LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Considering we're normally exposing problems - we love it when we get to tell you about solutions .

Someone who's happier than the 7 On Your Side Investigates team is an 85-year-old woman who turned to us just a few weeks ago.

Most people would dread if the city moved heavy equipment right outside their front door, but not Judy Burr.

"I was so excited, my hearing aid fell out, but I can still hear you," she said as a backhoe was right in front of her home. "This is the view of happiness!"

The backhoe is bringing Burr joy because it just tore up the sidewalk in front of her Fairfax home, and soon, the Los Angeles Department of Public Works will be pouring fresh concrete for a new sidewalk.

That will be a huge improvement considering the previous sidewalk was an

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