Chronicle

Electrical outages spark meeting on problems’ solutions

n Residents ‘deserve a resilient... power grid’

By Casey Russell

Major storms in January and February left many residents in Windsor Square and Hancock Park without power for multiple days. Those affected dealt not only with the extended outages but also with confusing messaging as to when power would be restored.

Boys and girls leagues celebrate with pancakes

By Jim Kalin

Hancock Homes Realty (HHR) hosted a pancake breakfast on Sunday morning, March 12, to celebrate Larchmont Charter School’s girls’ and boys’ basketball teams.

“It gave me an excuse to finally buy a griddle,” said HHR chief executive officer John Duerler, whose sons Liam and Jackson played basketball for Larchmont this season.

In attendance were all five teams — two boys,’ grades five and six; girls’ grades five and six; girls’ grades seven and eight; and boys’ grades seven and eight. Both boys’ and girls’ grades seven and eight teams won their league titles.

The breakfast took place in the parking lot of the Hancock Homes Realty offices at 501 N. Larchmont Blvd. and was attended by players, siblings, parents, coaches, teachers and pets.

Banding together to try to get answers and to put pressure on Dept. of Water and Power (DWP) and city officials to ensure the recent experiences aren’t repeated, residents organized a Zoom meeting on March 6.

The meeting was attended by Council District 5’s Katy Yaroslavsky and members of her team, Council District

Top players to play for $3 million purse

By Suzan Filipek

The world’s top female golfers soon will descend upon the historic course at Wilshire Country Club (WCC) for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tournament.

They will be competing for a

$3 million purse at the tournament, being held Thurs., April 27, through Sun., April 30.

“We’re looking forward. We’re very excited and ecstatic,” said John Shipka, chair of the WCC LPGA Committee.

“The [sponsors] have stepped up” to double the size of the purse — the largest for an LPGA event outside of the majors.

The 72-hole tournament will feature 144 women golfers “from all over the world.