Mary Nogueras was born in
New York City in 1930 and was brought to
San Bernardino, California, by her parents, Eugenio Nogueras, the editor and publisher of
El Sol de San Bernardino, a weekly Spanish-language newspaper, and Edithe Hethcock, a sculptor. She attended
San Bernardino High School and
San Bernardino Valley College, where she studied
advertising and
journalism. She was employed as a photographer in 1950 by the
San Bernardino Sun, briefly in the
public relations office of the
Beverly Hills Hotel, and in 1954 by the
Santa Monica Outlook. She was hired by the
Los Angeles Times in 1956 and retired from there in 1987. Frampton "was a key environmental figure" in
Malibu, California, "battling developers and working to preserve open spaces and protect marine life." Mark Gold, executive director of
Heal the Bay, said she was one of “the original coastal environmental advocates that meant so much during the '70s and '80s.” She was married to a
Times editor, Robert Frampton, who predeceased her. She died in 2006, aged 76. ==Awards==