Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council Brush Drop Off Tomorrow

Tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council, in partnership with Waste Management and the City of Chino Hills is holding one of twice annual Brush Drop Off events on Canon Lane, north of Carbon Canyon Road and just past Fire Station 64.

Carbon Canyon residents are encouraged to bring cut brush for deposit in roll-off bins provided by the disposal company and Fire Safe Council members will be on hand to assist.  The National Weather Service forecasts a slight chance, some 20%, of showers after 11 a.m., but if you get out early to cut or bring your brush over, you can avoid the wet weather, if any.

 

Tres Hermanos Ranch Hike: The Namesake of Tonner Canyon Road

Following the Tres Hermanos Ranch Hike, in which more than 600 persons participated and walked most of the way along Tonner Canyon Road, some history of namesake Patrick C. Tonner can be found in the first part of a post on The Homestead Blog.

Tres Hermanos Ranch Hike on 22 April!

 After a series of guided tours of Tres Hermanos Ranch, the newest event at this roughly 2,500-acre local gem, managed by an authority comprised of the cities of Chino Hills, Diamond Bar and Industry, is a self-guided three-mile hike from Grand Avenue Park in Chino Hills to the ranch headquarters and back. For more information:

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LA County Fire Dept Prescribed Burn in Tonner Canyon Today

 For those seeing/smelling smoke in our area, please note this from the City of Chino Hills:

Smoke may be visible in the Chino Valley today, March 30, due to a one-day prescribed burn in Tonner Canyon being conducted by Los Angeles County Fire Department. Prescribed burns are effective tools in preventing large, destructive wildfires. These planned burns are carefully managed to reduce smoke impacts and improve wildland health.

More Carbon Canyon Road (SR 142) Work This Week

 The project continues, per the City of Chino Hills: 

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will continue their road maintenance on State Route 142 (Carbon Canyon Road) from Tuesday, March 24, to Thursday, March 26, from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. Crews will be conducting a survey and routine road repairs that will require one-way traffic control from Carriage Hills Lane to Feldspar Drive. Please watch for signage and remember to reduce your speed in and around work zones. For questions, please contact Caltrans District 8 at (213) 503-0161.

Carbon Canyon Road (State Route 142) Work This Week

This was just sent out about an hour ago from the City of Chino Hills:

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be conducting road maintenance on State Route 142 (Carbon Canyon Road) from Tuesday, March 17, to Thursday, March 19, from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. Crews will be conducting a survey and routine road repairs that will require one-way traffic control from Carriage Hills Lane to Azurite Drive. Please watch for signage and remember to reduce your speed in and around work zones. For questions, please contact Caltrans District 8 at (213) 503-0161.

The link is to a CalTrans "Commuter Alert" press release.

Soquel Canyon History Presentation Next Monday for Chino Hills Historical Society

Next Monday, 9 February at 7:00 p.m. at the Chino Hills Community Center at 14250 Peyton Drive, the Chino Hills Historical Society holds the first of three meetings for 2026, with the topic for the presentation being some history of Soquel Canyon, which lies adjacent on the south of Carbon Canyon.

Redlands Citrograph, 26 May 1900.

The presentation will cover some 150 years including an early reference to an outlaw's hiding place, the 1880s oil boomtown of Petrolia, the canyon's use as part of long-standing Chino Ranch Ride, and decades as a location of weapons testing by Aerojet Corporation starting during the Cold War years. 

We hope to see you there!