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Wilshire Softball ties to UCLA are an inspiration
Established in 2002, Wilshire Girls Softball has become the premier girls fast-pitch league in the Hollywood-Mid City area of Los Angeles, said league president Adam Glickman. Despite its success over the last decade, including winning the 10U Burbank City title this fall, there was a sentiment within the league that mommy and daddy coaches can […]
Art Deco Society hosts dance class, dinner at Ebell
Learn dance styles of the 30s, then put them to use at a dinner dance on Sat., Feb. 14 sponsored by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles at the Ebell Club, 743 S. Lucerne Ave. Walter Nelson will conduct a class on the fox trot, tango and waltz as well as a few jazzy […]
Valentines speak of chance encounters, whirlwind romances
Couple brought together by riots Jack Merrick is fond of saying that Rodney King brought he and his wife Margot—”the love of my life”—together. “It was under the duress of the curfew imposed after the L.A. riots that I had the bright idea to head to Palm Springs with some buddies,” he recalls. “Within three […]
Boy inspires sporting goods drive for youth center
Taking note of the obsolete sports equipment that was piling up in the garage of his family’s Windsor Square home, St. Brendan fifth grader Hunter Campen had an idea. “There must be kids somewhere who could take advantage of this stuff we outgrow,” he told his Dad, Chase. “The conversation quickly grew from that to […]
Woman stabbed to death in Windsor Square home
A homicide investigation is underway into the stabbing death of Antonia Maria Yager. A caretaker found the 86-year-old widow dead in her bed in her Windsor Square home on Dec. 22 at about 7:25 p.m. According to LAPD detective Lt. John Radtke, Yager, who lived alone in the 100 block of N. Beachwood Drive, died […]
Drought tolerant landscaping installed at 5900 Wilshire building
The Ratkovich Company, which recently announced a 90 percent leased rate at its building at 5900 Wilshire Blvd., has completed installation of drought resistant landscaping in front of the property. Formerly known as the Variety Building, hospitality, lifestyle and real estate development company SBE assumed naming rights to the property after relocating its corporate headquarters […]