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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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Sun Valley Area Fireworks Cancelled
Jose Mier Opines on COVID’s Effect on July 4th The fourth of July is almost upon us. Now for the first time in my memory (and probably the memories of those much older than I) there will be no fireworks to celebrate Independence Day. I already wrote about beach closures over this weekend in an…
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The Old West is Five Minutes from Sun Valley
Jose Mier Takes a Drive to Shadow Hills You wouldn’t think it, but there are pockets of history here and there in greater Los Angeles. Yes, we’re inundated with paved roads and strip malls here in the San Fernando Valley, but there are remnants of our not-too-distant past if you’re willing to look for them.…
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Beaches Closed 4th of July Weekend
Just a quick update from Jose Mier. Apparently due to a rising infection rate of the coronavirus beaches in LA County will be closed July 3 through 6. If you had any plans to celebrate the 4th on one of our LA beaches, your plans (and mine) just got shot down. It’s really disheartening to…
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Jose Mier Sun Valley Restaurant List #7
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Jose Mier’s Sun Valley Restaurant List #6
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This new pop-up delivers tiki drinks right to your door
Meet Lost Parrot Tiki, the summer’s newest cocktail collab.
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L.A. County: 50 percent of restaurants visited aren’t complying with reopening rules
They weren’t in compliance with regulations such as table spacing or physical barriers
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California bars can reopen this weekend, but not in Los Angeles
As figures rise, L.A. reopens some business sectors today, but not all.
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Here’s what museums will look like when they reopen in L.A.
Timed tickets, temperature checks, one-way traffic: Here’s how the museum-going experience is about to change.
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