Archive for December, 2021
Bethany Atkins’ Fit4Mom helps mothers tap into their health
Mothers in greater Hancock Park who are looking for a healthy start to 2022 have a local option to consider. Bethany Atkins, franchise owner of Fit4Mom Larchmont, conducts all levels of fitness classes at Robert Burns Park on Van Ness and Beverly, and leads “stroller” walks through the surrounding neighborhood. According to the Fit4Mom website, […]
Girl Scout Cookies are coming to town!
You know things are getting back to normal when Girl Scouts sell their cookies on Larchmont Boulevard. Look for the iconic boxes starting Sun., Jan. 30 through Sun., March 13. That gives you many weeks to choose, purchase and repurchase your favorite Girl Scout cookie. Are you a Thin Mint fan or do you lean […]
Phase 1 of Frank Lloyd Wright ‘Residence A’ rehab complete
The architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed a number of famous houses in Los Angeles. The first was Hollyhock House, built between 1919 and 1921 for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall on her 36-acre Olive Hill property above Hollywood Boulevard, on the west side of Vermont Avenue. She commissioned Wright to build a Mayan-inspired theater, cinema, commercial […]
New districts, new city council representatives
Political redistricting has brought significant change to the Mid-Wilshire areas covered by the Larchmont Chronicle. For more than 80 years, most of the City of Los Angeles’s geographic area east of Fairfax Avenue and north of Olympic Boulevard has been a part of the Fourth Council District, represented successively by Robert L. Burns, Harold A. […]
Devlin is face of justice for crispy chicken sandwiches everywhere!
Meet Chris P. Poultry, better known to comedy club attendees and Larchmont Chronicle staff as Bill Devlin. Devlin successfully auditioned for the role of the lawyer in multiple Jollibee advertisements, resulting in an 80-second commercial, plus his face on numerous billboards and bus benches. Jollibee is a Philippine fast food company with locations in 17 states […]
Alarmed by crime spike, local residents take action
A number of recent high-profile crimes in Greater Wilshire have left local residents feeling alarmed. The Hancock Park Homeowners Association (HPHA) hosted a virtual “Security Town Hall” Dec. 6 to discuss the recent crime and security issues. In November, the Los Angeles Police Department’s Wilshire Division responded to three street robberies and one attempted car-jacking […]
