Corralitas Drive: I Hate The 4th Of July

Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 4th, 2012.  Illegal fireworks filled the sky over Elysian Valley & Glassell Park last night.  (Click on ...

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Red Car Property: 1960 Brush Fire

Photo: Antonio Futterer, Holyland Exhibition, 1960.  Grass fires on the Red Car Property can quickly speed up the steep slopes.  In the b...

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Semi Tropic Spiritualists' Tract: Mother's Day Hawkwatch

Video: Gary Vlahakis, May 11, 2012.  There are still 4 babies in the Red Tailed Hawk nest.  (Best viewed in full screen.)

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Red Car Property: Not Easter Eggs, "Puffball" Mushrooms

Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 4, 2012.  I have no idea which species of "Puffball" mushroom are growing on the Red Car Property be...

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Corralitas Drive: Is That Jesus Or The Virgin Mary In The Bougainvillea? Merry Christmas!

Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 10, 2011.  Christmas came early when an image appeared in the Bougainvillea petal earlier this month.  It...

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Lake View Ave: Christmas Cactus

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

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Corralitas Drive: If Santa's Late Getting To Your House...

Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 17, 2011.  Check the Corralitas Winter Wonderland, Santa's busy riding the carousel and frolicking with...

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Red Car Property: It's Another Sign Of The Holidays - Dumping

Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 11, 2011.  It's the traditional Holiday greeting for Red Car Property neighbors: dumping, often from ou...

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Corralitas Drive: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

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

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Corralitas Drive: Dia De Los Muertos

Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 1, 2011.  Cat skull.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Red Car Canyon: Happy Halloween!

Photo: Diane Edwardson, October 29, 2011.  No one told him to keep his mouth closed while chewing.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Corralitas Drive: Halloween Haunting

Photo: Diane Edwardson, October 23, 2011.  This weekend, drive slowly and watch out for little goblins and large, drunken ones too. (Click o...

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Rose Scharlin Co-Op Nursery School: Halloween Hullabaloo, Saturday Oct 29, 2011

Watch out for little goblins both on Lake View and the Red Car Property.  Our neighbor, Rose Scharlin, the oldest co-op nursery school in Lo...

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Corralitas Drive: Skeletons Coming Out Of The Closet

Photo: Diane Edwardson, October 15, 2011.  All over the Red Car neighborhood, skeletons are coming out of the closet and spilling onto the s...

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Corralitas Drive: Maybe Stephen King Started This Way

Photo: Diane Edwardson, October 8, 2011.  Looks like that student writing award came at the cost of a finger.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Corralitas Drive: Ghosts Of Trolley Riders?

Photo: Diane Edwardson, October 9, 2011.  LA Weekly readers looking for ghosts on the Red Car Property, might find a different kind of haunt...

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Red Car Property Neighborhood: Saluting Labor

Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 3, 2011.  Equipment for the gas main construction is quiet today on Corralitas Drive.  (Click on photo to ...

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