chaparral

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Nothing but dirt and dry, brown chaparral rolled beneath skis and snowboards dangling from a chairlift at Big Bear Mountain Resort on Friday, as forlorn adventure seekers joked they should rename the place “Big Bare.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

“To restore the natural fire frequency and chaparral habitats,” it states, “Topanga State Park should be left to burn within reasonable public safety limits and outside of fire exclusion zones.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025

Below are thickets of green chaparral and densely packed homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

Embers can bury deep in tree roots and chaparral, become covered in heavy ash and continue to smolder until strong winds set them free.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Like cottontail rabbits and chaparral birds and a baby possum that sulked and lay like dead for the first several hours until he finally decided that Arliss wasn’t going to hurt him.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson