DWP says, We’re just not that into you, Historic Resources.
Okay, that’s a little girly. But how else to explain why the dwp “forgot” that both Silver Lake and Ivanhoe Reservoirs are cultural landmarks? That...
Category: Griffith Park
Learning about City Hall from the treetops.
It’s all about Griffith Park, baby! Let’s keep it wild and safe. And let’s keep Silver Lake birds and animals alive, and the water clean.
I’ll bring up all the things that annoy me, and what I’m doing to change them. Your comments and opinions are welcome. (Assuming you’re not one of the annoying ones.) (Just kidding.) (I hope.)
Curious about this Silver Lake runner and Griffith Park ranter? Donna Barstow.
I’ve lived in Silver Lake and Los Feliz for over 25 years. I was part of the PROS Committee in Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council and am on the Housing & Tenants Rights Committee in the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council. We do good things.
Jill Stewart writes about how I fight City Hall.
I wrote several articles for the LA Weekly, including my fave: CAN CANADA’S KILLER COYOTE SPECIES SHOW UP IN LOS ANGELES?
Editorial in Los Feliz Ledger, another casualty of Covid, as of December, 2021. :(
My Councilman screamed at me.
Okay, I think I can talk about it now. This was soon after the Griffith Park fire in 2007. You might have heard about it:...
Vote for the woman this time.
I have talked many times before about the bsa and her amazing work to keep the park free from riff-raff commercialization like trams and other...
They call me Nancy Drew, sometimes.
Who’s that knocking at my door? What creature of the night came THISclose to my place the other night? Mysterious animal tracks in the snow...
Uh oh. The LADWP bird balls aren’t good enough to drink.*
The bird balls dwp dropped into Ivanhoe with much fanfare this week were tested by NSF for one condition only: whether or not they leach...
The public’s opinions on bad bird balls in Ivanhoe Reservoir.
Really, I couldn’t say it better myself! Reading what some other blogs had to say about the 6 million bird balls thrown into the reservoir...