Photo credit (L-R): Wikimedia commons; Compass.com A historic Tudor Revival estate at 520 Foothill Road in Ojai has sold for $4.6 million after being listed for $6.495 million. The 3,474-square-foot home was commissioned in 1928 for silent-screen star Estelle Clark and designed by architect Austin Pierpont, later becoming the home of composer Leo Robin. According…

Indianapolis has begun removing the Emrichsville Dam from the White River, ending more than a century of disruption to the river’s natural flow and aquatic habitats. According to The Indianapolis Star, the project is intended to improve conditions for wildlife and make the waterway safer for people. The US Fish and Wildlife Service and the…

A conservation group in California has filed a lawsuit to stop plans for permanent roads and utility lines across a newly created 402-acre nature preserve. The legal action comes four years after the land was saved from housing developers. Placer Land Trust filed the lawsuit to block infrastructure construction through Clover Valley, an area of…

Nueces County leaders have voted unanimously to award a $1.3 million contract to demolish the historic 1914 Nueces County Courthouse in downtown Corpus Christi. The decision brings nearly five decades of debate over the deteriorating building closer to an end. The Nueces County Commissioners Court approved a plan that allows contractors to remove asbestos and…