tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15512615086982077802012-02-01T08:02:00.561-05:00The Corralitas Red Car Property was a private right-of-way through Silver Lake (Los Angeles) for the Pacific Electric interurban streetcar. The “Big Red Cars” ran until 1955 when the Glendale Line was decommissioned for freeway construction. For more than 30 years, a series of developers tried and failed to develop the Corralitas Red Car Property.Corralitas Red Car Propertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10584117323077340569noreply@blogger.comBlogger12991100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551261508698207780.post-18639348669737197702012-02-01T08:02:00.001-05:002012-02-01T08:02:00.570-05:00

Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 25, 2012.  I knew I'd find a use for this photo.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) The Draft City Council Redistricting Maps were revealed last week. I don't want to be in City Council District 4 (CD4).  Councilmember Tom LaBonge's new district (CD4) would stretch from the 2 & 5 Freeways to Lake Balboa and Van Nuys - we would have a tough time getting any City

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 24, 2012.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 21, 2012.   After last week's rain, a Red Tailed Hawk was drying himself high atop a neighbor's eucalyptus tree.Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 21, 2012.  This is why the first photo was not so good.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 25, 2012.  The Red Tailed Hawks are hanging around their nest on Allesandro & Rosebud.   It seems like at least one of last year's babies is still with the parents.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 25, 2012, 8:05 AM.  That's not fog hanging over Elysian Valley & Cypress Park. Wednesday was a bone-dry morning.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Around 150 community members attended Wednesday's community meeting where Metrolink responded to the community outcry over round-the-clock noise & air pollution.  Elysian Valley Riverside Neighborhood Councilmember Cecilia

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 16, 2012.  I caught sight of the Adelbert All-Weather Lounge in a post headlined, "Feral Furniture," on The Hollywood Walker blog, by writer Geoff Nicholson.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)  While the Adelbert All-Weather Lounge has seen better days, it has moved around the northern end of the Red Car Property since November 2010.  It does make a great photo op.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 11, 2011, annotated today.  Photo seen from the Silver Lake Court right-of-way near the Roselin Public Staircase.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Thanks to a few neighbors for forwarding the story to me.  At least one of those neighbors happened to be driving by when LAPD and a news van pulled up.  The same neighbor reports a circus like atmosphere with helicopters,

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Photo: Grove Pashley, November 13, 2011.  Kids and adults play sports at the Cypress Park Recreation Center, 100 feet from the Metrolink Central Maintenance Facility.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) Studies show that children who play 3 or more sports near sources of Diesel Particulate Matter (like freeways and rail yards), are at increased risk of asthma and decreased lung development.  

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(Click on image to enlarge flyer.)   Community Meeting Wed, January 25, 2012 6:30PM LA River Center 570 W. Ave 26 Los Angeles, CA 90065 More info: www.lametrolinkpollution.com

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 21, 2012.  Wet weather didn't stop bees from pollinating the Foxtail Agaves on Corralitas Drive.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Since moving a hundred feet up the street, I've had trouble finding a  good location for my rain gauge.  Too many trees are blocking a clear rain catch.  Today's rain says to me, I need to find another location for the gauge.  There's no

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 21, 2012.  Yesterday's rain sparkled on the Jade flowers in full bloom throughout the neighborhood.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 12, 2012.  Metrolink's Central Maintenance Yard on San Fernando Road is too large for one photo.  It's located a few hundred feet from homes, the LA River bike trail and the Cypress Park Recreation Center. (Click on photo to enlarge.) In 2005, California Air Resources Board (ARB) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a report titled: Air Quality Land Use

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 21, 2012, 11:15AM.  Despite a month of dry weather, light rain turns the Red Car Property into a predictable muddy mess.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 21, 2012.  Red Car Canyon Lake filled up with just over a half inch of rain overnight. We're tracking rainfall totals collected on Corralitas Drive this rainy season.  The last

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 23, 2009.  The old Bert Co site at the corner of Glendale Blvd and Duane St (at the 2 Freeway Terminus) has been the subject of speculation for years.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Read more about changes coming to Glendale Blvd (because all those people will ride the bus): The Eastsider.  See also: our collection of 2 Freeway history photos.

