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HOME GROUND Giving thanks for Fall’s bounty and an interesting soufflé recipe.
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Iconic Memorial Coliseum wins top preservation award
By Suzan Filipek Opened in 1923, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is one of the city’s most iconic buildings. An ambitious renovation that kept its character intact while ensuring its future recently earned it the Los Angeles Conservancy’s highest honor — the Chair Award. The 2021 Preservation Awards were given at an openair presentation and cocktail reception Oct. 27 in the 1923 Club at the Los Angeles Coliseum in Exposition Park. USC, which holds a longterm lease on the Coliseum, oversaw its $315 million renovation, paid for by USC and United Airlines. Renovations included restoration of the peristyle, new seating, new lighting and construction of new suites, club seating and a press box.
The Coliseum was built as a living memorial to U.S. Armed Forces who served during World War 1. It hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics and has been home to the USC Trojans since 1923. It has also hosted two Super Bowls and a World Series. A National Historic Landmark, the Coliseum will be celebrating its centennial with a series of events, including “Clash at the Coliseum,” the first NASCAR races event at the stadium, on Feb. 6, 2022. “City of Ghosts,” a six-episode animated series which celebrates the people and places of the city, won the Conservancy’s Media Award for its depiction of Los Angeles’ diverse historic neighborhoods through the eyes of children. Larchmont Charter Schools at Lafayette Park was among Project Award winners for adapting a Modern style professional building into the 400-student charter school. Also awarded in this category was Hotel Figueroa. Its restoration inits FORMOSA CAFÉ was among 2020 winners. corporated Photo by Maxim Shapovalov 1926 design and
MEMORIAL COLISEUM’s extensive renovations kept the 1923 building’s character intact.
Photo by Dina Douglas
honored the building’s roots in women’s history while contributing to downtown Los Angeles’s revitalization. Other Project Award winners were: Santa Monica Proper Hotel, Friends of Residential Treasures: Los Angeles, Angelus Funeral Home / Paul R. Williams Apartments, and the Altadena African-American Historic Resources Survey. The 2020 Preservation Awardees were also recognized at the Oct. 27 event. While the winners were announced last year, the ceremony was post-
poned because of the pandemic. The 2020 Chair Award went to the Gardner Street Wom-
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Parks Foundation works to improve Robert Burns trail
By Billy Taylor The Los Angeles Parks Foundation soon will begin work on an improvement project within Robert Burns Park, thanks, in part, to the generous support of a local resident. “We are thrilled to do this project,” said Parks Foundation Executive Director (and Windsor Square resident) Carolyn Ramsay last month as she gave the Chronicle a preview of the project to come. “We just got approval from the Commission last week, so we hope to start work on the project soon,” she explained. In October, the city’s Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners approved the project, which will consist of the refurbishment and renovation of a walking trail around the perimeter of the park. The proposal, valued at $50,000, was accepted as a donation to the city from the Parks Foundation. Project details include the removal of landscape edging around the existing walkway, installation of more than 1,000 linear feet of permanent concrete mow-curb to be flush with the ground, and the installation of a decomposed granite walkway surface material. Resident support According to Ramsay, the project was made possible after
Windsor Square resident Carrie Clifford read an article last December on the good work being done by the Parks Foundation Forest Initiative. Clifford immediately contacted Ramsay to find out how she could support a project at her local park. “A few years ago, we moved to PARKS FOUNDATION Executive Director the neighborhood Carolyn Ramsay walks the future trail in Robfrom West Holly- ert Burns Park. wood, where they have been “adopt” the park with funding revamping all of the parks. for a new walking path. When we got here, I was sur- “We kicked around some prised there wasn’t a better great ideas, and landed on this park in the Larchmont area,” project. I think everyone is Clifford told us on the phone happy,” said Ramsay. last month. Still, Clifford told us that “After learning about the she is already thinking about Parks Foundation, I thought, potential future projects at this is how we could raise the park and how to encourmoney and make improve- age other local residents to ments at Robert Burns,” con- support Robert Burns. tinued Clifford, noting that “For instance, there is no the swing set and fences are equipment for kids-over-six. decades old. “It is a lovely What are they supposed to park, but it feels like it is a do? It would be nice to add park that the city has forgot.” something for them to enjoy,” Ramsay said that she worked said Clifford. “We need a better with Clifford to identify the park.” best way to make an impact, Clifford said she is talking agreeing that the Clifford with Ramsay about ways to Family Foundation should incentivize donations for the
