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Jose Mier Explores the Los Angeles River Bike Paths Near Sun Valley

Discover how the Los Angeles River bike paths and nearby San Fernando Valley bikeways offer Sun Valley residents a refreshing way to walk, cycle, and explore local urban nature.

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Jose Mier: The Valley Japanese Community Center and Sun Valley’s Cultural Heritage

Jose Mier explores the Valley Japanese Community Center in Sun Valley, a long-standing institution that preserves Japanese American culture through martial arts, festivals, education and community activities.

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Jose Mier Bonner’s Party Rentals and Sun Valley’s Business of Making Events Happen

Jose Mier looks at Bonner’s Party Rentals, a long-running Sun Valley business providing tents, tables, chairs, event equipment and production support throughout Los Angeles.

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Jose Mier. Sun Valley’s and I you Café: A Specialty Coffee Business

Jose Mier explores and I you café, a distinctive Sun Valley specialty coffee business built around organic coffee and tea, sustainability, community events and mobile catering.

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Jose Mier. Sun Valley’s Sunland Produce and the Business of Fresh Food

Jose Mier explores Sunland Produce in Sun Valley, a local grocery and produce market known for fresh fruits and vegetables, international foods, meat, seafood, deli products, nuts and specialty ingredients.

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Jose Mier. Sun Valley’s Custom Signage and Printing Business Niche

Jose Mier explores Sun Valley’s custom printing and signage niche, including local business signage, dimensional letters, LED channel letters, event displays, and the technology behind modern sign making.

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Jose Mier Remembers Aadlen Brothers: Sun Valley’s Legendary Hollywood Junkyard

Jose Mier looks back at Aadlen Brothers Auto Wrecking, the 26-acre Sun Valley junkyard that hosted over 200 film and TV shoots, housed the last surviving Jaws shark mold, and closed in 2015 after 54 years, plus the u-pick salvage niche it helped define.

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Jose Mier on Sheldon Skatepark: Sun Valley’s Concrete Comeback Story

Jose Mier looks at Sheldon Skatepark, the 25,000-square-foot Sun Valley plaza that opened in 2014, got abruptly shut down by the city amid vandalism disputes, and was fought back open by a determined group of local skaters known as Project S.

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Jose Mier Sun Valley: Why Powder Coating Is More Than Just a Pretty Finish

Jose Mier Sun Valley has introduced me to all sorts of businesses I might otherwise drive past without giving them a second thought. One of the more fascinating examples is Sundial Powder Coating, a Sun Valley company that takes something most of us rarely think about—finishing metal—and turns it into a highly technical manufacturing process. […]

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Jose Mier Sun Valley: How American Grip Helps Hollywood Productions Get a Grip

Jose Mier Sun Valley readers may not realize that some of the equipment used to make movies and television shows comes from right here in Sun Valley, California. When most people think about the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, they probably picture actors walking red carpets, enormous studio lots, directors shouting “Action!” and someone carrying […]