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Notable sales on Boulevard; violin shop closes doors
Communities debate limits on billboards
n Digital signage looms at top of debate
PETS of Larchmont. 18
BIRTHDAY tales.
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SUMMER flavors are here. 16
AUTHOR at home. 2-21 For Information on Advertising Rates, Please Call Pam Rudy 323-462-2241, x 11
By Sarah Ryan The debate on billboards in Los Angeles has not been resolved since the Chronicle last reported on it in July 2017. However, 20 neighborhood councils recently have weighed in by submitting Community Impact Statements advocating limits on digital signage as per the “Version B+” draft billboard ordinance advanced by the City Planning Commission. This version comes in contrast to a subsequent draft proposed by the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee of the City Council. The PLUM plan, supported by billboard companies See Billboards, p 6
Housing: it's more than a roof overhead n Alexandria House
This is part two of an article on the local Alexandria House, homelessness and housing begun in the June 2018 issue. By Rachel Olivier Last month, in part one of “Housing is more than a roof overhead,” we explained how homelessness is complicated. Typically, the first step in getting shelter, if one isn’t able See Alexandria House, p 30
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n Gilmore purchase of Lipson falls through
HANS WEISSHAAR violin shop closed after seven decades and is among the latest changes in Larchmont Village.
Leafblowers have negative impact on quality of life n Few laws have been flouted more; solution exists By Billy Taylor Windsor Village resident Laurie Metcalf called the Chronicle last month sick and tired of the seemingly constant roar of gas-powered leaf blowers on her street. “Every single day there is someone outside with a leaf blower. It’s been going on for years,” she complained. “It creates terrible noise and air pollution — it has a major impact to our quality of life.” How can this be legal? Asked Metcalf. Short answer: it’s not. In 1998, the Los Angeles City Council banned gasolinepowered leaf blowers, stating “no gas-powered blower shall be used within 500 feet of a residence at any time. Both the user of such a blower as well as the individual who contracted for the services of the user, if any, shall be subject to the
requirements of and penalty provisions for this ordinance.” Since the ban was enacted, however, few laws have been flouted more, critics complain. When Laurie’s husband confronted the leaf-blowing bandits on her street, warning them they were ready to call See Leaf blowers, p 3
By Billy Taylor In recent weeks, there were two notable sales transactions either underway or completed on Larchmont Boulevard, as well as leasing activity that continues apace. Perhaps most important, as reported in the June Larchmont Chronicle, was the prospective sale of the historic Lipson Building to the A.F. Gilmore Co., owner of the Original Farmers Market at Third and Fairfax. As the Chronicle went to press, we learned that the Gilmore Co. decided to back away from purchasing the property. (The seller's broker did not return calls by press time.) The second transaction is the completed sale of the building at 627 N. Larchmont, which has housed the Hans Weisshaar violin shop since 1947. The new owner, who asked to remain anonymous, See Larchmont Blvd., p 4
Summer fun: Walk among the stars, stay close to home n Travel reports from Paramount to Thailand By Rachel Olivier What to do with visitors this summer when you want a fun outing that’s close to home? Why not check out the daily tours at nearby Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Ave.? As a place in history and our community, Paramount is the home of movies from “The
Godfather” and its sequels to the “Star Trek” franchise. And it’s also where a young man named Charles Buchinsky got his start, and his stage name, and became Charles Bronson. Why do it? Visitors have come to town, and you’ve already done DisSee Summer Fun, p 12
Eateries, groceries serve their best at Farmers Market ALEXANDRIA HOUSE.
Women of Larchmont
Our annual section, which has honored local women since 1965, will be published in the August issue. Advertising deadline is Mon., July 16. For more information contact Pam Rudy, 323-4622241, ext. 11.
n Firefighters cook a mean bowl of chili
Enjoy food from more than 50 grocers, eateries and restaurants at the 10th annual Taste of Farmers Market, 6333 W. Third St., Tues., July 24 from 5 to 9 p.m. This year’s theme will be “Celebrating the World of Flavor.” Proceeds from the event will support the work of First-In Fire Foundation. Local firehouses Fire Station 61 and 58 will be on site serving up their firehouse chili (a vegetarian option will also be available). On the Plaza, there will be a shiny fire truck for photo opportunities and a craft table where kids can pick up a First-in Fire Foundation coloring book. Firefighters will be on hand to answer See Taste of Farmers Market, p 6
LOCAL firemen at last year's Taste of Farmers Market. This year's Taste is July 24.
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By John Welborne
‘Thank you’ (we think), Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong
After a dreary 18-year period of absentee ownership, the “Los Angeles Times” has a new steward, Los Angeles resident and former UCLA surgeon Patrick Soon-Shiong. Hoping for a brighter future, we thank the entrepreneurial doctor for stepping up. Dr. Soon-Shiong wrote, in a June 17, full-page letter to readers: “I believe that fake news is the cancer of our times and social media the vehicles for metastasis. Institutions like “The Times” and the “Union-Tribune” are more vital than ever. They must be bastions of editorial integrity and independence if they are to protect our democracy and provide an antidote to disinformation. We will continue our papers’ dedication to truth, integrity, journalistic independence, and storytelling that engages, informs, educates and inspires with care and compassion.” We share those beliefs. Although the “Los Angeles Times” was founded in 1881, and the Larchmont Chronicle was founded 82 years later (in 1963), the Chronicle always has been dedicated to truth, integrity, journalistic independence, and great and careful storytelling. We wish Dr. Soon-Shiong and our journalist colleagues, soon to be in El Segundo, the very best.
Do you Need HPOZ Review? When you apply for a building permit for changes to the exterior of your house, part of the process is to have your changes reviewed for HPOZ compliance. However, there are also some situations where you don’t need a building permit, but you do need HPOZ review. Even if you do not need a building permit, if you do this kind of construction without HPOZ review you can be cited and may have to remove or modify your changes. Examples of construction that may not require a building permit, but do require HPOZ review, are: 1) Removal of a parkway tree; 2) Redoing an existing driveway or walkway; 3) Building a retaining wall; 4) Building a fence on Rossmore or Highland; 5) Removing or changing architectural features on the visible facades of your house, such as trim and window opening treatments; and 6) Re-landscaping, particularly if you are regrading; removing live plant material or plan to install hedging plants that could obscure the view of the house. Our HPOZ City Planner, Suki Gershenhorn, is more than happy to answer any questions you have before you begin construction. Please, please, please, consult Suki before you start. You can contact her at: suki.gershenhorn@lacity.org. Also, be sure and consult our Hancock Park Preservation Plan which can be found at: www.preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/la/ hancock-park. There is also an online form you can fill out to help speed up the process (preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/ initial.screening.checklist). Always plan to do at least one consultation with our City Planner, and possibly the HPOZ Board, before investing resources in architects and contractors. If you haven’t done so already, now’s the time to pay your Association dues, which you can do on our website. Your dues help fund the many initiatives that keep Hancock Park beautiful. Your dues also show the City and other organizations that you support the work the Association does on your behalf. o o o Remember to report any suspicious behavior to the LAPD, keep your doors and cars locked, and, if you have an alarm, set it even if you are in the house. If you think someone is trying to break into your home, call 911 immediately. DO NOT CONFRONT THE PERSON YOURSELF! Report graffiti sightings by calling 311 or through the City’s Anti-Graffiti Request System: tinyurl.com/yaus34cg and by calling Hollywood Beautification, 323-463-5180. Adv.
Wed., July 4 — Independence Day. Wed., July 11 — Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council board meeting, Ebell Club, 743 S. Lucerne Blvd., 7 p.m. Tues., July 24 — Taste of Farmers Market, 6333 W. Third St., 5 to 9 p.m. Sat., July 28 — LVNA block party, N. Bronson between Rosewood and Clinton, 1 to 5 p.m. Thurs., Aug. 2 — Delivery of the August issue of the Larchmont Chronicle. Tues., Aug. 7 — National Night Out. Mon., Aug. 27 — Taste of Larchmont fundraiser for Hope-Net, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., hope-netla.org.
I want to thank the Chronicle for the pictures of two of my granddaughters (though not identified), Michaela and Marissa Hale, on the front page and in section 3, page 12, of the June issue regarding “Royal Watch” at Immaculate Heart. Michaela Hale is in eighth grade at Immaculate Heart. She is a fourth generation “Panda” — her mother, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother are all Immaculate Heart graduates! I have been reading the Chronicle since 1963. Over the years I have enjoyed the “news” of my family — especially my two daughters and four grandchildren — their birth announcements, pictures and even a picture of my dog “Scruffy” with my third granddaughter, Spencer Sauer-Portes. Thank you again! Judge Michael T. Sauer Citrus Ave.
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‘How much do you spend on your pet?’
That’s the question inquiring photographer Talia Abrahamson asked locals along Larchmont Blvd.
Letters to the Editor Generations at Immaculate Heart
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“I don’t think we spoil him. I would say we’re pretty conservative.” Greg Roth and Colton Brookside
Please, restrict left turns
I live on Plymouth Boulevard, south of Third Street, and vehicles traveling south often try to make a left turn, or cross Third Street. There is an accident at least once a month. When will the city fix this problem and put a right-turnonly sign at the intersection of Plymouth and Third? They did it on Windsor Boulevard, and there are no longer these kinds of accidents. This has been an on-going problem, and it has recently gotten much worse. Even the Chronicle published a story on the problem several years ago. I have brought this matter to Councilman David Ryu’s office, as well as his predecessor Tom LaBonge. Is the city waiting for someone to get killed to take action? Not to mention, a vehicle knocked down an historic “Old Windsor Square” lamppost at Third and Plymouth at least a year ago, and it hasn’t been fixed. What is going on with the city? Cheryl Faber Windsor Square Write us at letters@larchmontchronicle.com. Include your name, contact information and where you live. We reserve the right to edit for space and grammar.
“A lot,” said Natalia Luff (right) with the family Weimaraner. Daughter Isabella and friend Ava (left) — who has a corgi papillon — happily share their stuffed animals with their dogs. Ava Gold Hancock Park Natalia and Isabella Luff with Rosie
“I would say every two weeks I buy raw dog food... Yeah he’s spoiled. With a small dog you can get away with it.” Lindsay Paige with Henry Lee Gramercy Place
Watch fireworks in the local sky
For decades, neighbors within miles of the Wilshire Country Club have enjoyed looking up and watching the fireworks show around 9 p.m. on the fourth of July. This year, nearby viewers can see the colorful bombs bursting in air to celebrate the 242nd year following the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
“The food is kind of expensive, and she’ll need lessons and, of course, there’s all the furniture she’s destroyed!” Jennifer and Emily Rissier with Josie Hancock Park
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Leaf blowers
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GAS LEAF BLOWERS were banned in 1998.
Kegel told the Chronicle that it’s an issue they are debating. Kegel notes that years ago the ban “wasn’t very enforceable” because there weren’t good battery or electric options. “But now good ones are available,” he says. “If your neighbors are using a gas-powered blower, I’d suggest asking them if they’ve looked into how good cordless blowers have gotten lately, and politely remind them of
the rules regarding gas blowers,” Kegel recommends. If that doesn’t work, Kegel says that residents can report a violation by calling 311, or contact the Bureau of Street Services at 1-800-996-2489. If you have a similar issue, or a strong opinion on leaf blowing regulations, Kegel invites you to attend a Sustainability Committee meeting, held twice a month. Visit greaterwilshire.org.
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the police, the men responded: “Do what you have to do,” and kept blowing. When Laurie called the local police station, she was told that they “don’t handle that.” For residents, it’s not just the inconvenience of a noisy engine constantly running. A 2017 report by the California Environmental Protection Agency highlights the shockingly high emissions produced by leaf blowers. For the best-selling commercial leaf blower, the report finds, one hour of operation emits smog-forming pollution comparable to driving a 2016 Toyota Camry about 1,100 miles, or approximately the distance from Los Angeles to Denver. So what’s a resident to do? For answers, we turned to the Sustainability Committee of the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council. Committee member Dan
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LIPSON BUILDING, 124 to 148 N. Larchmont, sale to A.F. Gilmore Co. fell through in June.
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plans to run a television and film studio at the 4,230-square foot mixed-use retail and office property, according to James Markel, regional manager of broker Marcus & Millichap. The buyer is an area family that plans to maintain the historical integrity of the building, Markel added. Leasing activity In the 14-tenant Lipson Building, Canadian cosmetics company, Lip Lab by Bite Beauty is coming to the Boulevard at 142 N. Larchmont in a space that previously housed Landis Laby-
rinth, after the toy store reduced its storefronts from three to two. Bite Beauty’s “lip lab” will allow guests to work with a lipstick artist to create a bespoke lip color, made with organic, food-grade ingredients. The high-end cosmetics shop joins a growing field of beauty retailers on Larchmont, which now includes Blue Mercury, Larchmont Beauty Center, MAC Cosmetics and Rite-Aid. Also longvacant in the Lipson Building is the former State Farm agency office at 132 N. Larchmont Blvd. Two major real estate brokerages are, or will be, moving furniture on Larchmont this summer. Joining the shopping dis-
LIP LAB by Bite will take former toy shop space in the Lipson Building.
FORMER State Farm office in the Lipson Building remains vacant.
PACIFIC UNION is preparing to open its real estate office above former hardware store space.