park, including a donationmatch for a future project. Forest Initiative That’s not the only improvement to come to Robert Burns. In recent weeks, four new Coast Live Oak trees have been planted as part of the Parks Foundation Forest Initiative. In fact, it was local resident Randy Paskal, a Parks Foundation board member, who sponsored those trees. “We launched the Forest Initiative in 2020 to address climate change and combat a significant tree loss throughout Southern California due to infestations and disease. “It’s staggering. Some of our favorite species, like the liquid amber and sycamores, are threatened,” said Ramsay. The Forest Initiative was developed in 2019 — with the hope of planting thousands of new trees across the city — and the first “mini-forest” was ready to be installed on March 16, 2020. “Unfortunately, we had to close our office on March 13 due to COVID-19,” said Ramsay. After months of delay, the first Forest Initiative project was finally installed within Mar Vista Park in September 2020. “That was a very joyous event,” recalled Ramsay. Since then, the work has continued at a fast pace with
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the Parks Foundation having installed seven “Park Forests” across the city. Not to miss the action, the Parks Foundation teamed up with the Hancock Park Garden Club last June to plant in Griffith Park a 1,000-squarefoot circular micro forest, using the Miyawaki Method, a reforestation approach of densely planting native trees. The Garden Club sponsored the project, and volunteers organized by the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens made the installation possible; the Parks Foundation will maintain the garden for two years until adaptation. [See the story in the June, 2021 Larchmont Chronicle.] While discussing the various projects in the works at the Parks Foundation, it’s clear that Ramsay is both sober about the challenges ahead and energized by the city’s progress, thanks, in part, to the support of its residents: “The City of Los Angeles, in the 30 years that I’ve lived here, has become much greener,” she says, noting that more than 50 parks have been created in that time. “It’s a big move in the right direction.” Do you want to sponsor a project? Ramsay has some ideas. Visit laparksfoundation.org for more information.
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Miracle Mile featured in restored, colorized 1950s video
Report by Tom Hofer It is a sunny day in early August of 1951. “The Frogmen” and “Fugitive Lady” are screening at the El Rey Theatre. Billboards advertising everything from Franilla Ice Cream to Sunny Brook Bourbon dot Wilshire Boulevard, the street along which one can also see prime examples of Streamline Moderne architecture, mid-century fashion and, of course, those iconic late ‘40s American cars. All of this was memorialized in footage filmed 70 years ago (by whom, we don’t know) that then was restored and colorized by a gentleman who simply goes by the name “Nass.” He posted the video to
MIRACLE MILE IN 1951, as shown in a frame from the YouTube video of a restored and colorized film of unknown origin.
YouTube in early October. The fascinating 10-minute film begins at the corner of Wilshire and Ridgeley (when Du-Par’s still occupied the northwest corner) and takes the viewer east to just past Mansfield Avenue, then back
west from Dunsmuir Ave. to beyond Fairfax Avenue — all at a leisurely, mid-century pace. Although the camera focuses mainly on the north side of the street, it’s a fascinating peek back through time to “just another day” in the life
ANOTHER FRAME from the 10-minute video of driving along Wilshire Boulevard in 1951, just released in color on the internet in October.
of the busy boulevard. The images — probably filmed from the back of a truck moving with the traffic — then move back to the east, to Ridgeley, then west again, beginning at Van De Kamp’s Bakery at the corner of Hauser before finally pulling to the curb again, near Crescent Heights. Seemingly, the only thing that hasn’t changed is the amount of traffic on the Boulevard — although (at nine minutes into the film) that
doesn’t stop one brave lady from jaywalking! When contacted, “Nass” told the Chronicle: “Most of the black and white videos I find [are] on Internet Archive. It’s 35mm videos, generally used in projection for old film of that time. When I find a video and I recognize the place and date, I proceed to the restoration and colorization of the video.” The updated video, “California 1950s, Driving Wilshire Blvd.,” can be seen at https:// youtu.be/5fL8n_aAisQ.
Zoo Lights glow around animals Los Angeles Zoo Lights returns to its home Fri., Nov. 19 through Sun., Jan. 9. Stroll through the zoo to see its magical presentations. Elephant sculptures are transformed by laser lights. Water dances to music near the reptile house. Sip hot cocoa while walking through the colorful Twinkle Tunnel. Glowing lanterns are shaped like animals. Try the interactive display where lights react to your voice. Tickets are $22 to $24 for adults, $16 to $17 for chil-
GLOWING FROGS float on lily pads. Photo by Jamie Pham
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Mr. Los Angeles’ life celebrated at memorial at his beloved park
By John Welborne The life and legacy of the late Tom LaBonge was celebrated October 18 at Travel Town in Griffith Park. It was a real party (including an Elvis impersonator, of course), and it was one the former Councilman would have loved. LaBonge, who died unexpectedly on January 7, would have turned 68 two weeks before the event. His widow, Brigid, said of the event: “This is exactly what we pictured this night would be. Tom would have absolutely loved this night ,and I hope all of you can feel his presence.” Most of the guests were people who had known LaBonge, and in many cases, worked with him, for decades. Co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Parks Foundation, the outdoor event in the city’s combined transportation museum and recreation center included a silent auction of Tom’s memorabilia donated by his family to benefit the Parks Foundation. There were moving tributes to LaBonge from several speakers, led off by Mayor Eric Garcetti, and including Tom’s lifelong friend, Mike Haynes, plus widow Brigid and daughter Mary-Cate LaBonge.
