Off Shore Wind Turbines
Offshore wind farms are coming to the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. Are our Oceans going to look like we just arrived in Palm Desert, CA.? When driving into Palm Springs, California, from Los Angeles along Interstate 10, the first sign that youâ...
Dec 11 4-7 pm in La Crescenta FREE Photos with Santa
Robbyn Battles' annual Free Photos with Santa and Snow will take place on Sunday, December 11, from 4-7 pm. Read about this year's event below. Remember, you are never too old for a photo with Santa. Bring the family, come by yourself or grab y...
November 2022 Monthly letter
November 2022 Dear Reader, Just in case you missed the "FREE photos with Santa and Snow."Â invite. I'm hosting my second annual community holiday party with 16 tons of snow, live music, and Santa. All the details and FREE tickets are ava...
The La Crescenta Motel
It's a rainy November day and looking across Foothill from my office the famous neon light of the La Crescenta Motel lights up the morning mist. I grew up in La Crescenta and heard all the stories about our cute little Motel, formerly know as t...
Why Today’s Housing Market Isn’t Like 2008
3 Graphs Showing Why Today’s Housing Market Isn’t Like 2008 With all the headlines and talk in the media about the shift in the housing market, you might be thinking this is a housing bubble. It’s only natural for those thoughts...
Free Photos with Santa and Snow
Robbyn Battles' annual Free Photos with Santa and Snow will take place on Sunday, December 11, from 4-7 pm. This year there will be a live band, 16 tons of snow, and lots of fun activities. Remember, you are never too old for a photo with Santa...
October 2022 Letter
Dear Reader, You are invited!!! I'm hosting my second annual community holiday party, "FREE photos with Santa and Snow." This year I'm turning things up a notch with a live band, two snow sled lanes, a larger snow area, and lots of fun photo...
Brillant Teens
Why Billionaire Eric Schmidt Is Backing A High School Senior Making A Cancer-Detecting Toothbrush And Other Brilliant Teens When James Chau Nguyen's grandmother was diagnosed with cancer in March 2020, the tumor in her brain was already too ...