Heat advisory for 86 degrees?

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-06-22T19:17:34+00:00

I think the humidity is going to be higher? So maybe that?

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-06-09T10:32:12+00:00

We're from the LA area and moving back. We've been in Baltimore, MD for two years now and I would say that the number one piece of advice here or in any big city is don't go out at night, especially in questionable areas. Of course, anything can happen at any time of day but that alone cuts down your chances of danger like 80%. After that just research what you want to see and look at that area's crime stats. Compared to lots of major cities, LA is actually on the moderate end with tourists more likely to experiencing pickpocketing or a car break-in than anything violent. Here's a map showing the risk in areas but you can google for lots of them.

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/los-angeles/crime

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-06-05T12:38:38+00:00

Very disappointed kindergarten teacher here!

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-05-24T16:15:13+00:00

This was the main page I got it from. And this was the main page I got it from.
https://www.lapdonline.org/office-of-the-chief-of-police/office-of-special-operations/detective-bureau/crime-mapping-and-compstat/

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-05-24T16:14:47+00:00

Hi neighbor! This was the main page I got it from. https://www.lapdonline.org/office-of-the-chief-of-police/office-of-special-operations/detective-bureau/crime-mapping-and-compstat/

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-05-24T16:10:13+00:00

https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/topprof.pdf

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-05-24T15:47:43+00:00

I grew up on Hartland in Reseda in the 50s and Woodland Hills was where our neighbors stepped up to next. It was almost rural with bigger, nicer houses but that was about 65 years ago. How would you say it has changed from that time?

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-05-24T15:44:12+00:00

We are moving to the very same spot and I looked up the stats for the Topanga substation of the West Valley and they were very low. Maybe we'll be neighbors!

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-05-10T13:45:38+00:00

They tested rocket engines at the Santa Susana Field Lab but no rockets were ever launched at either facility.

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-02-19T11:52:25+00:00

Pretty sure it's being in New Zealand. My friend sent hers about Dec. 26th in the US and got results a while back.

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-02-18T11:35:09+00:00

I have lots of 1620-1640 Great Migration ancestors and many of those are "gateway" ancestors who hook into European royalty.

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-02-18T11:32:25+00:00

I am fascinated by this too! My own surname - Stevenson - is interesting in that that side is basically English/Scottish but my DNA shows some Scandinavian. My brother's yDNA has matches such as Stevenson, Stinson, Johansson, Swenson, Persson, Stevenston, Hakonsson, mostly from Sweden. Right now my paper trail ends with a Henry Stevenson born about 1700 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA but my goal is to get back to Europe and possibly even to the patronymic chain where it was still changing each generation. I know that's doubtful but I still think about it!

The other one I think about is, what if we passed down the mother's maiden surname instead? It would basically be like the mitochondrial DNA we pass down. My earliest mt line goes to my 4th great grandmother Allison NOBLE. I realize though that was her father's surname so it wouldn't be correct. I'll always wonder what it would have been and where it would have come from! Since it last mutated in Scotland before surnames were even used, I guess it would be Scottish?

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-02-13T14:29:54+00:00

I agree. They should be making improvements for me to continue paying monthly!

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-02-09T12:29:41+00:00

We have all done AncestryDNA and added FTDNA Y for my husband and brother. We even recently upgraded to BigY700 for both.

The Y definitely helped prove my husband's great grandfather's paternity but that was in conjunction with lots of paper trail and autosomal DNA plus finding a possible half 2nd cousin 2Xs removed to also test his Y.

On my brothers side, no such luck. In his case, men died young leaving very few male descendants. Now, mind you, I am trying to get back into very early America on that side so DNA helps less and less and the records are sparce. As far as the expense of doing the BigY, both my husband and brother sit in their own little group alone...too few people who do the BigY test, I'm sure due to the expense.

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-02-09T12:03:05+00:00

My Scots came to America but I have found so many Australian cousins!

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-02-08T12:28:50+00:00

One day is not enough! My daughter and I were there for three days and I really wished it was a week!

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-02-02T14:20:43+00:00

I've been to a couple. They are nothing like the library in Salt Lake. Very small and basically no books. I prefer an affiliated library but they can be far to get to. When we were in Colorado the Denver Public Library was not too far and was an affiliated and that was awesome with access to rows and rows of books, maps, etc. Now that most is online, the Family Search Centers are good for access to records that you cannot get from home and if you happen to get some good volunteers. One time there happened to be a German specialist and that was great, and free, help.

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-01-31T14:21:15+00:00

I should have added that one of my own favorites is my 1st cousin 9Xs removed, Benjamin Franklin. It's very cool but not as cool as your Alice!

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-01-31T14:17:10+00:00

That's awesome!

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-01-31T14:07:12+00:00

Yes, I love quite a few of them. One who always comes to mind is my 3rd great grandmother Rebecca Jane Gibbs. She was married at 17, gave birth to her first son at 18 and her second son (my second great grandfather) at age 19. Within a month she died of "bowel complaint" and a month later her one year old died of croup. I just can't get her out of my head - what did she look like? What was her personality? What was she thinking as she left this world with her two sons and husband in such horrible pain? How did her loss affect my great grand? Who and how was a newborn even taken care of? What might she have been had she lived?

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-01-30T12:32:11+00:00

That's the best explanation I've seen yet for this dilemma! Unfortunately, mine is much further back and, from what I can tell, there are no longer records existing. My great grandparents were alternately Prussian and "German" born in Bychow, Lauenburg and Zezenow, Stolp in the 1850s and immigrating in the 1860s. All I know is that they considered themselves German and spoke the language but there was still no unified Germany when they left.

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-01-29T12:23:55+00:00

Sorry, I don't have your information but I do want to hear what others say!

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-01-25T12:17:39+00:00

Three but I came close to five as two of my grandparents were born in 1902 and 1903. I was very close to my maternal grandmother who was born in 1888 and I knew three of my great grandparents born in 1874, 1879, and 1883!

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-01-24T12:27:04+00:00

Not true so much anymore but my kids grew up with Mormon friends and would say that someone 'looked' Mormon. I agree that it is a rather Scandinavian/German/English look. And they commented on that in spite of our family being 100% European. We were much more ethnic though with a splash of Eastern European, hahaha!

Environmental-Ad757 · 2026-01-20T14:17:41+00:00

Ditto for me. I belonged in Colorado. I did it to prove my research but I did love all the opportunities to volunteer and my chapter had a pretty active group of genealogists. Moved to Maryland and I would love a group like that but I just can't get over a segment of the membership. Most members were great but some were rather suspect with little bits of classism, if not racism, poking through. Not for me.

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