Archive for January, 2019
Love on Larchmont: Local couple tell us how they met
Leah met Matt Purse in 2011 while working as a barista at Peet’s Coffee in Larchmont Village. “He was a regular at the coffee shop and lived in the neighborhood, and I fell in love with him at first sight,” she tells us. Initial conversations over Matt’s “wonderful little English bulldog, Dougal,” (who has been […]
New Pavilion in park planned to help tell Holocaust story
Plans are underway to build a pavilion at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust on Grove Drive, south of the existing museum in Pan Pacific Park. The pavilion will expand the footprint of the existing museum. Together they “will help shape the future of not only this institution but of our greater community as […]
Couple cruises to visit far-flung destinations
Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council (GWNC) President and Brookside resident Owen Smith and his wife, Reatha, have seen the world. Over the past decades, they visited Russia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Japan, South America, Hungary, France, Canada, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Greece, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Austria, Italy… I could go on, but […]
Real Estate Sales
Real Estate Sales Single-Family Homes 131 S. McCadden Pl. 601 N. Cherokee Ave. 105 S. Arden Blvd. 242 S. Rimpau Blvd. 241 S. Citrus Ave. 344 S. Citrus Ave. 332 N. Citrus Ave. 590 N. Plymouth Blvd. 726 Lorraine Blvd. 543 N. Irving Blvd. 546 N. Arden Blvd. 962 S. Plymouth Blvd $3,800,000 3,500,000 3,125,000 […]
Report finds urban forest not valued by policymakers
Hundreds of concerned residents and city staff members attended a presentation last month at City Hall to learn the first steps toward developing a citywide approach to improved urban forestry. Environmental consulting firm Dudek presented its findings and recommendations at the Dec. 4 event following a yearlong investigation into the City of Los Angeles’ programs, […]
Imagine LA mentoring program turns 10
Imagine LA turned its offices into a winter wonderland for families and their mentors Dec. 8. Kids decorated stockings, cut dapper snowflakes and made candy treat bags. Parents collected wish list items and shopped in “boutiques.” Santa visited and carolers were also at the event of about 100 partygoers. Partners in the program included NGA […]
