Getting Some Kicks With Jose Mier If you know anything about Latinos you know we love our soccer—or should I say “futbol?” With a large Latino population in Sun Valley (including your own Jose Mier) you can imaging that there would be areas devoted to this popular sport. And there is! The Gol Soccer Complex […]
One of Jose Mier’s Favorite Parks Sun Valley is a beautiful place to live and that’s in part because we are not just slabs of concrete and asphalt. Our community includes several outdoor parks and recreation areas as well as proximity to the Verdugo mountains and the hiking trails contained therein. The fact that we […]
Haze Affecting Jose Mier and Other Residents As you know we have been forced out of our gyms by the order of the governor and as a result have has to find ways to maintain our health while we wait for another reopening. One of those things is by simply taking a walk around our […]
Jose Mier’s List of Simple Tips for Conservation Sun Valley is getting hot. Strike that. It’s hot already. I wrote a recent post on the increase in temperatures over the weekend and while we will cool down some in the next few days, overall the warm weather will continue. What that means for Sun Valley […]
Jose Mier’s Recommendations for Landscaping in Sun Valley Sun Valley residents love to keep their yards in great shape. After all we are proud of the community in which we live and for me, promoting all aspects (visual as well as economic) is always a priority. When it comes to the foliage we put in […]
How Much Do You Know About Sun Valley? Jose Mier Sun Valley.com is all about our town, right? I promote the economy and business in our area including restaurants, gyms, salons and all other forms of commerce conducted inside our borders. But how much do you actually know about this suburb of Los Angeles? Test […]
Jose Mier’s Tips on Keeping Safe in Extreme Heat We’re lucky (sort of) that Sun Valley doesn’t suffer the scorching temperatures of the desert cities like Palm Springs, but that doesn’t mean it’s not hot. Recent days have seen the mercury climb into the high 90s. As if we didn’t have enough to worry about […]
Jose Mier Awakened By 4:40 am Jolt Like most Sun Valley, CA residents I was shaken awake by the latest quake to hit the Southland last night (this morning, actually). At 4:30 am a 4.2 magnitude temblor struck the Pacoima area which is just in our backyard. The initial jolt was followed by several aftershocks, […]
Tents Are the New Normal in Sun Valley Like it or not, we’re now prevented from doing a variety of things indoors from working out to dining. But we roll with the punches. Some of our Sun Valley businesses (dining establishments, specifically) already make use of tents, awnings or patios and pop-up places like Burrito […]
Jose Mier Goes Hiking (Again) As you know our Sun Valley gyms are once again closed. I’ve been recently promulgating how close hiking trails are to Sun Valley. If you’re a SV resident, a drive to one of the Verdugo trails is just as close as a drive to your gym. If you, like me, […]