California Congresswoman, Jane Harmon. She was speaking at an Earth Day event in Redondo Beach just after I had conducted a class for recycling greenwaste and smart gardening.  

Here is a full pic of the same snake as below. In common terms it is known as a Arizona Mountain Kingsnake...subspecies...Knoblochi. 

Check out the intense orange color of this female Lampropeltis, Pyromelana, Knoblochi. 

Uh Oh...looks like someone is not going to have a very good day. Came across this fresh accident just this morning. There were several minor injuries. Minutes later...police, fire and an amubulance arrived.  

You would think this is Australia...with the Eucalyptus trees and the 2 Emus. Actually, I took this pic in the San Gabriel mountains...about 30 miles north of Los Angeles. 

Here is a rather difficult to find glass snake. Actually, these are legless lizards...belonging to the skink family. 3 specimens were found enroute to Palmdale. Very strange little creatures.