Larchmont Chronicle
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DECember 2012
vol. 49, no. 12 • delivered to the 76,439 readers in hancock park • windsor square • fremont place • park labrea • larchmont village • Miracle Mile
SECTION ONE
OASIS to move to new home Landmark church bought on Wilshire
NUTCRACKERS take flight. 43 SQUEAKY Wheel in Windsor Square. 17 SOCIAL worker of the year. 14 HOLIDAY shopping locally. 16 BIG SUNDAY band, sing-a-long. 36 COTSWOLDS memoir.
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ETSY crafts on Museum Row.
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SECTION TWO Real Estate Home & Garden
By Jane Gilman The “For Sale” sign at Wilshire Christian Church has been taken down. New owners of the landmark church at Wilshire Blvd. and Normandie Ave. are members of Oasis Christian Church. Oasis will be moving in the near future from its present headquarters at Wilshire near Highland, a former movie theater. “We at Oasis are grateful for the legacy, history and heritage of Wilshire Christian Church,” said church director Alex Moreno-Jones. “We are excited to have a new church home that will serve the community and be a gathering place that is diverse, contemporary and life-giving for all generations.” Wilshire Christian membership has dropped from several thousand to less than 100 the See OASIS, p 4
MEMBERS of the Burgos Family will be among musical highlights featured at the Holiday Open House on Sun., Dec. 2 on Larchmont Blvd. Santa will also hold court. Story page 3.
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Emergency preparedness, crime report on top of LVNA Subway also on semi-annual meeting agenda
HOLLYWOOD sign ready for close up. 6 NAT KING COLE post office for sale. 2 GARDEN apartments history traced. 4 HOME BUILDER remembers roots. 8
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Crime prevention, public safety and emergency preparedness were among the topics discussed at the recent Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association’s (LVNA) semi-annual meeting at Van Ness Elementary School. Councilman Tom LaBonge briefed residents on the Westside Subway Extension and recent redistricting. LaBonge also recognized LVNA President Charles D’Atri for his leadership efforts as well as board member and resident Karen Gilman, who was recently named Social Worker of the Year for the State of California. Larry Bogatz, commander of city Fire Dept. Battalion 18, outlined reasons for everyone’s need to prepare for a natural or man-made disaster.
He encouraged all to attend a free Community Emergency See Emergency, p 4
Take-out cited for sit-down dining on Larchmont Blvd. City orders tables and chairs to be removed By Suzan Filipek The owner of Baciami Gelateria & Creperia has been cited for having tables and chairs while licensed as a take-out. The take-out permit “means everything must be consumed off site… ” according to city Building and Safety Dept. inspector John Kelly. He issued the $366 fine in early November after an inspection of the gelateria at 139½ N. Larchmont Blvd., which was prompted by an article he read in the L.A. Weekly. Baciami owner Simon Mal-
ak removed the tables and chairs by a Nov. 21 deadline, but questioned why he was singled out on a street where an Italian eatery, chocolatier and coffee shops with only take-out permits have seating. See Take-out, p 18
On the Boulevard Glimpses by Jane It’s time for our annual mission to keep alive a Chronicle tradition of sending to each and every home greetings via our holiday poem Sing all stanzas of “Jingle Bells” With the Ahmansons, Wells Join the yuletide choruses with the Gogans, Bonorris’s Hear the choir’s mellow tones with Bilgores, Fullers, Combs rehearse your holiday songs with Hills, Ratkovich’s, Wongs Keep the mood bright and jolly For kin of Burschingers, Hawley Spread your holiday cheers the Dursts, Casados, Caziers To Light the fires, watch for sparks With kin of Vohandels, Clarks, Picketts, Gillhams, Keanes Mosers, Nelsons, Daltons, Greens.
FRIDAY NIGHTS at St. James’ bring together volunteers to provide hot meals for the indigent. See story page 12. Photo by Bill Devlin
Throw tinsel on the trees for the Halvorsons and Lees,
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See BLVD., p 45