A CELEBRATION of the life and legacy of Tom LaBonge took place at the city’s Travel Town Museum and featured many city leaders on the stage. Shown above, with (from left) son Charles, daughter Mary-Cate and widow Brigid, are Tom’s lifelong friend (and retired pro football Hall of Fame cornerback) Mike Hayes and City Councilmember (4th District) Nithya Raman. In the upper right photo with Mary-Cate speaking, are, from left, County Supervisor Janice Hahn, Councilmember (5th District) Paul Koretz, Councilmember (9th District) Curren D. Price, Council President (6th District) Nury Martinez, Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilmember (13th District) Mitch O’Farrell. LaBonge’s friends and family gathered at the railroad museum (lower right) at dusk, and they enjoyed tacos, hot dogs, and cupcakes surrounding the “Mr. Los Angeles” birthday cake (below).
Celebrate Griffith Park’s 125th with daylong event Enjoy a park-wide exploration of Griffith Park in honor of the park’s 125th anniversary on Sat., Nov. 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Explore the Los Angeles Zoo, the newly planted native micro-forest, the Griffith Observatory, the Merry-GoRound and many more sites throughout the park. Volunteer educators from the Los Angeles Conservancy
and 30 different partnering organizations will be dispersed throughout the park to tell visitors stories of the various sites. No reservations are required. Register to receive free updates for the free event at losangelesconservancy.org. The Tongva / Gabrielino land and public park is the largest Historic-Cultural Monument in the City of Los Angeles.
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Homeowner groups hold elections, meetings Elections at Windsor Village meeting Nov. 21
New board member elections will take place at the Windsor Village Association annual meeting Sun., Nov. 21 at 3 p.m. at 901 S. Lucerne Blvd. Every year, one-half of the board seats are up for either election or re-election. “We ask anyone interested in joining the board to submit a photo and a candidate statement to windsorvillageassn@gmail. com,” said Board President Barbara Pflaumer. The meeting will also include a recap of the past year and a look forward.
Police captain, Windsor Square street services Town Hall to be speak to HPHOA held Nov. 11 Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Anthony Otero and Keith Mozee, executive director of the city’s Bureau of Street Services, were among the speakers at the Hancock Park Homeowners Association annual meeting last month. Homeowners joined together virtually for the Oct. 25 event to hear from guest speakers, who also included a member of city councilmember Nithya Raman’s office. Association members also heard updates from committees on streets, security, block captains and trees.
Gardens to glow at Arboretum ‘Lightscape’
Los Angeles Arboretum is hosting “Lightscape,” an immersive light, sound and art
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Public safety, emergency preparedness and land use matters are on the agenda for the Windsor Square Association virtual Town Hall meeting Thurs., Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. Representatives from the City Council and Los Angeles Police Dept. will answer questions at the annual meeting. Block Captain concerns will be discussed and the Squeaky Wheel will be awarded. The honor is presented annually to a neighbor whose persistence in addressing an issue of community concern improves the quality of life in Windsor Square. To join the meeting, go to bit.ly/3FQFGtU. Meeting ID: 854 7037 2972, passcode: 175469.
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Plans are underway to expand campus at Holocaust Museum
By Suzan Filipek Little did a small group of Holocaust survivors who met in the 1960s at an English-asa-second-language class know that their efforts would lead to a major museum in the heart of the city. The group, who met at Hollywood High, each had an item from the war — a Star of David on a shirt, a photograph or a document. Their wish to find a permanent home to display the items and also to educate the public to never forget led to the Holocaust Museum LA (earlier called the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust). It was the first survivorfounded — and is now the oldest — Holocaust museum in the United States. “It’s a great story,” said Holocaust Museum LA CEO Beth Kean. “They wanted to create a safe space. They wanted to remember family members they lost… They were pioneers.” Their efforts began decades before other museums would follow. The museum is commemorating its 60th anniversary with expansion plans for its facility within Pan Pacific Park, which opened in October 2010. The new Jona Goldrich Campus, designed by award-
RENDERING of the proposed Jona Goldrich Campus at the Holocaust Museum LA.