COLDWELL BANKER’S former southern office is available for a new tenant.
trict for the first time, Pacific Union International will officially open its doors this month on the second floor of the former Larchmont Hardware building, 156 N. Larchmont. Meanwhile, Coldwell Banker has consolidated two locations on the Boulevard into one at 251 N. Larchmont; the former site at 119 N. Larchmont now has a “for lease” sign on the wall. The longtime Dippell Realty office, the location of the former Larchmont Bungalow for nine years, 107 N. Larchmont Blvd., has a newly posted “leased” sign on the building’s front window. Phone calls to the property’s broker Brandon Cohan at Hilton & Hyland were not returned. Another building that is owned by the Mizrahi family, at 227 N. Larchmont Blvd., continues to sit unused and vacant: Situated in the heart of Larchmont Village, “for lease” signs drape the prime location that has been vacant for more than a decade. Leaving the Boulevard is Heavenly Couture Clothing, located at 133 N. Larchmont (Please turn to page 5)
“LEASED” sign adorns the former Dippell Realty (later Larchmont Bungalow) building.
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VACANT former bank building north of Vernetti is still unleased and plastered with posters.
Come Kick Off the New Season with the
WILSHIRE ROTARY CLUB OF LOS ANGELES
MAIN SPACE in the West Egg has morphed into a quiet area on its own.
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Blvd., shutting its doors in September. North of Beverly, the hair salon at 417 N. Larchmont Blvd. recently underwent a makeover to become Larchmont Hair and Nails, now owned by Helen Yeom. Hairdressers at the new salon include Ellen Bishau, who has been styling hair for Hancock Park residents for more than 25 years, and Maria Eashoo, who has customers who have been coming to her for 35 years. The shop also now has a full service nail salon.
Hans Weisshaar, looking back
Violin shop, Hans Weisshaar, was set on a 7,000 square foot lot. The two-story building, and a one-story garage in the rear with two parking spaces, was built in 1921. Shop proprietors Georg and Ann Eittinger plan to continue their violin repair and sales business at their San Marino location. The building’s original owner, Hans Weisshaar, graduated from the state violin making school in Germany and worked in Europe before emigrating to the U.S., where he worked in Chicago and New York. He heard there was a need for a luthier and restorer in Los Angeles and landed on Larchmont Blvd. in 1947, where string instruments have been repaired, restored and crafted until recently. Weisshaar “wrote the book” on violin restoration when he co-authored “The Manual of Violin Restoration” with Margaret Shipman, who took over the shop in 1991 when Weisshaar died. Over the decades, Hans Weisshaar became the destination for professional string musicians, including Jack Benny, Jascha Heifetz and Isaac Stern. In 2004, Georg Eittinger, who was mentored by Weisshaar, bought the shop. In 2005 he opened a branch in Berlin, and more recently he opened one in San Marino.
Bolnick’s brain child for writers, The Hatchery, grows up and out By Rachel Olivier When The Hatchery Press opened its doors in 2015 as a writers’ co-working space on Clinton St., the Larchmont Chronicle interviewed Talia Bolnick on her plans and goals for the fledgling enterprise. The idea for the space was born out of the Oxford grad’s own need for a dedicated, tranquil place to write, but one that also came with a sense of community. Now, three years later, we de-
cided to check in to see how the writers’ space was working out. What changed? Still co-owned by Bolnick and her mother Suzanne Phillips, an artist and owner of the property, The Hatchery has expanded to include the building at 601 N. Larchmont Blvd. With the expansion came some changes. The buildings on Clinton and Larchmont have been dubbed “West Egg” (Please turn to page 31)
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(Continued from page 1) and their lobbyists, would increase digital signage beyond the 22 possible regional commercial zones of the B+ Version, such as LA Live and Sunset Boulevard. For a new ordinance to be adopted, it must pass both the PLUM committee and the City Council with a two-thirds majority in favor. Patrick Frank, president of the Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight, says that the need for new billboard legislation has been acute for at least 10 years. “The PLUM committee has been listening to billboard lobbyists all along … unfortunately, [the PLUM version] could very well pass the committee in its present form, even though it’s backed by special interests,” Frank said. “The billboard companies want to install digital signs because they are about 10 times more lucrative than an old-fashioned static sign.” One major concern that
Frank cites is safety and driver distraction caused by the bright and sometimes flashing digital signs. He points to a 2015 study in Florida and Alabama that found that crashes increased up to 29 percent in areas near a digital sign. “Any place where there is a large billboard at an intersection, the PLUM version of the new ordinance could allow it to become digital,” Frank said. Stop Billboard LA is another group seeking to raise public awareness of the imminent billboard ordinance threat. Frank states that his next step is to encourage the remaining 76 Neighborhood Councils to submit Community Impact Statements in favor of the B+ Version and against the PLUM Version. Members of the PLUM committee did not respond to calls for comment by this issue’s deadline. Sarah Ryan, Hancock Park, is an incoming sophomore at Brown University.
First-In Fire to hand out coloring books, serve chili
First-in Fire Foundation is handing out coloring books, firehouse chili and safety tips at the Taste of Farmers Market Tues., July 24 as it marks its 10th year of “friend-raising” and fundraising. Founded February 2008, the non-profit group working in collaboration with the Miracle Mile Civic Coalition, promotes morale boosting, unity, and more resources for firefighters and fire service. Services and programs include LAFD Adopt-A-Fire Station Program, fire safety education, and emergency preparedness (including pet preparedness). “First-in” is a fire department term meaning a particular fire station’s “first response area.” To learn more, visit firstinfirefoundation.org.
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Updates August 2018: The Hard Facts About Soft-Stories There are over 200 soft-story apartment buildings in the Greater Wilshire NC district that have not been retrofitted to prevent a possible collapse in an earthquake. Tenants and landlords are invited to join our town hall to learn about their options, rights, and responsibilities regarding safety issues, mitigation, and compliance deadlines. Date and time TBA. Nominate a Green Business! The GWNC Sustainability Committee is looking to recognize a “Green” Business in the Greater Wilshire area. For more info and to nominate a Green Business, visit greaterwilshire.org, or email sustainability@greaterwilshire.org.
Meeting Schedule All GWNC meetings are open to the public. Agenda items may be submitted two weeks prior to the scheduled meeting date to info@greaterwilshire.org. Board of Directors meeting: Wednesday, July 11, 7:00 p.m. Ebell of Los Angeles - Dining Room 743 S. Lucerne Blvd., 90005 Land Use Committee meetings: Fourth Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. Marlborough School - Collins Room, D-200 250 S. Rossmore Ave., 90004 Outreach Committee meetings: First Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. Bricks & Scones Cafe 403 N. Larchmont Blvd., 90004 Sustainability Committee meeting: Tuesday, August 14, 7:00 p.m. Marlborough School - Collins Room, D-200 250 S. Rossmore Ave., 90004 Transportation Committee meeting: Monday, July 16, 7p.m. Marlborough School 250 S. Rossmore Ave., 90004
www.greaterwilshire.org info@greaterwilshire.org (323) 539-GWNC (4962)
questions, and Wilshire the Fire Dog will be doing a fire safety demonstration. Besides tasting stations, tickets include two non-alcoholic drinks. Beer and wine samples will be available for adults 21 years old and over. Free parking is also included. Commemorative gifts will also be given out, and kids will receive a copy of the Farmers Market coloring book. Tickets are $35 before July 9, $40 from July 10 to July 23 and $45 the day of the event. Kids tickets are $10 for 10 tastes. There is a 10 percent discount on groups of 10 or more. For more information, visit farmersmarketla.com.
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Pirates to visit HopeNet’s ‘Taste of Larchmont’
Diners can say, “Ahoy, mates” to friendly pirates mixing with the crowd at the “Taste of Larchmont” Mon., Aug. 27 from 6 to 9 p.m. Greek, Japanese, Italian and Thai cuisines are among the offerings from 15 Larchmont Boulevard eateries. Also participating are Ebell of Los Angeles and El Cholo. Music, a raffle and silent auction are also planned at the 26th “Taste,” said Brian Milder, president of the HopeNet board of directors. The event’s initial organizers in 1992 were Larchmont Chronicle founders Jane Gilman and Dawne Goodwin. It benefits HopeNet’s 13 food pantries at churches and temples in Wilshire Center and Hollywood. On an annual basis, the agency serves 300,000 people over $2 million worth of food. The non-profit agency
directly impacts the quality of life of its clients, improves our community, and maximizes what it can accomplish through a very lean infrastructure, Milder said. Tickets are $40 each. For information call 213-3899949 or visit hopenetla.org.
Assistance League volunteer day July 7
The Assistance League of Los Angeles is kicking off its centennial with a Family Day of Service at its Theatre for Children, 1367 N. St. Andrews Pl., Sat., July 7, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. At the free event, families can help children in need prepare for the next school year. Entertainment and refreshments will be available. Contact Kai Tramiel at 323545-4847 or ktramiel@assistanceleaguela.org.
325 N. Larchmont Boulevard, #158 Los Angeles, California 90004 www.windsorsquare.org 157 N. Larchmont Boulevard
Street Trees on Larchmont
The owner of the Rite Aid property at 236 North Larchmont Boulevard has requested that the City remove two healthy ficus trees from the sidewalk in front of this drugstore. The Windsor Square Association (WSA) opposes the removal of any mature ficus trees that line the neighborhood shopping district unless DEAD, DISEASED or DANGEROUS, as set out in WSA’s Larchmont Boulevard Ficus Tree Plan (www. windsorsquare.org).
Larchmont Village block party, July 28
The Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA) will host a neighborhood block party Sat., July 28. The event, which runs from 1 to 5 p.m., will take place on N. Bronson Avenue, between Rosewood and Clinton. Live music, kids games and a potluck will be featured. Everyone living within the LVNA borders (Melrose to Beverly and Arden to Wilton) is invited. It’s a “pot luck party,” so bring your favorite dish to share with your neighbors. “This is a great social opportunity for everyone to relax, get to know your neighbors and have some good food and fun,” said event co-organizer Adam Rubenstein. To coordinate food or games, email Rubenstein at arubens808@gmail.com.
The photos of the property with the trees, and without the trees, show what a loss the tall, shady trees would be if they were removed without good reason. The ficus trees give character and provide dense shade to our shopping district, helping to create a village ambiance that makes Larchmont Boulevard so attractive.
The Windsor Square Association, an all-volunteer group of residents from 1100 households between Beverly and Wilshire and Van Ness and Arden, works to preserve and enhance our beautiful neighborhood. Join with us! Drop us a line at 325 N. Larchmont Blvd., #158, Los Angeles, CA 90004, or visit our website at windsorsquare.org. ADV.
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GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL MATERNITY CENTER: WHERE STARS ARE BORN – WE BRING L.A. TO LIFE
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Sarah Yamaguchi, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mark Dwight, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mothers and babies take center stage at the Davajan-Cabal Center for Perinatal Medicine. With a
Physicians are independent practitioners and not employed by Good Samaritan Hospital.
spotlight on a family-centered approach, we work in concert with women and their families to prepare for baby’s birth, and to facilitate parent-baby bonding. Mothers get the star treatment with fully equipped private rooms where they experience labor, delivery and recovery in a comfortable, welcoming setting. If baby requires specialized care, our superstar Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is waiting in the wings. It’s all part of Good Samaritan Hospital’s investment in Los Angeles and our commitment to meeting the health care needs of our growing community – today, and for years to come. Make Good Samaritan Hospital the destination for you and baby. For more information and referrals to Good Samaritan Hospital OB/Gyn’s, contact us at goodsam.org or call 1-800-472-2737.
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Speed bumps are added and sidewalk clutter is removed As summer sets in and the City Council heads into summer recess, I’m glad to have the chance to spend less time in City Hall and more time in the communities that make Council District Four such a dynamic and wonderful place to call home. There are few places where community takes on such a vibrant meaning as the neigh-
borhoods around Larchmont, and from Brookside to Windsor Square, Hancock Park to Larchmont Village, when barbecues, block parties, and community events remind us what make this area so special. • • • Keeping our community safe is a top priority for all of us — from neighbors, to
parents, to city councilmembers. As the Councilmember for District Four, and someone who sits on the Public Safety Committee, I am focused on building a safer city and healthier communities. That’s why I am thrilled to see speed bump installation approved for both Windsor and Plymouth boulevards between First Street and Beverly Boulevard. Slowing down traffic as it turns into our residential neighborhoods is crucial to reducing accidents and keeping our kids safe as they enjoy summer break. If you want a speed bump on your residential street, the Los Angeles Dept. of Transportation allows residents to file requests online twice a year. For more information, reach out to my office at cd4. issues@lacity.org. • • • The sidewalks of Larchmont Boulevard are for pedestrians, not newspaper boxes that have been sitting empty for years.
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In our efforts to keep Larchmont Boulevard beautiful, the Larchmont Village Business Improvement District, or BID, cleaned and removed defunct newspaper stands. Together with Rob Fisher from my office, the Larchmont Village BID worked to ensure every defunct newspaper stand was removed to make more room on our sidewalks, and cleaned the stands still in use, so that we can highlight our community newspapers and support their continued success. • • • The heat is here in Los Angeles, and this summer promises to be another scorcher. Often, it can feel overwhelming to find the most effective ways to
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A suspect smashed the rear glass door of a home on the 300 block of S. Citrus Ave. and ransacked the interior of the property on June 7 at 11:30 a.m. It was unknown at the time if any property was stolen. Jewelry was stolen from inside a home on the 300 block of N. Orange Dr. after a suspect used a tool to pry open a side door on June 12 between 10:45 and 11:25 a.m. A suspect pried open a window of a home on the 500 block of N. Arden Blvd. and stole jewelry before fleeing on June 14 between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. A suspect entered an apartment building’s parking garage on the 300 block of S. Cloverdale Ave. on June 14 at 1:10 a.m. Once inside, the suspect gained access to a 2015 Mercedes 300 and stole a purse and electronics from inside, before fleeing the location in a stolen 2016 Audi Q3. OLYMPIC DIVISION ROBBERY: A 78-year-old woman was walking near the corner of Third and Van Ness when a suspect, driving by, struck the victim and grabbed her purse. A struggle ensued, resulting in the elderly woman being dragged by the car.
help combat climate change, pollution, and urban heat, but there are real steps you can take to conserve resources and save money. The Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power has rebates to replace your thirsty lawn, use energy-saving devices, and install a “cool roof” — which is a liquid coating homeowners can install on their roof to reflect light and heat rather than absorb it. The Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council also has great resources, links and events to promote sustainable living — visit greaterwilshire.org to learn how. From clean and safe streets to a cooler city, I’m proud of the progress we’ve made together to make ours a better community to live, work and play. I’m looking forward to the work ahead, and another great summer in CD4.
