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Ladies golf readies to tee off

Ladies golf readies to tee off

| March 28, 2024 | 0 Comments

Tickets are on sale for this year’s Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) championship tournament at Wilshire Country Club. The tournament is four days, April 25-28, with a field of 144 of the top women golfers in the world. Tickets range in price from free (for military and first responders and a child under 18 accompanied […]

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A Larchmont Central  Park(let?)

A Larchmont Central Park(let?)

| February 29, 2024 | 0 Comments

Neighborhood input sought for concept For years, there have been discussions about the future of Larchmont Boulevard and improving landscape and customer amenities. A stimulus for a renewed focus on this question was the 2020–2021 COVID-19 pandemic, which brought temporary outdoor dining platforms to replace some of the angle parking spaces up and down the […]

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Projects fast-tracked at area expense?

Projects fast-tracked at area expense?

| January 25, 2024 | 0 Comments

507 N. Larchmont Blvd. and 800 Lorraine Blvd. Breaking news: At press time for this issue, our editors heard disturbing rumors that the allegedly “100 percent affordable” project proposed to replace a single-story bungalow on “Upper Larchmont” at 507 N. Larchmont Blvd. is not that at all. Not “100 percent affordable.” More information was due […]

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Open House set for La Brea Tar Pits Master Plan Sept. 30

Open House set for La Brea Tar Pits Master Plan Sept. 30

| September 28, 2023 | 0 Comments

Public comments accepted until Oct. 27 Learn about proposed plans to reshape the design of the La Brea Tar Pits at an Open House for the plan on Sat., Sept. 30 from 9 to 11 a.m. The long-discussed new vision of the planet’s most important Ice Age fossil site will include the entire 13-acre area […]

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Sighs of relief with Selma encampment gone as students return

Sighs of relief with Selma encampment gone as students return

| August 31, 2023 | 0 Comments

Parents and school officials breathed a big sigh of relief when a seemingly entrenched homeless encampment was cleaned up adjoining Larchmont Charter School’s Selma campus and its surroundings just in time for the first day of school. “Many parents said, ‘Hallelujah. This is amazing. We’re so happy,’” said school spokesman Dave duMonde. But, he added, […]

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See Los Angeles history through the ‘windshield of the car’

See Los Angeles history through the ‘windshield of the car’

| July 27, 2023 | 0 Comments

Diane Isaacs was among the first to sign up to be a docent at the Petersen Automotive Museum after it opened its doors at Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in June 1994. “My interest was not so much in cars, but rather the history of Los Angeles through the windshield of the car — which […]

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