There is a wow of a section in the Daily News today (Tuesday 1-26). It is called, “140 Years in the Valley, A Retrospective,” and tells the history of the San Fernando Valley in a timeline format from 1869 to 1969. Hmmm, that isn’t 140 years, I’ll have to look in the paper again to [...]
Entries from January 26th, 2010
Innovative Stoves Going to Haiti
January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Ventura County
Since I have already posted on the Haiti earthquake and aftermath, I am continuing the subject with this post. It is a story from the Portland Oregonian Newspaper about “Rocket Stoves” being donated to earthquake victims. In reading the Tracy Kidder book, “Mountains Beyond Mountains,” I learned that finding wood for cooking in Haiti’s rural areas is a real [...]
Tags: Haiti·Rocket Stoves
Obits and the L.A. Times California Section
January 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · California, Conejo Valley, Media, Ventura County, Water Issues
It strikes me as ironic that the Los Angeles Times places the obituaries in the California section of the Sunday paper. I guess this placement pads the section and makes it look like the state is getting more coverage, but I think it is also symbolic. They put death notices in with state news that the L.A. Times [...]
Tags: Los Angeles Times
View of Snow on the Mountains from T.O.
January 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Outdoors, Thousand Oaks
I took this photo early this Saturday afternoon, of the snow-dusted mountains above Santa Paula. While taking off on my photo safari, I came across two others pointing cameras at the snow as well. I suppose it won’t last very long. I also had company when I visited Costco in early afternoon. The parking lot looked like it [...]
Hey Weather, Enough Already, Part II
January 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Green, Meditations
This past week, we in the Conejo Valley have been experiencing all the weather detailed in the previous post, “Hey Weather, Enough Already!”  Now, one more thing has been added for me this morning, besides iced-up vehicle doors…ants. I don’t know about you, but I have ant visitors come to my kitchen in the summer, [...]
ACMELA Founders Want New Group for Rocketdyne Cleanup
January 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Ventura County
William Bowling and Christina Walsh of the Aerospace Cancer Museum of Education (ACME) have turned in a petition for a Community Advisory Group (CAG) for Rocketdyne’s Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL). They submitted it to the California Department of Toxic Substances (DTSC). Bill and Christina are inviting us to join them at the ACME office and museum on Thursday, [...]
Tags: ACMELA·CAG·DTSC·Rocketdyne Cleanup·SSFL
Hey Weather, Enough Already!
January 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Outdoors, Ventura County
That is what I feel like saying to the universe after the week we have just experienced. First, we have had rain in so many forms, from sprinkles and mist, to roaring storm. Then we have had gusty wind in various speeds and slants…even a tornado, although outside the Conejo Valley, pretty close, in Ventura [...]
It is all about Energy!
January 21st, 2010 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Green, Las Virgenes, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Ventura County, Water Issues, Westlake Village
It is all about energy, is the message I got from attending the California Assoc. of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) conference last week. When I started attending CASA three years ago, after being elected to the Triunfo Sanitation District board, it seems like there were a lot of workshops about treating wastewater (sewage) and maintaining infrastructure. I remember attending [...]