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Q: No shade of eyeshadow is covering the wrinkles on my eyelids. Is there anything I can do? A: Yes, and your timing is excellent. Thermage is a skin tightening device that uses radiofrequency energy to jumpstart your body’s own production of collagen and elastin. And you don’t have to avoid the sun as with many laser treatments – it’s a year-round procedure. Here’s what Thermage can do, often in a single treatment: tighten the delicate skin on the eyelids that you asked about; reduce crepiness and sagging anywhere on the face; redefine the contours along the jawline and under the chin; and even address lines on the knees, arms, elbows, and hands. After your treatment, expect little to no downtime and to return to your normal activities that day. The results are generally apparent soon after your appointment, maximize over the next three to four months, and can last up to 2 years. Contact our office to schedule an appointment and you’ll find every shade of shadow smooths on better! Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald is a Board Certified Dermatologist located in Larchmont Village with a special focus on anti-aging technology. She is a member of the Botox Cosmetic National Education Faculty and is an international Training Physician for Dermik, the makers of the injectable Sculptra. She is also among a select group of physicians chosen to teach proper injection techniques for Radiesse, the volumizing filler, around the world. Dr. Fitzgerald is an assistant clinical professor at UCLA. Visit online at www.RebeccaFitzgeraldMD. com or call (323) 464-8046 to schedule Adv. an appointment.
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Hollygrove still fighting the good fight, Zoo rocks for conservation Uplift Family Services is on the ground fighting the good fight. “The real reason we love this place so much is not because of where it is, but because of who they are and what they do here. Erica and I are so proud to be a small part of what Hollygrove does,” said Ike Barinholtz, honoree along with wife Erica Hanson of the seventh annual Norma Jean Gala. The event’s namesake is the Hollygrove campus’s most famous alumnus — Norma Jean Baker, who benefitted from the agency’s care as a child before she moved on to become icon Marilyn Monroe.
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Patty Hill The star-studded festivities on May 19 raised over $400,000 for therapeutic after-school, summer and parent support programs that create stability and strengthen families who have been victimized by abuse, severe neglect, addiction and poverty. Busy Phillipps served as master of ceremonies, and
Allie Crow Buckley gave a musical performance. Among the 200-plus in attendance were Challen Cates and Aaron MacPherson, Shari Stowe and Peter Weller, Jon Barinholtz and Carson Meyer. Further north on the same evening, nearly 1,000 guests helped raise $1.52 million at the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association Beastly Ball at the Los Angeles Zoo. Rock super group Roadcase Royale’s Nancy Wilson and Liv Warfield of the late Prince’s New Power Generation Band joined rock icon Slash to headline an extraor(Please turn to page 11)
CHALLEN CATES and Aaron MacPherson arrive at Norma Jean Gala.
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Pauley Perrette, who played Abby Sciuto on CBS’s crime drama “NCIS,” launched her life after the show with the dedication of a new van at Project Angel Food, 922 Vine St. Perrette will sponsor all costs for the van over the next year. The delivery vehicle, displaying a picture of Perrette wearing angel wings, will be seen all over the 4,000 square miles of Los Angeles County as it travels an average of 20,000 miles a year delivering meals to people living with critical illness. Perrette, who is on Project Angel Food’s board of trustees, also put the finishing touches
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dinary “Concert For Conservation.” Showcasing the enormous impact the Zoo has on animal conservation both locally and internationally, this year’s fundraiser honored animal expert Jack Hanna. Featuring a rare after-hours stroll through the Zoo, the Ball offered special animal experiences, debut of a mural by artist and Beautify Earth co-found-
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er Ruben Rojas and bountiful fare from some of Los Angeles’ most popular restaurants such as El Coyote, El Cholo and Pinks. “Don’t Make Us History” was the slogan declared by Mr. Rojas’s mural. Guests went home with silk-screened bags of the art work. There: Los Angeles First Lady Amy Wakeland, Karen and Gary Winnick, Mark McNabb, GLAZA President Connie Morgan and L.A. Zoo Director John Lewis. And, that’s the chat!
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AT RIGHT: Emmanuel Bertrand gets up close with a lanner falcon and keeper at Beastly Ball.
BEASTLY BALL’S “Concert for Conservation” headliners Nancy Wilson and Liv Warfield and guitarist Eric Tessmer with Zoo sloth.
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SUMMER FUN Balloon festival lit up the day and night skies in Thailand Kathleen Losey was in Chang Rai in northern Thailand for a balloon festival. “It was an incredible sight to behold, day and evening,” the Hancock park resident told us. “We were able to go up a couple of times ourselves,” she added. About 400 bal-
loons were represented and at times the sky was filled with these incredible and colorful balloons. “The trip took place in February when weather was perfect. We then visited several other places in Thailand that I would totally recommend.”
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BALLOONISTS came from around the globe for a festival that went into the evening.
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neyland and Universal, visited Museum Row and the Original Farmers Market, taken the park-and-ride shuttles to the Griffith Observatory and the Getty Museum and explored downtown, Angels Flight and Grand Central Market. You’ve even had that day when everyone stayed home to chill and catch up on laundry. Now, you’d like to do something a little different, that gets everyone out of the house for a couple of hours without going on one of those long, grinding car drives or bus rides to the other end of Los Angeles. Heck, it would even be nice if you could walk. This was the situation when my family came to visit last winter. Enter the Paramount Studio Tour option. What you get to see This is no “ride,” like the tram at Universal where Jaws comes out of the water to scare the visitors. This neighborhood studio offers daily tours of a working studio conducted by pages who are working to get accepted into the studio system. These pages, similar to interns, are part of an 18-month program to mentor and apprentice young men and women into different parts of the film industry. Because these pages are young and learning the system, visitors benefit from their enthusiasm and working knowledge as they conduct the tours. There are three different tours to choose among. The regular tour, which is the tour my mother, my sister and I went on, is about two hours with a group of about 10 people. We started in a waiting room that included costumes and props from “Star Trek: Beyond,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and “Cleopatra.” Tour groups do a combination of walking and riding around the 100-year-old studio lot in carts. Each person is given a headset with a receiver so everyone can hear the guide as he or she explains what guests are seeing on the tour. Visitors see the New York back lot, the
PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES abound on the tour. From left to right at the Bronson Gate are Heather Olivier, Rachel Olivier and Jeannine Olivier.
COSTUMES FROM “Star Trek Beyond” (above) and “Sweeney Todd” (below) are seen on the tour. Edith Head drawing is in the rear.
Bronson gate and soundstages, and hear stories about working on the lot. And there are many photo opportunities (especially in the prop room). The VIP tour is more in depth, lasts approximately four and a half hours, and includes a lunch or afternoon appetizers, a visit to the archives, seeing special effects, and meeting some of the back (Please turn to page 29)
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Cohen’s 2,000+ pound charge runs free at Elephant Nature Park By Suzan Filipek After years of serving the local community, Village Pizzeria owner Steve Cohen reached further across the globe, much further, in his latest philanthropic endeavor. He adopted an elephant. Cohen hopes to travel to Thailand to visit his charge in time for the pair’s birthday — Steve’s is July 13; the elephant Chang Yim’s is July 12. He chose eight-year-old Chang Yim from among 200 elephants at the sanctuary and rescue center, Elephant Nature Park, in northern Thailand. “I wanted an elephant born on my birthday… so we could have birthday parties,” said Steve. But sponsoring the 5,000+ pound pachyderm was much more than a celebratory whim for the Lucerne Boulevard resident, who has helped local charities from Hope Net, Alex-
CHANG YIM was born at the elephant sanctuary in 2009.
andria House and Covenant Home in his 21 years of dishing out pies on Larchmont Boulevard. He became enchanted with
the beauty and wonder of the Thai countryside on visits there, but eventually became embarrassed of the touristy elephant rides he had taken on
earlier trips after he learned about the plight of the Asian elephant. Young elephants are taken from their mothers, who are often killed, and then the youngsters are tortured and chained to succumb them to learn circus tricks and to be hired for trekking. “I thought [trekking] was cool … a baby elephant coming behind me, I thought that was cool, but then I found out the truth,” Cohen said. The Brooklyn native also came to regret his jaunts to see elephants performing tricks with Ringling Bros. in his youth at Madison Square Garden. Trainers made the elephants look like they enjoyed it, when “behind the scenes they tortured [the elephants] and were cruel.” The movement to protect the elephant rather than exploit it has picked up steam in the U.S. with the release of
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“Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story,” a documentary recently shown to the Los Angeles City Council. A husband and father of two, Cohen has long admired the strong and family-oriented animal also known for his intelligence and memory. He hopes efforts by the Elephant Nature Park’s leader, known as the “elephant whisperer,” Sangduen “Lek” Chailert, and others, will help turn the tide of abuse and exploitation throughout Asia, which if left unchecked “will clearly lead to extinction of the majestic giant.” The park’s herd includes disabled, orphaned and blind elephants of all ages, many of which have been rescued from the abusive training involved in the logging, tourism and street begging indus(Please turn to page 20)
What does the Bible really say about animals?
By Suzan Filipek A new film that questions how some texts justify animal exploitation could revolutionize the way millions see animals, according to Dr. Gwynne Guibord of The Guibord Center. The 12-minute documentary, “Anima,” launched June 8. It highlights leaders from diverse faiths calling for greater protection for animals. Produced by The Guibord Center for Animal Defenders International, religions featured in the film include Buddhist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim. Bible phrases revisited include: “And God gave man dominion over the animals.” This is a mistranslation of the Hebrew and should say: “‘And God gave man responsibility, or stewardship’” — which changes the whole dynamic of the relationship, Guibord said. Elsewhere in the film, a rabbi notes: “Our belief in Judaism is that God never actually meant us to eat animals. In the Garden of Eden, God shows us the fruit of the trees, the grass in the fields, and says, ‘You may have any of this to eat.’ But God never mentioned animals.”
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Enjoy scoops of vanilla to Milkiest Chocolate in time for summer By Talia Abrahamson Any ice cream lover knows that July is the perfect time to enjoy a scoop or two. Popular trends in the ice cream arts, such as rolled or allergenfriendly ice cream, are surfacing for the summer, and the traditional cone and cup add to the variety. This summer, taste your way through tried-and-true vanilla to Red, White and Blue Cheesecake at these eight local ice cream shops (described in alphabetical order). Bennett’s Ice Cream just celebrated its 55th year in the
Original Farmers Market. The family-owned shop offers 24 flavors, with favorites including coffee-based Fancy Nancy, with caramel swirls and banana bits, and Choffee Choffee with chocolate-coated toffee pieces. The shop is reminiscent of an old-fashioned ice cream parlor. Owner Scott Bennett hopes to remind customers of the classic ice cream shop feeling and taste with his ice cream. “In a big city, if it has things going on all the time, you’re so overstimulated. It’s nice to
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have traditions,” Bennett said. “Going to the Farmers Market, going to your ice cream store… that’s important.” 6333 W. Third St., #548. Cocobella Creamery specializes in allergen-friendly varieties. The entire shop is vegan, gluten- and peanut-free. Customers can choose from 16 flavors, including two seasonal flavors, in a homemade gluten-free waffle cone, sundae or float. Cocobella also offers ice cream cakes, ice cream sandwiches and custom cakes. The most popular ice cream is Unicorn Magic, which has a vanilla-coconut base with marshmallows, rainbow sprinkles and animal cookies. Owners Alice Cherng and Belinda Wei opened Cocobella last year so that anyone with an allergy could feel safe knowing that their ice cream is accommodating, colorful and delicious. “I feel like there’s always been this stigma attached to plant-based foods where it doesn’t taste good, so I wanted to break that idea and just come out with something that everyone can enjoy,” Wei said. 1253 Vine St., #12. Cold Rolled Ice Cream Company serves up one of the trendy ice cream fads of the summer: rolled ice cream. Customers choose among more than 20 ice cream base flavors and 50 toppings to create their own unique ice cream. Employees mix and freeze customers’ preferences into a thin sheet on a frigid
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stainless-steel plate and, if preferred, drizzle their names on top before scraping them into rolls. The ice cream shop rotates bases and toppings based on seasonal ingredients, adding flavors such as Strawberry Avocado Cream this summer. Customers can also purchase milkshakes that come in six different flavors. 7266 Melrose Ave. The Dolly Llama specializes in a trendy ice cream cone called the “bub- COCOBELLA handcrafted Ice Cream ble waffle” cone. Sammies made with vegan and glutenPhoto by Liz Ward Batter is poured free cookies. into semi-sphericalcelled waffle irons and cooked to create “bubbles” in the cone. The shop also offers waffles, waffle sticks and shakes. “Our recipe is based on a 2,000 year old recipe from Belgium. Also, our waffle machines are incredibly unique. Each one is custom-made for The Dolly Llama in Belgium to ensure a quality product each time!” co-owner Jane Shomof said. Shomof formerly wrote for the Larch- THE DOLLY LLAMA bubble waffle cone. Courtesy of The Dolly Llama mont Chronicle as a school reporter. Customers can choose Jeni Britton Bauer, whose among 10 sauces and eight ice cream enterprise is manice cream flavors, including a aged from her home base in vegan coconut ice cream just Columbus, Ohio. in time for summer at its new- This summer, Jeni’s is rollest location on Western. ing out seasonal flavors Straw273 S. Western Ave. berry Buttermilk, Watermelon Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams Buttermilk Frozen Yogurt and draws in customers by the Pickled Mango. They are also smell of their homemade waf- adding blueberries to their fle cones. Jeni’s serves clas- regular Lemon Buttermilk sics, such as Milkiest Choco- Frozen Yogurt. late and Ndali Estate Vanilla, 123 N. Larchmont Blvd. and unconventional favorites, Local Ice opened recently like Brambleberry Crisp and in the Original Farmers MarBrown Butter Almond Brittle. ket, in the location long occuCustomers can choose among pied by Gill’s Ice Cream. Local scoops, sundaes or floats and Ice, a family enterprise, whose sit back in a retro, beach- original shop was in the San themed back patio. Fernando Valley, offers cus Jeni’s is the brainchild of (Please turn to page 28)
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PETS OF LARCHMONT Meet some of our very best neighborhood furry friends Charming to sublime describes the four-legged entries in our annual Pets of Larchmont section. Snaggle-toothed rescue Leedo was adopted eight years ago on Larchmont Boulevard when he was just a wee 12-week-old puppy, Beth Correll told us. Shoe-sized Bruno is just beginning his dog years, and Kramer, a Pomeranian, might look delicate, but he is hard at work at Childrens Hospital, where he is a Pet Partner. “He is amazingly sweet when
visiting the kids and everyone loves him including the staff of nurses and doctors,” said Kathleen Losey, S. Norton Ave. Rescued from the streets of Compton, Cricket is all bark and no bite (literally—she has no teeth), says Alice Fox, N. Larchmont Blvd. “Lover of small children, treats, walks and cuddles; she despises tall handsome men with beards. Despite a remarkably small head (and, by proxy, brain) she will remember you loyally OLIVE strikes a pensive pose. forever if you feed her treats,” She lives on N. Norton Ave. Fox adds. with Paul Hoen and family.