Courtesy Holocaust Museum LA
winning architect Hagy Belzberg, who designed the current museum, will almost double the existing site from 28,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet. Additionally, it will double the pre-COVID 60,000 annual visitor capacity. While much of the existing museum is partially underground with a sloping roof to blend into the park, the new adjacent site will be 100 percent above ground with high ceilings and natural light. The expansion also will present an authentic railroad boxcar that had transported Jews, and others, to death camps. It came from near
the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland. Adds Kean, “The Holocaust is not just a Jewish story. It’s a human story, and that’s why we have to learn the lessons of what happened, so something like that doesn’t happen again.” The story of the Holocaust is more important than ever, she adds. “Division in the country is increasing the demand for Holocaust education and for more robust programming starting in kindergarten.” Now, children as young as the fourth grade visit the museum. Another compelling reason to expand is that visitors to
the museum have increased by 400 percent since 2010. Before the pandemic, the museum turned away school and tour groups because of
lack of space. “It was heartbreaking,” said Kean. The expansion will allow the museum to increase visitor capacity to 500,000 by 2030, including 150,000 students. The additional space also allows for more cutting-edge technology to preserve Holocaust survivor testimonies. This is especially relevant as the museum enters a “postsurvivor world,” when most of those who lived through the Holocaust will be gone. The new pavilion’s theater, dedicated to serve the USC Shoah Foundation’s “Dimensions in Testimony” exhibit, will allow visitors to have a virtual conversation with a Holocaust survivor using a holographic capture and voice (Please turn to page 9)
BOX CAR from the Nazi era will be housed in a new pavilion on the roof of the existing museum building. Photo by Tamara Leigh
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City redistricting moves to City Council this month
By John Welborne After one year of volunteer service, plus professional staffing and paid consultants, a citizen commission has issued its recommendation for new City Council Districts and has forwarded its Final Report to the Los Angeles City Council. Every 10 years, following the national census, political district boundary lines are reevaluated across the country. The current procedure in the City of Los Angeles is for a citizen commission to be appointed by the City Council members and the three citywide elected officials. The Mayor gets three picks; and the City Attorney and City Controller each gets one. The president of the City Council gets two picks, and the other 14 council members each get one. That is 21 total. The final map recommendation was approved by a 15 to 6 vote. Vision and core values This citizen commission started organizing one year ago, holding its first meeting on Nov. 19, 2020. Former longtime president of the nonprofit Weingart Foundation, Fred Ali, has served as chair of the commission. Under Ali’s leadership, commission members discussed and agreed to a
vision and core values, plus a set of 10 operating principles to guide their deliberations and line-drawing (laccrc2021. org/about-us). The goal was to impartially apply their agreed-upon guidelines to make the changes to district lines required by population changes while keeping communities of interest together to the maximum extent feasible. For example, existing Council District 4 — where about half of the Larchmont Chronicle readers reside — was created 10 years ago as a somewhat crazy, meandering district spreading from Sherman Oaks on the west to Los Feliz on the east, with only an umbilical cord of city blocks extending south through Hollywood to pick up the circa-1950s Fourth District territory between Fairfax and Western avenues. Council office staff would often (and appropriately) complain that it could be a 24-mile drive back and forth for meetings within the district. Now, per the commission’s final map, approved on Oct. 21, that umbilical cord to south of Hollywood has been cut. The parts of Los Angeles, generally north and south of Wilshire Boulevard and west of Western Avenue, a group of
contiguous neighborhoods of common interests and activities surrounding three sides of Beverly Hills, are proposed to be united in District Five. And that aspect — surrounding the independent City of Beverly Hills — is one of the explanations of why the recommended overall new City Council District map looks as it does. To surround cities What do the independent cities (or Los Angeles County territory) of Inglewood, Culver City, Marina del Rey, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Universal City, Burbank, and San Fernando have to do with the map that has been recommended? Those cities, like the Pacific Ocean, the northern and eastern Los Angeles city limits, plus the long thin umbilical cord that connects the Port of Los Angeles to the rest of the city, are the constraints that inevitably have led to what the recommended map, and any rational map, looks like. Our city, not surprisingly, has a large population living close to the Pacific Ocean. Los Angeles also has experienced population increases in many other parts of its 503 square miles, but there are other por(Please turn to page 10)
THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES is divided into 15 City Council Districts, many of them surrounding other independent cities. This is the map of new district lines being recommended by the independent Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission. The new district lines will be debated by the members of the City Council beginning in November, with a goal of adopting, by sometime in December, final district boundaries that will be in effect for the next decade, beginning Jan. 1, 2022.
