Can you hear cheering in La Habra and unincorporated Hacienda Heights? If you did, it’s because residents there have heard the news that Hacienda Road will reopen Feb. 1.

Yes that’s right. This key thoroughfare that allows La Habra residents to get to the Pomona (60) Freeway or Hacienda Heights residents to get to the south side of the hill is finally reopening.
We’ll have the full story in Tuesday’s newspaper.

Oh and if you hear some groaning in La Habra Heights, there apparently are some residents (not those who live on Ardsheal Drive) who have enjoyed the reduced traffic on Hacienda Road.

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It’s a new year and it’s been about a month since a Whittier City Council meeting. That means there should be hefty topics for the council at its 6:30 p.m. Tuesday meeting.
And that’s exactly what the council will have: from sleeping in cars, bus stops and historical homes.
The council will consider an ordinance that would ban camping on the street, such as sleeping in your car. It also will take up the issue of a request to move a bus stop in front of the Uptown Gym, 12912 Philadelphia St. The council also will be asked to give direction on how staff should handle a request from five homeowners on Earlham Drive seeking theirs and three other properties to be placed into a historic district.

Another interesting proposal comes from the Whittier Elk Lodge, 13620 Whittier Blvd., that wants permission to allow RV camping on their property.