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This Miraculous Health and Curative Wonder Water: The La Vida Mineral Springs of Carbon Canyon  Presented by Paul R. Spitzzeri

For most of the 20th century, La Vida Mineral Springs was a popular resort in the Brea portion of Carbon Canyon, offering hot mineral water baths and pools, a motel, cabins, a café and more. Its carbonated water was widely sold in many flavors and was promoted for its many purported health benefits. Today, little is left of La Vida, but Paul will share some of the fascinating history that has flowed from the site.

Paul was born in Chicago and raised in Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach and Placentia. He has a B.A. and M.A. in History from CSUF and is Museum Director at the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum, where he has been since 1988. In addition to writing extensively about greater Los Angeles history, Paul is a resident of the Carbon Canyon neighborhood Sleepy Hollow in Chino Hills (2/10 of a mile from the O.C. border). He has delved deeply into the history of the Canyon over the last twenty years and maintains the Carbon Canyon Chronicle blog.