ISABELLA AND FERDINAND lounge at S. Windsor Blvd. with Carl Buchberg and Elena Muravina. While Isabella sports a long mane, both are Alsatian spaniels.
WINSTON lives on N. Las Palmas with Charlie Morrison. LEEDO was adopted eight years ago on Larchmont, say Rich and Beth Correll, Rimpau Blvd.
TUCKER enjoys the good life on N. St. Andrews Pl. with Lori Elmelund.
EGGY, a French bulldog, is the chief “barketing” officer at The Hatchery, says Talia Bolnick, Hancock Park.
Tips to help keep four-footed Fido and Fluffy cool this summer
As the temperature on the thermometer rises, it will be harder to stay cool, especially for the furry four-footed family members who don’t have opposable thumbs and can’t reach the thermostat. Here are some tips from Stray Cat Alliance and Pets Web MD to help keep your dog and cat cool this summer. Leave the air conditioner or fans on and close the drapes to keep the cool air in and hot air out. Have one fan aimed at the spot where your dog or cat likes to hang out most of the day. Don’t aim the fan directly on the spot, but aim it enough so your pet gets a breeze. Provide lots of water and put some ice in the water bowl. Use a ceramic water bowl as it holds the cool temperature better. Make up icy treats. For dogs, make ice cubes with treats inside and leave a couple in their dish. For cats, place water in a small bowl and add a plastic ball or toy and then partially freeze. Set out for your cat to play with as it thaws throughout the day. Freeze a water bottle, wrap it in a towel, and place it under pet bedding, but make
sure your pets can get away from it if it gets too cold. Provide cool, shady places to hang out, such as access to tile floors, the bathtub, or under the bed. Take your dog out for her walk during the cooler parts of the day, in the morning or evening. Check the pavement with your hand before you head out. If it’s too hot for your hand, it’s too hot for her paws. If possible, walk on the grass and stay off the asphalt. Or try booties. Keep your dogs and cats well groomed, combing out excess hair to allow airflow in their coats. Watch for signs of overheating such as heavy panting and drooling in dogs and over grooming in cats. Save the date Help the Stray Cat Alliance celebrate 18 years rescuing cats at the Stray Cat Club gala at the Montage, 225 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, Sat., Oct. 13. For more information or to donate silent auction items, email events@straycatalliance.org. For more information, visit pets.webmd.com or straycatalliance.org.
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FLITTLE, JAMMER and SCOUT keep the Woolvertons busy on S. Lucerne Blvd.
BUSTER & BELLA enjoy life at Manhattan Place with Art and Mary Fruchte.
DOLLY in Fremont Place with Julia Dalton.
KOBE, a fluffy corgi, is loved by the Guerra famiy, Fourth Ave.
FRANKIE hails from Rossmore Ave., where he shares his pad with Aya Tanimuru.
CODY’S seventh birthday was out of this world, Adrian Alex, N. Gower St., told us.
MITZI, a schnauzer, lives with Brian and Stephanie Morehouse on S. Bronson Ave.
OZZY loves the Chronicle, says Jennifer Dorn of Lucerne Blvd.
BRUNO, here at eight weeks old, resides on S. Norton with Olivia Goodman.
CRICKET, aka “The Black Beast of Larchmont,” and Alice Fox live on N. Larchmont.
HARRISON FORD at home with Mary Pickhardt and Mimi Newman in Windsor Square.
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Both dogs and cats can lose mobility as they age, as well as face challenges like losing their eyesight or control of their bowels. There are several options for pet owners who want to help their four-footed family members have a better quality of life. Aging dogs might have an easier time getting into and out of the car if they use a ramp, said Sandy Driscoll from Academy for Dog Obedience in Hollywood Hills. She suggests placing a favorite dog treat every foot or so going up the ramp, and then walk right beside the dog as he attempts the ramp to give him support. At home, consider having pet steps to favorite “snooze” zones, such as the couch or bed. Dogs with back problems and cats with arthritis will greatly appreciate it. Raising food and water bowls also makes it easier for older pets to eat. Make sure their diets are easy on their systems. Your aging cat’s litter box should be easy to get to, and not up a long flight of stairs,
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Two new Beverly Grove restaurants that are worth consideration Bar, a mini-chain with branches in Miami, Las Vegas and Singapore, has farmhouse style with contemporary panache. Buzzy, with a casual vibe, Yardbird offers southern-inflected treats such as $14 peel-andeat barbeque shrimp, and $38 sweet tea braised short rib with grits and pickles, but the centerpiece of every table is Lewellyn’s fine fried chicken. One can order the $36 fourpiece with cheddar waffle and spiced watermelon or the $62 whole chicken with the same sides. Well-brined with a flavorful, crispy crust that clings
perfectly, the chicken pieces are moist and delicious, especially the dark meat. We rounded out our chicken dinner with the $12 fried green tomato BLT, which topped tomatoes with pork belly, pimento cheese and tomato jam, and an iceberg wedge which sported bacon, charred corn, tomatoes, and avocado over the ranch-drizzled lettuce. St. Louis-style pork ribs arrived stacked in an amusing Jenga-esque tower configuration. Slathered with a sweet, tomato-based barbeque sauce, the $32 ribs were meltingly tender, providing a meaty counterpoint to the chicken’s crunch. Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, 8500 Beverly Blvd, Suite 112, 323-250-8034. • • • A stone’s throw from the Beverly Center, the #10 jerseywearing FIFA World Cup-winning Italian soccer star Alessandro Del Piero opened his aptly named No. 10 Restaurant. Located on the groundlevel of a modern commercial building along Third Street’s dining row, the elegant leather-and-marble indoor-outdoor space with a separate private wine room blends the Italian and American food sensibilities of its partnered chefs: Fabio Ugoletti, who hails from foodie haven Parma, Italy; and Idaho-born Nick Park, who champions farm-to-table produce. The 4,100-square-foot eatery showcases imported char-
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Tony-winning ‘The Humans’ joins age-old Greek tragedy Theater Review by
Patricia Foster Rye whose struggles will resonate with many of us. The play is a comedy with an abundance of laughs and a chilling conclusion. Brilliantly directed by Joe Mantello. This is must-see theater at its finest. Through July 29. Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., 213- 972-4400. 4 Stars • • • “Lysistrata” by the Greek playwright Aristophanes was written in 411 B.C. You remember, it was the one about the wives of ancient Greece withholding sexual favors from their husbands until the warrior husbands stop fighting and end the Peloponnesian war. It was a comedy. In Lysistrata Unbound, playwright Eduardo Machado has viewed this ancient tale from a new and more serious perspective. Lysistrata, an Athenian matron (a strikingly noble Brenda Strong) is overwhelmed by grief after losing her father, brother and husband in the wars. When the body of her dead son Kinessias (Aaron Hendry) is delivered to her, she refuses to bury him. Mr. Machado and director John Farmanesh-Bocca say this dramatic through-
line was inspired by American anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed during the Iraq war and who brought her antiwar protest to Pres. George W. Bush’s Texas ranch. Lysistrata, overcoming her grief, is finally convinced to let her hero son be buried. Her duty now is to see that what happened to her doesn’t happen to any other mother. Although living in an oppressive society, she rallies the women of Athens to withhold their love and stop wars. The setting for the play remains in ancient Greece, and the production brings many of the dramatic aspects of a play of antiquity. The dialogue retains the ancient Greek cadence but is definitely in a modern idiom. The excellent cast includes male and female Greek choruses who support the action. Mr. FarmaneshBocca is also credited with the dramatically effective choreography. Some comedic aspects remain. Through Sat., Aug. 4, Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., 310-477-2055, ext. 2. 4 Stars • • • Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morrisseau is the final play in her The Detroit Project
trilogy. The action takes place in the aging break room of a stamping plant (an effective, detailed, authentic scenic design by Rachel Myers) in Detroit, Mich. A stamping plant manufactures automotive stampings and sub-assemblies. The play follows four co-workers. Shanita (Kelly McCreary)’s several months pregnant. Faye (a feisty and funny Caroline Stefanie Clay), after working 29 years, is one year away from a pensioned retirement. Dez (Amari Cheatom) is keeping more than his backpack in his locker. Supervisor Reggie (DB Woodside) has recently made a tremulous leap to management. The plant’s future is in jeopardy, which forces these four bluecollar workers to face what the future could hold for them. All of the plant’s employees will face a loss if the plant closes. Relationships form, and crises are resolved to a somewhat pat ending. Director Patricia McGregor has paced the play to make the most of the dramatic and comedic moments, and this is a talented cast at the top of their game. Through Sun., July 8, Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., 310-208-5454. geffenplayhouse.org. 4 Stars
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For these students, summer is not just about vacationing The following article was written in the spring. By Molly Litvak With the end of the school year approaching, there is one thing that students are anticipating … summer. However, the bliss of a two-to-three month break from school
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(Continued from page 16) tomers approximately 23 flavors of ice cream and Italian ices. Owners Lisa Wood and Greg Gabel wanted to create a healthy dessert alternative for sweet-tooth customers, so they make their ice creams on-site with organic dairy and sugar and real ingredients, and they offer non-dairy options. Local Ice is scooping Watermelon Ice all summer, along with Red, White and Blue Cheesecake ice cream for Independence Day and Peaches and Cream ice cream all July. “Our goal at Local Ice is to make the best ice cream in Los Angeles and to have the most hospitable and friendly service,” Wood said. 6333 W. Third St., #416. Salt and Straw is a Portland-based ice cream shop that opened a Los Angeles location on Larchmont in September 2014. The shop serves 12 classic flavors, including fanfavorite Sea Salt with Caramel Ribbons. The shop also serves unconventional pairings of flavors, such as Black Olive Brittle & Goat Cheese. Each flavor is handmade in small batches, so the ice cream tastes slightly different every time. Salt and Straw featured a fiveflavor Guest Chef Collaboration Series in June, where chefs created ice creams based on their own restaurant-inspired flavors, such as Jeweled Brown Butter Rice Gelato from Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson at Kismet Restaurant in Los Angeles. In July, the shop’s limited edition flavors, such as Birthday Cake & Blackberries, are featured in their Berries, Berries, Berries Series.
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Spectacular feat in ‘Adrift,’ dinosaurs return in action packed sequel
Adrift (9/10): Told with flashbacks is the remarkable story of Tammy Oldham Ashcraft (Shailene Woodley, in a bravura performance) in accomplishing a feat rivaling what Capt. Bligh did after being thrown off the H.M.S. Bounty, travelling thousands of miles to safety in a severely disabled sailboat. But she was a woman and a relatively inexperienced sailor, while Bligh was the captain of the ship. Highlighted by spectacular special effects and beautiful cinematography, this is a highly entertaining film that is tense throughout. Watch for the twist at the end; many viewers have missed it. Leave No Trace (9/10): Director Debra Granik’s last film was the surprise stunner “Winter’s Bone” (2010) that introduced the world to Jennifer Lawrence as a backwoods girl. This time she introduces us to Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie in her debut, and McKenzie gives a performance that is the equal of the aforementioned Ms. Lawrence. Based on a true story of a man and his daughter who had been living in a nature preserve outside of Portland, Oregon, for four years, McKenzie and Ben Foster capture the love between father and daughter, the trust that she puts in him, and the strains that can be created as the daughter grows and matures. “Winter’s Bone” was a surprise stunner. So is this. Granik needs to make more than one film every eight years. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (9/10): Four years after the last film ended with the dinosaur theme park closed down, an erupting volcano threatens all the surviving dinosaurs, so Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard return to try to save them. Naturally there is a caitiff (a deliciously evil Rafe Spall) who wants to sell all of them to make millions of dollars, including a man-made one, the Indoraptor, called the most dead-
GO-GOs at Bowl on Fourth of July
Celebrate the Fourth of July at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., as the Go-Gos come out of semi-retirement to perform “We Got the Beat” and “Our Lips Are Sealed.” Patriotic music by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West follow. Performances are Mon., July 2 to Wed., July 5 at 7:30 p.m. Continue the celebration Thurs., July 6 as “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” plays in high definition to the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s accompaniment. Visit hollywoodbowl.com.
