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New baseball, soccer fields were welcomed
By John Welborne When asked his opinion at the opening of two new athletic fields at Pan Pacific Park, St. James’ School second-grader and Wilshire Warriors baseball player William LaBombard said: “I am so excited to play on the new field with my baseball team!” His was a sentiment shared by the scores of local children who participated in the May 5 ribbon-cutting ceremonies overseen by Councilman David Ryu and the city’s Department of Recreations and Parks. LaBombard had a game on the new field See Pan Pacific Park, p 9
LOCAL CHILDREN take the field at the opening of the new and improved baseball and soccer fields at Pan Pacific Park.
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Housing is more than a roof overhead
TEMPLE on tour. 2-9
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EBELL REST COTTAGE garden circa 1930s.
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By Suzan Filipek The Ebell of Los Angeles has a chorale, a costume department and a bridge club. “What most people don’t know is that we’re also really very heavily involved in social services,” said Randi Jones, director of The Rest Cottage Association (RCA), a nonprofit arm of The Ebell. “This is one of the oldest philanthropies in Los Angeles, and we want as many people as we can to know about it,”
Jones added. The RCA recently marked its 100th year, and while the group’s actual “rest home” was sold 38 years ago, proceeds from the sale were inSee Rest Cottage, p 22
This is the first part of a two-part story about the local Alexandria House program providing a path to permanent supportive housing. Part two will be next month. By Rachel Olivier Alexandria House held its largest fundraiser of the year, the 10th annual “WomenSpeak” luncheon, last month at the Ebell of Los Angeles. Featured speaker was Dr. Melina Abdullah, professor and chair of Pan-African studies at Cal State Los Angeles. Alexandria House alumna Kamara Farai spoke about her experience at the transitional home, and she presented two See Alexandria, p 23
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By John Welborne Los Angeles County ballots for the Tues., June 5 primary election include 27 candidates who have qualified to run for the open seat of Governor of California representing five
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Metro tunnel boring machines unveiled n Debut featured Marlborough musicians
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CIVIC LEADERS Zev Yaroslavsky and Eric Garcetti posed in front of one of the two TBM cutterheads.
n Debut featured Marlborough musicians
By John Welborne Youth was well represented at Metro’s unveiling of artwork that disclosed the winning names for the two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will drill the Purple Line Extension through Greater Wilshire and Miracle Mile. Third grader Lauren Park, from La Cañada, designed winning poster art that will be placed on the twin TBMs that will start working silently underground this summer. Ninth grader Marianne Gutierrez, of Fairfax High School, selected the winning names for the TBMs. [See accompanying story on page 15.] Entertainment at the event included a performance by students enrolled in the Marlborough Instrumental Ensemble program. The performers were: on flute, Eleanor Berger (9th grade) and Sofia Ellis (8th grade); on violin, Sofia Head (7th grade), ReSee Metro, p 15
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By John Welborne The essence
In stating the following, there is no disrespect intended for the hardworking franchisees, managers and employees of multiple chain establishments on Larchmont Boulevard. However, the essence of Larchmont Village is not in its multitude of coffee shops, juice and ice cream shops, and other “take out” establishments. Rather, the essence of this little neighborhood shopping street always has been, and remains, the small, independent merchants such as those who sell toys and books (in our case, the oldest independent bookseller in Los Angeles), jewelry and gifts, women’s clothing and stationery. The essence includes a small insurance brokerage office and a plumbing company that has served local neighborhoods since 1931. The essence of Larchmont is represented well by the tenants in the Lipson property on the southeast end of the Boulevard. Essential Larchmont includes a longtime barbershop and a hair salon where there has been one since the Lipson building — now in escrow to a new owner — opened in the 1920s. Of course, another important part of “the mix” on the street always has been a few, generally one-of-a-kind, independent restaurants. We think it is fair to say that the Larchmont Chronicle speaks for the surrounding community and all who love Larchmont when we say we hope the new owner will respect the successful (if not the most lucrative) approach of the original owner-landlords, Charlotte Lipson and her father. Maintain Larchmont and make a fair profit. That is all we ask.
Know Your Block Captain and Stay Safe The most important part of keeping our homes and families safe is an active Neighborhood Watch. And the foundation of a successful Neighborhood Watch is your block captain. The Block Captain Committee and Security Committee recruit new block captains and support the existing ones. So, we thank our Block Captains Committee, particularly Jen DeVore and Cindy Chvatal, and our Security Committee chair, Peter Gorelick, for all the work they do to help support our community network. The Association recently hosted a dinner at the Wilshire Country Club where Councilman Ryu and our new Field Deputy, Rob Fisher, joined the block captains for dinner and discussions. Our block captains also heard from our Security Committee chair, Peter Gorelick, and other board members of the Association. Your block captains keep their neighbors informed about what’s going on, interface with the City and, most importantly, they are the core of our neighborhood watch, providing security and eyes on the ground for the LAPD and security services. If you don’t know who your block captain is, then contact the Association. If your block doesn’t have a block captain and you want to volunteer (Yay!), then also contact the Association. Remember to pay your Association dues, which you can now 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! If you plan to change your landscaping or make changes to the exterior of your house, please contact our City Planner, Kimberly Henry (kimberly.henry@lacity.org), before starting to make sure your plans comply with our Preservation Plan. The HPOZ Preservation Plan, which regulates our HPOZ, can be found at preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/la/hancock-park. There also is an online form you can fill out to help speed up the process: preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/initial.screening. checklist. 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.
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Sat., June 2 – Gilmore Auto Show, Farmers Market at Third and Fairfax, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun., June 3 – Race to Erase MS run at The Grove, 189 The Grove Dr., 7 a.m. to noon. Tues., June 5 – ELECTION DAY. Sun., June 10 – Annual Brookside Block Party, 800 block of Keniston Ave., 3 to 7 p.m. Wed., June 13 – Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council board meeting, The Ebell of Los Angeles, 743 S. Lucerne Blvd., 7 p.m. Sun., June 17 – Father’s Day. Tues., June 20 – Summer begins. Thurs., June 28 – Delivery of the July issue of the Larchmont Chronicle.
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Letters to the Editor Outstanding DWP workers The Dept. of Water and Power (DWP) is working on our street, replacing and upgrading the water pipes. I have had the opportunity to observe their crews working in front of my house on Detroit St. I know it’s a BIG job. But the workers are outstanding. They know what they are doing, and also are very considerate of the residents. (I told several of them.) The DWP has also done a super job in keeping us informed of their plans so we can be prepared. And I plan to phone the DWP to tell them so. As a voter, resident and taxpayer, I much appreciate their expertise and interaction with residents. My daughter called my attention to how well they cleaned up after each day’s work. I am sure the DWP and City Council will be pleased also. George Epstein Detroit Street
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Flashing Red Signal We represent the 65 residents of the Ridgewood Wilton Neighborhood who signed a petition in August, 2016, representing 45 properties, to restore the flashing red traffic signal at the five-way intersection of Wilton Place and Second Street from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. This was done at the suggestion of CD4 as a way to express our views to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. That agency denied (Please turn to page 8)
“When I was in nursery school I gave a speech and I promptly put my finger in my mouth the whole time.” K.C. Reischerl Evelyn Grant Gower St.
“High school in Canada goes to the 13th grade. I didn’t get to go to my own graduation. I was skiing in Whistler.” Harvey Levine Plymouth Blvd.
TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS: Eiger Marketing Group’s Rob Lampman; Wilshire Country Club president David Damus; and Club general manager Todd A. Keefer, PGA.
