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As Long As We’re Wearing Masks…
Jose Mier’s Lighthearted Look at the Current Face Coverings It helps to have a sense of humor and that’s something we sorely need here in Sun Valley in the middle of this, our second statewide shutdown. Los Angeles County cities have pretty much universally adopted the mandatory wearing of masks while outside the house so…
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Jose Mier’s Sun Valley Trailhead Video Guide
An Aerial View of Nature Near Sun Valley If you’ve read my earlier articles you know how I love to promote the best aspects of living in Sun Valley. I’ve tried to take it further with the latest video on my Jose Carlos Mier YouTube channel. In my earlier videos I gave you turn-by-turn visual…
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Sun Valley’s Psyche During COVID-19
Jose Mier Shares Personal Experience Do you remember the Buffalo Springfield song “For What It’s Worth”? As they sing in the song, there’s something happening here. What is it ain’t exactly clear. I can’t put my finger on it, but after five months of quarantine, shelter-at-home and shutdowns a general malaise has set it. That’s…
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There are no active watches, warnings or advisories
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Heat Advisory issued August 01 at 3:11AM PDT until August 01 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…High temperatures will be between 97 and 108 degrees. * WHERE…Ventura County Valleys, Santa Clarita Valley, San Fernando Valley and San Gabriel Valley. * WHEN…Until 9 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS…There is an increased risk for heat-related
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Support Our Locally-Owned Sun Valley Restaurants
Jose Mier’s Mom and Pop List Restaurants are once again hurting from our never-ending shutdown but it’s the small, local eateries that suffer more than others. Larger chains can better afford to ride out the downturn. They are better equipped to handle all the changes that this virus is forcing on many–things like plexiglass barriers…
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Sun Valley Home Sales Drop
The COVID Effect Sun Valley as part of greater Los Angeles and Los Angeles County is feeling the brunt of a COVID-19-inspired drop in home sales. Sun Valley residents are little different from those elsewhere in Southern California and due to the outbreak of the coronavirus sellers balked and many took their houses off the…
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12th Sun Valley Restaurant List
Join Jose Mier in Patronizing Our Restaurants Another Jose Mier restaurant list. As you can see by now, even our small area of Los Angeles is covered with different restaurants, large and small. And did you know that Sun Valley is home to dozens of food trucks? They need to be parked and kept clean…
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#11 Sun Valley CA Restaurant Support List
Sun Valley Mom and Pops Need Our Help It’s the little things that often get overlooked and that goes for restaurants, too. We have a plethora of little dining places in Sun Valley and unless you’re an established customer you may not even know they exist. Unlike some of the larger chain restaurants who can…
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List #10: Jose Mier’s Sun Valley Restaurant Support
Join Jose Mier For Dinner–At Any Sun Valley Eatery If you wander the streets of Sun Valley you won’t go for long without running into a Mexican food establishment or its Chinese cousin. In Southern California Mexican restaurants are as common as and in any country you’ll find your share of Chinese restaurants. Indeed, I’ve…
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