Attorney General is the State Attorney General of the government of the state of California in the USA. The officer's duty is to ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" (California Constitution, Article V, Section 13. Bill Lockyer William Westwood "Bill" Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is the current State Treasurer of California. Prior to this, he served as California's Attorney General and head of the Department of Justice for the U.S. state of California. , the latest public official to join the monthly outing. Since it started in 2002, the Sierra Club hike has drawn such officials as Rep. Adam Schiff
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On Sunday, about 40 hikers, some equipped with ski poles, tackled a 2.5-mile jaunt up a fire road to a picnic area and back. Hikers talked to Lockyer about a range of issues, from environmental concerns to health care. ``All of the input gets filtered into policy goals,'' Lockyer said. ``And it all adds up to being part of the greatest experiment, which is American democracy.'' Recent college graduates Jennifer Tsao, 22, of La Crescenta and Mark Techaphunphol, 23, of Woodland Hills joined the morning hike to meet Lockyer. ``We were going to read up about all these issues and stuff and try to talk to him about it, but we just woke up too late,'' Tsao said. But even if they did not do their homework beforehand, they still joined the hike. ``You get to meet the attorney general,'' Techaphunphol said. ``It's like, hey, why not? Two-mile hike, that's not bad.'' In their backpacks, Sierra Club volunteers carried all the necessary ingredients for a picnic in the Verdugo Mountains. Hikers could dig into Verb 1. dig into - examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill" poke into, probe penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" cheeses, fruits and vegetables and halvah hal·vah or hal·va n. A confection consisting of crushed sesame seeds in a binder of honey. [Turkish helva, from Arabic , a sweet made with sesame seeds. There was even hot tea and coffee, warmed on a pack stove. Sierra Club hike leader Garen Yegparian, 43, said getting public officials to join the hike is not difficult. ``It's community service and it's an opportunity that probably they don't get too much, to just strictly chat with constituents,'' Yegparian said. Lockyer said he chats with constituents at the grocery store and over the phone. But he enjoyed the chance to tackle a hiking trail again. ``There was a time, some years back, when I was a regular,'' Lockyer said. La Canada Flintridge Mayor Anthony Portantino and Glendale City Manager Jim Starbird are among the officials scheduled to join the Sierra Club's upcoming monthly hikes. More information is available online at www.angeles.sierraclub.org. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, center, hikes with John Alderson and Marita Arrahan on Sunday morning. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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