L.A. council discusses plan to restrict locations of group homes
L.A. council discusses plan to restrict locations of group homes (Los Angeles Times)
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Top 5 Movies That Are Only Slightly Longer Than The Granada Hills Christmas Parade
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade organizers manage to wrap things up at the 2.5 hour mark, and I hate to be the one to point this out, but may I gently suggest that the Granada Hills Holiday Parade isn't quite the extravaganza that the Rose Parade is. Note to the mom who was talking on her cell phone as she strolled down the street pulling a Radio Flyer behind her: we can still see you. Yes, we understand that the adorable toddler you're towing in that wagon is the main attraction, but a parade is supposed to be about visual spectacle. And you talking on your cell phone ain't it. My suggestion: if the call is an emergency, consider abandoning the route midway. It's really alright to do that. And if the call's not an emergency, it's really alright to say, "Can I call you back? I'm in a parade." Or at the very least, perhaps just occasionally wave your phone at the nice people lined up on the sidewalks. Look, I've said it...
It's Thanksgiving Time!
...So why not take a gander at the Giga Granada Hills Thanksgiving Archives? Instead of making me come up with new stuff all the time! Dueling Turkeys! Looking something like a cream puff swan put through a mutagenic process of unchecked cell division, there's not one, but two shops in Granada Hills that are proudly displaying these creatures. The Turkey Of Terror He bristles when anyone comes near, fanning out his feathers aggressively, and turning his blood-red, scaly, alien looking head towards you... For Those About To Decorate, We Salute You. The Santa in a Granada Hills front yard in the photo at left hangs his head in shame and exhaustion.
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Xmas
A crew installs Christmas decorations on Chatsworth Street. Mark your calendar: the Granada Hills Holiday Parade will be held on December 4 at 1:30pm.
Knollwood Plaza: Stale and Difficult No More
Fresh And Easy, why so coy? Intrepid reader Chris Furia snapped this photo that confirms what Fresh and Easy Corporate HQ refused to admit: they're opening in Granada Hills, in the former How's location. No es Rancio y DifÃcil, amigos. Es Fresco y Fácil! Andalé!
Archive: Master of Pirates
Mike Spasoff is a tireless servant to this community -- at least for a few months out of the year -- and that's good enough for me. It's also more than good enough for the 600 trick-or-treaters he delights and terrifies with the elaborate, Disney-rivaling, pirate-themed yard display at his house on San Fernando Mission Boulevard (near Shoshone). When I was a kid, I used to always wish someone in the neighborhood would do something beyond carving a pumpkin. Fortunately, kids in Mike's neighborhood will never have to cope with that same unfulfilled sense of longing that I always had. What makes you want to invest the time, money, and resources into such an elaborate production? I can remember the magic of walking the streets of our neighborhood each Halloween and the excitement of finding a house that did something more than just a jack-o-lantern or a cardboard skeleton. My parents and I always made a special effort to do something extra but it wasn't until we moved to...