of land the commission has required landowners to offer for public access from San Diego to San Luis Obispo counties have been built and opened, compared with 38% in L.A. County. San Diego and Orange counties scored the best, with 85% and 73% of their agreed-upon pathways completed.


All of the unopened pathways in Los Angeles County are in Malibu, a wealthy enclave whose mansion-lined beaches and secluded coves have long been California’s most contentious access battlegrounds.

On the four-hour field trip Thursday, the bus wound its way from the wide open sands of Santa Monica State Beach up Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway, where the sand and surf beckon from behind a wall of development and, often, the only blue-water views are the narrow spaces between the multimillion-dollar homes.

Stops onwith armored plates and completely painted over. Al-Masdar reporter Chris Tomson tweeted out a portion of the ISIS video, showing three out of the four cars that were used.

Moments after driving off-screen, giant clouds of smoke can be seen in the distance — billowing into the air — after the presumed explosions.

A pair of army officers told the Associated Press that at least two of the jihadists managed to reach a base west of Mosul, where they detonated their explosives — killing and injuring a number of troops.

While it’s unclear exactly how many died, ISIS claimed in their official statement that there had been “many casualties,” according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

“The martyrdom-seeking brother Abu Zakariya al-Britani — may Allah accept him — detonated his explosives-laden vehicle on