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Breaking news: Catholic comedy in Hancock Park
No, the headline doesn’t describe a mixed-up real estate transaction or challenges at a local church. It’s the title (“Catholic Comedy Night”) of a late-June gathering to benefit St. Vincent Meals on Wheels and Ignatians West. The former is the 40-year-old program that prepares and delivers nutritious meals to homebound seniors and other vulnerable residents […]
Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society at Gilmore Adobe
The Historic Gilmore Adobe was the star of the annual Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society (WSHPHS) annual meeting last month. The gathering marked the local society’s 41st year. A rare guided tour of the historic Farmers Market-adjacent site included the house, grounds, orchard and even chickens. Adrian Scott Fine, director of advocacy for the Los […]
Locals, firefighters turn out for groundbreaking
Neighbors marked the success of a local fundraising campaign led by Lyn Mac-Ewen Cohen and the First-In Fire Foundation, of which she is the founding president, on a drizzly Saturday morning, May 12. A large gathering of neighbors rallied at Fire Station 29, located in Windsor Square, at the corner of Van Ness Ave. and […]
Metro tunnel boring machines unveiled
Youth was well represented at Metro’s unveiling of artwork that disclosed the winning names for the two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will drill the Purple Line Extension through Greater Wilshire and Miracle Mile. Third grader Lauren Park, from La Cañada, designed winning poster art that will be placed on the twin TBMs that will […]
New asphalt: part of Larchmont Village news
The City of Los Angeles two-day project to repave Larchmont Boulevard, between First Street and Beverly Boulevard, should be finished late in the afternoon of Thursday, May 31, the day the June issue of the Larchmont Chronicle is published. According to the Bureau of Street Services’ notice sent two weeks prior to commencement of the […]
CIM to discuss ‘Wilshire Mullen’ revisions with neighbors
The CIM Group decision to proceed with an all-residential project in the former Farmers Insurance tower, first reported by the Larchmont Chronicle last month, will be the topic of further discussions with neighbors, starting soon. CIM and its representatives have begun initial contact with neighbors and others who had expressed interest in the project in […]
