Author: josecarlosmier
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Jose Mier on Bing
Yes, Some People Do Use It? Jose Mier with a question: do you use Bing? Are you a Windows user that gets this search engine installed by default or do you actually search it out and use it? Truth be told, Google is hands down the most popular search engine and Bing comes in second.…
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FedEx Freight in Sun Valley
Jose Mier Looks Into LTL Shipping Jose Mier here with another Sun Valley spotlight. This time it’s FedEx Freight which is located at 11911 Branford St, Sun Valley, CA. This is not your normal FedEx shipping center. On the contrary, this division of FedEx deals with LTL freight. I had to do some quick research…
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Jose Mier Celebrates Sun Valley Reopening
Overly Cautious But a Welcome Step Jose Mier reporting on Sun Valley businesses reopening. As you know I have long complained about the devastation that the coronavirus shutdowns were having on our Sun Valley businesses—restaurants especially. As of March 15, however, Los Angeles County restaurants can reopen for indoor dining which is a Godsend and…
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Jose Mier on the Sun Valley Recreation Center
Yes, It’s Closed But Parks Now Virtual So, this is going to be an Article on recreational resources in Sun Valley and the profile of the Sun Valley Recreation Center. As you may or may not know, unless like me you’re looking for recreational resources and happened upon the recreation center website, Los Angeles’s parks…
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What a Difference a Week Makes
Gas Prices Even Higher What’s contributing to rising gas prices? In the last week alone I’ve seen prices jump 20 or 30 cents per gallon. It was just one week ago I posted about rising gas price and my bellweather (Shell station on Hollywood Way) shows even higher prices. Now their regular gas is $3.75…
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Sun Valley Gas Prices Up Again
Highest in Years Jose Mier driving through Sun Valley, taking note of all the gas stations and gas prices that I see. It’s disheartening because since I started this blog last year all the gas prices I’ve been relatively low—for California. Now they’re creeping up toward $4 a gallon. As you know I like to…
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New Home Source Less Than Stellar
Not Comparable to Other Home Sites Readers of Jose Mier Sun Valley.net know that I try to promote home buying in Sun Valley and making use of various online tools that can help in the process. I just checked out another Home listing website called newhomesource.com and found it wanting. Here’s my experience. When I…
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Sun Valley Restaurants Poised to Reopen
Nervous Nellies at Health Department Warn of Re-Closures Sun Valley restaurants have been shut down completely since just before Thanksgiving.now the word from Sacramento is that stay-at-home orders (which no one followed anyway) are being lifted somewhat. The greatest takeaway from this is that restaurants in Sun Valley (part of Los Angeles Country) will be…
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Long Time to Install Traffic Lights
Hollywood Way I-5 Offramp Still Not Done Several months ago crews started installing traffic lights at the intersection of the southbound Interstate 5 off ramp and Hollywood Way, just across from the Ramp restaurant. This is a troublesome intersection due to the heavy amount of traffic and the complex way cars have to turn on…
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Jose Mier Explores Sun Valley Living
Glenoaks Villas Condominiums When you think of Sun Valley housing the image of single-family homes or perhaps apartment buildings comes to mind. But you may not know about the availability of condominiums here in Sun Valley. One example is the Glenoaks Villas Condominiums located on, of course, Glenoaks Boulevard, near the corner of Glenoaks and…