These are happy days for the Rose Park Neighborhood Association, comprised of homeowners in the Rose Park Historic District.
The group’s first-ever Restoration Trade Fair Sept. 21 drew more than 500 people. (Proceeds will go toward landscaping at nearby Luther Burbank Elementary School.)
And this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the association will dedicate a [...]

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PHOTO by SUSAN SABO
It was lawn-mowing day, but I had forgotten that until a small flat-bed truck pulled up to the curb in front of my house, and my gardener got out. Abel Alegria was a man of such innate happiness that it was his last name. [...]