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Mountain View News Saturday, July 12, 2025


WALKING SIERRA MADRE 

 The Social Side by Deanne Davis

“I’d like to cancel my subscription to 2025. I’ve experienced the 
free 7-day trial and I’m definitely not interested.”

I expect a lot of us feel exactly like that and my constant prayer 
is, “Oh Lord, please no more pain, no more tragedy!” As people 
in Texas are trying to cope with the worst thing they could ever 
imagine, i.e., losing their loved ones, I’m sitting with this blank 
page trying to think of something to say that will bring comfort 
and hope. First Responders, friends and neighbors of those who 
have been hit with this terrible flood are doing everything they 
can to help each other and food, no matter what some people 
say, is always a big comfort. Why do they call macaroni and 
cheese comfort food? Because it is. 

I have put this recipe in before and, as home gardens are probably 
filled with zucchini, I thought I’d give it to you again. 
Having grown zucchini, I discovered that it’s delicious when it’s 
small and tender but if you turn your back on those cute little 
ones, they somehow grow into the size of baseball bats and you 
can grate all day to make zucchini bread and never use up one of 
them. So, I grate some of your dark green babies and made zucchini 
bread. If someone you know needs comfort they can just 
slice and eat, this will do the trick.

“Comfort food is whatever makes your heart stop pounding, 
your tears stop flowing, the ache in your stomach to ease and the 
tiny seeds of hope to start growing in your soul.”

Zucchini Bread

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
Grease 8” x 4” loaf pan

1-1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp. ground cinnamon 
(generous)

¼ tsp. ground nutmeg 
(generous)

½ tsp. baking soda 

¼ tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. salt

Combine all those in a large 
bowl

1 cup sugar

1 cup grated zucchini 

 ¼ cup vegetable oil

 1 egg

 1 tsp. or more grated lemon 
peel

 ½ cup pecans (optional - dried 
cranberries are good and a little chopped apple is also a delicious, 
comforting addition.)

Combine all that in a medium bowl. Mix well then add to the dry 
ingredients. 

Spoon batter into greased pan. Bake 55-60 minutes or until a 
wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool 
in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes or so. Remove the loaf 
from the pan and cut yourself a slice. You can spread a little butter 
on it, pour yourself a cup of coffee and thank God for comfort 
food.

This recipe can be doubled as many times as you like. The picture 
is the four loaves of zucchini bread.

I got this recipe from the Pasadena Star News in 2011 from Dorothy 
Reinhold’s column, which is no longer there. In it, she described 
her son’s ecstasy about the zucchini bread that his 3rd 
grade teacher, Mr.s. Corinne Le, had baked and brought to share. 
“It’s soooo good,” he said, “and she gave me the recipe!” Corinne 
Le knew how to bring comfort to 3rd graders and I hope this will 
bring you some, too.

“We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to 
bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, 
of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for 
survival and renewal is awesome.” Isabel Allende 

This recipe is in my book:

 “A Tablespoon of Love A Tablespoon of Laughter”

Available on Amazon

There are lots of other comforting things in there, too.

“May God bless you and keep you all and make His Face to shine 
upon you and give you peace…and comfort.” 


Weather Wise

POSSIBLE END TO SIERRA MADRE 
BEAR HOME INVASIONS?

6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.

According to Steven 
Gonzalez at California 
Department 
of Fish and Wildlife, 
on Tuesday, the department 
euthanized 
a California Black 
Bear near Bailey 
Canyon.

Several CDFW Environmental 
Engineers 
who monitor bear 
activity in Sierra 
Madre, identified the 
bear as being responsible 
for 50-60 of the 
last reported sightings 
that resulted in 
calls to authorities 
and the attempted 
break ins or actual 
break in of homes. 

No injuries or death 
have been reported 
due to attacks from 
bears. Gonzales also noted that as of Tuesday, July 8th, 
there have been no additional calls of bear sightings or 
break-ins.

More details were not available regarding the specific 
cause of the department's actions at press time.

S. Henderson/MVNews

 
Sun Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Mon: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Tues: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 

 Wed: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s

 Thur: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Fri: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s

Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service

SIERRA MADRE CITY MEETINGS

SIERRA MADRE CITY 

COUNCIL MEETING

Council is on Summer 

Recess Until:

August 26, 2025 5:30 pm

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD 
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS!

As part of the City of Sierra Madre’s 

COVID-19 transparency efforts and The Brown 
Act provides the public with an opportunity to 
make public comments at any public meeting. 
Public comment may also be made by e-mail to 
PublicComment@CityofSierraMadre.com by 
3:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. 