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Photo: Grove Pashley, 2011.  View from an Elysian Valley backyard looking toward the Metrolink yard in Cypress Park. (Click on photos to enlarge.)   If you see or smell diesel exhaust coming from the Metrolink Maintenance Facility on San Fernando Road, the Air Quality Management District (AQMD) recommends you call 1-800-CUT-SMOG and file a confidential report. However, the AQMD told Northeast

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 16, 2012.  Despite the lack of rain, native Miner's Lettuce is sprouting in the slope below Adelbert and among the historic viaduct footings.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Miner's Lettuce is edible but bitter tasting. It grows well in the shady slopes on the northern end of the Red Car Property.  In the winter, the slopes near the viaduct footings always seem to be

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Photos: Diane Edwardson, January 12, 2012, shot from Elysian Park.  It's hard to fit all of the Metrolink Central Maintenance Yard (on San Fernando Road) into one photo that also shows all the single family homes in Elysian Valley and Cypress Park.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) Community MeetingWednesday, January 25, 20126:30 PMLA River Center570 W. Ave 26Los Angeles, 90065 Sponsored by

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Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, January 17, 2012.  A pile of debris has been sitting in the 2300 block of Lake View Ave since the December 1, 2011 windstorm.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Red Car Property neighbors often contact me when they can't achieve things through the normal City channels (and I don't get paid for this).  Neighbors have been calling 311 and City Street Services trying to

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 16, 2012.  The early rain and unseasonably warm weather has native Arroyo Lupines blooming on the Red Car Property meadow, before the plants are even 3" tall. (Click on photo to enlarge.) Usually, lupines don't bloom until March, once they've grown a lot more.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 14, 2012, 9:57 AM.  I watched a Red Tailed Hawk fly low through my backyard and land in a neighbor's pine tree.  The squirrels have been awfully quiet lately.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) The Red Tailed Hawks have been flying to and from their nest on the corner of Allesandro and Rosebud since last month.  UPDATE: Check out an amazing Cooper's Hawk encounter on

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 14, 2012. The clouds looked like the CG wasn't done yet.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 12, 2012.  While moving plants in a shady part of the garden, a neighbor found a 3" salamander.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) This is most likely a Slender Salamander.  The neighbor thought it was a worm and picked up to place in the compost bin.  When the tail detached, she realized it was a salamander.  Note the tiny arms and legs. The neighbor placed it in a 

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 4, 2012.  Normally, we'd be on mudwatch by now, but the midsection of the Red Car Property is looking awfully dry.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Jonathan Vandiveer, December 31, 2011.  This may or may not be the same owl I saw yesterday, January 10, 2012.  It's another one of Vandiveer's terrific photos of the Great Horned Owl in Red Car Canyon.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Around 1PM yesterday, a neighbor and I were playing with the dogs in my backyard, when a very large Great Horned Owl casually flew across the backyard, 9 feet

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 7, 2012.  Who would have ever thought the Pacific Electric Viaduct Footings would become a tourist attraction?  (Click on photos to enlarge.) Despite City of Los Angeles cultural historic landmark status, the viaduct footings have really struggled for respect through various degrees of guerrilla art and gardening.  So hats off to Charles Flemming, author of Secret

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 27, 2011.  The December 1, 2011 windstorm took out the branch that had been blocking a neighbor's view from atop Red Car Canyon.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 4, 2012.  Mild weather makes the historic Red Car Viaduct Footings an inviting place to rest.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 7, 11:14 AM.  For the third time in three weeks, I encountered a Kestrel.  Just like last Saturday, this one swooped down to catch flying bugs, above the meadow, on the Red Car Property.   (Click on photos to enlarge.)Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 6, 2012, 11:15 AM.  Like last week, the Kestrel was using the tops of the native California Black Walnut Trees to

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 31, 2011.  Please keep your dogs on a leash and always pick up after them.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 27, 2010.  Will Campbell, a conscientious bicyclist reminds pedestrians to share the path in Elysian Valley too.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) I've stopped going to the LA River as often because there are too many people on bikes who don't understand that it is very hard to hear them coming from behind, particularly near the Metrolink maintenance yard where train

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 3, 2012, 7:56 AM.  You can see the heavy concentration of particulate matter hanging in the air above Elysian Valley & Cypress Park on dry, clear mornings.  Shot from Corralitas Drive.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) The Metrolink Central Maintenance Yard appears to be the primary culprit in this photo as there was no traffic on the 5 Freeway Tuesday morning.  

