Follow LA Observed on Twitter here
Ted Soqui checks out the seven-mile stretch of Angeles Crest Highway above La Cañada-Flintridge that reopened Friday after being closed for 18 months due to rain and fire damage. Bikers can get to Newcomb's Ranch again without going the long way around. Video link | L.A. Photo
Mountains
Video: riding up Angeles Crest
More by Kevin Roderick:
Gustavo Arellano, many others join LA Times staffPower out Monday across Malibu
Put Jamal Khashoggi Square outside the Saudi consulate on Sawtelle
Here's who the LA Times has newly hired*
LA Observed Notes: Clippers hire big-time writer, unfunny Emmys, editor memo at the Times and more
Recent Mountains stories on LA Observed:
Power out Monday across MalibuFour lion kittens found and tagged in Simi Hills
Stunning: Mountain lion family on camera in the San Gabriels
Biggest maybe, but not close to the worst LA brush fire
Cubs P-57 and P-58 have died in the Santa Monicas
Palm weeds of Santa Susana
New male lions: Meet P-55 and P-56
P-51 found dead on freeway where mother and other cub died