Archive for July, 2021

Rezoning not required to produce needed “affordable” housing

Rezoning not required to produce needed “affordable” housing

| July 29, 2021 | 0 Comments

The Larchmont Chronicle and our readers, I hope, are grateful to Hancock Park neighbor Marilyn Wells for contributing six informative columns, over the past six months, dealing with the omnipresent and critical issue of unfortunate people living on the streets and sidewalks. Her final column appears on Page ­­­­­­ 2 of Section 2, and I […]

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Amy Forbes heads Center Theatre Group; Ahmanson joins

Amy Forbes heads Center Theatre Group; Ahmanson joins

| July 29, 2021 | 0 Comments

The Center Theatre Group Board of Directors has elected Amy R. Forbes as its president. The longtime Windsor Square resident began her new post July 1. She is a current member of the Windsor Square Association board of directors, and she was an influential leader of the successful effort to make Windsor Square an Historic […]

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Reservoir renamed in honor of Mr. Los Angeles

Reservoir renamed in honor of Mr. Los Angeles

| July 29, 2021 | 0 Comments

“He worked with the LADWP, always advocating on behalf of our residents’ needs …” Mr. Los Angeles, as the late 4th District Councilmember was called, was honored at the recent dedication of the Tom LaBonge Headworks Water Complex. “This may be the single best place in Los Angeles to cherish his legacy, and I can’t […]

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Center for Yoga to open, thanks to a team of locals

Center for Yoga to open, thanks to a team of locals

| July 29, 2021 | 0 Comments

The Center for Yoga may be housed in a creaky old building, circa 1925, but to the yoga community it is sacred, holy ground. And to the Larchmont business community — with its hundreds of yogis stopping at shops and restaurants — the Center had been a lifeline. “This studio has been an iconic studio […]

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Community was left out  of Raman’s housing plan

Community was left out of Raman’s housing plan

| July 1, 2021 | 0 Comments

A narrow Miracle Mile parking lot has been suggested as a possible location for some form of affordable housing by Councilmember Nithya Raman. The proposal has drawn concern from a nearby school, residents and the business community. Raman filed a motion last month to redevelop the 41-car city parking lot at 728 Cochran Avenue for […]

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Pinewood Derby spotlights craftsmanship as well as racing

Pinewood Derby spotlights craftsmanship as well as racing

| July 1, 2021 | 0 Comments

LISTON SPEEDWAY, Larchmont — Despite a strong surge from Jace Kim’s yellow Spiderman car, Jaden De Guzman’s blue and red Streak held the lead in the final race to remain undefeated the entire day in Cub Scout Pack 16’s Bear and Wolf combined-dens Pinewood Derby at Liston Speedway in the heart of Larchmont on May […]

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