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7 Mountain View News Saturday, December 9, 2023 METRO SERVICE CHANGES RESULT IN IMPROVEMENTS TO A LINE Beginning December 10, Metro is making changes to bus and rail service to provide more frequent and reliable trips. Among these improvements, Metro will be increasing service availability on the A Line (Long Beach – Downtown – Azusa), formerly known as the “L” or “Gold” Line. This light rail service passes through Monrovia, making a stop at Station Square. In response to riders requesting more frequent and later rail service, Metro will implement the following changes to the A Line: • Weekday peak hour trains will operate every 8 minutes instead of10 minutes. • Weekday midday and Saturday/Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. trains will operate every 10 minutes instead of 12 minutes. • Two additional trains will be added at the end of the nightly schedule in each direction, extending service by an extra 40 minutes each night, weekdays and weekends, with later departures from Long Beach, APUCitrus, and Santa Monica after 11:30 p.m. In addition to the A Line, Metro will be introducing similar improvements to other rail lines and bus routes. Visit mybus.metro.net/en/ for a full list of updates. If you have any questions regarding the updated service, call (323) 466- 3876 or email planatrip@metro.net. PETER'S CHRISTMAS RULES 2023 My dear ol’ departed father told me time and time again “Don’t argue sex, politics or religion, you’ll never win”. Well, the holidays are here and we will be spending time with loved ones… and the loved ones who get on our nerves. My politics are simple: I don’t share my views at social events, and I’m not going to change my 85-year-old uncle who swears by Fox News so bottom line keep your lip tight if you must ask questions learn and don’t react. Here are a few more of my “get along during the Holidays” tips… •Ask for help, but don’t expect it. Families are never fair. Work is never equally divided. That’s just the way it is. I am always prepared to do everything, but very happy not to. Wasting time being mad because one person tends to just sit around ruins the whole experience for everyone. •Don’t try to be right about everything. Getting the family together can be a toxic experience when someone insists on being the winner in an argument or thinks he or she is right about everything….of course, I am right about everything, but that doesn’t mean I have to rub it in their faces. •Try not to criticize. Nothing is more hurtful or hard to watch than someone criticizing someone else in front of others. Whether it’s your kids or your spouse or your sister, holidays are a time to suspend critical thinking and just surrender to holiday spirit. If you need to discipline a child, please take the child to a quiet corner or another room and speak respectfully. •Enjoy yourself. If you are doing all the work, make sure you sit down and take breaks and talk to people…so what if dinner is a little late? I like to spend a little one-on-one time with each person present—to take the conversation at least a tiny step further than just “How are you?” •Lay off the liquor. I haven’t had a drink in 10 years. And I don’t serve alcohol in my house. It’s amazing how much happier my family dinners turn out when no one’s crying or acting out after drinking too much. I don’t get upset when people bring their own wine to a dinner at my house—but the fact that they might be the only ones drinking seems to help them stay in control. •Remember, we are all going to turn into our mothers/fathers one day. The very things that drive us crazy about our parents and relatives are probably hard wired into us, too. It’s just harder for us to see it in ourselves, since we are looking at the world from inside of ourselves. 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