Tree People Planting

Tree People

By: Michelle Tepper

Saturday, February 6th
Join us planting 29 trees Jacaranda and Crepe Myrtle and other trees donated by the Tree People & City of LA on Otsego, Genesta, &
Magnolia Ave- Saturday, February 6th starting 9 am.
We are replacing trees that have fallen & need your help replanting and beautifying our neighborhood!
Come out and meet your neighbors. We’ll provide gloves, tools and drinks. All we need is YOU!
Date & Time: Saturday, February 6th -9 am
Meet Location: Julia & Bob Stein home 5101 Genesta Avenue
Encino, Ca 91316

RSVP Both: Tree People: www.treepeople.org/plant-trees-O
Steins: 818.905.1638

Thank you lunch sponsored by Organically Grown at Stein’s home after planting.
Hope you can make it!

EwingSIR does not guarantee information contained in this blog, readers are encouraged not to rely solely on this information and to do their own independent research of facts contained herein. Blog information was obtained from independent sources that we do not endorse, and we do not investigate this information for accuracy.

Hand Me Ups

Hand Me Ups is a new children’s consignment store that just opened 3 months ago on Ventura Blvd. in the Amestoy Estates neighborhood.

By: Michelle Tepper

The three moms who own the store have based the store’s image on one of Eco-Prosperty – the notion that the store helps the community by allowing families to generate a few bucks by selling new and almost new items.  The items that don’t sell are donated to a charitable organization.  The store not only provides income for the owners, but for the building owners as well and at the same time, keeping Ventura Blvd. looking upbeat by filling up the empty store fronts. Eco-Prosperity works for everyone today.

This tidy and appealing second hand store definitely has first hand appeal.  The gently (or perhaps, never) used children’s clothing is neatly hung on racks – by size – yep, you heard me, by size!   Infant/Toddler sizes are displayed on the walls along with colorful accessories and toys.  From Juicy Couture and Flowers by Zoe to Gap and Gymboree, the selection is vast, but not overwhelming.  In addition to the consignment items, Hand Me Ups also sells 4 custom new lines of hand-made items, including clothing knit and crocheted by residents of the Jewish Home For the Aging.  Hand Me Ups is the perfect place to give your child some money and allow them to have their own shopping experience while doing “good” for our community.

EwingSIR does not guarantee information contained in this blog, readers are encouraged not to rely solely on this information and to do their own independent research of facts contained herein. Blog information was obtained from independent sources that we do not endorse, and we do not investigate this information for accuracy.

By: Michelle Tepper

If you want to stay close to your cozy Amestoy Estates Encino Home, then you don’t have to go too far.  Head on over to Pierce College and take your friends; you’ll need them to get through the haunted corn maze!
www.frightfair.com

Some of the Haunted Houses in the San Fernando Valley are really terrific…here are a few of my favorites…

A Reign Of Terror
Haunted House in Thousand Oaks
The Janss Marketplace 215 North Moorpark Rd. CA
The event will take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday October 22nd – 24th and October 29th – 31st The Haunted House will run from 7:00pm to 11:00pm. The Tickets are $10.00, all profits benefit Charity.
info

Los Angeles Haunted Hayride
Haunted House in Calabasas CA
As tractor drawn hay-filled wagons make their way through the forest, scenes of pure horror await. You are in the deep, dark, haunted woods of the Gillette Ranch in the dead of night…
DON’T OPEN YOUR EYES.
Welcome to the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride.
www.losangeleshauntedhayride.com

You have to check this one out if you are in Santa Monica…
dates.html

EwingSIR does not guarantee information contained in this blog, readers are encouraged not to rely solely on this information and to do their own independent research of facts contained herein. Blog information was obtained from independent sources that we do not endorse, and we do not investigate this information for accuracy.

Another water main breaking — this time in Encino

Click here to see video Encino Water Main Explodes

By Michelle Tepper

The break occurred about 2:45 a.m. in the 5600 block of Wish Avenue. The cause of the break was not immediately clear.

Since Sept. 1, there have been more than 30 “major blowouts” in L.A.’s water system in which streets have flooded and pavement has buckled.

City engineers trying to determine what’s causing the water main bursts have been taking soil samples, sending pipe pieces to labs and performing a statistical analysis on each break. (How much is this costing us?)

But some experts said a prime suspect should be the city’s recent decision to allow sprinkling only on Mondays and Thursdays.

They said that if more water flows through the system on those two days, then pressure suddenly changes on other days, it could put added stress on already aging pipes. (Sounds logical)

But city engineers have expressed doubts about that theory and said they simply don’t know the cause. While major blowouts of mains is up, water main breaks overall in L.A. are down.

Story Courtesy of Shelby Grad, L.A. Now
Comments in parenthesis Courtesy of Michelle Tepper, Encino Home Sales Realtor

EwingSIR does not guarantee information contained in this blog, readers are encouraged not to rely solely on this information and to do their own independent research of facts contained herein. Blog information was obtained from independent sources that we do not endorse, and we do not investigate this information for accuracy.