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 3, 2012.  In case you were too busy getting to work this morning to appreciate the clouds (from Corralitas Drive).  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Corralitas Neighbor #1, January 31, 2011.  A neighbor driving onto Corralitas Drive around 4:30 PM, snapped a quick photo in the low light of an old male coyote taking the Corralitas Public Staircase.  Video: Corralitas Neighbor: #2,  December 31, 2011.  Another neighbor caught sight of what looks like the same coyote in another neighbor's backyard.  It looks like an old, fat, male coyote

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Photo: Jonathan Vandiveer, December 31, 2011, 10:12 AM.  What appears to be a Great Horned Owl was sleeping in a pine tree in Red Car Canyon.  Note how well camouflaged its chest feathers are, reflecting the pattern of the pine needles.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) Just minutes after the Kestrel encounter, I walked into the wooded canyon on the Red Car Property.  It was eerily quiet; no birds

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 31, 2011, 9:59 AM.  American Kestrels used to be common in the neighborhood.  This is only the third time I've seen one in 2011, the last sighting was Christmas Eve at dusk atop Corralitas Drive.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) Kestrels are the smallest falcons.  This one was about the size of a pigeon, only more aerodynamic. I was nearing the canyon from the

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Photos: Diane Edwardson, December 23, 2011.  Sunset looking toward Silver Ridge Ave from Corralitas Drive: it was as if the computer graphics weren't done yet.  The colors and shapes were in, but not the details.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) Have a Happy New Year! We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on, because we simply didn't have a chance to run them all when they were timely.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 17, 2011.  "Lot C" of the Red Car Property continues attracting vehicles, large and small, as an illegal parking lot.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on, because we simply didn't have a chance to run them all when they were timely.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, March 10, 2011.  One of the comments we frequently hear is how much our readers appreciate the beauty in the little things; stuff you don't always notice when walking the Red Car Property.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on, because we simply didn't have a chance to run them all when they were timely.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 28, 2011.  We were so busy talking about protected native tree removal permits, we never had a chance to run the small stuff, like the Jimsonweed close-up.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 28, 2011.  Native California Manroot (native cucumber) thrives in the native Black Walnut and Coast Live Oak Woodland in the Semi Tropic

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 21, 2011.  Replacing the original 1923-era gas main on the narrow, curvy hillside street of Corralitas Drive took more than 3 months.  They originally estimated it would take 30 days.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)  We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on, because we simply didn't have a chance to run them all when they were timely.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 18, 2011.  Believe it or not, that's one of those new tiny trash trucks taking up the entire street, backing up from Riverside Place onto Silver Lake Ave.  Shot from Silver Lake Ave public staircase looking toward Allesandro Elementary School. (Click on photo to enlarge.) We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on, because we simply didn't have a chance to run them

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 23, 2011.  Definitely not a Red Tailed Hawk (its tail had vertical stripes); kind of large to be a Cooper's Hawk; it might be a Red Shouldered Hawk.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 23, 2011.  It had red shoulders and back, but its head looks a lot like a Red Shouldered Hawk documented in 2008. 2011 was a banner year for hawk watching

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 29, 2011.  In May, we were so busy with public staircases, Red Car Trolley history, hawks, snakes and moles, we neglected to appreciate the Jacaranda trees blooming throughout the neighborhood.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on, because we simply didn't have a chance to run them all when they were timely.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 10, 2011.  Christmas came early when an image appeared in the Bougainvillea petal earlier this month.  It's gone now.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)  We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on, because we simply didn't have a chance to run them all when they were timely

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 29, 2011. Happy Holidays.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) 

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 17, 2011.  Check the Corralitas Winter Wonderland, Santa's busy riding the carousel and frolicking with the reindeer on the teeter-totter.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 27, 2011.  After I inadvertently kicked and broke a Stinkhorn Fungus, the flies were still swarming to the mushroom masquerading as rotting flesh on a bone.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 27, 2011.  The Stinkhorn was so well disguised as a bone, it even had hollow chambers for marrow. We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on,

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, February 26, 2011.  It was one of those days when no pair of sunglasses could ever be dark enough for the clouds behind Glassell Park. (Click on photo to enlarge.) We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on, because we simply didn't have a chance to run them all when they were timely.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, February 9, 2011. (Click on photo to enlarge.) We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on, because we simply didn't have a chance to run them all when they were timely.

