The V Mayor of Los Angeles- Villaraigosa
Dear Mayor Villaraigosa, You’ve been getting some rough press lately. Why not take a break, grab a shovel, and dig a few holes in the...
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. :(
A reader was inside the park the night of the fire
I got some interesting emails from a reader who was INSIDE the park the night of the fire. He writes: I was up in the...
After the fire: erosion and jackasses
The fire was long over, but the senseless tree-cutting continued. I was quite upset. I just couldn’t accept that the best thing for a park...
The Forestry Division of Griffith Park is afraid of their own trees.
You will recall, faithful readers, that at my last Natural History meeting, I heard a very disturbing rumor: that 900 additional trees had been removed...
Fire trucks: big, shiny, and red
Of course I take all my wonderful commenters equally seriously, but I was puzzled and concerned with what commenter Scott said the other day: The...
When 311 is just not enough.
Some LA residents might be surprised to find out that you can get the phone number of any department or personnel in the city, or...