Archive for December, 2015

Historical Society names its 2015 Holiday Lights winners

Historical Society names its 2015 Holiday Lights winners

| December 31, 2015 | 0 Comments

This year’s six winners for the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society’s annual Holiday Lights contest were: A home at 415 S. Windsor Blvd. won Most Spectacularly Decorated; The home at 425 N. McCadden Pl. won for Most Traditionally Decorated; The home at 300 S. Irving Blvd. won for Most Creatively and Colorfully Decorated; and, the […]

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Vehicles are fit for the ‘hybrid highway’

Vehicles are fit for the ‘hybrid highway’

| December 31, 2015 | 0 Comments

Plug it in, go to sleep and wake up with a full tank… uh, battery. Just plug in the car cord in your charging station at home or at a specially marked parking space at the mall. Soon—spark-spark—you’re on the road. When the battery runs low in some plug-ins, a gasoline engine will take over. […]

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Real Estate Sales *

Real Estate Sales *

| December 31, 2015 | 0 Comments

Real Estate Sales Single family homes 516 S. Hudson Ave. 124 S. Rossmore Ave. 159 S. Van Ness Ave. 329 S. Mansfield Ave. 560 N. Cahuenga Blvd. 438 N. Lucerne Blvd. 533 N. Irving Blvd. 677 S. Bronson Ave. 433 N. Windsor Blvd. 316 N. Gower St. 250 N. Wilton Pl. 940 3rd Ave. $8,485,000 […]

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Really big events. How do they do it?

Really big events. How do they do it?

| December 31, 2015 | 0 Comments

Staging amazing events at local venues dates back to at least the 1960s, when the now (almost) world-famous Family Fair was launched on Larchmont Blvd. The Grove and Paramount Pictures play host to a number of equally remarkable achievements. For example, a tribute to first responders and fallen police officers, “Run to Remember,” is set […]

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Give your feet some TLC at these four salons extraordinaires

Give your feet some TLC at these four salons extraordinaires

| December 31, 2015 | 0 Comments

Your feet are tired, callused or just plain ugly. A quick and easy pedicure can help take away the foot fetish blues. Here are four local spots to give your feet a break: Can Can Parleur is exactly what it sounds like—a luxurious hand and foot salon with a bit of oooh la la thrown […]

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Traffic data to be told at January 21 subway meeting

Traffic data to be told at January 21 subway meeting

| December 31, 2015 | 0 Comments

Traffic data for a proposed 22-weekend work schedule and a seven-week alternative for installing the La Brea station decking for Metro’s Purple Line will be discussed at a community meeting Thurs., Jan. 21. The meeting is at Los Angeles High School, 4650 W. Olympic Blvd., in the Corwin Theatre, from 6 to 8 p.m. The […]

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