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Tony Medley ly creature to ever walk the planet. This is yet another action-packed sequel in the series with exquisite special effects, wonderful shots of an erupting volcano, which if seen in high definition large screen IMAX are captivating, and filled with various types of dinosaurs that couldn’t possibly look more lifelike. I have liked every one of these, and this is no exception. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (9/10): In a sequel much better than the first, which had a lot of problems with cohesion and comprehension, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro return to fight the drug wars. Fortunately, they have a new director, Stefano Sollima, who has created a film that makes sense, and is brimming with tension and action. Del Toro and young Isabela Moner, who plays the 12-year-old daughter of one the cartel’s bosses, give outstanding performances. Under the Tree (8/10): A dispute between two families about a tree becomes a morality tale of revenge with the point that it is often better to turn the other cheek and let things roll off your back, to mix aphorisms. One irrational act is put upon another, each escalating things from the last. Brilliantly directed by Sigrídur Sigurpálsdóttir
Scheving from a script by him and Huldar Breiðfjörð, this has terrific pace highlighted by fine acting. In Icelandic. TAG (3/10): While this is based on a true story, inspired by a 2013 “Wall Street Journal” article entitled “It Takes Planning, Caution to Avoid Being ‘It’” by Russell Adams, and trumpeted on a “CBS Sunday Morning” show, director Jeff Tomsic and writers Rob McKittrick and Mark Steilen have taken a heart-warming story of friendship and camaraderie that continued for years,
and perverted it with overthe-top segments that rob it of much of its charm. Contrary to its genesis, it’s a movie of starkly common taste that has both women stars spouting one F-bomb after another continuing a Hollywood trend picturing women as just “one of the guys.” Similar agitprop is evident in that one of the members of the real group is a Catholic priest. That character was excised, and the only reason had to be because Tomsic and the writers did not want a Catholic priest as an appealing
figure in the group, despite the fact that it could present a lot of comedic possibilities. Boundaries (1/10): This road movie is 100% populated by existentialist characters who flaunt traditional morality, tendentiously trying to disseminate its secular mores. The only thing positive about the movie is the cinematography. All the characters, even Christopher Plummer who tries his hardest with abysmally weak material, are tiresome and hackneyed; who cares?
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lot tradesmen and women as they practice their crafts. For the adventurous, there is an evening tour that lasts about two to three hours and goes through Hollywood Forever Cemetery (adjacent to Paramount Studios). Called “After Dark — Tales from the Other Side,” this tour explores some of the spooky and scandalous stories of Hollywood’s past. How it works Advanced reservations are preferred for the regular tour, but the studio also accepts walk-ins. There are several morning and afternoon slots available. However, the VIP and After Dark tours require reservations. Children under 10 years old are discouraged on the regular and VIP tours (they would probably get bored). Children need to be at least 16 years old to go on the After Dark tour. Tickets are $58, $78 for the After Dark tour and $178 for the VIP tour. Visit paramountstudiotour.com.
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to stay with friends or family members, or move everything into storage and check into a residential hotel, is the emergency shelter. The Midnight Mission is one example. Short-term or temporary housing, not to be confused with vacation rentals or Airbnb rentals, is for 90 days or less. Ideally, temporary housing provides enough stability for someone to be able to find permanent housing, says Sister Judy Vaughan, founder of Alexandria House. Proposed temporary housing on Seventh Street and Vermont
Avenue and in downtown Los Angeles, and the vouchers provided to homeless people to stay in hotels in Orange County, are examples. Transitional housing, as provided by Alexandria House, fills the gap between temporary and permanent housing. The home provides transitional housing to women and children for up to 24 months, though Vaughan is quick to point out that, on average, people stay with them for 18 months before finding permanent housing. With that transitional housing come the supportive services. Trauma-informed care Once someone is home-
less, even if the person wasn’t abused, chances are that a woman will be raped or have to trade sex for safety for herself and her children, says Michele Richards, development director. Many of the women and children helped by Alexandria House are fleeing domestic violence or abusive situations. But there are other issues, such as addiction and mental health, which can lead to homelessness. Many who do not have an addiction at first may turn to drugs or alcohol as a coping mechanism. And mental health issues are exacerbated by the loss of stability. For this reason, when some-
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one is trying to come out of homelessness, say Vaughan and Richards, the needs of the whole person should be taken into account. Trauma-informed care — providing stability and a place to heal, as well as caring for the physical needs of food, shelter and clothing — is the mission of Alexandria House. Imagine LA helps those who are homeless, or are at risk of becoming homeless. They provide family or individual mentorships to help people keep or find housing, as well as other support. Other organizations, such as People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) provide “wraparound services.” Whether called “traumainformed care,” “mentorship,” or “wraparound services,” these might include counseling, 12-step programs and creative therapy sessions. There might be help with putting together a resume and finding employment, as well as fiscal education, such as setting up a savings account and getting the individual into the habit of budgeting. Applying for MediCal and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and finding childcare are other support services these organizations provide. Being homed Permanent supportive housing is the next step. It is affordable housing accompanied by services that help people maintain their housing and gain access to community resources. Alexandria House has 12 apartments that are permanent supportive housing in addition to the transitional housing they provide. Richards and Vaughan said that they are working on gaining more permanent supportive housing apartments. For the most part, however,
there is simply not enough affordable housing. And walking the labyrinth of websites, phone calls and paperwork is bewildering enough when one has a phone and a computer with internet access. For someone who has few or none of these things, and is distracted or not thinking clearly because of other issues she is dealing with, it’s almost impossible to navigate, but absolutely necessary if she is to find a home. Hope for the future Richards said that one of the projects Alexandria House hopes to launch soon is finding people with extra rooms in their homes who are willing to rent to the home’s alumni at below market rate. It’s difficult to convince people to rent a room for $400 when they know they can easily get $800 or $1,000 for it. Doing so, however, would go toward decreasing homelessness and increasing overall stability in the community. Sister Judy Vaughan has said in the past, “To know God is to do justice.” Alexandria House does its best to help homeless women and children have a just chance at obtaining permanent housing. Learn more at alexandriahouse.org.
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and “East Egg” respectively (Hatchery — Egg — get it?). An outside terrace with tables, chairs and sun umbrellas connects the two buildings. The East Egg now houses the lounge, where many of the writers go for free coffee and tea, or to buy snacks (using the dollar honor jar) stowed in the communal kitchen. Writers often bounce ideas off each other in the lounge while relaxing between bouts of writing. It has become the place where writers visit and develop relationships, says Bolnick. There also are dedicated, enclosed, quiet spaces for writing — more than there were before — including the Deadline Room and the Library, both in the East Egg. The Deadline Room has carrel desks in rows and an assortment of research and writing books on the shelves. The room is dark, except for carrel desk lamps. It seems like a room that would “cocoon” writers as they worked on their projects. The Library, while similarly arranged, has more light, but is as quiet as its namesake. And while the main area of the West Egg, which used to be a communal area for idea exchange, has not officially been deemed a quiet zone (and also has one of the communal kitchens in the back), Bolnick said it has seemed to organically, or naturally, become one of the quiet zones in the co-working space. And again, there are resource materials available on the different aspects of writing, as well as a printer available for special projects. Because of the expansion’s possible impact on the neighborhood, there were some changes to the format. Where The Hatchery used to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for example, it is now open to members 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. Business hours are Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays by appointment only. While Bolnick and Phillips
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are still co-founders, and Bolnick still manages the space, she is now helped by Clarissa DelaTorre-Colín, director of operations (“She does everything I don’t get around to,” said Bolnick). Bolnick’s fiancé, Luis Quintanilla, is the business manager. He also takes care of their tech issues. And then, of course, there is the most important member of the team, Chief Barketing Officer Eggy the Pup, a French bulldog who keeps everyone in line. In 2015, Bolnick noted that The Hatchery had been a “crash course in business entrepreneurship.” Before the expansion, there were so many writers who wanted to take advantage of the space that there was a waiting list. Where her mother, the business woman, would have admitted more writers in the space, Bolnick, the writer, felt it was important to keep a certain balance of space. They were able to reach a compromise with the expansion. What is the same? In her book “Writing Down the Bones” (1986), Natalie Goldberg notes how a focused writer at work has similar physiological responses as an athlete: heart rates increase, the body relaxes, and all but the work falls away. As I looked around the rooms on my brief tour of The Hatchery, I observed the intense focus of the writers, mirroring Goldberg’s assertion. Joselyn Takacs, one of the writers at The Hatchery, said that, for her, a Hatchery membership was similar to a gym membership — it motivated her (and many other writers)
to more clearly direct her writing efforts. Bolnick pointed out that for some members, it seems to make them more serious about writing — and the space gives writers a safe, clean, orderly space for that purpose. Membership ranges from $35 for a day pass to $350 per month for full time membership. There are discounts for committing to a six-month or year contract. Free trial days are offered for those considering membership. For more information, visit thehatcherypress.com.
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Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society at Gilmore Adobe By John Welborne The Historic Gilmore Adobe was the star of the annual Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society (WSHPHS) annual meeting last month. The gathering marked the local society’s 41st year. A rare guided tour of the historic Farmers Market-adjacent site included the house, grounds, orchard and even chickens. Adrian Scott Fine, director of advocacy for the Los Angeles Conservancy, was guest speaker. He talked about “Saving CBS” — an appropriate subject because that historic mid-century modern television production complex is just north of the garden wall where he was speaking. WSHPHS officers installed
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for the coming year included Richard Battaglia as president and officers Damona Hoffman, Myrna Robin Gintel, Carol Wertheim and Fluff McLean. This year’s winner of the socety’s 2018 Hsitoric Landmark Award for Respectful Renovation was Hollywood El Centro, an affordable housing project that includes restored 1920s bungalows on DeLongpre Ave. Councilman David Ryu told the attendees that he not only
CHECKING-IN the annual meeting attendees were Fluff McLean, Yvonne Cazier, Connie Richey, Damona Hoffman and Marlene Zweig.
JUST BEYOND the Gilmore Adobe garden is the also-historic CBS Television City.
MOTION to waive the reading of last year’s minutes is accepted by Board Secretary Carol Wertheim.
enjoys WSHPHS events, but also is proud to be a member. He also stated his appreciation for Henry Hilty and the A.F. Gilmore Company for being generous and supportive community members. Historic Gilmore Adobe The historic Gilmore Adobe, winner of the society’s 1978 Landmark Award, is located be-
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COUNCILMAN David Ryu praised the society’s work over the past year.
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By Suzan Filipek Two houses under construction at 300 and 339 S. Citrus Ave. are not what La Brea Hancock residents had in mind when envisioning the outcome of a new antiMcMansion law passed in March 2017. One house whose construction got underway last month, at 300 S. Citrus, is really big — between 3,000 and 4,000 square feet — not including the square footage of the front garage on Citrus Ave. So what happened? A few things, according to area resident watchdogs. The developer/owner’s plans for that two-story, corner house were approved just
before more restrictive new “variation zone” ordinances and an amended Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (BMO) went into effect in March 2017. “Board members looked into this in late March and learned the permit was approved eight days prior to our new zone change,” according to Tammy Rosato, president of the La Brea Hancock Homeowners Association. “Looks like it will be a big house with an attached front garage which is what we really don’t like to see,” said another resident, who asked to be anonymous. Some residents think the 300 S. Citrus Ave. owner
NEW FRONT GARAGE at the under-construction La Brea Hancock house at 339 S. Citrus Ave.
300 S. CITRUS AVENUE has a two-story house under construction in La Brea Hancock, but the building does not have to comply with the area’s adopted zoning that requires rear garages.
“pulled a fast one,” but, “that’s not the case,” the anonymous source added. Alarmed, area residents began to investigate when demolition began of a 1,769-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bath home on the site, built in 1924. What they learned was that the owner applied for a permit March 9, 2017, days before the BMO was approved citywide, as well as the stricter La Brea Hancock Variation Zone with Rear Garage (R1R3-RG). It was a similar situation for the further-along house at 339 S. Citrus. The owner there applied for a permit March 3, 2017. Koretz district Pending the passage of the more restrictive ordinances,
local areas were protected by Interim Control Ordinances (ICO). However, both sides of the 300 block of South Citrus Avenue were in the ICO known as “Lower Council District 5,” which had a less restrictive ICO than the rest of La Brea Hancock (in CD4). The two sides of Citrus, along with the west side of Highland Avenue, all between Third and Fourth streets, were removed from CD4 and added to CD5 during the 2012 redistricting at the request of Councilman Paul Koretz. And, therefore, the Councilman had these two sides of Citrus, in this one block, included in his less-strict ICO, the Lower CD5 ICO. “We didn’t even know about it,” said the anonymous
source. Thus, “the permit was approved within the Lower CD5 ICO, not under the R1R3-RG (Please turn to page 11)
FORMER ICO for La Brea Hancock shows the one block of Citrus Ave. that was not included.
