A battle to expand a camp for the blind runs into a self-styled Thoreau fighting to save one of the last pristine streams left in Southern California.
"...[T]his is a feud that pits blind kids against a rare fish in a gorgeous canyon of giant oaks and sycamores high above the beach near Malibu.
That the backyard dispute has engaged two of the most powerful law firms in California -- Latham & Watkins for the foundation, Lavely & Singer (Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's counsel) for the Kronsbergs -- should come as no surprise. This is Malibu, after all, a place where only the wealthy can own a slice of nature and even the smallest development fights can become epic."
Thanks to Laura Kranz
Read the full story: Land-Use War, Malibu Style
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