Valley Newsletter_May 2019

area newsletter MAY 2019 • THE VALLEY

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Community News Warner Brothers announces expansion

interest in the hospital, as well as its Catholic identity, but will embrace a diversity of faiths as it welcomes the talents and resources of Cedars-Sinai, the celebrated

Warner Bros. has agreed to purchase most of The Burbank Studios, located at Bob Hope Dr. and Alameda Ave., and will also occupy two planned buildings at the studio being designed by noted architect Frank Gehry. Warner Bros. will not purchase the two Gehry buildings but will be the sole tenant and sign a long-term lease. The towers, which are expected to be built by 2023, will stand adjacent to the 134 freeway and rise seven and nine stories above ground, respectively.

As part of the deal, Worthe Real Estate Group and Stockbridge Real Estate Fund, the current owners of The Burbank Studios, will purchase three office buildings from Warner, as well as the Warner Bros.

Ranch on Hollywood Way, and lease back property to Warner Bros. as it transitions to its new quarters.

Warner Bros. has dubbed the expansion “Second Century Project,” commemorating the studio’s 100 year anniversary in 2023.

Jewish hospital. The expansion of the Tarzana location is budgeted at $542 million and is primarily focused on the construction of a state-of-the-art patient care wing and a new emergency department. The project is expected to be completed by 2022.

Providence and Cedars-Sinai team up in Tarzana Providence St. Joseph Health has teamed up with CedarsSinai to operate the Providence Tarzana Medical Center, which is currently undergoing an expansive renovation and expansion process. Providence will retain controlling

Longtime producer sells Van Nuys studio Ewing “Lucky” Brown, 98, president of Movie Tech Studios in Van Nuys, recently sold the facility that he founded in 1957 for $1.6 million. Located at 14737 Arminta St., the studio features 8,850 square feet of production and postproduction space and includes a 50 x 80 foot stage and a 30 x 14 foot green screen. Brown’s career dates back to the 1920’s when he appeared in “Our Gang” as a child actor, and became one of the early members of the Screen Actors Guild in the 1930’s, receiving membership card #486.

In subsequent years, Brown appeared in westerns such as “Shane” and “The Lone Ranger” and moved behind the camera with credits that include “Blood of Dracula’s Castle” and “A Whale of a Tale” starring William Shatner.

Community News SFV companies create detection drones

Valley have joined forces to create radiation- and chemical-detecting drones and have recently reached an agreement to sell a fleet of these drones to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. U.S. Nuclear Corporation in Canoga Park contributes its advanced detection sensors to the industrialstrength drones created by Flycam UAV of Chatsworth, resulting in drones that are strong enough to withstand 40 mph winds, and are capable of collecting air samples that would reveal the presence of nuclear threats, as well as the presence of chemical weapons such as anthrax. The fleet of DroneRAD devices sold to the Saudis will be used as part of their civil defense system.

City council raises fines on handicapped parking misuse

The Los Angeles City Council recently passed an ordinance that would punish drivers who misuse handicapped parking placards with fines that are the maximum allowed by state law. If caught, people who use misappropriated or expired placards when parking in a handicapped space would be fined $1,100, a steep increase from the state-minimum $250 fine that was previously in place. Although it is not clear how often handicapped parking permits are abused, a recent report by the California Department of Motor Vehicles indicated that 15% of the cars parked in handicapped spaces at the Los Angeles County Fair were misusing handicapped placards.

Restaurant

Spotlight

Chio’s Peruvian Grill

Frida

Oi Asian Fusion

19960 Ventura Boulevard Woodland Hills

15301 Ventura Boulevard Sherman Oaks

7242 Canoga Avenue Canoga Park

Chio’s Peruvian Grill cooks a number of proteins on the grill; one example is their parilla for two, which comes with traditional beef hearts marinated in panca sauce and Peruvian spices, top sirloin, rotisserie chicken, rib eye, and served with two sides and housemade sauces. Chio’s also prepares seafood ceviches, salads, soup, and wok-fired dishes. Their popular Peruvian-Chinese fried rice, chaufa, comes with beef, chicken, shrimp, and BBQ pork. Another dish to try: Piqueo Criollo which combines three Peruvian hits, shredded chicken and potatoes in creamy cheese sauce with hard boiled egg, lamb shank slow-cooked in cilantro beer sauce, and halved potatoes blanketed in cheese sauce.

The menu at this Mexican restaurant is large enough to cause some tough decisions.

Some items on the menu include the Tacos de Rib Eye, a juicy steak put on house-made corn tortillas topped with cilantro and onions with a side of rice and beans; the Arrachera Norteña comes with a charbroiled skirt steak, guacamole, a chicken enchilada with rice and beans; their Camarones al Ajillo has five large prawns sautéed with dried chile strip, garlic, white wine, butter, lemon, and a side of rice.

If you love Filipino food, you’ll enjoy this fast-casual restaurant. The bulk of its menu is made up of rice bowls.

Two examples that distinguish Oi from just any rice bowl eatery is the adobo bowl piled with braised pork belly and the chicken longanisa bowl.

Los Angeles Magazine refers to this place as the Valley’s best-kept Asian soul food secret. Aside from the rice bowls, their umami gravy, Japanese fried chicken, and dynamite sauce are all a must-try.

SIGHTS & SOUNDS in LOS ANGELES

LACMA

Petersen Automotive Museum

5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036

6060 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036

J. Paul Getty Museum 1200 Getty Center Drive Los Angeles, CA 90049

CURRENT EXHIBITION:

CURRENT EXHIBITION:

CURRENT EXHIBITION:

Charles White: A Retrospective February 17 – June 9, 2019

Auto-Didactic: The Juxtapoz School September 29, 2018 - June 2019

Eighteenth-Century Pastel Portraits August 28, 2018 – October 13, 2019

Charles White was an artist whose work depicted African American people in a dignified and heroic light, mirroring his activism on behalf of civil rights during the mid-20th century. A noted teacher at what was then the Otis Institute of Art, White influenced later generations of African American artists such as Alonzo Davis, David Hammons, and Kerry James Marshall. This exhibit was organized in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art and includes 100 drawings, prints and paintings.

Juxtapoz Magazine, known for featuring “lowbrow” and pop surrealist artists that would otherwise be considered as outside of the mainstream art world, has teamed with the Petersen Auto Museum to create a group show of artists whose work is often inspired by hot rod culture. The exhibit features many car-centric paintings and sculptures, as well as a number of vehicles that converted into moving works of work.

The exhibit includes work by Robert Crumb, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and Robert Williams.

Celebrating a medium that is often overlooked in other time periods, this exhibit delves into the favored form of portraiture in late 18th century Europe. Pastels allowed the artist to create classically beautiful works without the arduous process that oil painting often requires. This flexibility coincided with the growing class of people who patronized portrait artists, creating a unique body of work that represented both an evolving craft and an evolving society.

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