In today’s newsletter,

• SoCal building world’s biggest wildlife crossing

• Don’t mess with the Gladiator!

• So many criminals

• Free National Park admission

Jeep Gladiator Flips a Car Fleeing Police in San Diego

Next time I’m trying to convince my wife I need to get bigger tires on my Jeep, I’m showing her this video of a Jeep Gladiator putting the kibosh on a car fleeing the police. The car barrel rolls off the Jeep’s beefy tires as it tries to squeeze between it and a neighboring vehicle. The driver was later apprehended. See, big tires are worth the money…

Nixon Fire is the Largest in SoCal

The Nixon Fire has burned over 4,000 acres in and around the Beauty Mountain Wilderness, near the border of San Diego and Riverside County. As of last night, it was 8% contained. Further north, the Vista Fire has burned nearly 3,000 acres in the San Bernardino Mountains and is 95% contained.

How to Watch the Perseid Meteor Showers this August

The Perseid Meteor Shower, one of the significant annual spectacles in the night sky, will peak between August 11 - 13 this year. Southern California boasts a number of terrific options for viewing this celestial light show, which we’ve outlined in a guide on the OSC website.

Yosemite Climber Gets Life in Prison for Sexual Assault

If you’ve followed us for a while, you may recall back in January, we shared the troubling Outside Magazine story about Charles Barrett, a prominent Northern California climber who was accused of sexual assault.

In June, Barrett was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault. According to the FBI, in addition to harassing his victims for years after assaulting them, when in custody, Barrett made numerous phone calls and “threatened to use violence and vindictive lawsuits against the victims.” Good riddance.

Free Admission to SoCal National Parks

The National Park Service offers free admission to national parks and monuments yearly to celebrate certain US historical milestones. This year, three free admission days are left: August 4, September 28, and November 11. Southern California has a number of parks and monuments that will be free to visit on these days.

California Skaters Land Olympic Medals

Jaggar Eaton of Encinitas and Nyjah Houston of Davis brought home the silver and Bronze medals at the Paris Olympics. Stay tuned for more California athletes winning medals, as one in every five members of the US Olympic team is from California.

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