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The Granada Hills Business Improvement District is planning a celebration in downtown GH today, but not everyone is excited. Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council Member (and sometime Giga Granada Hills contributor) Brad Smith criticized BID's decision to hold a Ribbon Cutting and Dedication Ceremony on Memorial Day, a day that Smith said should be reserved for commemoration of war dead, not for a celebration of commerce. "With all due regard for the good that the GHIA/BID has accomplished when it comes to the streetscape on Chatsworth Street, Memorial Day is not the day to cheapen with boosterism," Smith said, adding that it would have been more appropriate to have scheduled the event on Saturday or Sunday. Giga Granada Hills contacted Brian Miller of Granada Hills BID, but Miller did not respond to a request for comment.

by Angel Zobel-Rodriguez Usually, people don't want to hear the word "cutting" around a school. But on Monday, May 23rd, it was for a good cause. Ten students, three staff members, and two moms donated their hair to Locks of Love and Pantene Beautiful Lengths--organizations that provide wigs to people with hair loss. Hair dressers and Van Gogh moms Sandra Fein and Otilia Hernandez worked their way through the group, first measuring and cutting off the pony tails, then smoothing out the remaining hair into a simple style. From fifth graders a month short of their graduation down to the smallest kindergarten and first grade students, a cheer erupted from the crowd of students watching the event during their lunch hour. One girl, who stayed home sick, managed to cut her ponytail at home and brought it in before school. The loudest cheers went to Aidan Morrison, the lone boy, and to the teachers--Romelia Valiquette, Lisa Gee, and Alma Murillo. Other students donating included...

Tonight at 6:30 pm at VFW Post 2323 (corner Chatsworth and Encino), the Nutmobile, Great Balls On Tires, Papas Tapas, Munchie Machine, Vizzi, and Patty Wagon will be serving up everything a girl needs to make her night. Wait, where's the sausage truck?