Life In Sherman Oaks

One of the reasons that job are going overseas is that the education of our country is sinking. This was the opinion of 4 CEO’s who spoke on Fareed Zakaria in his Sunday morning show (Great CNN informational show, by the way). As the rest of the world outpaces us in education, and Indian and Chinese workers demand very low pay, jobs will continue to be outsourced. We used to [...]

The 14th Amendment was passed after the Civil War to ensure that states could not make one set of laws for one group of Americans (like African-Americans) and another set of laws for another groups of Americans (whites). “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make [...]

As written by James Madison for YOU and all generations of Americans. First Amendment – Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Second Amendment – A well regulated Militia, being necessary to [...]

Saturday, October 24 will be the date of the Dixie Canyon School Pumpkin Fair. From 11AM to 9PM, the PTA expect more than 3,000 people to attend the festivities where music, bouncies, carnival rides, games, local food vendors, raffles, fall arts and crafts, Halloween festivities and a PUMPKIN PATCH will make the day GREAT! If you are a local business, Jay Laisne, the President of the non-profit ‘PTA for Dixie’ [...]

Meet the Pharmacist Day Día para conocer al farmacéutico You go to the doctor for a check-up. Isn’t it time your medications got one too? Cuando necesita un chequeo, usted va al médico. ¿No es hora de hacerles un chequeo, también, a sus medicamentos? Saturday, October 17, 2009 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. St. Barnabas Senior Services 675 S. Cardondelet Street Los Angeles, CA 90057 This event is FREE, but [...]

Two neighbors came by my house today to tell us that 4 teachers had been cut from Dixie Canyon Avenue School. And to ask if we could help donate any funds to help. We don’t have a lot of money since our contractor ran off with $100,000 of our money last year, but we were so touched by the earnestness of our neighbors walking door to door, that we donated [...]