Archive for August, 2013
Pay stations inconvenient for Larchmont Village shoppers
They’re back! Parking meters have re-emerged on Larchmont Blvd. after a five-year absence. According to the city Department of Transportation, the pay stations were an inconvenience for patrons of Larchmont Blvd. Clinton Quan, transportation engineering associate, said the new meters with both coin and credit card availability, are being installed along Larchmont and Beverly boulevards. […]
Work underway on three north Larchmont Boulevard medians
“It’s a great day for Larchmont,” said Councilman Tom LaBonge as he and neighborhood leaders dug the first shovelful of dirt to signify installation of new medians on the north section of the boulevard. Two weeks following the Aug. 12 groundbreaking, Bureau of Street Services crews were digging the trench for the first of three […]
Movie Museum, Academy Awards are on Windsor Square resident’s to-do list
Cheryl Boone Isaacs is as excited about movies today as when she was allowed to stay up late as a girl in Massachusetts to watch the Academy Awards. Only now the Irving Blvd. resident is working with the producers on next year’s Oscars. And, she is going over the fine points with Academy chief executive […]
Third Street Elementary School’s top ranking is not an accident
If you live in the Hancock Park area, even if you don’t have kids, you most surely know that Third Street Elementary is one of the top-ranked public elementary schools in Los Angeles Unified School District. In fact, with an Academic Performance Index of 948, the school places in the top two percent of all […]
City settles with Etz Chaim Congregation after a 17-year long legal battle
A recent city settlement with a Jewish Orthodox congregation at Third St. and Highland Ave. was a bad one, said area resident and attorney Michael Wright. “The City Council turned its back on Hancock Park.” Under the agreement, the city agreed to pay Etz Chaim Congregation $950,000 in court fees ending a years-long legal […]
Good-Citizen.org offers tips to help others
Brad Jamison has put his Good Samaritan know-how in a one-stop, site: Good-Citizen.org. He launched the website in response to requests for the how’s and why’s of helping others and as a platform to encourage service and philanthropy. “It combines insights, information, and I hope inspiration into one place that can be a jumping off […]