CORRECTION The May issue’s story on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tournament at Wilshire Country Club misidentified Rob Lampman, managing partner of Eiger Marketing Group (at left in the above photo), as the country club’s head golf pro, Rick Rielly, PGA. In the photo below, Rielly is on the right.
WILSHIRE OFFICIALS: Club president David Damus; general manager Todd A. Keefer, PGA; and head golf pro Rick Rielly, PGA.
“I was at my daughter’s graduation party yesterday, so I’d say that was my favorite.” Rick Rielly Norton Ave.
“My high school graduation, I had all my family. I was the youngest in the family and we had a great time.” Cooper Shaw Beachwood Canyon
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New asphalt: part of Larchmont Village news
The City of Los Angeles twoday project to repave Larchmont Boulevard, between First Street and Beverly Boulevard, should be finished late in the afternoon of Thursday, May 31, the day the June issue of the Larchmont Chronicle is published. According to the Bureau of Street Services’ notice sent two weeks prior to commencement of the work, city workers were to “cold mill” (remove the top surface of existing asphalt) and then replace that wearing surface with a new layer of asphalt. Each side of the two-block stretch was to be done in a single day! The east side was due to be closed on Wednesday, and the west side was due to be closed on Thurs., May 31. Councilman David Ryu says that repaving this part of Larchmont Boulevard “will make this popular road smoother and safer and make
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Driverless cars will change the world, experts say at conference By Steven Rosenthal Wasted time sitting in Los Angeles traffic is costly to businesses and commuters alike, both in hours lost and fuel burned. Just when workers need to be perky, many arrive at their jobsite harried, stressed out and in need of a break. On May 3, the Los Angeles World Affairs Council and the Petersen Automotive Museum presented a one-day conference to explore the future of the automobile, including transportation issues facing commuters and looking at the challenges of trucking in the city. Speakers from
around the world and notable “disrupters” in the transportation world came together at the Petersen to discuss the state of autonomous driving and what roadblocks are up ahead. The conference speakers included manufacturers, technologists, designers, urban planners, psychologists and regulators. Petersen’s chairman of the board of trustees Peter Mullin set the pace for the conference, stating, “Driverless cars will change the world and have the potential to reduce the 34,000 car deaths a year.” (Note that the same
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day that a fatality was reported in a driverless car, there were 92 gas-driven car deaths.) To prep newcomers to the autonomous experience, Mullin said the Petersen is looking at an autonomous vehicle project that will provide an opportunity to showcase the future of the automobile by offering to museum goers rides around town in autonomous vehicles. 100 years in making Experiments were first conducted on autonomous (autodriving) cars about 100 years ago. However, it wasn’t until the 1980s that research organizations developed working prototypes for the likes of Mercedes Benz, GM, Audi, Volvo, Nissan and Toyota plus Autoliv (the world’s largest auto safety supplier), Oxford University, Bosch and Google. At least four states have passed laws permitting autonomous cars, including California, Nevada, Florida and Michigan. European cities are considering the possibilities. In 2010 under the Vislab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge (VIAC), four electric vehicles drove from Italy to China on a 100-day, almost 10,000-mile journey with limited human involvement. Recently, Uber announced a partnership with Carnegie Mellon to develop its own autonomous cars. Heads in the sand Regarding the electric car arena, Canary’s Dan Eberhart, CEO of the drilling services company, believes the oil and gas industry “has its head in the sand” on fossil fuels. He
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compared the 29 percent efficiency of gas-driven cars to a 70 percent efficiency from electrics. Large industries like the automotive groups appear to be stuck in the past, agreed Stephan Krause, founder and CEO of EVelozcity, California’s newest EV startup. “We are still building cars like stage coaches, engine in front, trunk in back and people in the middle.” He went on to explain, “Self-driving transportation vehicles will not only be built differently but they will also provide different functions: commuter cars, last-mile cars and long-trip cars.” Green with soul From the design side of the future, industrial designer and Art Center graduate Franz Von Holhausen, chief designer for Tesla, questions design: “Does
it serve the human race? If it does not serve a function then it’s not a valid design,” he said. Von Holhausen embraces minimalism and steers his affinities to the romantic side of design. “Liberation of pure electric allows for freedom of the development of the vehicle, merging form and function and not having decorative stuff.” (The Tesla 3 has no grill frills, nor does it have any controls or switches on the dash, just a 15-inch notepad, which serves all the functions needed to operate a car.) His philosophy — “To be green and efficient you don’t have to bury your soul in the desert.” Former GM Chair, Kent Kresa, envisions an “Uber Class Society,” disruptive to insurance companies, the oil industry, and parts suppliers to name a few. Kresa says it will make no sense to own a car when cities become fully autonomous. He believes private vehicle ownership will decrease and, therefore, the cost of car ownership will be added to spendable, disposable income. The future comes with some caution, he warns, and he voiced concerns for cyberattacks in transportation and encouraged the attendees to look for ways to limit hacking. Will the autonomous car be the standard of transportation (Please turn to page 5)
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Lieu keynotes Mile Chamber event, ‘Culture in a Construction Zone’ Mile is in a significant period of transition. To discuss some of the challenges and opportunities of operating under such circumstances, representatives from the five major museums on Wilshire Boulevard participated in a panel discussion
titled “Culture in a Construction Zone.” Panelists included Katherine DeShaw with the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum, Suzanne Isken with the Craft and Folk Art Museum, Leslie Kendall with the Petersen Auto Museum, John Rice with LACMA and Cyn-
thia Wornham with the Natural History Museum (the Tar Pits Museum). Mark Panatier, Vice President of the A.F. Gilmore Company, which owns the Original Farmers’ Market, moderated the panel. Describing the Mile’s transition best, Suzanne Isken said: “I imagine it’s kind of like being pregnant. It’s very, very inconvenient, but in the end it’s pretty life-changing.” Coucilman Ryu opened the
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in 25-30 years? If we evaluate the cars of today, the average life span of a car on the road is 25 years. Not a quick turnover but definitely “disruptive.” To speed up the time line for selfdriving cars, some cities are looking at designating certain areas only for autonomous transportation. Disruption of the trucking industry will cause rethinking of delivery when areas of a city are designated delivery hubs for autonomous trucks at all hours of the day. Urban planners foresee small pods and self-driving shuttles in congested areas. Autonomous vehicles will also change the way the visually or physically impaired get around, eliminating the need to rely on others. Emotional attachment? Some challenges remain the same while others are psychological in the electrics revolution: besides research, planning, and funding, we need to study the psychological changes of drivers and passengers alike and the emotional attachment to our car. For example, did you name your first car? The underlying question for today’s traditionalists: Are the self-driving electrics safe? Yes, and most probably safer than your gas-driven relic.
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event with a description of the “Growth of the Mile,” noting how Wilshire Boulevard has transformed over the past 100 years from a dirt road to a world-class shopping district. More than 130 Chamber members and guests attended the event, where they dined on sandwiches, salads and desserts prepared by local caterer Black Dog Coffee. For more information, visit miraclemilechamber.org.
