The 2009 Trail Ride has a very special meaning for Natalie Viera.  “I’m a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed a year ago with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and I couldn’t ride for several years” said Viera. Once doctors figured out what was making her sick, she spent months undergoing chemo therapy treatments. Natalie missed last year’s trail ride. This year Natalie has been on horseback every day during …

Riding horseback in La Canada-Flintridge Verdugo Mountain Park is now the 6th largest park in Los Angeles, thanks to Councilwoman Wendy Greuel’s $2.7 million expenditure of Proposition K money to purchase 225 acres of open space, securing it from outside development. The park is located in the northeast Valley at the edge of northern Glendale and is home to an annual hike and …

After violating terms of bail, a former stable owner and horseback riding instructor facing rape charges, is back behind bars.

  A former stable owner and horseback riding instructor facing rape and other charges has been ordered back to jail pending trial for allegedly violating terms of his bail.  A judge sent 33-year-old Joseph Silva back to jail without bail for 60 days Thursday after police said he had been in contact with one of his ex-students and alleged victim.

SWANSEA, Mass. — A former stable owner and horseback riding instructor facing rape and other charges has been ordered back to jail pending trial for allegedly violating terms of his bail.

SWANSEA – A former stable owner and horseback riding instructor facing rape and other charges has been ordered back to jail pending trial for allegedly violating terms of…