Mountain Views News Saturday, March 7, 2026 

Weather Wise 

6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca. 



Sun Ptly Cldy Hi 60s Lows 50s 
Mon: Rain Hi 50s Lows 40s 
Tues: Rain Hi 50s Lows 40s 
Wed: Ptly Cldy Hi 60s Lows 50s 
Thur: Ptly Cldy Hi 70s Lows 50s 
Fri: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s

 Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service 


SIERRA 
MADRE CITY 
COUNCIL 
MEETING 

MARCH 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. 


WALKING SIERRA MADRE: 

The Social Side by Deanne Davis 


This March is 
one busy month! 
March Madness 
begins with the 
2026 NCAA 
Division 1 
men’s basketball 
tournament 
on Selection 
Sunday,
March 15th, 
with 68 teams 
competing . 
March Madness 

fans can find schedules and all they need to 
know elsewhere. 

St. Patrick’s Day is Tuesday, March 17th 
and joy of all joys, Daylight Savings begins 
Sunday night, March 8th. Yes, tomorrow! 
Spring Ahead, Fall Back, which means 
you need to set your clocks, all 27 of them, 
ahead one hour. This results in us losing an 
hour of sleep and being cranky for several 
days but the upside is an earlier sunrise and 
sunsets later. 

February left us with a special treat that was 
supposed to be visible to the naked eye: The 
Planet Parade on February 28th. This naked 
eye saw absolutely nothing and I haven’t 
heard from anyone who saw this splendid 
event when “Four of the planets, Mercury,
Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will be bright 
enough to see with the aforementioned 
naked eye.” Ha! 

What was spectacular and easily seen 
with anybody’s naked eye who wanted to 
go outside and look was this month’s full 
moon, the Worm Moon which started 
showing up the end of February and was 
awesome by last Tuesday, the 3rd, which 
also included a total lunar eclipse. God has 
certainly set up some interesting thingsfor us to see in the skies. OK, the Worm 
Moon marks the return of earthworms as 
soil warms and spring begins. Early spring 

WONG (Cont. from page 1) 

“Harry brings the rare combination of technical 
depth and real-world municipal leadership,” 
said City Manager Bruckner. “He’s 
stepped into tough situations, stabilized 
core financial operations, and helped organizations 
make disciplined choices without 

migration kicks off as ospreys, swallows 
and monarch butterflies start reappearing 
across Central Florida. 

The March equinox occurs on March 

20. In the Northern Hemisphere, this isknown as the vernal, or spring, equinoxand marks the start of the spring season.
For me, Spring has arrived when I can getdaffodils at Trader Joe’s. That’s the picturethis week, glorious daffodils in my house.
There is something about daffodils on thekitchen island and, yes, ridiculously, in mybathroom, that just makes me so happy.
If you haven’t treated yourself to somedaffodils, do it today. They will make youfeel better no matter what else is going onin your life. 
To make you feel better about the return 
of Daylight Savings, March 8th is also 
International Women’s Day, a day that 
celebrates the achievements of women and 
the progress made toward women’s rights. 

March 15th in addition to March Madness 
beginning is that infamous “beware the 
Ides of March” date. The date when Roman 
dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated 
in 44 BC and was further immortalized 
in the tragedy Julius Caesar by William 
Shakespeare. In the play, Caesar is warned 
to “beware the Ides of March. For me, this 
has a special meaning as long ago and 
far away, I was a sophomore at Ramona 
Convent and my English class had taken 
a sad turn as we were studying the plays 
of Shakespeare and the one that Sister 
Paula Marie had chosen for us to really get 
into was Julius Caesar. I had not done the 
required reading as it just wasn’t nearly as 
exciting as whatever else I happened to be 
reading at the time and so, as she droned on 
and on, I fell into a deep and really pleasant 
sleep…you know, the kind when you wake 
up and find you’ve been drooling down 
your chin. Here is the true meaning of 
chagrin: waking to find you are in English, 

losing sight of service to residents. That’s 
exactly what Sierra Madre needs right now.” 
Holding a bachelor’s degree from CSU 
Northridge in Accountancy and Business 
Law and a master’s degree from UC Irvine 
in Business Administration, Mr. Wong is 
also a Certified Public Accountant and 

everyone is staring at you, snickering, and 
Sr. Paula Marie inquires gently, “Nice nap,
Deanne?” 

I really like the depiction of Caesar as 
shown in the 1963 movie, “Cleopatra,” 
starring Rex Harrison as Caesar, Richard 
Burton as Mark Antony and, of course,
Elizabeth Taylor, who had never been more 
gorgeous, as Cleopatra. Caesar was regal 
and his brutal assassination was shown 
as sort of a vision Cleopatra sees where 
everybody stabs him and he reaches out 
pathetically…”et tu, Brutus?” They just 
showed this on Turner Classic Movies and 
I enjoyed every second for about the tenth 
time. Lots of juicy scandal surrounded this 
movie which almost bankrupted the studio. 
At $31 million +, it was the most expensive 
movie ever made at that time. 
Of course, that’s peanuts now, compared to 
what the Star Wars movies cost to make,
$447 million for The Force Awakens, The 
Rise of Skywalker $417 million. Kind of 
takes your breath away, doesn’t it! 

To end this week, I have three thoughts: 
“Without ice cream, there would be 
darkness and chaos!” 

Best News Ever…The Mt. Wilson Trail 
Race is back! This is so great that the Trail 
is fixed! 

And a stanza from “I Wandered Lonely 
as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth, 
encouraging you to invest in some 
daffodils… 

I wandered lonely as a cloud 

That floats on high o’er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze 

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis

Easter is on its way, April 5th, and “The 
Crown” a story about what could have 
happened to The Crown of Thorns that 
pierced Jesus’ brow, is now an actual book,
in addition to a Kindle book. It’s on myAmazon page. “The Crown” will enrich 
your Easter experience. 

is widely credited for helping lead Lynwood’s 
efforts to implement financial and 
operational improvements in response to 
the California State Auditor’s review, which 
designated Lynwood a high-risk local government. 
Mr. Wong joined the City on 
March 3, 2026. 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR WISTARIA VINE 

The Sierra Madre Civic Club is looking for docents to greet our neighbors and visitors in viewing our amazing Wistaria Vine. 
The Wistaria Festival is Saturday, March 28, 2026, 9 AM to 5 PM. Volunteers would spend two hours hosting visitors and providinginteresting information about the vine. All informational materials will be provided. 

If you, a family member or friend would be interested in volunteering please contact Barbara Rounkle at 262 -224-7594 or 
brounkle@gmail.com 


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