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Brookside block party set for June 10 Brookside will hold its 39th annual neighborhood block party on Sun., June 10. “Our neighborhood has the distinction of holding the longest running neighborhood Block Party in the City of Los Angeles,” according to Brookside Homeowners Association co-presidents Danny Gibson and Emily Levin This year’s block party will be held on the 800 block of Keniston Avenue from 3 to 7 p.m. When the Brookside Block Party was started in 1979 many residents brought meats that were barbecued for the entire
community. The remaining neighbors contributed by providing side dishes and drinks. “Unfortunately, many of those original neighbors are no longer with us or are not able to take on such an arduous task. So, now we have an outside vendor that does the barbecuing, and neighbors continue to provide the side dishes and all the drinks,” said Gibson. The neighborhood event also includes a bevy of activities for all age groups, like a bounce house for the children, pie and watermelon eat-
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(Continued from page 1) against Democratic incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein, including nine others in the Democratic party, 11 Republicans, nine candidates who decline to state a party, and one each from the Libertarian and Peace and Freedom parties. Other statewide offices up for election include open seats for Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner, and Member of the State Board of Equalization. Incumbent Secretary of State Alex Padilla has seven opponents. Incumbent Controller Betty Yee has two opponents. Appointed Attorney General Xavier Becerra has three opponents. Local incumbent members of Congress running for reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives are Adam Schiff (28th District), Ted Lieu (33rd District), Jimmy Gomez (34th District) and Karen Bass (37th District). There also are candidates for State Senate and State Assembly, plus 36 people running to fill 11 Superior Court judgeships. All of those are open judgeships except for Office No. 63, where there is a challenger to longtime Judge Malcolm H. Mackey. Judge Mackey has the distinction of being the only candidate among the 36 on the ballot to have been rated by the Los Angeles County Bar Association as “Exceptionally Well Qualified.” (His challenger was rated “Not Qualified.”) Finally, there are the following five State Measures on the ballot, whose descriptions here are taken from the “Los Angeles Times:”
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Mark your calendars! The Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA) will host its annual block party Sat., July 28. The event will run from 1 to 5 p.m. on Bronson Avenue, between Clinton and Rosewood. Organizers are seeking help from the community. Local businesses are encouraged to sponsor food stations or donate raffle prizes, and residents are needed as organizers and event volunteers. “Any corporate donations will go to the event for the neighborhood’s benefit and will provide the means to include activities for the children and logistics such as portable toilets,” said Adam Rubenstein, one of the event’s organizers. Last year, for example, Rubenstein notes that Larchmont dentist Dr. Arthur Kezian sponsored a snow-cone station that was a favorite for young residents. If you can help, contact Rubenstein at arubenstein@ rodeore.com.
Larchmont Chronicle • Proposition 68: Borrowing for parks and wildlife protection. • Proposition 69: A lockbox for California’s new transportation cash. • Proposition 70: A future showdown over climate change cash. • Proposition 71: Count the votes before a proposition becomes a law. • Proposition 72: No new taxes for home rainwater collection systems. The California Secretary of State has mailed to voters the ballot arguments for and against Propositions 68, 69, and 70, written by multiple advocates pro and con. For Proposition 71 (ballot measures’ effective dates), the only opposition in the official voter information guide comes from one individual. For Proposition 72 (exclusion of rainwater collection systems from property tax), there was no argument submitted against the measure. Vote on June 5!
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(Continued from page 2) our request and is currently testing an as yet untried (in a single-family residential neighborhood on a collector street) and radical change in signalization that is creating chaos for everyone, including pedestrians. We now hear honking at all hours and observe more dangerous violations than ever! The CD4 office told us they have invested in lawn signs to encourage traffic safety, and most recently, pledged to lay down bike lanes to nowhere on just two blocks of a neighboring street to “narrow the roadbed.” However, what we and all of Los Angeles need is enforcement. Traffic rules are ignored everywhere and all day long, by vehicles and bicycles alike. Better to give every pedestrian a fluorescent safety vest because without enforce-
ment, Vision Zero will fail and lives will be lost. A flashing red light (“STOP!”) is a self-enforcing solution, which kept our residents and visitors safe for 27 years. We invite you to watch traffic at First and Wilton southbound, north of the curve, where there is an all-way stop with a flashing red light 24/7, and then view Second Street any time between 9 and 11 p.m., especially on the weekend. Mary Rajswing and Ginny Kazor Editor’s Note: Please see elsewhere on this page for a response from Councilman David Ryu. 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.
Chronicle Questions for the Councilman By Billy Taylor
Periodically we send questions to our representative in City Hall. Send your queries to tips@larchmontchronicle.com.
Q: Residents have expressed a desire to restore the flashing red traffic signal at the five-way intersection of Wilton Place and Second Street. Why were they told it can’t be done?
A: As a City Councilmember, public safety is my first priority, and as a life-long Angeleno, I know that improving traffic safety is central to protecting public safety. My staff and I have made traffic safety a priority, including at the intersection of Second Street and Wilton Place. I have personally met with neighbors in this area, including the authors of the letter [at left], and I have toured the intersection during operating hours of the new pilot to get a first-hand understanding of traffic conditions. At present, there is a standard greenyellow-red light signal at the intersection of Second and Wilton. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)
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OLYMPIC DIVISION BURGLARIES: Property valued at $56,000, including jewelry, money and a purse, was stolen from inside a home on the 600 block of N. Gower St. after a suspect smashed the window to a bedroom window on May 2 at 9 a.m. Property was stolen from inside a home on the 600 block of N. Windsor Blvd. after a suspect pried open a rear door and ransacked the interior on May 15 between 5:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. A hot prowl burglary situation unfolded on the 500 block of S. Windsor Blvd. on May 16 at 6:45 p.m. when three suspects climbed a gated external wall to access a property. A resident living in a guesthouse on the property confronted the suspects, who fled the scene in a getaway car parked nearby, but not before dropping a cell phone and pair of gloves. Police booked the evidence, and according to Officer Pelayo, one of the suspects was arrested the following day. A suspect cut open the screen to a bedroom window and ransacked the interior of a home on the 500 block of S. Plymouth Blvd. on May 16 at 8 p.m. It was unknown at the time if any property was taken.
has made clear they are opposed to installing flashing red lights on Second Street and Wilton Place or anywhere in the City of Los Angeles, because it is unsafe for pedestrians. At my urging, LADOT has agreed to work with the community to make changes to the light signal of Second and Wilton and to continue studying traffic safety in the area. LADOT has detectors at this intersection to measure traffic speed, and the department has implemented a flashing yellow light between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. telling drivers to proceed with caution. This flashing yellow light began on May 1, and after three months of collecting speed and video data, LADOT will evaluate the results. With traffic safety as my goal, I will be looking for what is proven to work to slow down traffic and keep residents safe. I look forward to more discussion on traffic safety in our communities — if you have any questions, comments or concerns, you can reach my office by email at cd4.issues@ lacity.org or phone at 213-473-7004.
