Archive for November, 2017

Hope-Net head has love for Larchmont, family

Hope-Net head has love for Larchmont, family

| November 30, 2017 | 0 Comments

Hope-Net’s new executive director Ninette Ayala has a long history with Larchmont and with helping those in need. She began her young working life behind the counter at Landis General Store and scooping frozen yogurt at Penguin’s on Larchmont Blvd. She went on to become a teacher’s assistant at Melrose Avenue and Vine Street elementary […]

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Real Estate Sales

Real Estate Sales

| November 30, 2017 | 0 Comments

Real Estate Sales Single-family homes 418 S. Arden Blvd. 248 S. Van Ness Ave. 214 S. Van Ness Ave. 108 S. Beachwood Dr. 206 S. June St. 621 S. McCadden Pl. 640 S. Arden Blvd. 138 N. Wilton Pl. 434 N. Citrus Ave. 612 N. Mansfield Ave. 1035 Keniston Ave. 639 S. Sycamore Ave. 161 […]

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Rotary Christmas tree lot returns to Larchmont Blvd.

Rotary Christmas tree lot returns to Larchmont Blvd.

| November 30, 2017 | 0 Comments

Fresh-cut evergreens are back and for sale in the neighborhood, thanks to the Wilshire Rotary Club tree lot at 568 N. Larchmont Blvd. Customers will find noble, silvertip, Fraser, Nordmann and Douglas firs, according to Wendy Clifford, who says the trees are delivered fresh each week from a farm in Oregon. In its 11th year […]

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Marlborough science teacher needs your online votes!

Marlborough science teacher needs your online votes!

| November 30, 2017 | 0 Comments

Nicole Collier wants your help to compete in the Fjällräven Polar, a 300-kilometer amateur dog-sled race across the Arctic North, from Norway into Sweden. The earth science and biology teacher at Marlborough School is competing to win the most online votes by Thurs., Dec. 14, and anyone can vote. Collier also has worked as a […]

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Intersection dedicated to Pink’s Square seeks approval

Intersection dedicated to Pink’s Square seeks approval

| November 30, 2017 | 0 Comments

An initiative to designate the intersection of Melrose and La Brea avenues as “Historic Pink’s Square” is working its way through an approval process with neighborhood groups. Supporters of the designation are seeking to paint the intersection’s crosswalks pink. The Mid City West Community Council (MCWCC) voted to support the designation of the intersection as […]

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Front yards the subject of Garden Club’s new study

Front yards the subject of Garden Club’s new study

| November 30, 2017 | 0 Comments

Front yards are a significant part of the ambiance of the single-family residential neighborhoods in and around Hancock Park. As explained at a mid-November presentation held at The Ebell and led by architect John Kaliski, there is a public realm that exists between the front façades of houses on opposite sides of a street. The […]

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