I pulled out my mail from the mailbox a few minutes ago, and glanced at a campaign mailer from Linda Parks, promoting her bid for re-election to the Ventura Board of Supervisors. This mailer was about the pro-development money Audra Strickland has taken in her campaign, the mailer said around $296,000 and how Linda has [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Ahmanson Ranch'
Friends Showing Up When You Least Expect It!
May 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Development, Economy, Elections, Las Virgenes, Oak Park, Outdoors, Ventura County
Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Las Virgenes, Meditations
Happy New Year, from me to you! Wishing you all the best in 2010. And for our world, I wish for peace and prosperity. Time goes by so fast…here we are in the second decade of the 21st century already! So, what do we call this year? Two thousand ten, or twenty-ten? Photo taken in front [...]
Tags: Ahmanson Ranch·Happy New Year
Tireless Activists, Feuer, Wiesbrock, and Boecker Gave Us Our Parkland
December 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Las Virgenes, Malibu, Oak Park, Outdoors
How many places could you live, where you could actually meet the people responsible for the creation of a local national park or state park? I don’t think there are many, but the Conejo Valley is definitely one of them! Margot Feuer and Mary Wiesbrock are in the photo at the left, taken at Ahmanson Ranch this [...]
Tags: Ahmanson Ranch·King Gillette Ranch·Save Open Space·SMMNRA
Happy that Ahmanson Ranch Is State Parkland
December 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Outdoors
Continuing with this week’s theme of what I like (or don’t) about living in the Conejo Valley, I am happy that Ahmanson Ranch is now parkland for us all to enjoy. The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy bought the land from Washington Mutual in the fall of 2003 and gave it a new name. It is [...]
Conejo Valley Small Enough, Big Enough, and Adjacent
December 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Green, Malibu, Oak Park, Outdoors, Ventura County
That about sums it up! The Conejo Valley is small enough so that you can get around and make friends throughout the valley, and big enough so that there are all sorts of choices and variety. And, we are adjacent to the big city… Los Angeles, and also adjacent to a fun place…Malibu, and close [...]
Tags: Ahmanson Ranch·Rally for the Ranch·Save Open Space/Santa Monica Mountains·SMMNRA