Monthly Archives: January 2012

Mountain reservoir status

Friend and moutain biker from Monrovia, Brad, sent me the above photo he took Sunday (Jan. 29, 2012) of Cogswell Dam and reservoir. He took the west fork bike path to the reservoir.and shot this from a vantage point from … Continue reading

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Kill redevelopment, kill cities

I could barely make out the words uttered from the man seated several rows behind me at Walnut City Hall. “Corporate welfare,” I finally heard him say. The two words were spoken just as Walnut City Councilman Tony Cartagena discussed … Continue reading

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Being grounded amid the temporary trees

NORMALLY, you don’t think of rows of potted plants parked on a paved strip as open space. Ditto for a golf course, a baseball field, volunteer willows behind a dam or commercial nursery plants thriving beneath high-tension towers. But they … Continue reading

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