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The famed Kogi Taco truck will be in... no, not Granada Hills, but Northridge this Saturday. Saturday, July 25, 2009 10:30PM-1AM@Northridge - Devonshire and Reseda Again, I ask: why does Northridge have all the fun? I say we start an email campaign to get Kogi to the corner of San Fernando Mission and Balboa...

Aegis of Granada Hills Wins Award for Best Assisted Living Facility

The following post was written by guest blogger Gabby Hyman, former Granada Hills resident and author of the short story collection Knives and Forks . Read more at his page, Dr. Bob's Nightmare . The Hearts of Soul “If you ain’t got no money, ain’t nobody calls you honey,” - Bo Diddley. Granada Hills High School still stands at the north end of Zelzah Avenue, the same street where the first oil well in the San Fernando Valley was drilled in 1916. Granada Hills had been home to the Sunshine Ranch, where farmers tended well-manicured orange groves and grew apricots, walnuts and beans. In 1959, the same year my family moved to California, that Soviet shoe-thumping demon Nikita Khrushchev visited Granada Hills. He had wanted to go to Disneyland, but U.S. security forces were concerned for his welfare, so they chauffeured him instead to witness suburban splendor on Sophia Drive. You'd hardly find a whiter place to live. Driving up and down our block on Gaviota Avenue, you'd...

I loves me the Eichlers. The only question I have is, why is this feature on a Granada Hills house being featured in a Florida newspaper? Is because we're famous nationwide? For more pictures, click: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/la-hm-0110-epping-pg,0,3421364.photogallery

Look at all of the candy! Sure, there's fruits and vegetables and all of the good-for-you stuff at Victory Produce, but I'm most impressed by the selection of exotic candies at this Armenian neighborhood grocery store. The confections have enchanting names names like "Kara Kum," "Xarba," "Luxury Cream Fudge," "Squirrel," and my personal favorite, "Clumsy Bear." Many don't have labels in English, but are in mock English, a/k/a Russian. The candy called "Caeq Memeopuma" is lovely, a close second only to "Mnwka Kocoranbin" and the enticing "Mazupobauuaw." Definitely try the other bear-themed offering, "Jypacubui Ohmyopb," and don't miss the crunchy, chocolate wafer called "Cnabrhka." Once I pried myself away from the candy bins I squeezed and elbowed my way over to the deli counter, where I found an exciting array of cheeses (not that there's ever been an array of c...

The following post was written by guest blogger Kate Gale, founder of Red Hen Press. Red Hen is a non-profit literary publishing company based in Granada Hills. Their web site is http://www.redhen.org . Kate's blog is at http://kategale.wordpress.com . I wake up early, often when the morning is just lightening the sky. I run past El Oro Way School, past Van Gogh School, rebuilt after the earthquake, and I get to O'melveny Park. I turn at the park and run along Sesnon until I get to Balboa. The light is filtering in through the burnt-out tree trunks and sometimes on a weekend there's someone riding a horse. A horse against the burnt-out tree trunk that is now bursting green is like the beginning of the world. I run 60 miles a week beside O'Melveny and up into the park often. I hear the wind coming down the canyon and I'm glad I live somewhere so close to the sky. It's one of the best things about Granada Hills. It's a great break from editing and w...