Emails will be acknowledged at the Council 
meeting and filed into public record. The public 
may also comment in person at the meeting.

The meetings will be streamed live on Foothills 
Media website at foothillsmedia.org/sierramadre 
and broadcast on Government Access 
Channel 3 (Spectrum)..

This photo is of 172 Kg (379.195 lbs.) female 
bear, approximately 2 years old was 
trapped on the Mt. Wilson Trail and NOT 
identified as the bear mentioned above. 
File photo submitted by Bob Spears.


1630 AM EMERGENCY RADIO & 

Free on-air publicity for local events

 Sierra Madre’s EMERGENCY radio station is now accepting scripts for 
Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about community events. PSAs 
will be broadcast on the air at no charge. The station operates 24/7 and can 
be heard at 1630 on the AM dial.

 Any local non-profit or non-commercial organization can have their 
event information broadcast to the public on Sierra Madre Community 
Information Radio. The station covers the city of Sierra Madre, plus 
surrounding areas of Pasadena, Arcadia, and Monrovia. 

Your event must:

• Benefit a non-commercial or non-profit entity
• Be open to the public
• Be of general interest to local citizens


Just 
write a Public Service Announcement that describes your event and 
e-mail it to radio@cityofsierramadre.com. 

City of Sierra Madre

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

From: The City of Sierra Madre

Subject: MUNICIPAL CODE TEXT AMENDMENT (MCTA 25-
02) TO SECTION 17.60.056 (DISCRETIONARY DEMOLITION PERMIT) 
OF CHAPTER 17.60 (VARIANCES AND DISCRETIONARY PERMITS) OF 
TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE SIERRA MADRE MUNICIPAL CODE

Applicant: City of Sierra Madre

Project Location: Properties in the City of Sierra Madre, County of Los 

 Angeles, State of California

The City of Sierra Madre gives notice, pursuant to State of California law, that 
the Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider a Municipal 
Code Text Amendment (MCTA 25-02) to Section 17.60.056 (Discretionary 
Demolition Permit) of Chapter 17.60 (Variance and Discretionary Permits) of 
Title 17 (Zoning) of the Sierra Madre Municipal Code. The Planning Commission 
will be conducting a hearing and providing its recommendation to the City 
Council for consideration.

The purpose of the amendments is to provide relief from regulatory requirements 
when rehabilitation and/or improvements are proposed for structures 75 
years or older and for the purpose of abating hazardous particulates infiltration 
caused by the Eaton Fire and improving the fire resiliency.

DATE AND TIME OF HEARING

City of Sierra Madre Planning Commission meeting; Thursday, August 7, 2025 
(Hearing begins at 7:00 p.m.) 

PLACE OF HEARING

City of Sierra Madre; City Council Chambers; 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra 
Madre, CA

The Brown Act provides the public with an opportunity to make public comments 
at any public meeting. Public comment may also be made by e-mail to 
PublicComment@SierraMadreCA.gov by 3:00PM on the day of the meeting. 
Receipt of emails will be acknowledged at the public hearing, filed into public 
record and scanned onto the City website for public review. The meeting will 
be streamed live on the City’s website at www.SierraMadreCA.gov, on Foothills 
Media website at https://www.foothillsmedia.org/sierramadre and broadcast on 
Government Access Channel 3 (Spectrum). 

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: 

The proposed amendments to Section 17.60.056 (Discretionary Demolition 
Permit) of Chapter 17.60 (Variance and Discretionary Permits) of Title 17 (Zoning) 
of the Sierra Madre Municipal Code are exempt from the California Environmental 
Quality Act (“CEQA”) under the Governor’s Executive Order N-4-
25, paragraph 1,, which suspend the applicability of CEQA to “for projects to 
repair, restore, demolish, or replace property or facilities substantially damaged 
or destroyed as a result of this emergency” and, under the Governor’s Executive 
Order N-20-25, paragraphs 2-4, authorizing the City to “develop guidance and 
procedures for implementing this Paragraph.” The proposed amendments are 
also exempt under 14 CCR 15269 (emergency projects exemption) and 14 CCR 
15061(b)(3) (common sense exemption).

APPEAL: The decision of the Planning Commission is subject to a 10-day appeal 
period to the City Council. If in the future anyone wishes to challenge the 
decision of the Planning Commission in court, one may be limited to raising the 
issues that were raised or presented in written correspondence delivered to the 
Planning Commission at, or before, the scheduled public hearing. For further 
information on this subject, please contact the Planning and Community Preservation 
Department at (626) 355-7138.


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