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WSA’s Positive Projects: Past, Present and Future Last month, the Windsor Square Association (WSA) participated in a ceremony at local Fire Station 29, marking the beginning of a much-needed landscaping and beautification project there. The fire station, on the corner of Van Ness Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, marks the southeastern entrance to our neighborhood, and its firefighters serve Windsor Square and contiguous areas. Fire Station 29 is one of the busiest in the city. The WSA has contributed to an approximately $85,000 fund to create an improved, drought-tolerant landscape that the hard-working firefighters and surrounding neighbors and passers-by surely deserve. (First-in-Fire Foundation led the fundraising campaign, and the Hancock Park Garden Club made a substantial contribution. Other local groups chipped in as well.) This project is just one of many that the WSA has either supported or led in our ongoing commitment to enhancing our neighborhood. An abbreviated list of others includes: Larchmont Boulevard Median: In 2004, the WSA was the lead funder in the construction of the Larchmont median between First and Third Streets, and we continue to pay for maintenance. Norton Triangle: In 2012, the WSA spearheaded the landscaping of the triangular traffic island at Norton Avenue and Sixth Street (with additional funding from the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society). The Association continues to pay for maintenance. Major Tree Planting: About 15 years ago, the WSA funded the purchase and planting of about 1,000 new parkway trees in the neighborhood. We recently created an updated list of appropriate replacement trees and plan to help homeowners acquire the new trees when needed. Robert Burns Park: The WSA purchased new trash containers and benches for our local park and partners with other groups to support the park’s maintenance. Street Light Improvements: Beginning in 2006, the WSA led a successful campaign to improve street lighting in parts of the neighborhood (primarily “New Windsor Square” between First and Third Streets, from Larchmont to Irving Boulevard). This was accomplished through property-owner assessments, all done while keeping the period feel of the original or similar light fixtures. What’s next? We always are on the lookout for projects that make a positive difference in Windsor Square, and we welcome suggestions from our neighbors. Contact us through our website: windsorsquare.org. 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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Working to improve public park space and fix roads It’s almost summer in Council District Four, and with the season come exciting new developments in the Larchmont area to get us outside and enjoying our community. From greener parks to cleaner streets, I am thrilled to work with the city and the community on making Larchmont, Greater Wilshire and Mid City West an even more incredible place to live, work and play. Pan Pacific Park My office and the Department of Recreation and Parks on May 5 cut the ribbon on two new athletic fields in Pan Pacific Park, which will serve kids, athletes and families for years to come. The baseball diamond in Pan Pacific was significantly upgraded, with new irrigation, upgraded bleachers and dugouts, a new lawn for the outfield and new lighting. The second field is a brandnew soccer field, on what previously had been little more than a dirt patch that had sat vacant for years. Today, it is a synthetic turf soccer field with safe fencing, an electronic scoreboard, security lighting, new trash bins, bleachers and more. My office has been dedicated to carrying this project through since the day I entered office, and we pushed to make these new fields the best they can be after former Councilmember Tom LaBonge began the process in 2014. It became so abundantly clear to me why both Tom and I and our staffs worked so hard on these fields when the ribbon was cut. The excited faces of all the kids in attendance, proudly representing the Wilshire Warriors baseball team and other users, said it all: Parks get us excited to be outside, they improve our lives, and they tie our community together in a shared space of fun and friendship. Waste bins We’ve brought 20 new public waste bins to the streets of MidWilshire, on the major thoroughfares of Third, Wilshire and Olympic. I am proud to partner with the Bureau of Sanitation to bring these new trash bins to the community to complement our pilot program of installing Ecube “smart” bins that can hold eight times the capacity of normal trash bins by compacting trash, while communicating with the sanitation bureau in real time to let it know bins are full. Street repair Another priority is our streets — making them safer and getting them repaired. The Bureau of Street Services has just completed repaving Larchmont Boulevard between Beverly Boulevard and First Street, which will make this popular road smoother and safer and make Larchmont Village an
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David E. Ryu even more inviting experience for locals and visitors alike. Further south, on Sixth Street, my office worked with the Department of Transportation to improve Sixth Street between June and Rimpau, adding fourinch solid white “no passing” lines and reflective markers to make the lanes more visible and promote safer passage through this bend on Sixth Street. I look forward to continuing to work with the Bureau of Street Services and the Department of Transportation to improve our streets and the quality of life in Mid-Wilshire.
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the afternoon of the ceremonies, and he (and his coach and father, John) later pronounced the new facilities a vast improvement over the “badly maintained dirt patches” on which the boys and girls have been playing in recent years. Councilman Ryu said that he and his staff have been focused on this project since he took office in July of 2015, as the Councilman describes in more detail in his “Council Report” column in this month’s Larchmont Chronicle.
SOCCER PLAYERS as well as baseball teammates get improved facilities at Pan Pacific Park. Photo by Rob Fisher
GRATEFUL local baseball players pose on the new field with Councilman David Ryu, in back, and Anita Meacham, superintendent of the Dept. of Recreation & Parks Metro Region, in front. Photo by E.F. LaBombard
WILSHIRE WARRIORS, parents and friends with Councilman Ryu at the new fields.
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Spring salute: Colleagues, Police Reserves, Blue Ribbon, Big Brothers & Sisters and League’s Affair
The Colleagues, whose efforts have benefitted Children’s Institute, Inc. for the last 60 years, held their annual Spring Luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel April 17. “Never doubt the power of what a small Around group of womthe en can achieve Town to change the with world,” said Patty Hill Colleagues President Cara Leonetti Esposito. Actress, producer and philanthropist Jane Seymour was presented with the Colleagues Champion of Children Award and gratefully accepted, saying, “Life’s greatest gift is waking up every day and knowing what you need to do!” She was met with resounding applause by the 700 guests for the work of Ms. Seymour’s Open Hearts Foundation. Her speech was followed by a daz-
zling runway show of Oscar de la Renta’s Fall 2018 Collection designed by Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia. Among the dazzling from our ’hood, many wearing their own de la Renta fashions, were Shar Penfold, Karla Ahmanson, Sue Cunningham, Melanie Boettcher, Mary Jaworski, Michele McMullin, Stephanie Sourapas, Jackie Kruse, Dina Phillips, Challen Cates, Arsine Phillips, Donna Wolff and Amy Savagian. Proceeds raised from this very successful event go to CII for its mission to end child abuse and neglect. The organization was founded by this columnist’s predecessor, the much-beloved Lucy Toberman. • • • Big Brothers Big Sisters of
COLLEAGUES Amy Savagian, Sue Cunningham and Arsine Phillips at the Regent Beverly Wilshire.
Greater Los Angeles held its annual “Accessories for Success Scholarship Luncheon” April 22 at the Beverly Wilshire. The event honored three exemplary women for their leadership and support: Tracy D. Underwood, senior vice president of ABC Signature; Laurie Zaks, president of Mandeville Television; and Martha Henderson, executive vice president of Entertainment Banking at City National Bank. The afternoon highlight was a fashion show featuring Big Brothers and Sisters with their
OSCAR DE LA RENTA 2018 Fall Collection was viewed by Challen Cates and Shar Penfold at the Colleagues Luncheon.
“littles” modeling outfits they selected at a Goodwill store with a budget of $30, part of an initiative by Goodwill to develop self-sufficiency. Some 800 supporters and guests celebrated the spirited display assisted by stylist and TV host Kate Hewlett. An impressive 108 college-bound participants were presented and cheered on by Scholarship Committee member Megan Colligan, Entertainment Mentoring Program Netflix executive (Please turn to page 11)
BROADCASTER Frank Mottek and CEO and President of Goodwill Southern California, Patrick McClenahan, greeted one another at Big Brothers Big Sisters Los Angeles Luncheon. Photo by Vince Bucci
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tive Cindy Holland, news broadcaster Frank Mottek, and CEO and president of Goodwill Industries of Southern California Patrick McClenahan. Over $300,000 was raised for BBBS great works. • • •
POLICE CHIEF Charlie Beck is joined at the Police Reserve Foundation event by (left to right) Titus Welliver, Karla and Bill Ahmanson and Michael Connelly.
POLICE SUPPORTERS at the Twice a Citizen Gala included, standing, from left: Susan Kneafsey, Patty McKenna, Arsine Phillips, Dina Phillips, Karla Ahmanson and Kristen Smith, and, seated, from left, Challen Cates, Amy Savagian, Beverly Hollister and Shar Penfold.