Existing CD 5
Existing CD 4 Existing CD 5
Existing CD 4
Existing CD 5
Existing CD 5
Mid City West N.C. Existing CD 4
Greater Wilshire N.C.
Existing CD 5
•••• = MCWNC and GWNC neighborhood council lines
------NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS are the main basis for the new Council District maps. The portion of proposed CD 5 that is east of Beverly Hills contains the complete Mid City West Neighborhood Council and almost all of the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council (GWNC). As was the case with GWNC for the past decade,
= Existing CD 4 and CD 5 districts
GWNC will be primarily in one district, with small parts in another. Currently — of the approximately 375 city blocks in GWNC — about 46 blocks are in existing CD 5. The new proposal will have approximately 39 blocks in new CD 13 (Hollywood, to GWNC’s north), with all of the remainder being in new CD5.
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This holiday season, let’s be thankful for our HPOZs!
It’s November again and getting close to when family and friends gather round the table to share the Thanksgiving feast. This year, when you begin to ponder those things for which you are thankful, you might spare a minute to add to your list our area’s plethora of Historic Preservation Overlay Zones, which protect the distinct architecture, unique character and streetscapes of Greater Wilshire and surrounding, older communities. These hard-won and fiercely defended protections have withstood the past few years’ pressure from real estate interests’ increasingly aggressive attempts to use Sacramento to usurp our local land use laws. HPOZs are now particularly coveted, as the creation of new HPOZs is prohibited, and the impacts of the implementation of new housing legislation next year remain to be seen. In September, Governor Newsom signed SB9 and SB10 which have been reported extensively in this newspaper. While SB10 is, for now, a distant threat because the Los Angeles City Council (as currently composed) is opposed, SB 9 is an unknown quantity.
While I remain skeptical that this particular development tool will be widely used in our communities (the threat from tear-downs and McMansions is far greater, as we have seen) someone is bound to make a go of it either by subdividing a single-family parcel into two new luxury residences (the most likely scenario), or by going whole hog and building four units or more if they divide a large enough lot. When this happens, it is my guess that neighborhoods will scramble for historic status and will find their way blocked by another Sacramento roadblock (from the real estate lobby’s favorite legislator, State Sen. Nancy Skinner of Berkeley) — SB330. This law, while not a great driver of new housing, among other things prevents our city from applying to the review of housing developments any new design guidelines or standards that are not objective or quantifiable, until 2025. The City Attorney has taken this to mean that the Planning Department is prohibited from creating new HPOZs. This is an enormous blow to the ability of neighborhood groups and preservation advocates to protect
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historic communities from McMansions and SB9. This is already stymying preservation efforts in SurveyLAidentified historic areas such as Los Feliz, which is seeing an uptick in demolitions. HPOZ lite But where Sacramento taketh, it also giveth. Recent coverage in this paper of the Wilshire Vista West National Register District shows a work-around that could be a useful template for concerned historic communities looking to create an “HPOZ lite.” Having a community surveyed and listed on the California Register of Historic Places, through the State Office of Historic Preservation (a step on the way to the National Register of Historic Places), while not providing the more iron clad protections of an HPOZ, avoids the prohibitions of SB330 by not proposing design guidelines or zoning changes. California Register
listing makes those properties in the district subject to CEQA review as historic resources, discretionary review by the Office of Historic Resources — and more importantly — exempts them from the provisions of SB9. Listing on the California Register is still a daunting undertaking, with significant organizating and costs associated with surveying and documenting the concerned
properties. Also, the Office of Historic Resources does not have standard and transparent procedures when dealing with such districts. Nonetheless, this may be the only way until SB330 sunsets in three years to effectively protect such vulnerable communities in our area as Fremont Place, Brookside, Sycamore Square, LaBrea Hancock and Citrus Square from further erosion due to tear-downs and SB9.
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programs. The museum aims to break ground on the “Building Truth” expansion project in April 2022 and to be open by spring 2024. “People see we’re a huge asset to the park. Families can picnic in the park and then walk in the museum … It will be more visible,” said Kean of the expansion. Because those early founders insisted no one should be turned away from learning about the Holocaust from lack of money, admission is always free to California residents. Parking will be at The Grove with a discounted rate with museum admission. For more information, visit hmla.org.
