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6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca. 


Sun Sunny Hi 80s Lows 50s 
Mon: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s 
Tues: Cloudy Hi 60s Lows 50s 
Wed: Ptly Cloudy Hi 60s Lows 50s 
Thur: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s 
Fri: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s

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SIERRA 
MADRE CITY 
COUNCIL 
MEETING 

February 10 , 2026 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).. 


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 CommunityInformation 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 ande-mail it to radio@cityofsierramadre.com. 


Mountain Views News Saturday, February 7, 2026 

MOUNT WILSON TRAIL RACE 2026: Free 15-week Training Program Begins 

The 2026 Mount Wilson Trail Race Training Program begins 
today, Saturday, February 7, at 7:00 a.m. in KerstingCourt and continues on Saturdays through May 23rd. The 
MWTR Training Program is offered at no charge and no 
pre-registration is required. Participants are welcome to attend 
any of the Saturday sessions. Anyone over 14 years of 
age is welcome to join the program, become a better runner, 
and get stronger, even if they do not plan to run this year’s 
MWTR. 
Next Saturday’s session on 2/14/26 will be at Hahamongna 
Watershed Park located at 4550 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena,
beginning at 7:00 a.m. Meet in the lower lot by the softball 
field and disc golf course. This will be the First Time Trial 
on trail, with a distance of 3.1 miles recorded for each participant 
individually. Each Saturday session starts at 7:00 

a.m. and each week’s session locations vary by week.
For more information and the specific 15-week training 
program schedule, go to the Mount Wilson Trail Race 
website: https://www.mountwilsontrailrace.com/. You can 
download the PDF for your personal use or to share with 
other interested parties. 
Led by Coach Simon Cooper, this is a race specific 15-week 
training program consisting of leg and lung busting fun! 
There is also lots of group bonding and encouragement 
along the way. There is no requirement to register for the 
actual MWTR. 
This year, the Mount Wilson Trail Race will be held Saturday, 
May 23, 2026, beginning at 7:30 a.m. in Kersting Court. 
Online registration only opens on Monday, March 2, 2026 
@ 8:00 a.m. by going to the Mount Wilson Trail Race website 
(see link above) and using the MWTR registration link. 
MWTR registration costs $80 for adults and $42 for youth 
ages 14 – 17. All paid registrations receive a specially designed 
MWTR T-shirt and goodie bag. Registration is open 
until the 350 runner limit is reached and there is no in person 
MWTR registration. 

WALKING SIERRA MADRE: 

The Social Side by Deanne Davis 

Deep thought to kick off February: 

“The more you think about something, the more power you give it. You can’t changeTHEM, but you can change you, which could be enough to create just the result you were 
hoping for.” 

“If January is the month of change, February is the month of lasting change.
January is for dreamers. February is for doers.” Marc Parent 

“In February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret.” 
“February is the month of love.” 

Yes, friends and neighbors, Valentine’s Day is just a couple of weeks away! 

There are so many things I could write about here this week but I decided I would 
write about my dad. His birthday was Friday, January 30th. He would have been 105, I 
think. The picture today is his take on lemons. Many artists would have created a work 
such as this, perfect lemons with perfect leaves; but my dad added that special quirky 
touch: a small dragon. This is an exquisite oil painting that hangs in my house, along 
with many other pieces of his work. He was an incredibly gifted, prolific artist who 
was featured in many art shows, won many competitions, and my sister, Heidi, and I 
treasure his work. I expect he is still creating in heaven. I came across an essay he wrote 
many years ago, which is so “him.” I’ve shared this before, but I think you’ll enjoy reading it again. 


“How to Become an Artist” 
By Kim Weed 

“When I was about three years old I took to drawing some of the creatures around me such as spiders, grasshoppers, ants and flies. My 
mother, although no art lover, was interested in abnormal curiosities, so saved my premature efforts for a while but tossed them out 
when I was about seven as no longer being of interest. But my compulsion to draw never left and for the rest of my life I drew pictures. 
I don’t remember especially liking to draw, it was just that whenever I came into contact with paper and pencil I would instinctively 
start. There was barely perceptible improvement, but as time passed, I became the one in the classroom delegated to do the lettering, 
make the posters, etc. I caused me no end of annoyance and self-disgust that I really wasn’t very good at it, so tried to find out why by 
studying paperback books on cartooning, which actually did provide some of the answers. The one gift I had was being able to draw 
pictures that made others laugh, and for this reason some dimwitted individuals began keeping them, which was a terrific lift to my 
ego. When I told my parents I wished to be an artist or cartoonist, and they got through laughing, in some seriousness they asked me 
if I wanted to starve to death. I thought about it and decided that I would one day open up my own “fixit” shop for repairing broken 
things, which was, apparently, my sole talent. 

When I was sixteen I took a chance and entered a statewide competition for a scholarship at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles 
by submitting a portfolio of my work. I thought it was a genuine miracle when I got the letter telling me I had won. I packed a bag, drew 
out my life savings of $52, and headed for Los Angeles. For two years, on the edge of starvation, I attended Chouinard free of charge. At 
the ripe age of eighteen, I set myself up as a freelance illustrator and took in any kind of art work that came along, including animation, 
mural painting, gag cartooning, men’s fashions, paste-up and newspaper advertising illustration. It included meeting short deadlines,
late hours, considerable humiliation and ego bashing, along with poverty, but I was able to keep from sinking, though barely. 

As World War II loomed on the horizon, I got a fair paying job in an aircraft factory and never looked back. I was a sailor, aircraft 
mechanic, and after the war, thanks to the GI Bill, went to college and, in time, became an aerospace engineer, later an intelligence agent 
and traveled throughout the world. Now here comes the good part… 

When it was no longer necessary to grub out a precarious living by drawing, it was suddenly a lot of fun, and I never stopped for the 
next fifty years, sometimes profitably, sometimes not. I was lucky enough to illustrate books, paint portraits, work in all the graphic 
media, enter competitions and paint hundreds of pictures just for fun, some of which won prizes, while others found their way into 
countries across the seas. So, when someone asks me how to become an artist, I have to say, “I don’t have the slightest idea or foggiest 
notion!” 

My parents married too young, had no idea how to be married, soon had me, and divorced. I saw little of him during my youth but 
reconnected with him when I was in my 40’s, and we were close friends until he passed away. As he lived in Valley Center, in the hills 
above Escondido, we carried on a lively correspondence by mail. Yes, letters! With stamps and everything! I have all his letters to me in 
a folder which I will look into someday, but not just now. His art surrounds me with beauty and wit and I feel blessed. In 2000, when he 
was in his 80’s, my dad set off on a cruise around the world on a container ship, continuing a life filled with high adventure. 

“At the end of the day, all you need is hope and strength.
Hope that it will get better, and strength to hold on until it does.” 
“Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” 

And in a world where you can be anything…be kind. 

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne DavisI’ve been re-reading my book,
“Sunrises and Sunflowers Speak Hope”
It encouraged me, made me smile and reminded me that Hope is all around!
It’s a pretty good book, even if I did write it!
You can find it on Amazon.com and they’ll even send it to someone for you! 

SIERRA MADRE WELCOMES KELLER WILLIAMS 

From left to right: Elijah DuMonde, Shelby Knight and Dave Knight , Chamber Representatives Mary Hoffman of The 

B.A.G. and Sierra Madre Mayor, Kris Lowe. Photo by Dirk Bolle 
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