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Randy Esada opens a second shop for Prospr-ous business
Business is booming at Randy Esada’s antique and custom-furniture-with-a-modern-twist enterprise. It’s doing so well that he’s opened a second store, Prospr, at 158 N. La Brea Ave. It’s around the corner from his smaller decorative arts shop, Thrive, at 7407 Beverly Blvd. The Windsor Square resident’s grand opening for the new 4,500-square-foot space was June […]
Hospital to rise at former Olympia site
UCLA to open mental health facility Construction is underway for a new neuropsychiatric hospital at the site of the former Olympia Medical Center at 5900 Olympic Blvd., which closed in 2021. The new Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA in Mid-Wilshire will replace and expand the one in Westwood. The 175,000-square-foot new hospital […]
Tails told and purr-fect pictures of pets from our fair land
Trixie is the newest member of Sarah Tilley’s busy household on Lucerne Boulevard and Second Street. “She was quite skinny and scared when we got her, but she’s quickly settled in and is a source of great joy for our family… My two kids have fallen in love.” Besides chasing squirrels and birds, “Her favorite […]
Zoning considered for TV City; tours, drinks offered
The developer of the proposed expansion of the vast Television City property at Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue is making a full-court PR press throughout the community surrounding the project directly north of, and adjoining, the Original Farmers Market and The Grove. Tours are being offered of the historic Television City facilities, where the project […]
Torch will be passed to a new director at Plymouth preschool
Sondi Toll Sepenuk has been named the new director of much-loved Plymouth School. When the Brookside resident takes the reins in September, she will be the third director in the preschool’s 52-year history. “I’m thrilled and honored to be taking over. Plymouth is such an important part of my family life and many families in […]
Visit private gardens, raise funds for islands, see local trees
Everything is coming up roses, wisteria and a bountiful array of other colorful flowers when A Secret Garden Tour comes to our neighborhoods on Sat., June 3, from 1 to 5 p.m. Five to six private gardens — the number is still being sorted out — will be on the tour and fundraiser in Windsor […]
