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Planning Commission approves TVC 2050, with modifications
The Los Angeles City Planning Commission unanimously approved last month a slightly trimmer version of a major real estate development project proposed at the former CBS TV studio at Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. The 1.7 million-square-foot TVC 2050 Project next goes before the City Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee and then City […]
On the ballot: ELECTION 2024
County, city, state and school measures — and candidates Voting has never been easier as there are myriad ways to make your voice heard, from mail-in ballots to walk-up boxes and centers, in the Tues., Nov. 5, General Election. Ballots will be mailed soon (by Mon., Oct. 7) to all registered voters, and ballot boxes […]
Mirabel’s 42-story tower project moves ahead with release of DEIR
A Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Mirabel, a 42-story mixed-use tower with 348 residential units in Miracle Mile, was released by the City Planning Dept. Aug. 22. The proposed development at 5411 Wilshire Blvd. includes 29 units set aside for very low-income households and 12,821 square feet of ground floor commercial uses. The […]
Public hearing on CBS expansion — TVC 2050 — set for Sept. 12
The City Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Thurs., Sept. 12, concerning the proposed TVC 2050 expansion and modernization project of the former CBS Television City. The hearing on plans for the 25-acre site at Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue will be a hybrid — held in-person at Los Angeles City […]
Teaching was St. James’ new head of school’s first love
You could say Diane Rich is something of an accidental head of school. “I never wanted to be head of school. I wanted to do curriculum [and] coaching [and] create an environment where everybody can thrive,” she said last month in her new office at St. James’ Episcopal School, where she began her tenure as […]
Making Larchmont even more beautiful, unified and fragrant
Romi Cortier has been tending to flowers and eyeing park benches near and far in his quest to make Larchmont even more beautiful. It’s a special neighborhood, and its main street deserves a little, or maybe a lot, of TLC, said the chair of the Larchmont Boulevard Association (LBA) Beautification Committee. Cortier’s plans include sprucing […]
