A heron hunts for a meal next to an abandoned road inside the “ghost town” south of LAX that was once was the Surfridge community. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
LAX Airport Environmental Manager Robert Freeman walks on an abandoned street of the old Surfridge subdivision. Some of the streets, curbs, foundations and utilities visible to neighbors will be removed. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
A jogger makes his way along a path just outside the Surfridge site. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
A wild fox pauses during a prowl through the restoration site. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
An airliner takes off from LAX. It was the jet age that spelled the end of the Surfridge community in the 1960s. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
A manhole cover rusts in the pavement of an abandoned street in Surfridge. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
A helicopter seems to emerge from the setting sun at in a view from Surfridge. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
