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Who really saved our local, historic Los Altos Apartments?
And what did celebrity chef Nancy Silverton and Playboy Magazine have to do with it? On a Saturday night in the spring of 1996, through thick synthetic fog, Playboy Playmate Shauna Sand was struggling to walk in her 4-inch heels on uneven cobblestones in the courtyard at the historic Los Altos Apartments at Wilshire Boulevard […]
Fourth of July sparkles for Lillian Way’s 25th annual festivities
This year’s Lillian Way block party was the 25th annual (minus a couple of COVID-19 years) Fourth of July get-together that neighbors living in the Lillian / Cahuenga / Wilcox corridor have celebrated. However, the tradition predates this iteration — there has been some type of July 4th party on the 500 block of Lillian for close […]
Dick Riordan, risk-taker
Guest Editorial By Martha Welborne, FAIA Since the death of our former mayor, much has been said about how he successfully led the city through crises. While that was certainly true, Dick Riordan also was noteworthy in areas where he was willing to take a risk on a good idea and trust his team to […]
Letters to the Editor
‘Times’ turns 100 Today [12/05/2022] is the 100th birthday of the Los Angeles Times, and yet I had to learn of this occasion by reading the New York Times. Not one word of this notable day on the front page of our local flagship newspaper. Aren’t you [Los Angeles Times] embarrassed? I would be. Toby […]
Esco brings East Coast-style pizza and passion to La Brea
There’s a new pizza man in town! Already having won over local residents by participating at the recent Taste of Larchmont and Larchmont Family Fair, the affable Esco (Esteban Plutarco Gutierrez) recently opened Esco’s Pizza located next to Bludso’s Bar & Que on La Brea Ave. Esco brings East Coast flavor to Los Angeles with […]
Logan Herr named Volunteer of the Month at Imagine LA
Imagine LA has deep ties to the Larchmont community. President and CEO Jill Govan Bauman lives in Windsor Village. Hancock Park resident George Phillips Jr. serves as Governance Chair on its board of directors, and Logan Herr, an Imagine LA mentor, recently married Phillips’ daughter, Lindsay Phillips, a grad student. The couple lives on Rossmore […]