(Continued from page 7) recognition software. Outdoor spaces, for reflection and contemplation and designed by Studio-MLA, will be enclosed with transparent fences to give views of the park. The new campus will also have a 2,500-square-foot gallery and a 200-seat theater for survivor talks, film screenings, concerts, conferences and public programs. To date, the campaign has raised $22 million of its $45 million goal. The money raised includes $8.5 million from the State of California, which will provide greater space for classrooms, exhibits and public
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(Continued from page 8) tions of the city where the population has decreased. An analysis of the overall map recommended by the commission shows that its professional consultants and staff dealt with these population changes while also endeavoring to follow the commission’s operating principles, including creating council districts as compact as possible, certainly more compact than what was done to Council District Four 10 years ago. “Koreatown” Two of the early decisions of the commission related to historical concerns about the San Fernando Valley and the area now known as “Koreatown.” For two, maybe three, decades, there has been a cry to keep the community east of Western Avenue united in a single council district (as opposed to its three, or more, districts in previous redistricting decisions). The Valley In the San Fernando Valley, population has continued to increase. In addition, for
decades, residents there have Hills, as well as the southern on Burbank’s north, west and argued that their region’s inter- part of narrow West Holly- south. In the earliest version ests have not been represented wood. Similarly, at the top of of the adopted “Plan K2.5,” the adequately, because city council the San Fernando Valley, CD commission staff recommenddistricts were meandering over 7 surrounds the independent ed surrounding those three the Santa Monica Mountains City of San Fernando. sides of Burbank with a single and combining comcouncil district, startmunities that have ing with Griffith Park different interests on on the south and then * either side. So, an earmoving north, ultily decision of the commately to the Shadow mission was to treat Hills community. Mulholland Drive as a During the exten* dividing line between sive oral testimony * Valley districts and and through email those in the southern and online feedback * * parts of the city, with received by the com* an intention to have mission subsequent to * five complete districts, its release of the initial * plus a substantial porproposed Draft Plan * tion of a sixth district, K in the third week * contained within the of September, there San Fernando Valley. was substantial comThe commission-recment about the details ommended map does of almost all of the this. 15 proposed new disNow, back to the tricts. With respect to matter of “surroundthe district proposed ing other cities.” A to surround Burbank close look at the map on three sides, startof all 15 proposed dis- SURROUNDED CITIES (*) are in bright yellow. ing with Griffith Park tricts shows how that on the south, the was a factor affecting the reclines gradually were changed Burbank ommendations. The remaining, substantial to become what finally was CD 5 is a “surrounder,” sur- northern municipal intrusion adopted. Burbank now touchrounding most of Beverly into the territory of the City es two “completely-in-the-Valof Los Angeles comes from the ley” City of Los Angeles council districts (numbers 6 and 7) City of Burbank. On three sides, Burbank is as well as the Griffith Park dissurrounded by Los Angeles — trict to Burbank’s south (still
known, as of October, as number “2-OR-4”). That district also completely surrounds the independent Universal City. There were many hearings and much public testimony at meetings (including when, for at least one of the hearings, the commission allowed anybody who called to speak for a minute until there were no more callers). Although many of the people who called in to testify, especially later in the months-long process, advocated for keeping a favored councilmember or presented other arguments about the politics involved in recent or future elections, the commission seemed to stay true to its charge to come up with districts as compact as possible, combining communities of interest and not violating statutes governing fair voting. Now, this month and through December 15, it will be interesting to see what the 15 (or 14 currently serving) elected city council members do with the recommendation of the independent citizen commission. After all, unlike for the state of California, which has a totally independent commission, the final say in the City of Los Angeles comes from the City Council. Stay tuned.
