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Jose Mier Sun Valley #8 Restaurant Support List
One Short Month Since Jose Mier’s Last List Remember the good old days? By that I mean last month. June. When restaurants used to be open. It was June 30 that I penned my Jose Mier Restaurant Support List #7. I thought I wouldn’t be writing any more restaurant support lists. Times have changed. Many…
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Drive With Jose Mier from Sun Valley to Brand Library Loop
Another Obscure But Delightful Escape Near Sun Valley Jose Mier takes yet another drive to nature from Sun Valley. This time it’s to nearby Glendale and the Brand Library, starting point of the Brand Library Loop. Making use of Interstate 5 this trailhead too is only minutes away from the heart of Sun Valley. For…
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Jose Mier Showcases Sun Valley Park
Another Short Drive With Jose Mier As you know, Jose Mier’s Sun Valley website tries to promote our own special area of greater Los Angeles. With a portion of our area covering the nearby Verdugo mountains, the opportunity to get close to nature is extremely close. Horse country is only a few minutes from downtown…
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How’s That Quarantine Haircut, Sun Valley?
Jose Mier Inquires About COVID-Induced Hairstyles The longer we endure shutdowns the longer our hair grows. If you didn’t take advantage of the one-month respite and reopening here in California to visit the barber, odds are you’re looking more and more like a refugee from Woodstock circa 1969. For me as a Sun Valley businessperson…
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Jose Mier Stops Working Out
Jose Mier on New Gym Closure It was a good month while it lasted. I was able to get in some good workouts and saw myself regaining the shape I had lost in the three months previous to gyms reopening in June. I look back wistfully on the Jose Mier net article I wrote back…
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Here We Go Again: Sun Valley (and All California) Shut Down
Jose Mier Senses Some Deja Vu Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered many non-critical businesses and services to close their doors again after several weeks of a gradual reopening of the state after the first wave of the coronavirus hit the state. Among those things affected by this new re-closure are gyms and churches. Sun Valleyites can…
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Jose Mier on Drought In Sun Valley, CA
Surprising Statistics from DoughtMonitor It’s been hot in Sun Valley. This past weekend saw triple digit temperatures at least in my car while on the road. Officially we were in the mid to high nineties. No matter, it was hot. The heat and dry conditions around Sun Valley got me to thinking again about drought…
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Jose Mier: Be Prepared For Disasters
Jose Mier posts suggestions for Sun Valley, CA neighbors. Is It Earthquake Season? If you’ve lived in Sun Valley for any length of time you know this is earthquake country. In fact it was just over a year ago that Southern California was jolted by a 7.2 quake just to the north of us. Some…
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Jose Mier and Sun Valley’s Claim to Fame: Verdugo Moutains
What would any site dedicated to Sun Valley be without the mention of our spectacular hillsides? If you’re a Sun Valley resident like me, Jose Mier, you can’t miss them. They jut right up in the distance and you can see them from just about any point in Sun Valley. In fact, portions of our…
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Fires on the 4th Near Sun Valley
Jose Mier experienced some fires over the 4th of July weekend around Sun Valley. If you read my Jose Mier post from July 3rd you know I reported that public fireworks were cancelled throughout the Southland for the July 4th weekend. That didn’t stop Sun Valley residents–and pretty much everyone else–from launching their own displays.…
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