I live in East LA, but I am not Latino.
Came across an interesting story by the AP a couple of weeks ago: East L.A. — birthplace of the lowrider, Los Lobos and Oscar de...
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. :(
Halloween blessings and scary stuff in Griffith Park.
I am a Bad, Bad Blogger. But I’m back, so hold your horses. I must tell you about this fascinating FREE seminar given tomorrow, Sat,...
We don’t have any moose in Griffith Park, but we have middle America.
Do you feel a little bit skeevy this week, having spent way too much time analyzing Dancing with the Stars, and worrying if there is...
Tom LaBonge believes there’s a bogeyman in Silver Lake.
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Inside Silver Lake!! The Silver Lake monster reported in the fifties(?) turned out to be…not so much, so let’s hope this works out...
Why are weather reports for Los Angeles always wrong?
I was thinking maybe this is true everywhere. But now I don’t think so. Back east they have to predict snow, rain, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and...
The Silver Lake walkway is bad for runners. (Hint: it’s not dirt.)
I’ve been running around the Silver Lake walkway for almost a year and a half, since the May ’07 fire in Griffith Park. This summer...