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Stock photo: Diane Edwardson. A water main broke on Glendale Blvd near Silver Lake Blvd early this morning, continues to cause traffic headaches throughout the day.  See story in The Eastsider.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 6, 2011.  From the top of Corralitas Drive, January 6th was an awesome day for cloud photos.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on, because we simply didn't have a chance to run them all when they were timely.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, June 17, 2011.  Last summer, a killer kitty was discarding gophers on the sidewalk near the last bend on Corralitas Drive. (Click on photo to enlarge.) We're reviewing 2011 photos you missed out on, because we simply didn't have a chance to run them all when they were timely.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 11, 2011.  What was I saying about guerrilla artists needing to take responsibility for maintaining their art?  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 17, 2011.  Clouds over Glassell Park looked like an oil painting this morning.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 16, 2011. It was a spectacular morning From Corralitas Drive. 

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 16, 2011.  The mud is bad (and only walkable if you're very sure-footed) en route to Rose Scharlin Co-op Nursery School.  It's a good thing they're on break for the Holidays.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 15, 2011, 4:04 PM.  Wild weather as seen from Corralitas Drive yesterday.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)  We're keeping track of rainfall totals collected on Corralitas Drive this year... December 15, 2011: 0.2"Season to date: 5.9"

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 11, 2011.  It's the traditional Holiday greeting for Red Car Property neighbors: dumping, often from outside the community.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 13, 2011.  A couple of dozen cars going to and from Rose Scharlin Co-op Nursery School, twice a day, and less than an inch of rain, yesterday, has made the area between Riverside Place & Lake View Ave (around Lake Red Car) too slippery for walking.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 13, 2011.  You can still walk around the shores of

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 12, 2011.  Light rain had the storm drains backed up yesterday by 10AM.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) The City was clearing area streets with a dump truck this morning. We're keeping track of rainfall totals on Corralitas Drive this rainy season. December 12-13, 2011:  0.8"Season since Oct 1, 2011:  5.7"

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 12, 2011.  About a half hour after I shot this, CalTrans was shredding the tree branches (on Rosebud) from the December 1st windstorm.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) The storm drain was still blocked by debris, but I guess that's the City's problem.  Call 311 or use the free CD13 311 iPhone app to report down trees in City streets and blocked storm drains. 

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 4, 2011.  It's Monday, we're on stormwatch, do we need another excuse to run a happy puppy picture?  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Thanks for picking up after your dogs.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 9, 2011.  The polar bear was working the camera.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 4, 2011.  Thank you for picking up after your dogs.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 5, 2011.  Looks like the bike store next door to Sweet Lady Jane Bakery on Riverside Drive is attempting to upscale their clientele with a new look and store name.  Shot from the Red Car Property.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) 

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 1, 2011.  Last week's windstorm stripped all the peppercorns, most of the leaves and many small branches from my neighbors' 3 huge Peruvian Pepper Trees (Schinus molle).  (Click on photo to enlarge.)      We had at least an inch deep worth of peppercorns covering the yard up to 100' from the trees.  One of the trees is at least 40' tall and was so heavy with

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 1, 2011.  At least one Corralitas Drive homeowner breathed a sigh of relief when a large branch from a healthy eucalyptus tree crashed into the canyon rather than on his home.  The tree is on the Red Car Property.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) This part of the canyon has a number of large eucalyptus trees on the slopes that seem to lose branches or go down

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 2, 2011.  A really interesting 1 1/2-inch long bug was sunning himself on the hood of a car Friday afternoon.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 2, 2011.  I've never seen anything like it.  From the shape of its hind legs, it appears well adapted for living in or around oak trees.  The body is somewhat acorn shaped too.  It may live in

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 1, 2011.  As Sunday morning, the eucalyptus branches were still blocking a portion of Rosebud Ave under the 2 Freeway.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Call 311 to report down trees in City streets or sidewalks.  Or, if you have an iPhone, use the free CD13 311 app to immediately report the problem.  If your power is still out, call the DWP, 1- 800-DIAL-DWP (800-342-

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 2, 2011.  Power lines down on Lake View Ave.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) A Lake View Ave neighbor just emailed, the power was back on around 12:30 PM today.  As of Sunday morning, portions of Lake View Ave and Silver Ridge Ave were still without power.  Their power went out Wednesday night.  The power was back on yesterday for the portion of Lake View & Silver

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 2, 2011.  We're still working through this week's windstorm photos.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) 

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 3, 2011.  After dark last night they seemed to be working on power lines on Riverside Terrace just past this tree.  By this morning, the tree had a path cut through it, marked with safety cones and tape.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)  Related: 101 MPH wind gust at the Mt Washington Weather Station Wednesday night: The Eastsider.

