Archive for May, 2013
Cycle Wilshire, downtown to Fairfax, at CicLAvia June 23
Participants of CicLAvia will be riding down Wilshire Blvd. Sun., June 23 passing area landmarks and rest-stop “hubs” along the way. If a recent CicLAvia event with some 180,000 participants is any guide, many, many cyclists are expected to participate. The pedestrian-, skate- and bike-friendly route will run along Wilshire from downtown at Pershing Square […]
Brother Patrick Corr turned 99 at St. John of God Retirement and Care Center he helped build
Brother Patrick Corr recently celebrated his 99th birthday at St. John of God Retirement and Care Center, where he has worked as a major fundraiser. Brother Patrick has overseen the center since 1946, when he left his homeland to be transferred to a place he’d never heard of—Los Angeles. As recently as December 2009, in […]
Solar-powered trash cans gobble up coffee cups, litter
They’re sleek and they’re smart, and they’re coming to Larchmont this month. Holding up to four times as much trash as their old-fashioned counterparts, BigBelly Solar bin’s contents of paper coffee cups and styrofoam are compacted and computed via a GPS notification system, cutting pick-up times and cost, says Tom Kneafsey, head of Larchmont […]
Take a book, bring one to ‘Little Free Library’
Looking for a new book? Or maybe you have a stack of them on your nightstand you’ve already read, but can’t bear to discard. Thanks to the popularity of a grassroots movement that has book lovers erecting small structures outside their homes and businesses—where people can take books and leave some behind—you don’t have to […]
‘World of Escrow’ appeals to four generations of Shewfelts
Can you imagine working for your father at a company where your father worked for his father, and his father worked for his father? Well, that’s the story of one of the pillars of our local business community, the Wilshire Escrow Company. Co-founded by Roy Shewfelt and Dorothy Green back in 1944, Wilshire Escrow has […]
Will the new mayor decide to live in the Getty House?
Ever since Mayor Tom Bradley moved into Getty House in 1977, the estate has been the city’s official residence. Even though Richard Riordan chose to remain in his own home while he was mayor, he encouraged its use for LA Best’s after-school enrichment programs, Consular receptions and welcoming events for visiting dignitaries. If the new […]