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Local chef is motivated by his search for best possible produce
By Billy Taylor It’s summer in Los Angeles, which means that gardens, grocers and farmers’ markets are teeming with juicy, plump produce. And at least one local chef credits his restaurant’s success, in part, on his ability to bring that California farmfresh produce to your plate. Chef Kevin Meehan, who opened Kali restaurant on Melrose Avenue in 2016, says it’s the hunt for “the best” ingredients that keeps him motivated week to week. “In this day and age, we have availability of almost anything in the world, at any given time. I can buy Spanish mackerel and get it shipped in Styrofoam boxes,” says chef Meehan on a recent afternoon at his restaurant. “But I prefer the back-tobasics method, of sorts: I use what’s around me.” Meehan is describing his approach to sourcing local, farm-fresh produce — a process that, he explains, takes time and, in some cases, requires a relationship with the farmer. “It’s how I get the good stuff,” he says. Taking matters into his own hands earlier this year, Meehan converted the front lawn of a Lucerne Boulevard property — with the homeowner’s permission, of course — into a garden, outfitted with nine 12-foot by 3-foot raised garden beds. “I use that space as an ornamental garden,” he says. “We grow fresh herbs and specialty plants right there.” In June, the beds were bursting with kale, mustard frills, parsley, rosemary and sage, to name a few. For larger produce, Meehan says he leaves it to the professionals: “I can do some things better than the tomato guy, but growing a tomato isn’t one of them.” That means you can find the Culver City resident scouring local farmers’ markets several days a week: “I go to the Santa Monica farmers’ market on Wednesdays, and the Hollywood farmers’ market on Saturdays and Sundays.” Of course, farmers’ markets are open to the public too, which means Meehan needs a strategy to get the ripest avocados and freshest fish; for him, that means nurturing a long-term relationship directly with the vendors. “Relationships are important. It’s become indirectly one of my biggest strengths at the restaurant because, through these relationships, I get the crème de la crème.” Grabbing his phone, Meehan scrolls through emails to show a recent exchange with his “sea urchin lady”: She tells him about her day’s catch in Santa Barbara, and he tells
KALI chef Kevin Meehan says Southern California offers some of the best produce in the world.
GARDEN BOXES decorate a front lawn with herbs that will one day be used at Kali.
her how many he will take. They stay in contact regularly, he says. “I like to think that my relationships with these farmers have come to a point where I am getting the best of the market at any given week. And I bring that back to the restaurant,” says Meehan.
they would do: nothing processed, and everything is local and fresh. And it worked for those guys.” Southern California has the best farmers’ markets in America, according to Meehan, who says that it’s his job to showcase that on your plate. “I get compliments that
The result is that 90 percent of Kali’s menu is wild, local, sustainable and organic. “But we don’t make a big deal about it — we’re not Urth Café.” In fact, it’s not a new concept for Meehan, who says it’s just the best way to do it: “If this was 200 years ago in a small town in Italy, it’s what
‘these peas are the best peas I’ve ever had,’ and all that I can say is: ‘I know.’” This summer, Kali’s most farm-fresh ingredients will be displayed on a new menu item: A tomato and berry salad, served with burrata cheese and toasted almonds. Visit kalirestaurant.com.
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See you at the movies all summer long at outdoor, historic settings
Movies are in our DNA. Los Angeles would not be what it is today physically, economically or philosophically had it not been for the advent of motion pictures and the people who made them who put down roots here over a century ago. Many of the physical plants associated with the industry have been identified as historic resources. One, the Charlie Chaplin Studios (now the Jim Henson Company Lot) is HCM #58 and is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Just as the Los Angeles Conservancy wraps up another year of its very successful “Last Remaining Seats,” showcasing classic films in historic theaters, a new crop of venues aims to enhance the tradition through new technology, resulting in a “movies-without-walls” experience. Movies have been shown outdoors for awhile now, but this year’s offerings bring attention to a variety of historic sites in our area in a new way. In the garden: Historic Des-
canso Gardens plans a showing of Disney’s “Coco” on Family Movie Night Fri., Aug. 3 for members at the Family Plus level and higher.
McAvoy on Preservation by
Christy McAvoy At the ranch: The Paramount Ranch will be the site of the Silent Society’s screening of “Show People,” starring Marion Davies and William Haines, Sun., July 15 at 8 p.m. “Flesh and the Devil,” starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, will be screened Sun., August 19 at 7:30 p.m. At the cemetery: The historic Hollywood Cemetery, where luminaries of the industry are interred, is now known as Hollywood Forever. Cinespia has partnered with the location since 2002, and this
JOHNNY RAMONE’S headstone at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
year offers “Thelma & Louise” Tues., July 3 and “Footloose” Wed., July 4, both screenings beginning at 9 p.m. In addition to showcasing the best of cinema, Cinespia cemetery screenings feature pre-show DJs, themed photo booths, a picnic at a gorgeous Hollywood landmark, and even occasional visits by stars, directors and filmmakers. On the roof: Columbia Square hosts Rooftop Cinema Club in an outdoor space at Neuehouse. “We are hugely excited to be teaming up with this incredible venue. As the former CBS studios, this building formed a part of Hollywood history, and we are excited to create more history at our new home in the future,” Rooftop Cinema Club said on its move to this new venue. Visit timeout.com for a list of dates and movies being screened. At Pasadena’s finest Craftsman: Meet the scholars in residence at the Gamble House before the screening of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” Marilyn Monroe meets Greene and Greene. Who could ask for more? One more way to enjoy a summer evening: Pasadena Heritage’s Bridge Party. Set in a historic venue Sat., July 14 from 6 to 11:30 p.m. If you have never attended this amazing event on the Colorado Street Bridge, this should be the year. You can stroll its entire length without dodging cars, have dinner, dance, and admire the views and architecture of the Arroyo. See you at the movies this summer.
WATCH MOVIES under the stars at Hollywood Cemetery.
Photo: Kelly Lee Barrett/Cinespia
ENJOY a summer evening on the Colorado Street Bridge.
‘Saving Los Angeles Architecture’ talk Hear about “Saving Los Angeles’ Architectural Heritage,” a panel discussion at Barnsdall Theatre, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Thurs., June 28. Arrive at 3 p.m. for a tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic Hollyhock House, next door to the theater. A reception with wine and hors d’oeuvre is at 4 p.m. The panel discussion begins at 5 p.m. Panelists include Bret Parsons, associate manager at Pacific Union International Han-
cock Park office and also author of “Colcord Home,” among other architectural books. Other panelists are Ron Woodson and Jaime Rummerfield, founding partners of Save Iconic Architecture. Eleanor Schrader, architectural historian, also will be on the panel. This is the first of a master class series by the American Society of Interior Designers. Tickets are $40. For more information, visit cala.asid.org.
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The J.B. Leonis Leonis Estate Estate Circa 1928 1928
9,000 SQFT SET ON A DOUBLE LOT JUST UNDER 1 ACRE
647 S Hudson Hudson Ave | Hancock Park Park A first time offering of this extraordinary Estate since it’s completion in 1928. Built for J.B. Leonis the founder of the City of Vernon. Set on a double lot of 40,600 square feet, Architect Richard D. King created this spectacular Mediterranean Revival with Palladian and Italian influenced designs and ornament. Features include a large scale elegant living room, classic entry with loggias with sweeping staircase, library with fireplace, gorgeous formal dining room, loggia’s with groin groin vault vault ceilings, ceilings, 55 family family bedrooms bedrooms plus staff and separate staff cottage. Expansive grounds, lawns, specimen trees, pool, pool house, 3-car tiled garage and much more. prohibition-era large walk-in walk-in liquor liquor vault vault. A full basement level includes a recreation area, media room/gym options and a secret prohibition era large
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TWO-BEDROOM corner terrace floor plan.
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WRAP-AROUND terraces and views are among features offered.
Photo by Jim Bartsch
California modern meets classic Hollywood at Argyle House By Suzan Filipek Argyle House, a mid-century modern-inspired luxury apartment building, recently opened at 1755 Argyle Ave. The 18-story California modern-meets-classic-Hollywood building features 114 apartments next door to the historic Capitol Records building and boasts panoramic views including the Holly-
wood Sign and Pacific Ocean. The Related California development features one-, twoand three-bedroom units with private balconies and floor-toceiling double-paned windows. Open gourmet kitchens feature Caesarstone countertops, marble-tiled backsplashes and white oak cabinetry. Amenities include 24-hour attended lobby, an outdoor
pool and spa, fitness center, an entertainment lounge, library and dog run. “Some apartments have a wrap-around terrace. This was a crucial design feature, as it represents the ultimate indooroutdoor lifestyle that’s quintessential to living in Los Angeles. The offset balconies create a visually striking sight, especially when you look up from
the ground. The property really wows in person, and all the design details truly add that extra touch of luxury,” said Gabby Batto, Argyle spokesperson. The design by Large Architecture, with Marmol Radziner interiors, includes wide-plank oak flooring inside and a fifthfloor park-like terrace. Units include washers and dryers and Hello Alfred technol-
ogy, offering app-based grocery ordering to laundry pickup. The site is close to the 101 Freeway and Metro’s Red Line. The Pantages and Dolby theaters and a host of restaurants and cafés are within blocks. Related California is the New York-based company’s West Coast affiliate. Studios start at $3,295. Visit argylehousela.com.
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ORIGINAL Musicians Union building is center front left; new building is behind to the right and parking is rear. Photo at right shows Vine St. entryway.
Developer taps new life into vintage Musicians Union building By Suzan Filipek Lincoln Property Company is rehabilitating the historic Musicians Union building. The property will be reinvented with a two-building, creative office campus featuring a private exterior landscaped courtyard and an above-ground parking garage. The project is expected to be completed in 2019. “It’s a very positive adaptive reuse of a building that is significant to Hollywood history and the music industry,” said Ken Bernstein, principal city planner, Office of Historic Resources.
The original union building’s 36,000 square feet of office space will join another new 60,000- square-foot building at 817 and 827 Vine St. and the three-level, 171-space parking structure. The national real estate developer, also called LPC West, will be adding the new office space on what had been the surface parking lot. The property will include a lobby and main entrance off Vine, and an existing pedestrian entrance off Waring Avenue will be closed. Originally constructed for The Musicians Union of Hol-
lywood, the building was approved as a city HistoricCultural Monument (#1158) by the Los Angeles City Council March 23.
“It’s a very positive adaptive reuse of a building that is significant to Hollywood history and the music industry.” Built in the 1950s, the twostory building was designed by architect Gordon B. Kaufmann. The boxy concrete, steel and glass building is considered an excellent and rare example of
Corporate International-style architecture, according to the City Planning Dept.’s report. According to the Los Angeles Conservancy’s e-newsletter, for nearly seven decades the property served as the headquarters of the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 trade union, which played an integral role in the music industry and organized labor. From its beginning, Local 47 fought for the rights of artists as well as those fighting oppressive conditions and laws, particularly during the 1940s and 1960s. The building was the headquarters of the
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first local musician’s union in the United States to desegregate: the desegregation of Local 47 in 1953, occurring prior to the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It was a pioneering event in the Civil Rights Movement and for the entertainment industry. The property is also associated with many notable musical personalities who played on hundreds of hit records. The former owner’s A-list union members included The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley.
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Direction: North of Beverly Blvd., East of Highland Ave., one block East of June St. Incredible panoramic golf course views, this beautiful Traditional style home is located on a quiet tree lined cul de sac overlooking the 15th hole, mid fairway of the Wilshire Country Club. With a sophisticated and open floor plan, this property features hardwood floors, gourmet chef’s kitchen w/dual oven and dishwashers, granite counters, grand floating fireplace which opens to both living and family rooms & downstairs master suite with his and hers. Walls & doors of glass provide a seamless indoor/outdoor flow to the spacious back yard showcasing a striking pool/spa, Japanese garden, rose garden, and greenhouse. Creating an ideal space for entertaining or family gatherings. The custom 1,000+ bottle temperature controlled wine room and gated courtyard entrance serve as even more of the home’s unique features. Capture a remarkable opportunity to own this extensively remodeled and impeccably maintained home located close to many of LA’s best restaurants & schools. 5,125 SF. 15,611 LOT 4 bedroom and 5 baths. Not on the M.L.S. Call for more information and showing with 24 hr notice.
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Italian Museum to Garden Party in Fremont Place to mark Sicily’s 75th raise funds for urban green space To mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Sicily, the Italian American Museum will exhibit the work of Phil Stern on Sun., July 8 at 3:30 p.m. at the museum, 644 N. Main St. Before Stern was Frank Sinatra’s personal photogapher, he was a World War II combat photographer and covered the liberation of Sicily. The event includes a film screening and presentation by Liesl Bradner, author of “Snapdragon: The World War II Exploits of Darby’s Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern.”
The Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust (LANLT) will host a Garden Party on Thurs., Aug. 9 from 6 to 9 p.m., at a private residence in Fremont Place. Honorees include Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and Alina Bodke, deputy director of the Los Angeles County Dept. of Parks and Recreation and formerly LANLT executive director. Founded in 2002, LANLT focuses on communities of color that have little to no access to green space. It has
added nearly 13 acres of accessible space by helping to create 27 parks and community gardens. By 2019, LANLT will complete four additional parks and gardens, adding nearly 15 additional acres of green space to Los Angeles County. Proceeds will help fund current and future projects. Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available at lanlt. org. For information, contact Julie Stromberg, LANLT Garden Party Committee member, at stromberg.julie@ yahoo.com or 323-348-8709.
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SOLD: This home at 149 N. McCadden Pl. was sold in May for $5,836,000.
Single-family homes 5170 W. 2nd St. 112 Fremont Pl. 149 N. McCadden Pl. 314 Rimpau Blvd. 244 N. Rossmore Ave. 315 N. McCadden Pl. 865 S. Tremaine Ave. 140 S. Van Ness Ave. 800 S. Highland Ave. 216 S. Larchmont Blvd. 437 N. Highland Ave. 358 S. Sycamore Ave. 956 S. Longwood Ave. 107 S. Larchmont Blvd. 819 5th Ave. 301 N. Windsor Blvd. 429 N. Plymouth Blvd. 523 N. Norton Ave. 952 Westchester Pl. 320 N. Gower St. 238 N Wilton Pl. 956 4th Ave. 5116 Melrose Ave.