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Photos: Diane Edwardson, December 1, 2011.  A second big pine tree on Allesandro Elementary School property snapped at Riverside Terrace and Silver Lake Ave.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) Just a few houses away a big pine tree fell onto a house on Riverside Terrace. A third seems to be tilting precariously. A Riverside Place neighbor noted, as of Thursday, has a view for the first time in 20

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Photos: Diane Edwardson, December, 1, 2011.  Huge dry tree branches went down in Red Car Canyon between Lake View Ave, Corralitas Drive and Riverside Place in the windstorm.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)   This is the part of the Red Car Property where neighbors expanded their backyard and created a treasured, park-like setting for more than 50 years. Sadly it's also an area where the dead

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Photos: Diane Edwardson, December 1, 2011. Neighbors report that the huge pine tree that went down in the windstorm is still blocking the Riverside Terrace as of 3 PM Friday.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)   At least one neighbor reported the tree down last night via the CD13 311 iPhone app.  I called it in to CD13 yesterday afternoon. The huge pine tree snapped about 20' up the trunk, yet still

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 2, 2011.  After a day of nervous watching of down power lines sparking spot fires on Lake View Ave. (monitored by the LAFD), things are quiet on the street today.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) A Lake View neighbor reports parts of Lake View and Silver Ridge are still without power, cable or Internet (since Wednesday night).  A DWP crew began working on the power

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Photo: Lake View Neighbor, December 1, 2011, 5 AM.  Downed power lines sparked a fire on a neighbor's deck early today.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Several neighbors report the Fire Department put out the fire without too much damage, but the downed power lines have been sparking "manageable fires" all day.  Nervous times for the neighbors.  The power is still out in parts of the neighborhood

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Photo: Amy Seidenwurm, December 1, 2011.  Another big tree took out Amy's car on Lake View last night.   No one was hurt, but the car is dented.   (Click on photo to enlarge.)Amy also reports the power is out at the Silver Lake Library but power and wifi is on at the Los Feliz Branch Library.   

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 1, 2011. The windstorm snapped a pine tree at Allesandro Elementary School, completely blocking the one way street of Riverside Terrace.  While they do have another means of  access, this is the one way out of the neighborhood behind the school.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) This is also a neighbrohood subject to LAFD Red Flag No Parking.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 1, 2011. Last night's windstorm knocked down a huge eucalyptus tree on the 5 Freeway onto Riverside Drive near Gilroy, snapping a utility pole, taking many neighbors' Internet and cable connections too.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Russell Bates, November 30, 2011.  The serious street hazard on Lake View Ave, reported yesterday, was fixed by midday today. (Click on photo to enlarge.) The sound of jackhammering echoed through the hills this morning, indicating the City took the photos seriously.  Thanks go to CD13's Ryan Carpio for responding quickly to the problem.  I strongly recommend neighbors call 311 and

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Photos: Diane Edwardson, November 29, 2011.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)  The photo above is the segment north of yesterday's post on Lake View Ave.  It's been patched and repaired many times since 1926, when it was last paved.  It's been on the City's list for repaving for at least 10 years.   According to yesterday's email from CD13, a geotechnical study is being done because it's a hillside

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Photos: Diane Edwardson, November 29, 2011.  While walking this morning, I got a call from a Lake View Ave community leader, asking me to help get the street repaired in front of 2456 Lake View Ave.   (Click on photos to enlarge.)  A portion of the concrete street was cut out and replaced with the original chunk of concrete.  It shifted and keeps getting worse, despite periodic repairs.  It's an

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 27, 2011.  Thank you for keeping your dog on a leash and picking up after him.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 26, 8:31 AM.  The Saturday after Thanksgiving saw no traffic whatsoever on the 5 Freeway, yet there was a thick polluted haze hanging rising over Cypress Park, LA River and Elysian Valley (as seen from Corralitas Drive).  (Click on photo to enlarge.) This polluted haze is typical on bone dry, clear mornings after the Santa Anas have blown out pollution the night

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Photo: uncredited, undated.  Red Car Trolleys on the curve at India St as seen from Corralitas Drive.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) The grade between the Red Car Trolley tracks and India St was much steeper before they removed countless tons of earth to grade for the 2 & 5 Freeways. See Thursday's post for photo without annotation.