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The neighborhood was well represented at the Twice a Citizen Gala held May 12 at the Skirball Cultural Center. The event’s name recognizes the men and women who, in addition to their regular vocations, donate time each month to keep their fellow citizens safe by serving as members of the Los Angeles Police Department Reserve Corps. The volunteer services of LAPD Reserve Officers have been helping protect local communities for 71 years. The annual fundraising gala is organized by the Los Angeles Police Foundation, of which Hancock Park’s Karla Ahmanson is co-president. Karla even talked husband Bill into joining actress and producer Kiki Haynes as co-host and M.C. when comedian and actor Anthony Anderson was called away at the last minute. Maybe there’s a future in television for Bill! This year’s event saluted author Michael Connelly and actor Titus Welliver, who plays Connelly’s famous detective, Harry Bosch, in the Amazon prime series, “Bosch,” now in its fourth season. Connelly and Welliver attended with their wives and several co-producers of the show. Police Chief Charlie Beck oversaw many of the evening’s presentations (he started his police career as a Reserve Officer for two years),
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from Hancock Park, were Arsine Phillips, Challen Cates, Dina Phillips, and Amy Savagian, plus Amy’s mom, Beverly Hollister. The ladies’ friend Patty McKenna came from Los Feliz, and Kristen Smith came from Pasadena, joining the table that also included Susan Kneafsey from Windsor Square and Shar Penfold from Fremont Place. • • • Local ladies also number among the members of The Blue Ribbon, the premier women’s support group for The Music Center and one of its largest donors. A number of them were present on May 9 in the Eva and Marc Stern Grand Hall of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion when the organization
BLUE RIBBON members at the Music Center are, top row, left to right: Kathleen Scheinfeld, Jackie Kruse and Michele McMullin, and seated, left to right: Jennifer Fain, Joni Smith, Donna Wolff, and Donna Econn.
celebrated its 50th Anniversary. The Blue Ribbon was created in 1968 by Windsor Square resident Dorothy Buffum Chandler to raise funds for The Music Center, its education programs and its resident companies. The organization has contributed more than $75 million in cash and countless thousands of hours of volun-
teer service in support of The Music Center and, especially, arts education for youth. Attending from Windsor Square were Jennifer Fain, Jackie Kruse and Kathleen Scheinfeld. Donna Econn and Michele McMullin ventured downtown from Fremont Place, and Donna Wolff traveled from Hancock Park. The ladies were seated with Marlborough alumna and former Blue Ribbon president Joni Smith. A feature of the meeting and luncheon was the surprise (to the 140 ladies in attendance) announcement that past Blue Ribbon president Constance Towers Gavin was being honored as the 2018 “Woman of the Year.” She was on hand to receive the blue Baccarat Crystal award presented to her by former “Woman of the Year” recipient, Sandy Ausman.
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MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES for the Spring Affaire Luncheon was Erica Olsen, flanked here by members of LAPD’s Community Relations Division.
HASBRO TOYS was honored for its support of the Assistance League. Stephen Davis, second from right, accepted from the company. Attending with him were, from left: son Will, wife Peggy and daughter Hannah.
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The luncheon was preceded by a special Founders Room presentation of the building model showing the work underway behind the construction fences in the Music Center Plaza. Several officials explained their parts of the project and answered questions, and the ladies had the chance to stand on the balcony of the Grand Hall level to overlook the project and ask more questions. The luncheon also included the presentation of Blue Ribbon donation checks to representatives of the five resident companies. Those ladies know how to make things happen! • • • Spring would not be spring
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ATTENDEES at the Spring Affaire Luncheon included Karla Ahmanson, on left, and Melanie Boettcher.
HONORED for her long-time support of Operation School Bell was Silvia Marjoram, shown here with husband Ernie and their son Matteo. Photos by Eduardo Lainez
wearing a white chiffon twopiece ensemble. Among the 400 attendees were NGA President Mary Jaworski, who announced NGA’s matching gift of $25,000 to the fund drive, Amanda and Mark Wertz, Edie Frere, Carolyn Layport, HJ
Paik, Connie McCreight, Gina Riberi, Sloane Fowkes, Diane Hilty, Sally Ann Phillips, June Bilgore, Olga Deniz, Juliet Brumlick, Marion Plato, Cathryne Macievic, Stacy Herman, OSB Co-Chair Kiel FitzGerald with husband Jeff Ruben and daughter Kayla, and event CoChairs Floran Fowkes, Patti Rowey and Kathy Balzer. That is quite a bit of philanthropy through fashion! And that’s the chat!
OPERATION SCHOOL BELL co-chair Kiel FitzGerald is pictured with husband Jeff Ruben and daughter Kayla.
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Tea and tour at Alexandria House
Enjoy tea and light refreshments at Alexandria House, 426 S. Alexandria Ave., Sun., June 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be talks by people who work and live at Alexandria House, as well as a tour of the transitional home. Parking is available and childcare can be arranged. RSVP to Michele Richards at 213-381-2649 or michele@alexandriahouse.org.
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Brain health was discussed for Good Sam Auxiliary Dr. Hussein Yassine was the key speaker at the Good Samaritan Hospital Auxiliary spring luncheon and annual meeting last month. The assistant professor of Medicine at Keck USC School of Medicine spoke on “How Do Genetics and Life Style Affect our Brain Health.” He is an endocrinologist with an interest in Alzheimer’s disease. The Auxiliary’s 2018 Valentine Appeal, “You Are the Key to Our Success!,” is halfway to meeting its goal of $40,000 through this month. The Hospital Gift Shop contributes another $15,000 annually. Together, the programs pay for
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Hundreds celebrate 40th anniversary, learn about preservation award winners By John Welborne Forty years ago, fed-up residents created the Los Angeles Conservancy (LAC) to address a then-common fact of Los Angeles life — the demolition of much of our architectural and cultural history in the name of “progress.” The straw that broke the camel’s back, and led to the founding of the Conservancy in 1978, was the city
government’s push to demolish the stunning Los Angeles Central Library downtown. The small cadre of preservation advocates who created the nonprofit group are largely still around to relish its having become the largest local historic preservation organization in the country — now 6,000 members strong. The founders’ and current
members’ satisfaction with both the growth of the Conservancy and the number of landmarks saved as a result was palpable at this year’s LAC Preservation Awards Luncheon. The community gathering has taken place in early May, during National Preservation Month, since 1982. As always in recent years, the event was sold out, fill-
PRESERVATIONIST gathering at the Biltmore Bowl celebrated 40 years of the Los Angeles Conservancy at the 2018 Preservation Awards Luncheon.
ing the vast Biltmore Bowl in the historic Biltmore Hotel across from Pershing Square. The independent jury selected award-winners from among nominated large-scale projects, grassroots efforts, individual people, programs, and more — all of the nominees being entities whose work exhibits excellence in the field of historic preservation. Find this year’s recipients, including the nearby drive-thru Starbucks (a former Gilmore Gas Station) on Highland Avenue, at: laconservancy.org/awards. Luncheon attendees included not only preservationists, but also many government officials, elected and otherwise. Seen introducing their
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL guests included Councilman David Ryu and his chief of staff, Sarah Dusseault (left) and senior planning deputy, Emma Howard (right), posing with Los Angeles Conservancy president Linda Dishman.
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MUSICIANS from Marlborough School played at the Metro event. On stage from left to right are Eleanor Berger, Sofia Ellis, Sofia Head, conductor Deborah Sealove, Eileen Jung, Shine Park and Rebecca Louie.
