Category: sun valley
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Jose Mier’s Sun Valley Homelessness Update
Colder Weather Means Struggle for Homeless It’s been some time since I published my Jose Mier post on homelessness in Sun Valley. At the time we were going through the worst heatwave in recent memory, dealing with triple-digit temperatures that were pushing 120°F. We are well into November now in the forecast is for cooler…
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Checking Sun Valley Gas Prices
Jose Mier Makes the Rounds of Service Stations Does anybody still call them service stations? It used to be that you pulled into a filling station and you at least had your oil checked and windshield washed. Those days are apparently long gone which means, I guess, the term “gas station” should be used. I’ve…
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Going Solar in Sun Valley
Jose Mier Notes Federal Tax Credits Decreasing Soon The skies are getting cloudier these days in Sun Valley but that doesn’t stop Jose Mier from thinking about solar panels and whether or not businesses in our city, as well as homeowners, should consider installing them if they have not yet already. In past years Federal…
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Cost of Living in Sun Valley
Jose Mier Visits the Salary.com Website The statistics are out there for anyone who wants to find them and as I’ve written before, the cost of living in Sun Valley is lower compared other areas of Los Angeles County. But to find a quick, succinct and easily digestible overview a good resource is the Salary.com…
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Can Bars Open in Sun Valley?
Jose Mier Investigates “Bona Fide” Meals. Currently the State of California states that bars must remain closed with the exception of those that serve food. Like other restaurants in Los Angeles County our Sun Valley bars which do serve food must do so outdoors. Unfortunately most of the bars in our area do not have…
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Bird’s Eye View of Sun Valley
Jose Mier Collects All the Info You Need You may know most of this instinctively, having lived, like me, in Sun Valley, California for all or most of your life, but there may be a few tidbits of information you don’t know about Sun Valley. That’s what I found the statisticalatlas website so interesting. Just…
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Jose Mier Next Door in Sun Valley
Online Service Allows Connection with Neighbors Jose Mier is next door, are you? I’m not talking about living physically in the house next to yours but the fact that I in part of nextdoor.com. If you haven’t heard of this website and service let me enlighten you. Nextdoor.com is available to anyone in any city.…
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Jose Mier’s 13th Sun Valley Restaurant Support List
Support Our Community It’s been sometime since Jose Mier Sun Valley Net has published a restaurant support list. That doesn’t mean that our local eateries are not still struggling. They are. I’ve been doing my part as far as possible to support our local establishments but the efforts of one person alone are not going…
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Get Excited About Soil Moisture Sensors!
Jose Mier Receives LADWP Rebate for Conservation Like most business people in Sun Valley I always have to balance the cost of doing business with revenue. My own business has been faced with a loss of revenue due directly to the coronavirus. It’s more important now than ever for me as a business person to…
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The Future of Water Management in Sun Valley
Long-Term Process Reviewed by Jose Mier As you know I’ve been posting a lot of articles about water management and conservation in the Sun Valley area. But taking a look at the bigger picture, I happened upon the PDF document which was the result of the talk given by Mark Pestrella some years ago about…