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Matt Jaffe

Los Angeles

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Magazine journalist, author of The Santa Monica Mountains: Range on the Edge

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  • Channel Island Foxes: The State’s Cutest Mascots

    Dec 18, 2024 | altaonline.com | Matt Jaffe

    When asked to describe their trip to the Channel Islands, many visitors will fall back on the trope that it’s like seeing the California of 250 years ago. But these eight islands are no before-the-fall Edens.

  • Giant Sequoias: The Trees That Top Them All

    Dec 18, 2024 | altaonline.com | Matt Jaffe

    In 1892, boosters in Tulare County decided to chop down the General Noble Tree, a 3,200-year-old giant sequoia. Loggers cut the 300-foot-tall old-growth behemoth into segments, then reassembled a 40-foot section of it at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, better known as the Chicago world’s fair.

  • Death Valley Is California's Best Place to Stargaze

    Dec 18, 2024 | altaonline.com | Matt Jaffe

    When it comes to what remains of Southern California’s night sky, there are two big problems: The darkness on the edge of town isn’t nearly as dark as it used to be, and the edge of town creeps farther out all the time. But drive into the California desert and the stars still shine bright. For less than a tank of gas or a single EV charge, you can rock your world. Just lie down, look up, and tune in to the universe. This article appears in Issue 30 of Alta Journal.

  • The Queen of Malibu’s Big Dam Mistake

    Sep 23, 2024 | altaonline.com | Matt Jaffe

    In March 1924, Los Angeles geologist and engineer Wayne Loel sketched a simple diagram of a dam that would profoundly alter the Southern California environment for the next century. Loel’s pencil drawing depicts the tapering cross section of an arch dam rising 102 feet out of Malibu Creek, with a separate view showing the dam curving 85 feet across the canyon mouth. In a neat script on the upper right corner of the tracing paper, Loel wrote two words: Rindge Dam.

  • The Social Nature of Ants

    Apr 18, 2024 | arizonahighways.com | Matt Jaffe

    Sages through the ages have lauded ants as exemplars of industriousness, persistence and the virtues of collective effort. “Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise,” counsels Proverbs 6:6-8, yet most of us focus on extermination, not inspiration, when we find ourselves in the company of these social insects. Stomping, poisoning, drowning and burning are among the measures people turn to as ant antipathy verges on anti-ant pathology.

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Matt Jaffe
Matt Jaffe @mattjaffewriter
10 Mar 23

Santa Rosa Creek has overflowed its banks in Cambria. Rain currently easing up. https://t.co/d1uEQXLZaZ

Matt Jaffe
Matt Jaffe @mattjaffewriter
14 Nov 20

Major development.

USACE HQ
USACE HQ @USACEHQ

Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, USACE Commanding General and 55th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, has signed the Malibu Creek Ecosystem Restoration Chief's Report. Malibu Creek is located about 30 miles west of downtown LA. (THREAD) https://t.co/vHex4BJ5lY

Matt Jaffe
Matt Jaffe @mattjaffewriter
30 Oct 20

Tony LaRussa was the greatest manager I ever played for—Minnie Minoso #LaRussa