Archive for June, 2023
Larchmont boys’ volleyball places second at FIYA championship
This was the first year Larchmont Charter fielded a boys’ 7th and 8th grade volleyball team, and what an unexpected and astounding season the Timberwolves had. For most of the boys, this was their first time playing volleyball. Just three had competed before, and one, Ian Yoo, broke his arm at the season’s start and […]
More stores to open on Larchmont
The Boulevard will soon have a stylish office supply shop. Shorthand, specializing in beautiful desk paraphernalia, recently signed a lease for one of the last available spots at the Larchmont Mercantile building, according to a spokesperson for the Mercantile, the new multi-shop building that originally was built as the Lipson Building in the 1920s. Since […]
El Cholo, often honored, is helping hospitals by naming booths
For the past six months, the local El Cholo Spanish Café on nearby Western Avenue — as well as the other restaurants in the numerous dining outlets comprising the Family of El Cholo Restaurants — has been celebrating the 100-year anniversary of El Cholo’s founding. Now there is a new benefit available to customers who […]
Los Angeles’ history told by marionettes in ‘Hooray LA’
A visual history of Los Angeles in puppet form is coming to town starting Sat., July 1. Bob Baker Marionette Theater (BBMT) is performing “Hooray LA,” which began as “Ole LA” for the Los Angeles Bicentennial in 1981. For this newest iteration, BBMT created its biggest puppet yet — two dragons that make up the […]
Man sentenced to two days in jail for burglary on Irving
A man caught in the act and then convicted of burglarizing a home on the 300 block of South Irving Boulevard on Thanksgiving Day of 2022 has been sentenced. Anthonee Banks will serve two days in Los Angeles County jail, be placed on three years probation and be required to perform 300 hours of community […]