Obama Portraits to make West Coast debut
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The portraits from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery are part of a fivecity tour, which began in Chicago in June. “The Obama Portraits Tour” continues through Jan. 2, 2022 in the Resnick Pavilion at LACMA. Black American Portraits Also coming to LACMA, “Black American Portraits” opens Nov. 7. The exhibit features 150 works, spanning two centuries (Please turn to page 12)
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Giving thanks this season: apples, corn, pumpkins and poetry
Would it be too much to ask for never-ending autumn? Since childhood, these magical days have been suffused with happiness. I measure each precious hour, still with the golden light on my garden wall. I have never forgotten a snippet of a prose poem (I may have read it in high school — we had a cultured and ambitious teacher) by French poet Stéphane Mallarmé: I have loved, uniquely and strangely, everything
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summed up in the word: fall. When we moved to western Massachusetts 28 years ago this autumn, the glory of the harvest season there left me breathless. In the outdoor markets sat plump squashes, shining corn, and silky apples — apples everywhere. Bright pumpkins in particular, of course. Apple butter. Apple pies. Apple cake doughnuts. Oh, my. A town surrounded by orchards and farmland. The front porches of houses, including our own, were wrapped this way and that with corn stalks and piled with pumpkins, as I am sure they are now, in Photo by Paula Panich neighborhoods
little changed from the late 19th century. It seems that I was cooking and cooking and cooking then, and just after Halloween (a great fête in a small town), the planning for the Thanksgiving menu would begin. I could not then, nor now, leave out Uncle Ivan’s Corn Soufflé. (Ivan Johnson, former wartime cook in the U.S. Merchant Marine, was a great-uncle of my former relative [by marriage], a half-century ago, when I lived in San Francisco. He was a tall, elegant man, kind and soft spoken. He and his wife, Pearl, lived in Berkeley, across from People’s Park II. Now therein hangs a tale for those of us who can recall those heady times.) Preheat oven to 375 degrees. ~ 1 cup canned creamed corn ~ 1 cup frozen whole corn kernels ~ 3 large eggs ~ 1 ¼ cups condensed milk ~ 1 cup quick-cooking plain oatmeal (but not instant) ~ Salt and freshly ground pepper ~ 1 tablespoon butter, cut in tiny pieces ~ butter for the soufflé dish
In a well-buttered 6- or 8-cup soufflé dish, mix together the two kinds of corn. Add the milk, eggs and oatmeal to the corn and blend well. Dot the top with butter. Put the dish in the middle rack of the oven. After 40 minutes, check the soufflé by inserting a cake tester in its center. The dish is done when the soufflé is firm and the tester comes out clean. Do not overcook. The time depends on your oven, but if it is almost done (and not jig-
gling) but the center is not fully cooked, watch it like a hawk; test it every four to five minutes. On Thanksgiving, the oven is in great demand, of course, so you can make this dish early in the morning, and reheat it gently after the turkey is resting before it is carved. My children and grandchildren know next to nothing about the San Francisco part of my life. Nevertheless, no one has Thanksgiving without Uncle Ivan.
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Petersen gala Nov. 20; James Bond turns 60
Henrik Fisker, chairman and CEO of Fisker Inc. (the world’s first digital car company), will be honored at the Petersen Automotive Museum’s 27th annual gala Sat., Nov. 20 from 5 to 10 p.m. The fundraising event is the first in-person gala at the museum since 2019. Dress is black tie to coincide with the new exhibit, “Bond in Motion.” Dinner, live entertainment and a live auction will be featured at the fundraiser. Visit amoore@petersen. org or call Alec Moore at 323964-6367 for ticket information. Bond in Motion exhibit Bond, James Bond, is featured in the new exhibit celebrating the 60th anniversary of the film franchise through a selection of 30 vehicles, including cars, motorcycles, boats, submarines and helicopters. The “Bond in Motion” exhibit continues through Oct. 30, 2022. The Petersen is at 6060 Wilshire Blvd. Visit Petersen. org.
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Goodall’s life, discoveries told in exhibit at NHM At age 26, Jane Goodall left for the wilds of Africa, where she studied and befriended wild chimpanzees. Her discoveries — our closest living relatives used tools and had emotions — would shake the scientific community. Goodall’s work and life is chronicled in a new interactive, multimedia exhibit, “Becoming Jane: The Evolution of Dr. Jane Goodall,” opening Sun., Nov. 7 at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM). The West Coast debut of the exhibit explores Goodall’s early years in Africa, as a renowned scientist in Gombe, Tanzania, and her work as an activist and mentor today. The exhibit includes immersive displays, including a replica of Goodall’s research tent, where visitors can envision themselves as scientists jotting down observations in a field journal. A hologramlike projection shows Goodall sharing her memories of Gombe and her thoughts and impressions learned while living among chimpanzees. Organized by the National Geographic Society and the Jane Goodall Institute, the
exhibit also gives updates on the current state of Gombe Stream National Park and the conservationists who are fol-
lowing in Goodall’s footsteps. The exhibit presents a call to action to visitors to join Goodall’s mission to ensure a more
sustainable future for us all. “We are honored to present this marvelous exhibition and share Jane Goodall’s journey with audiences from all over the world,” said Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga, president and director of NHM. Goodall is a recipient of numerous honors. The British ethologist is a United Nations Messenger of Peace and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (the female equivalent of knighthood). Goodall has also received France’s highest recognition, the French Legion of Honor. The exhibit continues through April 17, 2022.
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continues through April 17, 2022 in the Resnick Pavilion, LACMA. Both exhibitions will be accompanied by a slate of programs, including talks, performances and films. The Nov. 7 opening day will feature an open house celebration. Art+Film Gala The “Obama Portraits” artists, Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, and filmmaker Steven Spielberg will be honored at LACMA’s 2021 Art+Film Gala on Sat., Nov 6. Visit lacma.org for more information.