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Photo: Uncredited & undated.  Earlier this year, Paul Ayers sent me this shot I'd never seen before.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) If you know the Red Car Property Neighborhood, you'll know exactly what part of the Red Car Property it is, as well as where it was shot from.  Hint: a whole lot of earth was removed to use for grading the 2 & 5 Freeways starting in 1960.  Answer on Saturday.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 21, 2011.  While it seems like the rainy season started early, we saw the same weather pattern last year.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 19, 2011, 10:28 PM.  The raccoon on the left is the same one who posed in Monday's post.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Five or six raccoons were foraging high up in the branches of the huge rubber tree in my yard Saturday. These three are likely this year's offspring still learning where to forage from mom. They kept looking to the largest raccoon for guidance

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 21, 2011.  You can still walk around the vernal pools where the canyon opens to the meadow of the Red Car Property.  The meadow was remarkably dry. (Click on photo to enlarge.) Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 21, 2011.  While you can still walk around Red Car Canyon Lake, I chose not to do so with a dog wanting to play in the puddles.  (Click on photo to enlarge.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 19, 10:25 PM.  This raccoon just took to the camera, posing calmly.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Saturday night my dog alerted me to something about 20' up in the rubber tree.  The wind and the weight of the animal had the tree branch moving considerably. When it finally caught the light, I could see it was not a fat-assed cat.   I grabbed my camera, left the dog

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 19, 2011.  The Rosebud Ave overpass of the 2 Freeway serves as background for several photo shoots every week.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 4, 2011.  Dark clouds over Corralitas Drive, as seen from the India Street entrance to the Red Car Property.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 8, 2002.  There was a time when kids had to make due riding skateboards on the uneven asphalt bike path on the LA River.  Of course, those kids are in college now.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Marsh Street Sk8 Park celebrates its 4th anniversary and fundraiser with music, food and skateboarding, presented by Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust (LANLT), City

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 13, 2011.  Last Sunday was a spectacular day for photos from atop Roselin Place.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Since this is one of those hidden views most people in the Red Car Property Neighborhood never see, I'll point out the landmarks.  In the lower right corner is the sign for Rick's Hamburgers and the bright blue Chevron Station at the corner of Riverside &

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 13, 2011.  It looks like the Fletcher Bridge is being reinforced, as the bridge footings are encased with rebar.  (Shot from atop from Roselin Place.)  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: A. Futterer, Holyland Exhibition, 1960.  The Paramount Pest Control building was one of the few to survive the eminent domain action to clear a path for the 5 Freeway.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Read more about  the Paramount Pest Control building on Riverside Drive at Allesandro on The Eastsider.

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 13, 2011.  Sunday was one of those crystal clear days where you could see the terminus for the historic Pacific Electric Red Car Trolley  Glendale Line at the end of Brand Blvd. (View from the top of Roselin Place).  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 5, 2011.  Wild times at the Adelbert All-Weather Lounge or perhaps someone got tired of squishy upholstery.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) We're keeping track of rainfall totals on Corralitas Drive this year: November 12, 2011: 0.1" Season total since October 1, 2011: 3.8"

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 13, 2011, 9:51 AM.  No fewer than 56 cars were parked on the Red Car Property for an event at Rose Scharlin Co-op Preschool this morning.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) A few neighbors were notified via email after 9 PM last night.  I didn't check my email until after I walked this morning.  Don't wear out your welcome in the neighborhood. 

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 8, 2011.  Rain has mushrooms sprouting in Red Car Canyon.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) I have no idea what kind of mushrooms they are, but they routinely grow in the same spot every year.  Learn more about California mushrooms on: MykoWeb. Disclaimer: The Corralitas Red Car Property Blog prefers to quote reliable sources, such as Calflora and California Poison

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