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JANUARY 2014
vol. 51, no. 1 • delivered to the 76,439 readers in hancock park • windsor square • fremont place • park labrea • larchmont village • Miracle Mile
Anniversaries, elections on calendar during year ahead
Health & Beauty
New developments, milestones in 2014
SPECIAL SECTION Pages 11 to 20
SECTION ONE ELEVATORS move forward at PLB. 3 NEW BOARD at LaBrea Hancock.
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CANDIDATE sign ups for GWNC. 7 BIG SUNDAY remembers Dr. King. 7 QUESTIONS for campaign. 10 BREAKING a sweat at Fly Wheel. 11 ANTI-AGING secret told at Ebell. 17 UP TO BAT for Warriors.
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LONE SURVIVOR gets high marks. 31
SECTION TWO Real Estate Home & Garden
By Jane Gilman Did you attend Third Street School, Marlborough or were you a member of Boy Scout Troop 10? These organizations are among local groups celebrating major anniversaries in 2014. Marlborough School is marking its 125th anniversary, and Third Street Elementary School will be seeking alumni to attend its 90th birthday party. Troop 10, the oldest group west of the Mississippi, will celebrate its centennial in May. Also on the horizon is an
Park LaBrea group’s annual membership meeting Jan. 12 Officials to speak The Park LaBrea Residents Association (PLBRA) will host its annual membership meeting on Sun., Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. The group will meet in the PLB Activity Center Theater. According to PLBRA president Bernie Clinch, guest speakers will include District 4 Councilman Tom LaBonge and City Attorney Mike Feuer. Additionally, John Burney, director of resident services at Park LaBrea apartments, will speak.
election for Los Angeles County supervisor to replace Zev Yaroslavsky as well as voting for congressmen and assemblymen. The year will see groundbreaking for the Bus Rapid Transit corridor along Wilshire Blvd. as well as continued subway construction. Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council will hold elections to fill the 21-member board of directors. The long-awaited Anderson-Munger Family YMCA is preparing for the spring opening of its four-story facility at Third St. and Oxford Ave. New housing includes The California Landmark four-story apartment building at Melrose and El Centro Ave. which plans to open in January 2015. The first phase of the Lennar single-family homes at Melrose Ave. and St. Andrews will open in February of this year.
Miracle Mile in the news
Read about developments, newsmakers and more in the “Miracle Mile 2013” edition to be published Feb. 28. Make your advertising reservations by Feb. 10. Call Pam Rudy at 323-4622241 x 11.
IT’S NO DREAM. It was a white Christmas (a week early) at Dan and Jennifer Butts home in Larchmont Village. Dan imported snow for neighbor children to enjoy. More photos sec. 2, page 6.
Purple Line extension hits roadblock on Lorraine Residents disturbed by Metro staging yard By Suzan Filipek The construction site for an extension of the Purple Line from Western to La Brea avenues is a little too close for comfort for residents of Lorraine Blvd. Many live within feet of the supermarket-sized staging yard set up at the corner of Wilshire Blvd. where round the clock trucks pull into the facility that is surrounded by a tarped chain-link fence.
Methods on how to curb coyote attacks from city officials Small pets in danger
HOMES for the birds. 13 LIBRARIES plan sales. 9 PROFESSOR tells of salt's curse. 15
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HEADED FOR Alexandria House are toys donated by Park La Brea residents and Wilshire Rotary Club. See story page 21
Small pets are in danger of being attacked by coyotes seeking food and water along the streets of Hancock Park. Several pets have already been killed by the animals. Greg Randall, wildlife specialist with the city Dept. of Animal Services, and Councilman Tom LaBonge are passing along ways to prevent attacks. Always walk your dog on a leash and stay close to high pedestrian traffic areas. Keep your pets indoors or See Coyotes, Sec. 2, p 2
The noise, light (at night from portable generators), ground vibration from the dump trucks, homeless urinating and living in the area and litter is overwhelming, residents told Metro officials at a community meeting last month. “The impact on Windsor Village residents will be horrendous” on this estimated 10-year project, R.J. Strotz, member of the Windsor Village Association Board of Directors, wrote in a community See Purple Line, p 8
On the Boulevard Glimpses by Jane When parking on Larchmont, be sure to bring change or use a credit card. No matter if you're using a quarter or a card, don’t skimp. The penalty is a $63 parking ticket. *** Chauffeured limousines brought Jay Z and Beyonce to Café Gratitude recently, and the paparazzi were having a field day. The pair has been on See BLVD., p 10
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