'The one that got away was almost this big'

JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers ANIMAL TALES—National Parks Service educator Robert Cromwell, an Agoura Hills resident, talks to students about local wildlife during an April 3 presentation at Ladera Elementary School in Thousand Oaks. The Park Service manages the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area, which includes the Paramount, Peter Strauss, Cheeseboro and King Gillette sites.