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Central California Region Interim Regional Executive Lori Wilson, left, and Ventura County Community Disaster Program Manager Candy Campbell-Urus stand in front of the multiuse emergency response vehicle (MERV) at the Sound the Alarm event at Rancho Santa Paula Mobile Home Park Clubhouse in Santa Paula, Calif., on Oct. 12, 2024.
Intrigue lead me to do some research on these murals from the WPA. And from this research I discovered a couple of things about patronage and the overall concept of works.
First: In some cases free-speech has to be suppressed at the behest of the patron.
Second: I always wondered how the program would create work and benefit so many people if it were just for the artists getting paid. But the artists themselves actually had staff and helpers who assisted with things like preparation, mixing paints, maintenance, cleanup, etc.; and these people were quite content working as a committee.
When you found apparent storm damage in the woods. This was during me and my cousin’s brief outing to The El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve around San Mateo County. The preserve is characterized by dense second-growth redwood and mixed evergreen forests. It's been a while since we've done a hiking trip, even a short one. Certainly, this is a nice place to escape the busy, fast-paced life! We ended our day with a nice early dinner at Black Bear Diner along the El Camino Real around Sunnyvale, CA. ‘Til next time, safe travels! (Outing taken place Monday, May 25, 2026)
*A bit about this preserve: More than 34 miles of multiuse trail are available for exploration at the 2,908-acre El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve. While this preserve is extremely popular with bicyclists, it also has lots of hearty hiking and horseback riding opportunities. Visitors will find creekside trails through mixed evergreen and redwood forests, enjoy ocean views, admire rare sandstone formations and experience a sense of remoteness. Visitors to this preserve can see unique sandstone formations called tafoni. Cave-like indentations and delicate honeycomb structures are formed in the sandstone by just the right combination of weather and atmospheric conditions. Numerous logging roads are also still evident, most of which are now trails. With a little help, nature has incredible healing powers: the deep canyons have regenerated dense stands of second-growth redwoods. While most of the giant old-growth redwoods were logged, a few awe-inspiring giants remain to be seen (like the Methuselah Tree). With 36 miles of trails, there's plenty to explore!
While a formal wedding is being celebrated in front of the harbor view, sunbathers and onlookers sit/lay nearby
This is the only angle from which the building seems rather large and looming: then again, we're in a residential area looking at the "back" of a commercial district. From similar perspectives, you're always going to find the least flattering views of buildings on a commercial strip...because typically, such multiuse buildings are going to be larger than residences, especially as seen from the "back" of the buildings.
Intrigue lead me to do some research on these murals from the WPA. And from this research I discovered a couple of things about patronage and the overall concept of works.
First: In some cases free-speech has to be suppressed at the behest of the patron.
Second: I always wondered how the program would create work and benefit so many people if it were just for the artists getting paid. But the artists themselves actually had staff and helpers who assisted with things like preparation, mixing paints, maintenance, cleanup, etc.; and these people were quite content working as a committee.
Intrigue lead me to do some research on these murals from the WPA. And from this research I discovered a couple of things about patronage and the overall concept of works.
First: In some cases free-speech has to be suppressed at the behest of the patron.
Second: I always wondered how the program would create work and benefit so many people if it were just for the artists getting paid. But the artists themselves actually had staff and helpers who assisted with things like preparation, mixing paints, maintenance, cleanup, etc.; and these people were quite content working as a committee.