Tag: Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association
Farewells abound for retiring Senior Lead Officer Joe Pelayo
Senior Lead Officer (SLO) Joe Pelayo is retiring at the end of June after being part of the neighborhood for the last 17 years. His own community police station, the Olympic Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), along with the Wilshire Rotary Club, celebrated his service to the city last month. LAPD Olympic […]
Local forums abound as June 7 election deadline looms
As the primary campaigns for City of Los Angeles elected offices — Mayor, City Attorney, Controller and local Council Districts 5 and 13 (plus County Supervisorial District 3) — begin to wrap up prior to the June 7 deadline to return ballots, the Larchmont Chronicle readership area has been full of candidate panels and debates. […]
Happy 100th, Larchmont Boulevard!
Community leaders, local merchants, landlords and shoppers celebrated the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the original Larchmont Boulevard shopping district on Sunday, October 24 — in person and through television. A wide array of TV station news crews and other local media descended upon the boulevard, some as early as 5 a.m. (ABC-TV’s weekend […]
Merchants and neighbors generate support for small playground in Village
Larchmont Village merchants and shoppers always welcome more parking for the street. It has been this way since the Los Angeles Railway Company’s Yellow Car trolley “3 Line” stopped running up the Boulevard from Third Street to Melrose Avenue in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The contemporary desire for additional parking notwithstanding, there usually […]
LVNA neighbors talk crime, community school at annual meeting
More than 50 residents filled the auditorium of Van Ness Elementary Nov. 14 for the semi-annual Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA) meeting. New principal of Van Ness Elementary Pauline Hong greeted neighbors and said she is excited to work with the Larchmont community. Hong praised out-going principal Katty Iriarte, noting that Iriarte did “a phenomenal […]
Larchmont Village hosts 2017 block party
More than 200 neighbors gathered one sunny Saturday afternoon last month on N. Bronson Ave. for the Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA) block party. Partygoers mingled over tables of free food and drinks while jamming out to classic rock music courtesy of The Encroachments, a band made up of local Realtors, including Bruce Walker, one […]
