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Steve Ilg gets vertical to end 2020 Durango, Colorado Currently Wed Merry Vertmas win dedicated to friends recently lost Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 7:57 PM Updated: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 9:06 PM Steve Ilg gets vertical to end 2020 Durango’s Steve Ilg climbs the south rib of Hogsback in December on one of his outings during the Merry Vertmas race held by Aravaipa Running. Courtesy of Steve Ilg Escuchar en Español: Steve Ilg spent h...

Sign up to get The Wild sent weekly to your inbox. Merry almost Christmas. Southern California has its very own Christmas berry called toyon, or California holly ( Heteromeles arbutifolia, for people who know their plants). You’re sure to see it along hillsides and trails at this time of year: clusters of bright red berries dangling from a tall shrub with long oval green leaves. They’re not for eating, just admiring. Supposedly, stands of toyon on local hills were mistaken for holly and att...

California State Parks POINT MUGU STATE PARK, Calif. - A man tragically died Saturday morning after crashing on his mountain bike in Point Mugu State Park. The Ventura County Sheriffs Office said it happened around 9:30 a.m. 64-year-old Roy Wallack from Irvine was reportedly riding with friends in the Sycamore Canyon area when he crashed and struck his head. A County Sheriff and Fire helicopter responded to the scene with a flight nurse who pronounced the man dead at the scene. The cause of t...