Larchmont Chronicle
VOL. 62, NO. 1
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IN THIS ISSUE
First-year report on homeless efforts given
Le Petit Greek savored 35 years on Blvd. n Greek Eats set to open
n Bass spoke at Larchmont Charter
HEALTH, FITNESS & BEAUTY 7
EMPOWERING campers and counselors. 11
LEGENDARY dining in new book. 2-6
By Nona Sue Friedman Parents of students at Larchmont Charter School at Selma (LCS) flanked Mayor Karen Bass as she spoke to the media on Nov. 6 about homelessness in front of the school. She was on the sidewalk at 6611 Selma Ave. which 40 unhoused residents had called home before they were moved to interim housing on Aug. 10. Now the area is clear. It’s passable to students, teachers, faculty and neighbors who want to stroll the sidewalk. No one has to walk in the street to get to school. That’s because of the mayor’s Inside Safe program, which housed the people who were living on this street. “We are so grateful the mayor was able to find homes for the unhoused that were living here. Part of our school’s mission is to improve the community around us,” said Marian Bell, parent of a seventh grader and the homelessness outreach contact for See First-year, P 15
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JANUARY 2024
THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN is a big draw to South Windsor Boulevard — both for Instagrammers and the big fashion house, Balenciaga. Photo courtesy of Balenciaga
Health, fitness, beauty and fashion in the ’hood By John Welborne Worldwide attention was given to Windsor Square at the beginning of December. With the Hollywood Sign in the background, between tall rows of Canary Island palm trees, fashion models strutted down the 112-year-old concrete street of Windsor Boulevard, between Fifth and Sixth Streets. Blaring music surrounded an audience of about 200 invited guests sitting in folding chairs lining the gutters on each side of the street.
Kept confidential in advance (both the full nature of the production, from the neighbors; and the actual location, from the guests), the event was the premier showing of the Balenciaga Fall Collection. The approximately 17-minute show is viewable on YouTube at: tinyurl. com/4aje4cvp. Celebrities spotted included Tracee Ellis Ross, Salma Hayek, Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner. Also enjoySee Fashion, P 4
By Casey Russell After 35 years on the Boulevard, Le Petit Greek is saying goodbye on Sun., Dec. 31. In the restaurant’s final days, legions of loyal customers have been dropping by for a bite to eat and a chance to say farewell. Fortunately, those who love fresh Greek cuisine won’t have to go without because the same co-owners, Nora and Dimitris Houndalas, will be at the helm of a new Greek takeout and delivery place. Greek Eats, at 8236 W. Third St., is expected to open Sat., Jan. 6. According to Nora Houndalas, the fast-casual restaurant will have a menu similar to the one at Le Petit Greek, with an emphasis on salads, kebabs, gyros sandwiches and appetizers. The menu is at greekeatsla.com.
FAST-CASUAL Greek specialties are coming to Third Street.
Undermining established governments
Mailing permit:
n Concerns are nationwide, and not just Jewish neighbors feel threatened
MAYOR KAREN BASS addresses the press about homelessness in the city.
Love & travel are in the air
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What is the connection — started with a pro-Palestine By John Welborne Sometimes overlooked in rally in Pan Pacific Park that between interfering with Los the ongoing discussion of the saw 200 demonstrators march Angeles shopkeepers and their battles and deaths following through The Grove to disrupt employees and customers — the savage Hamas terrorist shoppers and tenant mer- and the dispute over Zionism attack into Israel on Oct. 7 chants there before moving and a small country in The Levant adjoining the is the movement to undermine estab- “I ... have lots of family and friends in the Mediterranean Sea (a lished governments Los Angeles area [and] your recent article nation not even twice internationally. This was highly biased against Palestinians the size of Los Angeactually was part of and espouses a potentially dangerous en- les County) — recogthe local incident on vironment for my family and friends in the nized as the State of Israel in 1948 — that Nov. 24 that occa- Los Angeles area ... ” is 7,500 miles away sioned this newspaper’s front-page story, “Jewish to the intersection of Third from Los Angeles and the neighbors feeling threatened” Street and Fairfax Avenue, merchants and stores at The where many demonstrators Grove? [Dec. 2023]. We shall return to that The incident on that Friday, sat in the street and shut down the day after Thanksgiving, traffic for nearly an hour. See Jewish, P 9
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