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by ensemble director Deborah Sealove, who has been teaching at Marlborough for 36 years. In his remarks about the progress being made in extending the Purple Line toward Westwood, Mayor Garcetti singled
Fairfax High student names boring machines By Billy Taylor Twin tunnel boring machines (TBMs) placed in the ground to dig tunnels for the Metro Purple Line extension have been named by Fairfax High School student Marianne Gutierrez. The freshman, who proposed the names “Elsie” and “Soyeon,” received 41.5 percent of the 2,278 votes cast in the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s naming contest. Gutierrez was inspired to name both machines after famous female engineers: The name “Elsie” is in honor of Elsie Eavers, the first woman to be elected as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; the name “Soyeon” is in honor of South Korean astronaut Yi Soyeon. According to Metro, the naming of tunneling machines is a mining tradition that dates back centuries, symbolic of protection and good luck. As the contest winner, Guti-
FAIRFAX student Marianne Gutierrez proposed the names selected for the TBMs: “Elsie” and “Soyeon.”
errez received a $100 commemorative TAP card to ride on the Metro system, gift cards and additional prizes valued at over $350. Gutierrez beat out fellow contest finalists, including Fairfax students Valerie Castro and Tiffany Pamilar, Herbert Hoover High student Kenny Uong and twins Ryan and Amanda Walker from New Middle School Pathway.
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MARLBOROUGH students posed with Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilman David Ryu in front of the cutterhead of one of the two TBMs. Pictured to the Mayor’s left are: Deborah Sealove, Sofia Head, Sofia Ellis, Rebecca Louie, Metro Deputy CEO Stephanie Wiggins, Eleanor Berger, Eileen Jung, Shine Park and Councilman Ryu.
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Buddy benches unveiled at Hancock Park Elementary School Second grade students at Hancock Park Elementary, 408 S. Fairfax Ave., were surprised with colorful rainbow “buddy” benches at a ceremony last month. The bench installation came about because Jill Iger and Min Pirone, second grade teachers at Hancock Park Elementary, were teaching their students about men and women in history — “change makers” — who made the world a better place, and the type of character traits those people had. The students, in learning about these character traits and how they contributed
HANCOCK PARK Elementary School students enjoy recess, many around the new friendship, or “buddy,” benches.
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was to make sure everyone felt included. They thought buddy benches, or “Friend-
ship Benches,” would help and wrote letters to the school’s principal and assistant principal explaining their idea. A buddy bench or “Friendship Bench” is for a child who is feeling lonely or left out. He or she can sit on a bench, signaling to other kids that he or she wants someone to ask him or her to play with them, said Jill Iger. With fundraising through the school’s booster club, the Friends of Hancock Park School, and with a $1,000 grant from the Mid City West Community Council, the school obtained the funds for
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the benches, said Iger. The benches are engraved with the character traits students are learning about, such as empathy, integrity, tolerance and honor. Iger reported that they are being put to constant use.
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Local students honored for medical career internships Two students at the STEM Academy of Hollywood were honored by State Sen. Ben Allen for their selection as UCLA summer interns. Allen presented Certificates of Recognition to the two graduating seniors on May 23 at a ceremony at STEM Academy, located within Bernstein High School. Madeline Lopez and Alyssa Gomez were both tapped by the Los Angeles Pediatric Society to participate in the University of California summer medical career program. Students gain experience beyond the textbook by fol-
lowing doctors as they examine patients and by interning in outpatient rooms, clinics and laboratories. Lopez will intern at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and she plans to attend UC Irvine this fall to major in biological sciences. Gomez will intern at Olive View UCLA Medical Center, and plans to attend UCLA to major in psychology. Both students were members of the bio-medicine career pathway provided at STEM Academy, which teaches industry-level skills to students while preparing them for college. Visit stemweb.org for more information.
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By Daniella Zisblatt 8th Grade This month at Yavneh, the students enjoyed both exciting and educational activities. In honor of Israel Memorial and Independence Days, Yavneh’s incredible Hebrew Department organized exceptional planning for the day. On Memorial Day, Yom Hazikaron, the Hebrew Department along with eighth grade students led a ceremony recognizing and acknowledging the sacrifices and
lives people gave up in order to establish a State of Israel. The ceremony ended with the annual flag dance tradition leading into Independence Day. On this joyful day, the younger students had activities around school including traditional Israeli dance, learning about the history of the state, and creating innovative art projects. The fifth through eighth grade students took on the role of tourists, driving around town and stopping at different houses that were decorated to look and feel like monuments in Israel. This month, we also had sports tournaments during lunch breaks for the fourth through
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eighth grade students to continue to exercise and develop a love for athletics. Finally, this month Rabbi Einhorn, Yavneh’s Rabbi and Dean of School, broke a world record of delivering the longest “Shiur” or Torah lecture. His Shiur was 19 hours straight and he raised money that will be donated towards children’s education. The school is extremely proud and inspired by Rabbi Einhorn’s continued dedication to Judaism and education, and appreciates his hard work. Overall, this was a very exciting month at Yavneh, and the students are beginning to prepare for the end of the school year.
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By Eleanor Renfrew 7th Grade GALA students took a day off from our grey skirts, pants, and shorts on April 25 to wear jeans and participate in Denim Day! We didn’t just wear jeans to have fun with not wearing our uniform for a day, we did it to protest against sexual assault. Since April was Sexual Violence Awareness month as a school we felt the need to take a stand in our no rips, only blue, and no patterns jeans. The history of Denim Day began in 1998 in Italy when an 18-year old girl was picked up by her 45-year old driving instructor for the first time. He pulled the car over and then raped her. He told her that if she told anybody about what hap-
pened he would kill her. After the horrific incident, the girl went home to her parents and told them what happened. The young girl’s parents took the case to the Italian Supreme Court. The case was originally decided in favor of the student. That decision was later overturned in favor of the driver because the judge argued that because her jeans were so tight, she would have had to unzip them, making the sex consensual and not rape. People from all over the world were infuriated by this decision and 20 years later, girls at GALA wanted to express our outrage. At lunch, girls had the option to sign a pledge to “stand up against sexual assault, by using my voice for those who can’t use theirs.” People all around the world will continue to honor Denim Day until sexual assaults are no longer minimized and dismissed.
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IMMACULATE HEART By Lena Mizrahi 11th Grade
Immaculate Heart High School’s academic year ended with back-toback Royal Wedding celebrations. Meghan Markle, the newly named Duchess of Sussex, is an Immaculate Heart graduate of the Class of 1999. On May 15, the school hosted a “Here’s to Meghan!” celebration on campus. There were refreshments, dancing, and toasts — and lots of news media cameras. Additionally, the campus hosted a viewing party on May 19 to watch Markle’s wedding to England’s Prince Harry. These events were greatly enjoyed by the school community and served as a welcome hiatus from a stressful month of AP exams and final class assessments. Mostly though, the events celebrated the legacy that IH now shares with a new member of the Royal Family! This month, Immaculate Heart’s Class of 2018 will take to the Hollywood Bowl stage for commencement. All 120 members of the senior class will ceremoniously receive their diplomas and graduate from IHHS before cheering family members and friends. Seniors nervously (and longingly) anticipate Graduation Day. It is a day of celebration, but also a day of nostalgia as our new graduates embark on the next steps in their lives.
