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They games and more. could cover the 36 or so miles in How Sepulveda Blvd. Everything in the store is rated four stars or above, is a top under 30 minutes, no doubt due got its name; Horton to my grandfather’s bat-out-of- seller or is new and trending. They use customer rating, holds his ears against hell driving style. When asked reviews and sales data to curate the store with items like the new freeway how they arrived so quickly, “Most Wished For” and “Frequently Bought Together.” The noise. store is located on Level One across from Godiva. they would always respond that they took the “new” freeway, the Spanish conquistadors and Spanish 101 at Crespi) stretching meaning the 134 and 101 route. New Park to Open Friday missionaries who included this from San Diego to San Francisco. Now, putting aside the fact that stretch in their “El Camino Real,” The Spanish are also this was the late 1980’s and my The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy has or “The King’s Highway,” the responsible for many other Valley grandparents still referred to announced that a ribbon cutting on Friday, February 21, 600-mile route connecting the street names, either directly the 101 as the “new” freeway, at 10 am will officially open Hidden Creeks parkland in the 21 missions and varios presidios bestowed during the CA mission in historical terms while the Chatsworth Hills. The 257-acre, $6.7 million park is located and pueblos (forts and towns era or later by nostalgic developers in Browns Canyon Road above the 118 Freeway and DeSoto. concrete and steel expressway for those of you who didn’t take (Continued to page 15) Wings Over Wendy’s veterans group gathered for their annual photo at Wendy’s on Ventura Blvd. Nearly 150 members came, along with Wendy’s owner Diane Ross, Councilmen Bob Blumenfield and John WOW! What a Group! Lee and Honorary Mayor Dennis Zine. Related story page 4. Page 2, Valley News Group, February 20 , 2020 FEBRUARY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CALENDAR CANOGA PARK: The Valley Cultural Foundation presents “Rock The Valley,” the final Battle of the Battle of the Bands on Monday, February 24, from 7 to 11 pm at The Madrid Theater (21622 Sherman Way). Just $10 at the door - come out to support your local music acation groups and see who will be crowned the winner: Av!va, Austin Jons V & the Immortals, Illunis or Spectre Jones?! For more information visit valleycultural.org. TARZANA: Neill Simmons will host a talk on “Past Lives, Dreams, and Soul Travel” on Saturday, February 29, at 11 am. He will present Vibes & Values! the talk at the Encino-Tarzana Library, 18231 Ventura Blvd. 1 WOODLAND HILLS: The Woodland Hills Library will hold their monthly Produce Exchange and Seed Library on Saturday, February GET UP TO $100 IN VALUE PER BOOKING 22, from 9:30 am to 12 pm. Bring your produce to swap and share with ON PLEASANT HOLIDAYS AAA VACATIONS®! others, and then hang around for some expert gardening tips. CALABASAS: LVUSD will host a board meeting on Tuesday, February 25, from 6 to 9 pm. The meeting will take place at 4111 Las Virgenes Rd, Calabasas. CHOOSE FROM DESTINATIONS LIKE: CALABASAS: Bring the family to watch “How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World” at the Calabasas Library on Saturday, February Hawai’i 22, from 6 to 8 pm. There will be pizza, snacks, popcorn and drinks all 2 for just a dollar each! The film is rated PG and runs for 104 minutes. All • 5 nights from $797 LAND ONLY ages welcome, but those under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.The entrance is in the back of the Calabasas Library. For more information, call the library at 818-225-7616. Caribbean 3 • 5 nights from $558 LAND ONLY WOODLAND HILLS: Safir Mediterranean Cuisine is hosting the February Mix and Mingle Mixer of the Woodland Hills Warner Center Chamber on Wednesday, February 26, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at 19940 USA 4 Ventura Boulevard. Members are free and one time trial guests only • 5 nights from $782 LAND ONLY $15. RSVP required by noon on Tuesday prior to event by calling (818) 347-4737. YOUR VACATION MAY INCLUDE: 5 Daily Breakfast; Kids Stay Free ; Resort WOODLAND HILLS: The Platt Library will be hosting a special Coupons; All-Inclusive Meals & Free Wi-Fi! presentation of “Kres Mersky: The Life and Times of Albert Einstein,” a one-woman play on Saturday, February 22, from 1 to 2 pm. This one- woman play is a seriocomic portrait of Albert Einstein and his harried private secretary, the woman who devoted most of her life to him. Join actress Kres Mersky as she takes us on a personal journey through Einstein’s later years, set during news conferences from 1934 to 1955, the last on the occasion of his death. BOOK NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 29, 2020! ASK YOUR AAA TRAVEL AGENT ABOUT CURRENT OFFERS AND OTHER DESTINATIONS AAA TRAVELS WITH YOU CALL: (800) 741-1605 CLICK: AAA.com/TravelBenefits VISIT: Your Local Auto Club Branch O'AHU, HAWAI'I 1Must be booked by February 29, 2020 with travel complete by December 31, 2020. Minimum five night stay at participating AAA Vacations® properties required. $100 activity voucher is nonrefundable, nontransferable, has no cash value and applies to the following destinations: Mexico, Hawai‘i, Central & South America and select Caribbean destinations. 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Your local AAA club acts as an agent for Pleasant Holidays®. CST 1016202-80. To learn how we collect and use your information, visit the privacy link at AAA.com. ©2019 Auto Club Services, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Valley News Group, February 20, 2020, Page 3 COMMUNITY People in the News COMMUNITY Gloria Pollack, right, CALENDAR will be honored by the Child Students in the News Development Institute at their Silver Jubilee Gala on March 21. Aviva Hollander of Hills has been named to the Veronica Langley of Encino Pollack’s name is Woodland Hills has been named fall 2019 quarter Dean’s List at wrote “A ‘Maybe’ is Nothing to synonymous with volunteerism to the Dean’s List for the Fall Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Hang your Hat On,” directed in the San Fernando Valley.