$6,700,000 6,000,000 5,836,000 5,450,000 4,300,000 3,450,000 3,172,570 2,920,000 2,485,000 2,275,000 2,175,000 2,065,000 1,980,000 1,750,000 1,720,000 1,550,000 1,380,000 1,320,000 1,255,000 1,215,000 1,160,000 945,000 925,000
Country Club Manor SOLD: A townhouse in this complex at 634 Wilcox Ave. was sold in May for $785,000.
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Bright French Normandy Penthouse 3 Bedrooms | 2 Baths
Amazing Views Listed At: $1,950,000
Coveted Penthouse residence in Hancock Park’s exquisite Country Club Manor by architect legend Leland Bryant. Jaw-dropping views of Downtown and the Hollywood Hills. Vaulted ceilings in the living room & master bedroom offer volume and an opulent feeling of space. The second bedroom offers a full bath and an additional powder room lends to the floor plan of a gracious home-in-the-sky feeling. Modern kitchen opens to a formal dining room with beamed ceiling. Possibly Los Angeles’ finest example of French Normandy architecture.
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531 N. Rossmore Ave., #105 350 S. Norton Ave., #H 412 S. Wilton Pl., #103 4444 Wilshire Blvd., #104 634 Wilcox Ave. 835 S. Lucerne Blvd., #202 837 Crenshaw Blvd., #203 5057 Maplewood Ave., #202 109 N. Sycamore Ave., #502 835 S. Lucerne Blvd., #104 956 S. Wilton Pl., #404 956 S. St. Andrews Pl., #104 620 S. Gramercy Pl., #319 525 N. Sycamore Ave., #319 533 S. St. Andrews Pl., #118
$855,000 840,000 822,000 790,000 785,000 765,000 749,900 725,000 685,000 680,000 635,000 560,000 550,000 490,000 420,000
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Rotarian of the Year: Wendy Clifford does it all and then some
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(Continued from page 3) zone we presently have, nor the La Brea Hancock ICO before that.” Front garages “The Lower CD5 ICO was unfortunately more permissive than La Brea Hancock’s was, allowing for a frontattached garage that does not count against square footage.” The new house at 300 S. Citrus, which is described in its building permit as a “major remodel (one wall to remain),” has its two-car garage right at the front yard. “I would hardly call this a remodel or addition — it is a teardown,” said another resi-
men hired to unload and stand trees, and move, display, sell and deliver product to customers,” Clifford said. Family members help out at the holiday fundraisers, including her three children, her in-laws, and her sister, who is cashier. (Clifford will
school supplies. The couple have hosted visitors participating in vocational and student exchanges from various parts of the globe to their Windsor Square home. “That’s what we really love about Rotary. You meet people from all over the world,” Clifford said.
WENDY CLIFFORD (left) receives award from Rotary District 5280 Governor Cozette Vergari in May.
fundraising for the club,” she recalled. She had been involved for years with various projects through her husband Scot, a longtime Rotarian. Scot, together with Gillham and fellow Wilshire Rotarian Pam Rudy, started the popular holiday fundraisers in 2007. Clifford’s responsibilities include obtaining permits, selecting the pumpkins and arranging for their shipment and sale, as well as ordering Christmas trees and supplies, coordinating volunteers and hiring office help. “My husband and I jointly supervise daily operations at the lot, which, during Christmas season, involves working with up to 25 women and dent who also asked to remain anonymous. The other house, across the street and down the block, at 339 S. Citrus, got its construction underway about a year ago pursuant to a permit issued on June 5, 2017. That permit is for an “addition and major structural remodel” — that probably will end up with more than 3500 square feet, including its new garage at the front yard facing Citrus Ave. As a consolation, the first anonymous homeowner said of the home being built at 339 S. Citrus, “This will be a big house but not as big as the true McMansions already in our tract.”
Bloodmobile parked at Sanctuary Last month, Larchmontians cruising through the neighborhood may have spotted a Red Cross Bloodmobile parked in front of Larchmont Sanctuary, 331 N. Larchmont Blvd. This was the fourth blood drive hosted by the day spa, says Scott Buss, co-owner. The Red Cross was able to collect 20 pints of blood at the event. The drive supports Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, among others. According to the Red Cross, someone needs blood every two seconds. Donations are
have her hands full in the year ahead. Her third grandchild, Robert “Isaac” Clifford, was born June 4.) Along with Scot, she also participated in Rotary District humanitarian trips to El Salvador and Costa Rica to deliver wheelchairs, eyeglasses and
We are a lot of things— Windsor Square homeowners, animal lovers, avid tennis fans, coffee bingers. Professionally, we are an energetic real estate team with 22 years of local experience. Exceptional service. Accessibility. Honesty. Knowledge.
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Rare Opportunity on the Golf Course!
543 Wilcox Avenue — $3,599,000 ......This is a rare opportunity to purchase a beautiful home on the golf course. Renovated/ restored in 2009 with great attention to detail while retaining all the character and charm found in the original 1924 home. Dramatic 2 story living room with fireplace and beautiful French doors out to the private yard. There is also a formal dining room, open kitchen with breakfast area, den or 4th bedroom, bathroom and laundry on the first floor. Upstairs you’ll
find a master suite plus two additional bedrooms and another full bathroom. Manicured gardens overlooking the fairways of Wilshire Country Club feature a patio off the living room with a fireplace & built-in BBQ, room to entertain and a resort-style pool. There is also an oversized two car garage with a viewing deck above to enjoy the sunsets and golf course vistas. This is a one-of-a-kind property rarely available in Hancock Park.
Representing Buyers and Sellers in the Hancock Park/ Windsor Square neighborhoods for the past 26 years “ANONYMOUS heroes waited for their turn to donate blood,” says Scott Buss, co-owner at Larchmont Sanctuary.
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By Suzan Filipek Wendy Clifford had been working behind the scenes for years, so when she joined Wilshire Rotary in 2010, taking over at the helm of its many projects was only natural. Among the many hats she wears is overseeing the holiday Pumpkin Patch and Tree Lot on Larchmont Boulevard. She was surprised when the fundraisers “broke all the records” at the end of last year. “They netted $66,000,” Clifford told us. “They are such a big thing in our community,” Clifford added of the annual events held at an empty lot on North Larchmont the past 11 years. “So many customers say, ‘We’re so glad you’re here. We love it!’” She was named District 5280 Rotarian of the Year in May. She was chosen from among 2,000 members countywide. “It was very nice,” she said of the honor. “Clifford exemplifies the heart and soul of Rotary, whether organizing the District picnic and annual Color Run to End Polio or planning the club’s 85th anniversary celebration,” said Elsa Gillham, past District governor. When Clifford joined Wilshire Rotary, “I was asked immediately to be chair of
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Brookside, Sycamore Square and Wilshire Park gardens in full view
By Suzan Filipek The Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council (GWNC) held its second Drought-Tolerant Garden Tour June 2, and after the success of the first tour, committee co-chairs Cathy Roberts and Julie Stromberg turned their sights to neighborhoods not featured in the 2016 tour: Brookside, Sycamore Square and Wilshire Park. “It was truly a lovely way to spend half the day, touring all the gardens with a good friend, and making new ones along the way! It inspired me to do some work in my own yard and garden,” said Tammy Rosato, a La Brea-Hancock resident. The self-guided and free tour showcased eight homes and included a Fremont Place garden featured in the 2018 Garden Conservancy “Los Angeles Open Day” tour and a Hancock Park garden recently featured in the “Los Angeles Times.” “Although our focus with this year’s tour was on the Greater Wilshire’s southernmost neighborhoods, we couldn’t resist including this gorgeous Hancock Park garden on our tour, which proved to be one of the favorite gardens for many of our patrons and one of the highlights of
GARDEN TOUR CO-CHAIRS Cathy Roberts (center) and Julie Stromberg, with Julie’s new rain barrel and GWNC Sustainability Committee member Bill Funderburk (left).
the tour,” explained Stromberg, GWNC Sustainability Chair. Garden Tour patrons Peggy Giffin and Bob Wyman explored the gardens in a truly sustainable manner — by foot. Except for the Hancock Park garden, they were able to explore all the Tour’s gardens by foot, which proved to be 5.4 miles, in 2.5 hours. “It was fun to see the variety of ways in which our neighbors and their landscape designers have created sustainable gardens,” explains Giffin, a Hancock Park resident. “The timing of the tour was perfect for us
because we are in the design phase for our back yard. We will definitely be incorporating some of what we saw on the tour into our design,” added Giffin. The tour featured gardens designed by Cheryl Lerner and Judy Horton, among other notable landscape designers, many of whom were present on the tour to answer questions and offer advice. Roberts and Stromberg selected the gardens to highlight each neighborhood on the tour, with gardens of different styles of drought-tolerant landscaping, and to appeal to
LUSH GROUNDS at a Sycamore Square garden on the tour.
a variety of patrons. As explained by Sycamore Square resident Conrad Starr, “As an apartment dweller, I garden ‘vicariously’ through my neighbors, and I know that one of the joys of creating a garden is sharing it with others. The GWNC Drought Tolerant Garden Tour was a delightful combination of sustainability, artistry, and community! I look forward to seeing where our creative minds and ecological hearts will take us in the future.” Other highlights from the tour included a garden books exhibit at the Memorial Branch Library, which served as the base for the tour, a Friends of
Memorial Library book sale, and a rain barrel distribution by Rain Barrels, Intl. Based on the positive response to the event, the GWNC will host its next Drought-Tolerant Garden Tour in 2019 and will host a rain barrel workshop with Rain Barrels, Intl. on Sat., Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to noon at Memorial Branch Library. “The GWNC Drought-Tolerant Garden Tour is not only about promoting sustainable and resilient landscaping practices, but a community engagement event to showcase and engage our wonderful Greater Wilshire community,” said Stromberg.
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Upgrades at Buzz publisher’s Fremont Place home make it more accessible for all
ALTHOUGH NOT MENTIONED in the “Los Angeles Times” story, Patty Lombard and Bill Simon’s recent yard and garden upgrades (designed by Larchmont local Judy Horton) are drought-tolerant and have been featured on several recent local garden tours. Photo by Patty Lombard
By Elizabeth Fuller When Larchmont Buzz co-publisher Patty Lombard’s parents, Anne and Rocci Lombard, came to live with her at her Fremont Place home a few years ago, her family began an extensive renovation to make their space more accessible and easier to navigate for elderly adults. The results were so successful, they’re featured in a June 15 story in the “Los Angeles Times.” “I tell dad that the changes weren’t just for him and mom,” Patty told the “Times.” “This whole process has really opened our eyes and made us realize that accessibility helps everybody. Having my parents here has been great.” The property re-design, which included remodeling former chauffeur’s quarters, turning a poolside lanai into an outdoor kitchen, and creating gardening spaces that can be accessed without bending over, has brought new energy to the family’s whole property.
ANNE LOMBARD’S FRIENDS gather to celebrate her recent 90th birthday. Photo by allisonphoto.com.
You can read the full story (which includes nearly 20 photos of the redefined spaces) at http://www.latimes.com/home/ l a - h m - l o m b a r d - h o m e - t o u r20180616-story.html [This article originally appeared on the Larchmont Buzz on June 16, 2018.]
ROCCI AND ANNE Lombard at her recent 90th birthday party.
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Respond to a strong two club opening bid by describing strength Here’s a hand that came up recently. Dealer (East) opened 2C and her partner held: ♠ T86532 ♥3 ♦ JT73 ♣ 74 Here was the bidding: West North East South 2C* P 2D** P 2H P ? * Strong & Game Forcing ** Waiting You have a six card spade
suit. What do you call? There are several ways that players use to respond when partner makes a strong two club opening bid. One is to use a bid of two hearts to show a weak hand with no aces or kings and no more than four points. In my judgment, using a major, which will be trump approximately 20% of the time, to show a woefully weak hand, is ill-advised. In accordance with my belief that standard bidding is the best, I use the “cheaper minor” to show a weak hand
CHILDREN play in the fountain at Grand Park’s block party.
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Fireworks, food and live music at Grand Park block party July 4 The sixth annual Grand Park and Music Center Fourth of July block party, 200 N. Grand Ave. takes place Tues., July 4 from 3 to 9:30 p.m. The family-friendly event will be from Spring Street to Grand Avenue and from Temple to Second streets. It’s the country’s largest free July 4th celebration.
Two stages will feature DJs and live bands throughout the event. There will also be interactive art installations, a variety of food trucks, and of course, fireworks shot from the roof of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Metro recommends taking the Red / Purple or Gold line to the event. Visit grandparkla.org.