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HOLLYWOOD SCHOOLHOUSE By Lane Lee 6th Grade
HSH is known for giving back. This school year, we partnered with “Jump Rope for Heart,” founded through the American Heart Association. Students and families helped raise $18,633.79, this being our first year of participation! We are currently waiting to meet the young person who will benefit from our donations. I am so proud to be a part of this loving and thoughtful community! During the month of May, many special events took place, one of the most popular being Fine Arts Night. During this event, many performances took place and art work was displayed. Some of the artists we focused on in art class included Kehinde Wiley, Banksy, Frida Kahlo, and Andy Goldsworthy. Our teachers work hard to help showcase
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Yay! It’s the last day of school! This month is going to be so much fun! Let’s count the ways (besides my birthday). On June 1, Ms. Pat’s going to turn up the speaker and cook up something special. We are going to have a family picnic & karaevery student’s special talents and allow them to be original and distinct in various artistic and creative ways. The Maker’s Fair is another one of the most exciting and anticipated events that take place at Hollywood Schoolhouse. This project allows students to research and teach a lesson about the things that they are passionate about. The Maker’s Fair not only focuses on science, it also hones in on skills in design thinking, mathematics, and writing. I believe the Maker’s Fair is an excellent project, and I enjoyed the entire educational experience I received from my fellow classmates.
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Father’s Day this month. Let’s toss up the graduation hats for the preschool and junior kindergarteners graduating on the 12th. My little sister is in JK so, go Audrey go! On the 13th, it is the elementary school’s time to shine. We will have an Award Ceremony where some students will get either gold, silver, or bronze awards. Our summer camp this year starts on June 18, so join us for another summer of fun in the sun! Well, that’s all we’re doing for June! I love you all! See you next school year!
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As the school year comes to a close, students begin wrapping up their assignments and commitments and prepare for AP exams and finals. Last month was Earth week at Marlborough, and students in AP Environmental Science made projects to present during lunch periods in conjunction to the “Shop & Swap,” a used-clothing exchange. Seventh graders recently read poems written for members of the 50th reunion class at the annual Poet Laureate Tea. This is a tradition that I remember partaking in six years ago, and it really bonds past and present generations of Marlborough students. This year, Marlborough students won 80 Regional awards and three National awards from Scholastic, including three Gold Key awards. We are incredibly proud of the artists and writers representing Marlborough. Summer School is available for registration. Marlborough offers sports camps, leadership workshops, and a myriad of fun and academic classes for students K-9. I was a Teacher’s Assistant at Marlborough Summer School last summer and it was an incredibly enriching and rewarding experience!
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The final month of high school is here for all the seniors, who are excited, anxious and nervous to graduate and move on to the next chapter of their life! With the ‘Starry Night’ themed prom just around the corner and grad night June 2 we are just about ready to wrap up the year for the many seniors who have been at Fairfax since freshman year. They have seen the changes throughout the school, including a new Principal, and programs added to the curriculum! Fairfax has a health science and media/performing arts academy and even a magnet center for visual arts. We are so grateful to have such passionate students invested in their future. Students engage in many extracurriculars such as the school musical ‘Fame’ to be performed and LACER Talent show. Fairfax has so much to offer to students and the best way to find out about what events and projects are going on is to visit our website at Fairfaxhs.org!
This past month of May at St. Brendan School was focused on honoring Mary, preparing for the nearing school year end, and fun! The Kindergartners made beautiful shrines honoring Mary, and the Eighth Graders held an assembly with song and prayer in Mary’s honor. Grandparents visited and experienced the life of students. Students, teachers, and parents upgraded their libraries with books from the Book Fair. The Second Graders received the Sacrament of First Holy Communion. As a St. Brendan School tradition at the end of the year, a “Mini Carnival” was held one day. Eighth graders ran booths with fun games and courses where students could win prizes! The month ended with a sentimental and bittersweet goodbye from the Eighth Grade class at the Baccalaureate Mass. With Eighth Graders gone, the Mini Carnival over, and half a month left in the school year, summer’s on its way!
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visited the preschool to paint and read with them. In other news, two 5th graders, Levi and Miles, started a club at the school through the nonprofit organization known as “WE.” WE inspires kids to get involved in charity and helps them through their platform. The members of the club held a shoe drive in which over 250 pairs of shoes were collected. They then donated the shoes to “People Assisting the Homeless,” also known as PATH. PATH is a nonprofit which provides homeless families with essentials like shoes, food and housing. This month’s charity focus relates to the year-long focus on charity at CEE.
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This month, my school, The Center for Early Education (CEE), has again made charity a main priority. Almost every grade has established drives or fundraisers of their own. Most recently was the first grade’s cupcake sale. The first grade class sold cupcakes for a dollar each and ended up raising over $455.50 that they donated to two Boyle Heights preschools. They then
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As the school year is beginning to come to a close, my friends and I find ourselves remarking on how fast everything went. To me, it seems like the past ten years at The Willows have passed in a flash. To celebrate the conclusion of the year, The Willows Community School held its annual Party on the Pier on May 10. This event is an opportunity to enjoy rides, music, and games on the Santa Monica Pier with current school friends, and even Willows alumni. An amazing aspect of the Pier Party is that we are able to celebrate with students in all different grades. At The Willows, the older students mentor the younger students in our Book Buddy Pro-
gram, so we have a wide range of friendships. Throughout the year, the eighth graders spent time bonding with an assigned DK “buddy.” This experience connects us to the younger students, improves our leadership skills, and allows us to enjoy the wonderful DK experience all over again with a different perspective and an even deeper appreciation.
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The Willows Community School hosted the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence May 8 and 9 to bring the Center’s evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning to Los Angeles. More than 100 West Coast educators spent two days learning how to integrate into the classroom principles of RULER: Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing and Regulating emotion.
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Cathedral Chapel School class of ’80 graduate to be ordained
John Terrance O’Brien, Cathedral Chapel School 1980 graduate, will be ordained to the priesthood Sat., June 2 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, together with eight other newly ordained priests. O’Brien, 48, was baptized at Cathedral Chapel Church, where he also received his sacraments of Penance, First Communion and Confirmation. He attended Cathedral Chapel School for eight years and was an altar server. He also attended Loyola High and was in the class of 1988 at UC Berkeley, where he received a bachelor of arts
degree in English. He is a former staff member of the “New Yorker” magazine as a graphic designer, and he also was an art associate at “Architectural Digest” magazine. Since 2004 he has been a member of SAG-AFTRA. He is an avid surfer, loves to travel, and is conversational in Spanish and French. Since 2012 he has been a seminarian at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, where he was a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts student for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. In 1992 and 1993 he was a seminarian at Mount St. Mary’s
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The Guibord Center annual fundraising dinner featured the premiere of “Animals, Faith and Compassion.” The documentary was produced for Animal Defenders Internaional. The event was held in April at St. John’s Cathedral, West Adams Blvd. The Rev Dr. Gwynne Guibord, founder of The Guibord Center, recognized that the voice of faith is missing from the conversation about animals and their treatment and committed to the project to raise public awareness.
