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Traffic slows on Rossmore after striping
Increased speeds led to new lane striping In February, without warning, residents of Rossmore Avenue found their street painted with new traffic mitigation lines, including dashed stripes indicating spaces for driveway access. “The new traffic lines on Rossmore were added as a design feature to reduce speeding, which is a major concern of mine and […]
Progress, challenges in Bass’ first 100 days
Nearly 4,000 housed Mayor Karen Bass gave an overview of the progress and challenges of battling homelessness at a discussion at City Hall on March 15 in her offices. Joined by her team, she told a group of reporters, “We want to do a deep dive to let you know all that is being done… […]
Electrical outages spark meeting on problems’ solutions
Residents ‘deserve a resilient… power grid’ Major storms in January and February left many residents in Windsor Square and Hancock Park without power for multiple days. Those affected dealt not only with the extended outages but also with confusing messaging as to when power would be restored. Banding together to try to get answers and […]
Two Neighborhood Council elections are Sunday, April 30
2023 vote is in person and by mail for Mid City West and GWNC Two hyperlocal elections are being held this month for the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council (GWNC) and the Mid City West Neighborhood Council (MCWNC) — advisory groups that discuss and opine about issues at City Hall, from development to homelessness. Both […]
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El Cholo founders honored during centennial year
El Cholo’s beginnings may have been humble, but the restaurant’s 100th year is worthy of its long and colorful history serving authentic Mexican cuisine. Among the commemorating events so far was the unveiling of a street intersection named after its founders. Family members joined celebrities and city officials at the intersection of Western Avenue and […]
Indulge in gooey cheesiness for Grilled Cheese Month
The Australians call them jaffles. In Brazil, they’re bauru. In Italy, panini. The British name is toasties. Käsetost is its moniker in Germany. And we Americans call them grilled cheese sandwiches. A Florida woman sold a grilled cheese with a burn mark resembling the Virgin Mary to a Las Vegas casino for $28,000 in 2004. […]
Top players to play for $3 million purse
Wilshire Country Club to host LPGA tournament April 27-30 The world’s top female golfers soon will descend upon the historic course at Wilshire Country Club (WCC) for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tournament. They will be competing for a $3 million purse at the tournament, being held Thurs., April 27, through Sun., April 30. […]
‘Poker Face’ shines on the run; Richard III revisited; tense ‘Tetris’
Poker Face (9/10): 10-episode series streaming on Peacock. TV-MA. Nathasha Lyonne shines as Charlie, a lady with the unique ability to discern immediately when people are lying. She goes on the run after witnessing a crime in Las Vegas and has one adventure after another all the while being chased by Cliff LeGrand (Benjamin Bratt, […]
Who's Doing What
New leader and expansion plans set for Park Century School
Started in 1968 by a parent dedicated to giving her son an education fitting his needs, Park Century School has been serving students with neurodiverse profiles ever since. Currently, 100 students in grades one through eight, some of them from local neighborhoods, attend the Culver City-based school. The school’s new K – 1 Intervention Program […]
Suzanne Rheinstein (1945-2023): Elegance endures in new book
Windsor Square’s own Suzanne Rheinstein passed away on March 20, the week following the publication of her third book, “A Welcoming Elegance,” in which the legendary interior designer calls on her decades of experience melding modernity and timeless elegance. Rheinstein died of cancer just days from her 78th birthday. The book showcases six residences among […]
SBBA 2023: Team Mexico wins D-League finals
The SBBA (Saint Brendan Basketball Association) 2023 season concluded Saturday, March 25 with the division playoff semifinals and title games. That was nine games in one day! Doesn’t get any better for youth basketball fans. Championship Saturday began early with the first of two Bobcat Division (ages 8-9) semifinal games. The eventual champions were Salt […]
Festivities, fundraising and honorees begin to fill calendars
Due to yet another rainy weekend in Los Angeles, the outdoor Civic Leadership Forum (CLF) brunch that the Junior League of Los Angeles (JLLA) hosted was moved indoors at the last minute, but that didn’t dim the spirits or significance of the occasion: to highlight and exchange information about the current foster care system and […]
Real Estate News
The ‘Places’ — Wilton, Gramercy, St. Andrew’s and Manhattan
As we continue our study of Greater Wilshire’s potential historic districts, let us head east to look at two surviving pockets of our community’s earliest developments that survive along that noble sounding thoroughfare of St. Andrew’s Place. The Gramercy Place-St. Andrew’s Place Residential Historic District (between 2nd and 3rd streets) and the smaller St. Andrew’s […]
Greater Miracle Mile Chamber of Commerce hears TV City pitch
At its March 9 meeting, approximately 40 members and guests of the Greater Miracle Mile Chamber of Commerce made their ways through the busy hallways of the historic CBS Television City to a sound stage all decked out for lunch. With large posters and a video screen on two sides and a buffet on the […]
Architect, author discuss Holocaust Museum’s expansion
Architect Hagy Belzberg will talk with author Greg Goldin about the Holocaust Museum LA’s “Building Truth” expansion project. The conversation will take place on Sun., April 30, at 5 p.m. at the museum, 100 The Grove Dr. The museum is getting ready to break ground on an expansion of the Jona Goldrich Campus, whose original […]
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El Cholo founders honored during centennial year
El Cholo’s beginnings may have been humble, but the restaurant’s 100th year is worthy of its long and colorful history serving authentic Mexican cuisine. Among the commemorating events so far was the unveiling of a street intersection named after its founders. Family members joined celebrities and city officials at the intersection of Western Avenue and […]
Traffic slows on Rossmore after striping
Increased speeds led to new lane striping In February, without warning, residents of Rossmore Avenue found their street painted with new traffic mitigation lines, including dashed stripes indicating spaces for driveway access. “The new traffic lines on Rossmore were added as a design feature to reduce speeding, which is a major concern of mine and […]
The ‘Places’ — Wilton, Gramercy, St. Andrew’s and Manhattan
As we continue our study of Greater Wilshire’s potential historic districts, let us head east to look at two surviving pockets of our community’s earliest developments that survive along that noble sounding thoroughfare of St. Andrew’s Place. The Gramercy Place-St. Andrew’s Place Residential Historic District (between 2nd and 3rd streets) and the smaller St. Andrew’s […]
