Dec 31, 2015

San Fernando Valley is the recipient of two significant parkland gifts memorializing names of early LA pioneers who would have known each other. At the far southeast corner of the Valley is the “Central Park” of LA that everybody knows: Griffith Park. It’s the largest park in LA. Can you tell me the second largest park? SFV Granny was...

Dec 28, 2015

We’d be the 4th largest city in the US, except that you never heard of SFV unless you live here. We’re so big that four San Franciscos could fit within our Valley.  The Valley has tried to secede from L.A., but the voters won’t let us go!

Dec 10, 2015

Come explore and enjoy the rich history and diversity of the SFV! Here are childhood idols Roy Rogers and Dale Evans singing why they made SFV their home — they really did! https://youtu.be/pDVBUaFi2Ho Their cowboy-hat shaped house is still here near Trigger Lane in the western foothills where they shot so many movies. Did you know that actor Val Kilmer...

Dec 10, 2015

This little restaurant at the top of Tujunga is currently SFV Papa’s favorite place for chili rellenos. It’s the dish he orders at any Mexican restaurant, and makes or breaks it as far as he’s concerned. SFV Granny goes by the beans. The shredded pork tacos are Great-Granny’s favorite.  So we’ve been back a few times now. Yum!...

Dec 10, 2015

You have to know what you’re hunting for when you go looking for Beale’s Cut. This is the historic, super important Fremont/San Fernando Pass. But you’d never know it because it’s not marked. You’ll find it in a triangle of land between Highway 14 and Sierra Highway north of SFV in Newhall. This was the way in and out of Los...