Rice Tasting and Cooking Demo, February 4th
ECHO PARK—Common Grains, a natural food grocery story, will host a rice exhibition at Cookbook, featuring more than 50 kinds of rare and artisanal Japanese rice. Guest can both taste and purchase the uncooked rice as well as pre-prepared rice dishes. The cooking demonstration will showcase recipes and techniques used [...]
Local Bea Gold’s “Tell Me A Story” Published
SILVER LAKE—Local artist and community activist Bea Gold’s book Tell Me A Story has been published and is now available for purchase online through Barnes and Nobles and Amazon.com websites. The book consists of 36 stories and illustrations by Gold. Stories portray the experience of a young, Jewish, first generation [...]
A Beehive In Every Back Yard? GGPNC Votes to Support Urban Beekeeping
LOS FELIZ—The Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council (GGPNC) have voted to support efforts to legalize urban beekeeping in Los Angeles and encourage the City Planning Department to initiate an ordinance that would allow residents to raise their own honeybees. A vote was taken at the GGPNC’s Jan. 17th board member [...]
Ordinance to Ease Parking for Business Owners Finally Sputters Forward
ATWATER VILLAGE—The long awaited Atwater Village Parking Credit System Ordinance should be ready for a vote by the Los Angeles City Council in mid-February, according to a representative of City Councilmember Eric Garcetti’s office. The bill enables businesses to buy parking credits instead of building underground lots to fulfill the [...]
LFVBID Talks on Improvements Continue
LOS FELIZ—A discussion of communication and reorganization monopolized the Los Feliz Village Business Improvement District (LFVBID) meeting, Jan. 10th including ways to better reach business owners, improving the board’s database for communication and the creation of a yearly calendar of meeting and events. Marketing Chair Melissa Tornay said it is [...]
[Focus on the Advertiser] Billy Shire on 40 Years of Soap Plant/Wacko
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LOS FELIZ—Marking 40 years of Soap Plant/Wacko—the famed sprawling store of pop culture design, books, toys and kitsch—owner Billy Shire laughingly credits “not being afraid of bad taste,” for much of his success. A self-studied artist from Echo Park, Shire was 20 when he and his mother opened Soap Plant [...]
Basic Math Guides SLNC Grant Decisions
SILVER LAKE—Three educational programs received grants from the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council (SLNC) in January, each for an amount of $1,333.33. This was an even split of the total $4,000 the council had allotted for its educational spending, per new grant funding guidelines it approved in October as a precautionary [...]
Haunted House To Be Abated
LOS FELIZ—A long-abandoned house, at 4540 Franklin Ave. has been selected for abatement by the Los Angeles Dept. of Building and Safety, after attracting crime and transients for years according to residents and police. Officer Gina Chovan said the city had determined the building’s owner was deceased. Attempts to reach [...]
Remembering When: The Los Feliz Drive-In
LOS FELIZ—Los Angeles Councilmember Tom LaBonge knows where to find an underground theater in Los Feliz. “It’s right there in lanes 1, 2, 3 and 4,” he said referring to the 5 Freeway, where the drive-in was torn down in order to build. Los Feliz was home to a drive-in [...]
“Future Directions for Los Feliz” Community Forum Feb. 13
LOS FELIZ—The community is invited to attend “Future Directions for Los Feliz,” the first Los Feliz Improvement Association forum in 2012. The roundtable discussion will be Monday, Feb. 13th at the Autry National Center in Griffith Park. The event starts with a mixer at 6:30 p.m. with a light buffet. [...]
[In Their Own Words] Effects of More LAUSD Budget Cuts
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With talk of another budget shortfall for the Los Angeles Unified School District in the amount of $543 million for the next academic year and possible remedies of increased taxes or a new parcel tax, we asked local educators and a spokeswoman with Los Angeles Unified School District boardmember Bennett [...]
Unification Called For in Redistricting CD 4 Could Be Dramatically Affected
While the first pass of proposed Los Angeles City Council district boundary changes were released by the Los Angeles Redistricting Commission Jan. 25th, local activists continue to plead local neighborhoods stay in tact. Local community leaders called for the commission to solidify Atwater Village into a single City Council district [...]
Rowena Plans Downsize: And “Road Diet” A Possibility
SILVER LAKE—Major developments are on the way to Rowena Avenue, specifically the half-mile stretch between Hyperion Ave. and Glendale Blvd. Currently being planned is a new housing project of 45 townhouses to be built at 2916-2930 Rowena Ave., the former location of The Coffee Table cafe and restaurant. Developer Fifteen [...]
Los Feliz Library Looking for Volunteers
The Los Feliz Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library is looking for volunteers to re-shelve books for one hour per week. The Los Feliz Library is one of the smallest libraries in all of Los Angeles, but almost a quarter of a million books, DVDs and CDs are checked [...]
[Obituary] Robert Herzog, Silver Lake Community Activist 1940-2011
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Bob Herzog, Co-Chair of the Silver Lake History Collective, a committee of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council, died on Nov. 14th, 2011 after a battle with cancer. He was a Silver Lake native and had a great love for and strong devotion to the community. He attended Hollywood High School [...]
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