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The Valley Line: Fashion show enlivens Verdugo Hills
On Monday I traveled from record-breaking 105-degree heat in Tucson into 55-degree coolness and rain in La Caņada Flintridge. What a quick change, but a very welcome one. I went to visit Jackie Manning, a former longtime La Caņadan. Jackie and her late...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Natural Resources, Arts, Health, Arts and Culture
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California Weekend Getaway: Santa Barbara the easy way
If there is a more beautiful city in California than Santa Barbara, we have yet to find it. Broad beaches are set against lush vegetation and a hilly landscape that is nestled just in front of the picturesque Santa Ynez Mountains. An abundance of...Tags: Arts, Tourism and Leisure, Arts and Culture, Petroleum Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Around Town: 'Twas the Night Before — well, you know
’Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the town Dr. Joe was kvetching* about Scrooge, wearing a frown. Edison had re-strung its lines with care, In hopes that the power soon would be there. The school board was nestled all snug in...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Audrey Hepburn, Natural Resources, Freedom of the Press
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Bobcats are sizing up LCF
La Caņada Flintridge residents welcomed a visit from yet another member of the animal kingdom last Sunday when a bobcat took a stroll down Melinda Thompson and Bill Scherkey’s front porch on the 1400 block of Flanders Road.
With multiple bear...Tags: Natural Resources, Pets
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Guest Column: Being immortal isn't easy
You may have seen a couple of weeks ago the story of the oil-rich sheik who has had his name bulldozed in the sand in such massive letters that they can be seen from outer space. Let’s hope they spelled it right. That would be a costly typo. You...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Natural Resources
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The Valley Line: Having a beastly good time at the zoo
Wow! Most of us made it home safely, even though “Carmageddon” threatened to bring us to a standstill. At least the various media outlets gave us enough warning that we might want to experience an “at-home mini-vacation.” With...Tags: Politics, Lifetime (tv network), Potatoes, Los Angeles International Airport, Slash (music artist)
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Much of Angeles National Forest to reopen
Large portions of the Angeles National Forest that were closed to the public after the August 2009 Station fire are being reopened on Monday. The reopening of about 98,000 acres of the forest’s northern, southern and eastern areas will offer...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Natural Resources, Memorial Day, Forests
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In Theory: Trash planet Earth, or treasure it?
Q. An American evangelical group called the Cornwall Alliance has placed itself in the center of debate over the environment by taking a hard line against green groups. Using the Dominion Mandate — the verse in Genesis about God giving man...Tags: Religious Texts, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Bible, Genesis (music group), Baptist
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First snake rattles into town
La Caņada homeowner Neal Peterson is a walking library of snake-encounter stories, beginning with the one about the rattler that slithered out from the boards of his house while it was under construction in 1975.
Then there was the five-footer who lashed...Tags: Natural Resources, California
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Letters to the editor: sound walls, Spartan, poetry and rattlesnakes
Are sound walls the best solution to freeway noise? City council members are currently considering spending more money on sound walls ( “Council discusses sound wall,” March 10). Much has been spent on studies in the past, and now $4.5...Tags: Politics, Natural Resources, Elections, Poetry, Fires
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The Valley Line: Celebrating with the elephants
Happy 2011, everyone! In spite of my advanced years, I was able to stay awake and greet the new year with a sparkling flute of bubbly and great expectations.
At 8 a.m. on New Year's Day, I was quite cozy in bed with my eiderdown over me and dog Lola...Tags: Politics, Television, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture, NCIS (tv program)
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Amazon trek opens teen's eyes
While most of his friends were spending their summers on the beach, Amir Mojarradi, a senior at La Caņada High, did something just a bit more exotic: He trekked the Amazonian jungle. Last year, Mojarradi won a Los Angeles County science fair for his...Tags: Research, Education, Health and Medical Professionals, Entertainment, Technology
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