Community News

The Fires Still Burn, But Our Future Cannot Wait: An Op-Ed

The following Op-Ed piece was published Monday morning, Jan. 13, 2025, by The Planning Report (https://www.planningreport.com/2025/01/13/fires-still-burn-our-future-cannot-wait-op-ed). These are five ideas that the Larchmont Chronicle urges elected leaders to consider at once. As first responders, elected leaders, and communities in Los Angeles face the ongoing wildfire emergency and immediate need to save life and protect […]

TVC Project expected at City Council this month

The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote as early as the first week of this month on the TVC 2050 Project proposed at the historic CBS Television City property at Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. The upcoming vote would be the final step in a five-year entitlement and approval process. It follows the […]

Strides made in housing homeless, mayor says

•Bass marks her first two years in office On her first day as mayor, Karen Bass declared the city’s homeless crisis a state of emergency, and she and her team got to work. As part of her two-year anniversary report to the city last month, she talked about the results of those efforts. To date, […]

Loyola’s Father Goethals to move on

•Principal Adams to take helm July 1 Loyola High School’s president of nearly 20 years, the Rev. Greg Goethals, will step down Tues., July 1. Goethals, who turns 70 this month, has a long history with the school and told us that this has been a dream job. Like his father and his three brothers, […]

What's Entertaining

Cinema and music merge in ‘Lightscape’ at Marciano

A large-scale, multi-screen installation by artist Doug Aitken is accompanied by music by the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a new exhibit at the Marciano Art Foundation (MAF). The exhibition, Lightscape, features cinematic images of Southern California and the American West in the MAF’s giant Theater Gallery on the first […]

Cape & Gown Gala honored Tim Disney at ‘Taste’ benefit

On Dec. 8, the sixth annual Children’s Institute Cape & Gown Gala was held in grand fashion at the Skirball Cultural Center, taking over the Guerin Pavilion and its surrounding spaces. The “Taste for a Cause” evening event, which raised more than $820,000, started off with music, cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvre. The tastings were […]

It may be cold outside, but it’s time to book summer camp

Summer camp is a kid’s rite of passage to swim, get dirty, sit around a campfire, play sports all day, create arts and crafts and make new friends. But getting into popular camps takes some planning on the part of the parent. Now is the time to research and reserve a spot for your child. […]

Stars align at Bar Etoile, Melrose Hill’s newest eatery

It appears one can’t blink without something new popping up on Melrose Hill. This time it’s a French-inflected, wine-centric restaurant — Bar Etoile. What had been an unexciting commercial building has been converted into a welcoming façade fronting a gracious dining room with high ceilings, an architectural feature typical of this corner of Los Angeles. […]

Who's Doing What

Beverly Hills’ new Rolex Boutique Gearys

Thomas Blumenthal, who grew up in Hancock Park and is the third generation to run the family business — Gearys Beverly Hills, the luxury home goods store — opened his latest venture last month: Rolex Boutique Gearys on Rodeo Drive. Blumenthal initially opened a small Rolex store in Beverly Hills in 2004. But, five years […]

Marlborough girls’ golf team: winning championships and breaking records

Finishing off its 2024 season, the Marlborough Mustangs Varsity Golf team claimed the title of Angelus League champion for the first time and has been ranked number 19 in the country. The team was one to be reckoned with, as all players were determined and performed well. Three individuals had especially impressive stats this season. Senior Kaila Elsayegh […]

Become a candidate for your neighborhood council

• GWNC and Mid City West filing periods end Jan. 27 Want to become more involved in your neighborhood? Being a volunteer board member on your neighborhood council allows you the opportunity to have input on decisions that affect your quality of life and the services you receive from the City of Los Angeles. Neighborhood […]

Marking 50 columns: I love writing about your young athletes

I’m celebrating an anniversary. This will be the 50th time my Youth Sports column has appeared in the Larchmont Chronicle. That’s over four years of interviewing coaches, athletes, communication directors and parents; attending athletic events; securing photographs; and meeting a monthly deadline applied by this newspaper’s enthusiastic (and understanding, especially when I request an extension) […]

Real Estate News

New blue benches and bins coming soon to the Boulevard

With phase one of the Larchmont Boulevard Association (LBA) Beautification Committee’s plan well underway, people strolling the Boulevard will soon notice phase two being put into action. The Boulevard’s aesthetic improvements are being led with grace and gusto by LBA board member Romi Cortier, chair of the committee and business representative for the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood […]

Hermoyne Apartments nominated for monument status

The historic apartments of Greater Wilshire are having a moment. Fresh off last month’s declaration of the Clinton Manor Apartments as a Historic-Cultural Monument comes another HCM nomination for the Hermoyne Apartments at 569 N. Rossmore Ave., submitted by local preservationist James Dastoli. Set at the gateway of Rossmore’s curvaceous procession of multi-family buildings, The […]

Park La Brea: historic development has been a local landmark for more than 80 years

Every neighborhood has its share of quirky residents and bizarre occurrences that make for interesting gossip, but not many can claim a loping Roman charioteer, a ghostly apparition and a parade of elephants. Park La Brea can. Over its 80-year history, almost anything could happen and usually did. The charioteer was Charlton Heston, who, while […]