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Grand Slam when responding to a 2C opening bid, with the automatic response of two diamonds as a waiting bid. If opener responds with two hearts or two spades, a rebid by responder of 3C shows a hand with four High Card Points (HCP) or less. If Opener bids 3C instead of 2H or 2S, then responder bids 3D (the cheaper minor available) to show the weak hand. Any other call by responder (except raising opener’s major suit bid to game) promises five HCP or more. In this hand, the responder, an experienced player, bid 2S. Here was Opener’s hand: ♠ AK ♥ AKQT72 ♦A ♣ KJ82 With 24 HCP, Opener got excited, appropriately thinking that her partner had much more than four HCP, and they ended up in 6S, which was down two. The answer to the bidding question is that Responder’s first obligation is to describe the strength of her hand. With one point and less than three card support for partner’s trump suit, Responder should respond 3C, cheaper minor, showing four HCP or less. That raises the question as to how long Responder must
keep the bidding open. While a 2C open is generally forcing to game, Opener’s rebid of 2N after partner’s 2D response may be passed because Opener has limited her hand to a maximum of 24 HCP. If Responder has less than three HCP, she may pass. But some people also play that after a cheaper minor response by Responder, Opener’s rebid of three of her major that she bid at the two level may be passed. It’s up to Opener to force game by bidding a new suit at that point or just jumping to game in her major. I favor this treatment. However, please note that if Opener bids 2N in his second bid, Responder’s response of 3C is not cheaper minor, it is Stayman, showing at least one four card major suit and four HCP or more. Here’s how the bidding would progress from the opening bid under the treatment just mentioned: West North East South 2C P 2D P 2H P 3C P 3H P P P But if you play that 2C is unconditionally forcing to game for any rebid other than 2N, here’s how the above bidding should proceed: West North East South 2C P 2D P 2H P 3C P 3H P 3S P 4S All Pass If Responder had two cards in Opener’s suit, she should bid 4H. But with the singleton she
has in this hand, Responder may also take this opportunity to inform Opener that she has a weak six card spade suit (with a five card or longer spade suit and two of the top three honors, she would respond 2S to the 2C opener). But with a singleton and a weak six card spade suit, it’s reasonable to mention the long spades, and she may do so because she has already told Opener she has a weak hand and her bid of spades should promise six. Opener knows Responder is weak because a) she didn’t respond spades first, and b) she showed four HCP or less with her cheaper minor rebid. If Opener does not like the spade suit she can rebid her hearts at the four level or bid 3N, which is unlikely given the shape of her hand. Here’s the four hand layout: East dealer, EW vulnerable: North ♠Q ♥ 64 ♦ K8542 ♣ Q9653 West East ♠ T86532 ♠ AK ♥ 3 ♥ AKQ762 ♦ JT73 ♦A ♣ 74 ♣ KJ82 South ♠ J974 ♥ J985 ♦ Q96 ♣ AT Grand Slam is the nom de plume for an author of a bestselling book on bridge, an ACBL accredited director and a Silver Life Master.
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Revamped Vault tour at Petersen, ‘Gooool!’ and late nights Petersen Automotive Museum unveiled “The World Tour Vault presented by Hagerty,” an excursion through the museum’s recently revamped underground treasury. The new vault can be seen on a 75-minute and a 120-minute extended tour. “As the world’s preeminent automotive museum, we constantly strive to educate our guests about automotive history, technology and design and
how it has impacted both local and global culture,” said Petersen Automotive Museum Executive Director Terry L. Karges. Guests of the new vault will find rarely-seen vehicles such as the two-time Le Mans-winning 1966 “Gulf” GT40, a 1929 Bugatti Type 46 and Steve McQueen’s 1956 Jaguar XKSS. “Car fans are going to be blown away by the vault tour,” said McKeel Hagerty, CEO of Hagerty classic car insurance
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Deadline for juried exhibition July 15
Launch LA, which also hosts Tarfest each year, is joining the Korean Cultural Center in organizing a juried exhibition and competition at the center, 5505 Wilshire Blvd., Fri., Aug. 17 to Thurs., Aug. 30. Visual artists from Southern California are invited to submit their work no later than Sun., July 15 at 11:59 p.m. The entry fee, for up to three images, is $32. Artists must be age 18 and older. Visit launchla.org/intersection-open-call. K-POP Showcase Hear a celebratory performance by students from the Musicians Institute at the Korean Cultural Center, 3rd floor of Ari Hall, Sat., July 21 at 6 p.m. The vocal and dance performances are the final showcase after several weeks of study for students of the K-Pop musical form and will feature special guest performers. Admission is free and parking is provided. For more information, visit kccla.org.
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Soccer on exhibit in ‘Gooool!’ “Gooool! The World Cup’s Greatest Moments” is on view through Sun., Sept. 16 at Forest Lawn Museum, Forest LawnGlendale, 1712 S. Glendale Blvd. In honor of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia this summer, the original art exhibit features objects from the collection of the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich, Switzerland. Images, jerseys, soccer balls,
medals, tickets and other objects that reveal the greatest and most controversial moments in soccer history will be on display. Among them is a pennant awarded to Garrincha, the hero of Brazil’s second World Cup victory in 1962, and 15 soccer jerseys from renowned FIFA players from the 1920s to 2010. Admission and parking are free. Visit forestlawn.com.
Tar Pits are open late Friday nights Visitors can see a 3-D movie and scientists excavating fossils at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, 5801 Wilshire Blvd., which will be open late Friday nights through Aug. 31. “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” The documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” will be shown at 5 and 6:30 p.m. on Friday nights only. The 3D movie by Werner Herzog explores France’s Chauvet Cave, where the walls are
covered with the world’s oldest cave paintings, going back 30,000 years. Admission is $10 for nonmembers, $8 for members. Free admission allows visitors to see excavation sites Project 23 and Pit 91 to see what a dig looks like, watch scientists prepare fossils and view mammoths, saber-tooth cats, giant ground sloths, dire wolves and more. Visit tarpits.org.
The Natural History Museum reopened its permanent exhibition, “Becoming Los Angeles,” last month at 900 W. Exposition Blvd. The exhibit is now larger, and features new objects and artwork, including objects and stories from indigenous Californians, a saddle used by a vaquero (cowboy) 150 years ago, wall murals with different aspects of life faced by Angelenos now and in the past. Community leaders share what it means to be an Indigenous Californian living in Los Angeles today in a video. Listening stations in the galleries have audio recordings of prior museum visitors who share their thoughts on Los Angeles and the museum. Visitors are invited to record their own impressions and stories of Los Angeles. For more information, visit nhm.org.
The California Art Club’s 107th annual Gold Medal Exhibition at the Natural History Museum, 900 Exhibition Blvd., runs through Sun., July 1. The exhibit celebrates 229 nationally renowned painters and sculptors who work in a classical style to explore issues facing society, including diversity, social justice and environmentalism. On the last day of the exhibit, July 1, visitors can watch artists at work at the “Paint/Sculpt-Out.” Artists will set up the tools of their trades and then begin creating new artwork. Visitors can also meet the artists through tours on closing day at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. The exhibit is free with general admission to the museum. For more information, visit nhm.org.
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Flower therapy, animation and progressive literature on calendar Melrose Ave, Mondays July 2, 9, 16 and 23 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The sessions will be taught by an instructor from LA MakerSpace and all materials and equipment will be provided. Children ages six and seven must be accompanied by
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Calling all budding animators ages six years old and up for a stop motion animation workshop at the John C. Fremont branch library, 6121
All ages are invited to the Drag Queen Story Hour at Memorial branch library, 4625 W Olympic Blvd., Tues., July 10 at 2 p.m. Drag queens will come in to read progressive children’s literature, bringing play, fantasy, humor and glamour to the event. Glittery crafts will be provided and post-story time photos are encouraged. For more information, call 323-938-2732.
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Wild edges, tar and freeways: writing on the nature of Los Angeles I’ve always thought of a certain writer as the Tolstoy of geology; now, at least on the page, I have perhaps met the Chekhov of inky tar. William L. Fox, author of “Making Time: Essays on the Nature of Los Angeles” (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2007) is now
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also a poet, who once lived in Park La Brea and nearby neighborhoods. And where we don’t give a thought to contours and rises and falls of landscape — he sees, in his mind’s eye, the creation story of underlying landfills. Readers — and I hope you will be many — of this intellectually astute and beautifully-written book will have the methane bubbling in the Tar Pits, the history of cemeteries, Mount Lee’s forest of antennae, and a great-grandmother’s crypt next to Jean Harlow’s to thank for it. A work of nonfiction that forces us to kick aside what we think we perceive in our workaday environment contributes to the expansion of the mind. “Making Time” operates at the corner of art and science, near the intersection of philosophy and wit — how else would it be so arresting? In the first of the book’s six essays, “Tracking Tar,” it’s the methane — a by-product of bacteria eating up vegetative matter — that gives rise to a look at Los Angeles’s petroleum industry, and the liquid asphalt production that began at our famous tar pits in 1859. Did you know that Los Angeles is the richest oil basin in North America, and the second richest in the world? That’s a quote from Hal Washburn, a Los Angeles energy czar. Fox also riffs on the making of the movie “Volcano” — where a river of lava pours its viscous way down Wilshire Boulevard. And he wonders where, exactly, in Hancock Park was the house, built in 1924, of
BOOK looks at region’s rich oil basin and author’s greatgrandmother among other topics.
his great-grandmother? She’s an irresistible character in the skillful interweaving of the astonishing varied elements of this story. But like a quicksilver messenger pulling through the book is the notion of time — particularly time as kneaded, braided, stretched, snipped, accelerated, attenuated, and frozen by the movie, television, cyberspace and aerospace industries. Not to mention smart phones. Bill Fox’s mind is one you want to know. His grace on the page is a joy. How can a universe be contained in 167 pages? He’s managed it. And that holds true whether he is discussing NASA, human burials, Hubble (the man) or the Autry Museum. Collect those catnippy bits here about L.A. to throw around: the L.A. urban forest covers more than 485 square miles, and contains about 10 million trees; according to (Please turn to page 21)
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‘Fictoir,’ ‘Seamstress of Ourfa,’ weaves a rich family tale By Suzan Filipek Victoria Harwood ButlerSloss’ new novel, “The Seamstress of Ourfa,” is the first in a trilogy that takes the reader on an exotic journey from the end of the 19th century and the Ottoman empire to the modern age. Richly-drawn characters feature four generations of women, including Khatoun, a child bride and the novelist’s great-great grandmother. Reviews have been good (see goodreads.com), and the Wilton Place resident and author is readying for a book signing Thurs., Sept. 13 at Chevalier’s Books, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd. The book opens with a family reunion in Cyprus in 1968, where we meet a young girl who shares the novelist’s name. “That’s me as a child,” says Victoria. When she first peddled her book to the Simon & Schusters of the world, the book was praised, but they stopped short of publishing. They said, “I didn’t have a niche.” She eventually found a publisher, Armida Books, and a niche: “It’s fictoir, a blend of fiction and memoir,” Victoria said recently in the spacious back yard of her N. Wilton Place home. Victoria was born in England, like her father, who was stationed in the British army on Cyprus. Growing up, Victoria was surrounded by an extended family and a menagerie of pets as she listened to Khatoun spin tales of her youth as a gifted seamstress, making wedding gowns, trousseaus and haute couture for the Turk ruling families. Her work weaved magic, as clients would return saying, “‘Your dresses made me pregnant,’ or ‘I wore your dress, and I got engaged.’ “There is a lot of magical realism in the book. [Family members] tell you fantastic tales. I wanted to keep those,” says the author, adding, the
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book “is full of lies, misquotes and dead people, but it’s historically accurate!” Told by different members of the family, interpretations of the same story differ: there is Khatoun’s sister, the fiery Ferida; and Khatoun’s older, increasingly reclusive and alcoholic husband Iskender.
They live in the ancient towns of Aleppo and Ourfa (the latter is today called Sanliurfa, in Turkey; (“It’s where brides-to-be go to jump the border to Syria.”) Khatoun continued sewing into her 90s and crocheted Victoria a shawl before she left for London, where she began a career as a dancer and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She continues her work in voiceovers, anime films among them, and is an award-winning filmmaker. After meeting her husband, film producer William ButlerSloss, the couple immigrated to the U.S. in 1999 and had two sons, Arum, 17, and Roibhilin (pronounced Revlin), 13. Her mother-in-law, Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, is a retired judge in the House of Lords, and for a time she chaired the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed.
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Victoria is mourning the death of her husband William, who died earlier this year of stomach cancer at 50. She is comforted by her family, and by Robert, a pit mix she found abused and abandoned on the street four years ago. And the book. She started writing it as a teen, jotting down notes from the stories she heard. The first of the trilogy, the 298-page tome is set in the
crumbling Ottoman empire. World War I and the Armenian Genocide are on the horizon, yet the book really “is a family story set in the rich culture of the Armenian community of the past,” Victoria says. A book signing of “The Seamstress of Ourfa” is Thurs., Sept. 13 at Chevalier’s Books, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd. Visit the website for the time, chevaliersbooks.com
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(Continued from page 20) writer Mike Davis, referenced here, Los Angeles has the longest wild edge of any nontropical city in the world. Fox must have the last words here: “From atop every ridge around the basin ... we broadcast microwaves in an attempt to make simultaneous every desire and wish ... and to match them with information, a solution, a fix, a purchase. The information superhighway is in virtual parallel with the freeways.” [Speaking of Angelenos measuring distance with time]: “We can’t compress the physical space, so we attempt to shorten the time, hence the original rationale for the freeways.”
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Enjoy live music by local bands, family-friendly entertainment, and the Pasadena Pops at the Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. Irish folk music to Latin and reggae to pop and folk rock is performed at the Arboretum’s Summer Nights, Fridays June 29, July 6 and 27 and Aug. 10. There will also be crafts, storytelling and lawn games, as well as the Arboretum Library Bookmobile. Bring chairs and blankets and your own picnic, or purchase food and beverages from local food trucks. Doors open at 5 p.m. and music begins at 6 p.m. Romantic hits of the 1980s, a tribute to the Beatles, Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday and Broadway music will all be featured during the Pasadena Pops performances Saturdays July 21, Aug. 4 and 18 and Sept. 8. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. on the Bauer Lawn. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a sweater or jacket. For more information, visit arboretum.org or call 626821-3222.
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Supreme Pontiff. It comes from the Latin pons, pontis > bridge, and means literally, one who has charge of the bridges. You see, in ancient Rome, the bridges over the Tiber River were of utmost importance for both commerce and defense and were thereby entrusted to the principal college of pagan priests. The head of this college was known as the Pontifex Maximus, a title which was subsequently taken by his Catholic successors. • • • If something has flair it has “panache.” What’s the origin? asks Joan Fagerholm. The root of this French word is the Latin pinna > feather. Panache literally refers to a plume of feathers flying in the wind from the crest of a helmet. Flair, indeed! • • • What’s the origin of never “darken my door” again? queries Toby March. This admonition has nothing whatsoever to do with the practice of marking a person’s door for dire reasons — identifying a plague house or as a
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