Nov

26

Happy Thanksgiving weekend!

Filed Under Inspiration | 2 Comments

(by Dave Emerson) Thanksgiving is, in many ways, my favorite holiday.

Not because of the turkey, or even the football, but because of two things it celebrates, and the example set by our Pilgrim forefathers that seems especially appropriate in November of 2009.  Put it all together, and you may just have the secret to a happy life: Read more

Nov

23

Planning Commission meets Tuesday on housing plan

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(11/23/2009, Los Alamitos)  The Los Alamitos Planning Commission is meeting in Special Session at City Hall on Tuesday at 7 p.m. primarily to hold a public hearing on Read more

Nov

21

Was your paper late again today?

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(11/21/2009, Los Alamitos)  If you live in Los Alamitos or Rossmoor, and possibly some of our neighb0ring West Orange County communities, you may have noticed your newspaper arriving late this week. . . or not arriving at all.

I was away the first part of the week, but on Wednesday my paper never did arrive, although I posted a missed paper request online prior to the 10:00 a.m. deadline.

On Thursday, a very frazzled couple was slowly working their way around my cul de sac at 8:30, as several neighbors waited in their driveways.  They would stop for what seemed like several minutes in front of most houses, then sometimes toss a paper and move on, other times back up a house or two and start over.

They made the 8 a.m. gridlock on Los Al Blvd. at Katella look like a wide open freeway!  At least you don’t have to back up on Los Al!

Here’s what’s going on: Read more

Nov

16

LosAlTV, landscaping, Katella rehab on tonight’s Los Al Council Agend

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(11/16/2009, Los Alamitos)  Several interesting topics are on tap for tonight’s regular Council meeting, as noted above.

Here are links to staff reports Read more

Nov

11

A salute to our Veterans

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(LosAlamitos, 11/11/2009, Veterans’ Day) In our living room sit two neatly folded American flags sit in triangular flag holders, presented graveside to my mother and Barb’s mother by a crisply uniformed officer “on behalf of the President of the United States and a grateful nation.”

About 200 yards south of my house is the wall enclosing our Joint Forces Training Base.

When I pull up to the 4-way stop sign nearest our home, there’s a good chance that one of the other cars at the intersection will be driven by someone in military uniform.

In a sense, every day in Los Alamitos is Veterans’ Day, and well it should be.    Indeed, in a sense, every Read more

Nov

2

Your reporting & comments on tonight’s City Council Meeting

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(11/2/2009, Los Alamitos)  Once again, you get to be the reporter and/or commentator.  Whether you attend the meeting in person tonight at 7 in the Council Chambers off Katella, watch it on Los Al TV3 (live or delayed), or Read more