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Jones explained. Ten groups benefited with more than $10,000 each in 2017, including Alexandria House, a nearby transitional housing facility, and Families in Criminal Justice, among them. Applications are being accepted through June 30 for the 2019-20 year. About two dozen groups apply each year
for a portion of the more than $100,000 of funds available. Jones, who is in her second year of a two-year term, joined The Ebell five years ago after hearing about its recently resurrected Social Services Committee. Co-chaired by Cynthia Comsky and Janna Bodek Harris, the committee’s job is to “pro-
Anne Avery Hotchkiss July 14, 1929 – March 7, 2018
Anne Avery Hotchkiss, 88, passed away peacefully on March 7, 2018, after a brief illness. Anne was born in 1929 to Robert Barnett Avery, Sr. and Virginia Moore Avery in Long Beach. Growing up, she attended high school at Long Beach Polytechnic and then received her B.A. from the University of Southern California. It was at USC where Anne met many of her close friends, especially her sorority sisters at the Kappa Alpha Theta house. After graduating, she worked for Union 76, and then met the love of her life, Andrew Dwight Hotchkiss, Jr. They were married in August 1957 and soon thereafter became residents of Hancock Park. Anne was a homemaker who cherished her children and, in later years, her grandchildren. She was a fixture on Larchmont Blvd for over 50 years: working at election campaign headquarters in the early 70’s, being a partner at The Shoe-Inn Store, and walking daily on the Boulevard. Anne was an avid gardener, spending hours on her plants and roses. She and Andy loved to travel, visiting many countries around the world. Her passion for travel is shared by her grandchildren. She also enjoyed her volunteer work at Meals on Wheels and Childrens’ Hospital. Anne’s world changed when she lost her beloved “Hotch” in 2005. She embraced the comfort of her family and friends, as well as her neighbors on Ridgewood Place, where she resided for over 50 years. Anne will be remembered by all whom she touched as someone who greeted them with a smile and was always kind and thoughtful. Anne is survived by her daughter Lisa (Louis) Caparco, Dwight (Laura) Hotchkiss, and her grandchildren Gabriella (Justin) Caparco Robertson, Adam Caparco, Andrew Hotchkiss, and Michael Hotchkiss. Anne is also survived by her siblings, John Avery and Peggy Waleri. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Anne’s memory to The Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House, 4560 Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029. Family and friends will gather for a celebration of Anne’s life on Saturday, June 9 at 11 a.m., at the home of Dwight and Laura Hotchkiss. For more information, please contact dwight. hotchkiss@gmail.com.
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vide hands-on services to RCA charities,” said Jones. “There was a time we just gave them a check and at the end of the year looked at the new applications and that was it. “Now we are as hands-on as we can be,” said Jones. The native New Yorker was a corporate litigator in Manhattan before moving west with her family and eventually settling on Irving Blvd. in Windsor Square. She went back to school and after graduating from USC with a degree in clinical psychology and aging, she promptly became a “professional volunteer.” It wasn’t long before she found her way to The Ebell. Rest Cottage The Ebell’s Rest Cottage Association began in 1918, a year after a member, Lillian Flanders, donated a small home at W. 95th St. “Staffed by volunteers from The Ebell, the building was named the Rest Cottage and was dedicated to providing care to help women recuperate from surgery, serious illness, or, sometimes, breakdowns due to overwork. It provided the rest and quiet they needed to allow them to resume their pre-illness occupations,” explained Jones. RCA membership originally cost $1 and members also volunteered as fund-raisers and helped with chores and errands. A larger property was acquired at 135 N. Park View St. and the architectural firm of Sumner Hunt and Silas Burns was commissioned to build the new 14-room Rest Cottage. According to legend (“it would be cool if it turns out to be true”) architect Julia Morgan — who designed San Simeon — designed the new home constructed on the site in 1924. Politics and lifestyle would change the group’s trajectory. In 1965, President Johnson signed laws creating Medicare and Medicaid, making many of the services offered at the home less urgent. And women were entering the work force in droves and were less able to volunteer. Today’s members, however, do much the same as its earliest members, helping wherever they can, but their dues have increased to $12 annually, and they visit beneficiary
CELEBRATORY GIFT. Left to right: Shannon Sutherland, Olivia Headley, Loyce Braun, president; Randi Jones, RCA chairman. Photo by Julie Hopkins
sites on a regular basis. “It gives us a better understanding of who our charities are, and also our members get to know them and vice versa,” Jones said. Members serve dinner monthly to the mothers and children at Alexandria House and, depending on the needs, might collect sheets and toiletries for a domestic violence shelter. “Today’s Ebell Rest Cottage Association is devoted to the same three principles on which it was founded: Relief, Compassion, and Action. R-C-A. These are what our volunteers have provided to the needy women of Los Angeles County for 100 years, and these are what we will continue to provide as we move into our second century,” Jones said. 100 years The RCA received a birthday present at its 100th year celebration April 23 when Ebell member Olivia Headley donated $10,000. Headley is interested in assisting victims of domestic violence, a leading cause of injury to women in the United States — more than car accidents, muggings, and rape combined, an Ebell spoksman said. Headley, who is a nationally known parliamentarian, is a life member of The Ebell and the Rest Cottage Association. Founded in 1894, the Ebell, at 743 S. Lucerne Blvd., includes a clubhouse and 1,270-seat theater and offers a chorale, art salon, book group, knitters and bridge among its multitude of programs. For information on membership contact Meredyth Deighton, 323-931-1277, ext. 133, meredyth@ebelloflosangeles.com
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(Continued from page 1) paintings of Malcolm X and Angela Davis at the fundraiser. Angela Harris, another Alexandria House alumna, sang “Great is Thy Faithfulness.” The primary topic of the event was social justice and homelessness. The equation to solving homelessness is complicated, say Sister Judy Vaughan, founder, and Michele Richards, development director, of Alexandria House. It involves meeting people whatever their current situations — along a spectrum of needs — and providing stability until permanent supportive housing or affordable housing can be found. Just as there is no one cause of homelessness, there is no silver bullet or magical solution to end it, either. Both the problem of homelessness and the solutions for it encompass a variety of factors. Fundamentals According to psychologist Abraham Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs,” air, water, food, clothing and shelter are the physiological basics, the foundation that everyone needs before he or she can go on to successfully fulfilling other requirements, such as living a healthy life, gaining financial security, being involved with family and friends and self-actualization. So, if the fundamentals of food, clothing and shelter are not met, then it’s that much more difficult to take care of the rest, explained Sister Vaughan. Without shelter, there is no place of safety to sleep, eat and care for oneself on a regular basis. No place to groom and prepare for work or a job interview. No safe place to keep one’s property. No safe place to receive disability checks or paychecks. No address to give a bank for your account. Nothing is stable. Vaughan pointed out that even if someone didn’t start out with a mental illness, the very act of losing a job or having a major illness, or some other major crisis, and then being evicted and negotiating a life without a home can lay the groundwork for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Causes of homelessness Being evicted — losing one’s shelter or home — is becoming more common. According
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to sociologist Matthew Desmond, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” 2.3 million evictions were filed in the U.S. in 2016. Desmond has said that evictions are a direct cause of poverty and homelessness, as well as residential, school and community instability. Housing shortage According to a study put out by the California Housing Partnership Corporation (via Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing) that came out last month, there is a shortage of 568,255 affordable rental homes for households earning less than $41,500 per year in Los Angeles County. When housing costs are considered, Los Angeles County’s poverty rate rises from 17.2 percent to 24.9 percent; the county’s lowest income renters spend 71 percent of their income on rent. Because incomes have remained flat, or not increased at the same rate as the cost of living, people are putting more of their income toward rent and utilities. If the rent climbs too high, or if a landlord sells a house or building, or seeks to evict tenants using owner move-in, a buy-out, or the Ellis Act, someone can become homeless overnight, whether in market rate or rent controlled housing, said Vaughan. It’s happening from Pacific Heights in San Francisco to Lincoln Heights in Los Angeles. Finding a place to land becomes even more difficult if there are children or pets, or if there is a history of bad credit. As Vaughan noted, a person could do everything right — be employed and be a stable long-term tenant who lives by the rules — and still end up without a roof over his or her head. And suddenly, they’re homeless. This is the end of part one. Part two of this article will appear in the July 2018 issue.
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