There are 17 endemic mammal species in the California Biodiversity Hotspot including the Channel Island Fox found off the coast of Ventura County and the Mount Pinos Chipmonk in northernmost Ventura County. As of 2003 (Roth and Sadeghain 2003 - Checklist of the Land Snails and Slugs of California.
The initial version of the Ramones included Jeffry Hyman on drums, John Cummings on guitar, and Douglas Colvin on bass and lead vocals. Colvin was the first to use the name Ramone, calling himself Dee Dee Ramone.
Musicians Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. pre-emptively sued the family of late singer Marvin Gaye for a determination on whether their hit song was an infringement on the copyright for Gaye's 1977 hit song, Got to Give It Up. Gaye's family countersued.