“BARACK OBAMA” National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
ON EXHIBIT in “Becoming Jane.”
(Continued from page 10) of diverse African American portraiture. The works are in a range of media by more than 100 artists. They include an 18th-century portrait of a sailor, early studio photography, scenes from the Harlem Renaissance and portraits from the Civil Rights era to the present day. The works are drawn primarily from LACMA’s permanent collection. “Black American Portraits”
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Illegal nightclub shut down in one of three police raids
By Suzan Filipek The City Attorney’s office has filed charges against the operators of an illegal nightclub on El Centro Avenue, where several guns were confiscated and a shooting occurred. The site is within a halfblock of Larchmont Charter School – Hollygrove. It is just across the street from the Hollygrove offices of Uplift Family Services. The owners and operators of the alleged underground club face 12 counts, including dispensing alcohol without a license, noise violations, allowing live music and operating a dance hall without a permit. The club, which was in a nondescript grey and black building at 800 N. El Centro Ave., at the corner of Waring Avenue, has been permanently shut down, according to a statement from Los Ange-
les City Attorney Mike Feuer. The building once housed a legitimate theater. An illegal marijuana store preceded the illegal nightclub. Los Angeles police responded to residents’ complaints in August and found a large party with a cover charge, DJs playing loud music, and alcohol being sold. Officers arrested several people and confiscated guns, according to a report. On Aug. 29, the LAPD responded to the same location after receiving calls that shots were fired — witnesses reported hearing approximately 20 gunshots. A victim was shot several times in his face and body, but he survived. Police also recovered a handgun and numerous casings from two different handguns and discovered multiple bullet holes in a building next door. After returning to find addi(Please turn to page 14)
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Rash of burglaries hit businesses on Larchmont
WILSHIRE DIVISION ROBBERY: A man was walking on the 100 block of N. Poinsettia Pl. when a suspect approached and pointed a handgun, demanding the
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(Continued from page 13) property, told a judge that he was in the process of selling the property. By mid-September, neighbors told the Chronicle that a large moving truck arrived and removed boxes and furniture from the house. One week later, the property was confirmed sold, according to its MLS listing. “This is great news for the neighborhood,” one resident told us. The new homeowners are a family
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In poker and life, play by the rules, even the little-known ‘showdown’ the final bet of a hand is made — the showdown. Its purpose is to determine the winning hand. I’ll wager you are not familiar with all of these rules, even if you are a veteran of the poker tables. Let us explore some showdown rules: If everyone checks or is allin on the final betting round, the player who acted first is the first to show his hand. If there is wagering on the final betting round, the last player to take aggressive action by a bet or raise is the first to show the hand. Cards speak for themselves at the showdown when the player turns them face up on the table. The player must turn all his cards face up on
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The dealer or another player is not allowed to turn up the hand for any player not present at the showdown. The dealer is the only person who awards the pot. No other person has the right to scoop it in. If the pot has mistakenly been awarded to the wrong player, the floorperson is authorized to calculate the correct amount of the pot and award it to the proper player so long as the mistake was promptly called. A controversial rule It is not uncommon for a player to seek to see a hand after the showdown. His motive is to gain better knowledge as to how his opponent plays his hands. Valuable information. The rule was established to prevent collusion between players. Any player who was dealt into the hand has the right to see it. First, the dealer must award the pot to the winner and then kill all hands by
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Rules are essential in our lives. We have rules to govern and control our daily lives and rules for playing at the poker table. If we fail to follow those rules, we are often punished or suffer consequences one way or another. Rules for playing poker usually are posted in the casino. There may be serious consequences if you don’t follow the rules. (I have seen players ejected from the casino when they fail to do so.) There are rules for dealing and betting, rules for raising and folding, rules for eating and taking breaks from the game, rules of conduct and etiquette. Showdown rules There are even rules after
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Larchmont Chronicle
NOVEMBER 2021
“It was a real pleasure getting to know Aaron and Bret and working with them on the sale of my home. They are friendly, extremely knowledgable professionals who bring an informed, commonsense approach to the whole process. They were always there on the spot, going far above and beyond what I had come to expect from other realtors. I was particularity impressed that they, and never one of their associates, personally conduced showings. They really understood the property and were able to present it in its best light. Most importantly, I consider them friends, whom I look forward to working with again.” - Ian Wayne, Los Angeles
Bret Parsons Founder & Executive Director, Architectural Division
Aaron Montelongo Estates Director
310.497.5832 bret@bretparsons.com DRE 01418010
310.600.0288 aaronmontelongo@gmail.com DRE 01298036
Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. DRE 01866771. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate.