Neighbors Cleaning Secret Steps Made Amazing Discovery, and new garbage cans!

Posted on October 14, 2019 by ChaseOctober 14, 2019

Thanks to the Chevy Chase Estates Association Director Sarah Emery Bunn for again organizing a cleanup event on our canyon’s historic hidden stairs. Our team was made up in part by Ken Batchelor, Leticia Gonzalez , Graeme Whifler, Douglas Hughes, and Zak Grausam, and Sarah Emery Bunn. It was fun dirty dusty work that brought neighbors together for about 90 minutes.

Hot dusty dirty work cleaning the secret stairs in Chevy Chase Canyon Glendale, CA.

Thanks for helping us to keep our neighborhood beautiful, the Chevy Chase Estates Association.

Cleaning the secret stairs of Chevy Chase Glendale CA was dirty dusty work.

Chevy Chase Estates Association cleanup.

Ken Batchelor, Leticia Gonzalez, Glendale CA neighborhood stair cleanup volunteers.

Volunteers looking up at the cleaned stairs.

Ken Batchelor, Leticia Gonzalez , Graeme Whifler, Douglas Hughes, and Zak Grausam, Sarah Emery Bunn.

Poppy seeds planted by the Chevy Chase Estates Association.

90 year old neighborhood stairway cleaned like new.

Discovered in the concret steps the date Oct. 15 1929

The Chevy Chase Glendale secret stairs after volunteer cleanup.

After we got the stairs spick and span, we planted poppy seeds for a beautiful orange show next spring!

Poppy seeds planted by the Chevy Chase Estates Association.

And then on the newly scrubbed stairs, somebody noticed a faint long lost message pressed into the concrete the day it was poured. It read Oct. 15 29. Almost to the day, we had come 90 YEARS later to clean and honor the works of those before us. The date discovery humbled us all.

Discovered in the concret steps the date Oct. 15 1929

But there’s MORE!!!

New public trash can on Chevy Chase Drive thanks to CCEA James Ward

The new garbage cans on Chevy Chase… please thank CCEA co-president James Ward who worked with the city for months to get this done.

Linda Vista/Buckingham Secret Stairs Cleanup

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Sarah Emery BunnOctober 9, 2019

What: 2nd Annual Linda Vista/Buckingham Secret Stairs Cleanup
Where: Meet at the bottom of the Buckingham stairs on Linda Vista, across from Dunsmere Road.
When: Saturday October 12 at 9AM

Did you know there is a Secret Stairway in Chevy Chase Canyon? It’s part of a city-owned path that connects Buckingham with Linda Vista.

The stairs had all but disappeared under years of washed down dirt and leaves – the city hadn’t cleaned them for over 25 years, secret stairs are not high on their priority list. Last year a group of neighbors spent two hours trimming, shoveling, scraping and raking, and we unearthed the vanishing trail and stairs.

The stairs are still in pretty good condition from last year’s cleanup, but could use a little tidying to get ready for winter. Join us for a fun get together to meet your neighbors and beautify a source of pride in our canyon! Bring your garden gloves, rake, broom or any other garden tools you think might be helpful, and above all your enthusiasm!

Sponsored and endorsed by the Chevy Chase Estates Association.

Canyon Homeowner’s Insurance Not Renewed? Come to Our Library Sat. Oct. 5th at 2 pm.

Posted on September 30, 2019 by ChaseSeptember 30, 2019

After the recent devastating California wildfires, most insurers will no longer write policies in brush zones like Chevy Chase Canyon. Many canyon residences have reported that fire insurance is near impossible to acquire unless one purchases the state-run California FAIR Plan. What are the options? Hear from an expert.

Homeowner watches as a wildfire bears down on their neighborhood.

This Saturday, October 5^th at 2 pm at our Chevy Chase Library, 3301 E. Chevy Chase Drive, the Chevy Chase Estates Association will be hosting a free talk by insurance expert Robert Feldman. This is NOT a sales spiel but rather just information from someone who knows the good, the bad, and the ugly about fire zone insurance.

Robert Feldman, insurance expert.

Robert Feldman is a 20-year Insurance Agency Owner, representing Allstate Insurance plus 14 other carriers, with agencies located in La Crescenta, West LA, and Malibu. Robert serves on various committees working to improve homeowners insurance options in CA. Robert’s agencies specialize in high fire zones and other hard to place insurance policies. Today, Robert will discuss the current status of the insurance market, Fire scoring, how Homeowners insurance is rated, and solutions for those who have been negatively affected by non-renewal notices, brush zone locations and claims.

CANYON RABIES ALERT UPDATE!

Posted on September 7, 2019 by ChaseSeptember 16, 2019

Rabies found in our canyon. Click on the image below to see all the info!

For more information on bats and rabies please click the following links:

Although bats are the major animal species that carry rabies in Los Angeles County, only a very small percentage (1-2%) of bats in nature have rabies. Every year bats are tested positive for rabies throughout Los Angeles County.

This website contains step by step instructions for residents if a bat is found inside their home.

Rabies Map 2019.

Eagle Scout Project From Our Canyon Boy Scout Troup 125 Hits a Historical Home Run!

Posted on July 14, 2019 by ChaseJuly 16, 2019

Aspiring Eagle Scout Austin Wuthrich reached out to the Chevy Chase Estates Association searching for historical photos of our canyon to use in his Eagle Scout Project that would grace the Chevy Chase Library with historical photos. The CCEA opened up our entire photo collection to Austin and he curated, printed, framed, and hung the photos. He also created an impressive body of digital work documenting his creations that you can see here.

In his words: “The Chevy Chase Library is an integral part of this community, and it really shows in my memory as I look back fondly on times in primary school where I would spend summers up there participating in reading competitions and doing my Flat Stanley project –this is why I am excited to be able to give back to my community through my Eagle Scout project, especially by telling my community’s history.”

Please view his photo and story presentation. Pretty darn impressive. If you know Austin or his family, say thanks for all of us.

Austin Wuthrich, Boy Scout Troup 125, Glendale CA hangs historical photos of the Chevy Chase CA canyon in the Glendale Chevy Chase Library.

Wildfire Preparedness – Glendale Fire Dept.

Posted on July 14, 2019 by ChaseJuly 16, 2019

A must watch video!

Glendale fire chief Silvio Lanzas has posted an urgent video on how to save your home and family when the next wildfire strikes. We in Chevy Chase Canyon live in a beautiful secluded wooded oasis, but it’s also a tinderbox that has burned in the past. Your CCEA asks you to please watch this short video and be safe.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT Tuesday, August 6, 2019 / 6:30PM-9:00PM

Posted on July 9, 2019 by ChaseJuly 15, 2019

National Night Out

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 / 6:30PM-9:00PM

Join us for an informal gathering of neighbors

at the TOP of Buckingham Place

Pot Luck*

National Night Out is observed annually on the first Tuesday in August. It is a community-police awareness-raising event in the United States. National Night Out was created to increase awareness about police programs in communities. Some of these programs include:

Drug prevention
Town watch
Neighborhood watch

* Contact Leticia Gonzalez (818-434-4647) / gonzalez.leticia11@gmail.com for more information.

The 5 Escape Routes Out of Chevy Chase Canyon!

Posted on June 22, 2019 by ChaseJune 23, 2019

Do you know the 5 escape routes out of our canyon? Click to download a full sized map. Learn them, drive them now before disaster strikes. Do it, save lives.

Photos from Pride of Buckingham Canyon Cleanup

Posted on June 16, 2019 by ChaseJune 18, 2019

Who would have thought picking up trash was so much fun.

Chevy Chase Canyon neighbors came together on a Saturday morning, as they’ve done for over ten years, to clean up our local thoroughfares. The morning ended with breakfast/lunch at our canyon’s wonderful Wild Oak Cafe. An interesting note, those that have been part of this civic volunteer canyon pride group reported that there was a lot less trash tossed on our roadsides as picked up in previous years. Still, the two-hour walk harvested about ten 40 gallon plastic bags of rubbish. The cleanup gang had a lot of fun hanging with their neighbors, giving back. See the previous post to get the history of this event and who made this all possible.

Pride of Buckingham volunteer street cleanup in Glendale, CA

Meet Your Neighbors and Help Keep Our Canyon Clean!

Posted on June 13, 2019 by ChaseJune 13, 2019

Pride of Buckingham Canyon Cleanup
8:30 AM / Saturday, June 15, 2019

Please join us in cleaning up our canyon by volunteering to pick up litter along East Chevy Chase to Emerald Isle Drive, and Linda Vista to Buckingham Road. We’ll meet at the intersection of East Chevy Chase and Linda Vista. Please contact Leticia Gonzalez at 818-434-4647 or gonzalez.lecitia11@gmail.com for more information.

The “Pride of Buckingham” group was established with the intent of bringing the folks who reside on Buckingham Road and Buckingham Place together in sharing this beautiful Canyon and taking pride in keeping the environment clean. The Canyon Cleanup event has been happening (usually quarterly) for more than a decade.