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Wilshire/La Brea weekend detours to start this month Metro decking to replace road surface
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Mid-June marks the scheduled start for 22 weekends of street closures and detours related to construction of Metro's Wilshire/La Brea subway station. These closures will allow the installation of concrete decking on Wilshire Blvd. as a temporary (for several years) road surface. Detailed information and maps of the detour routes are
included in a pullout centerfold in the “View/Real Estate” section of this issue of the Larchmont Chronicle. A comprehensive update about the project was presented at John Burroughs Middle School auditorium on May 19. Speakers at the community meeting were Kasey Shuda of See Metro, Sec. 2, p 10
Paramount 25-year Residents and city master plan is join to tackle moving forward Mansionization Neighbors question 'sign district' FAREWELL to a favorite principal. 1-8
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By Billy Taylor The new Master Plan for Paramount Pictures received its first public hearing on May 16 as part of the city’s approval process, with more than 100 people in attendance. Held at the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, the threehour meeting was a chance for the Dept. of City Planning to obtain testimony on the project’s final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and land use entitlements before a final report and recommendation is sent to the City Planning Commission. Community response Guests arriving at the hearing were greeted by Paramount employees offering “YES” stickers, to be worn as See Paramount, p 3
'Single-family zones' topic at meetings By Suzan Filipek Want to know more about new zoning concepts and what they might mean for your neighborhood? Want to tell the city what you think? The City Planning Dept. is hosting a series of community meetings for areas protected with Interim Control Ordinances (limiting development) — including Larchmont Heights and La Brea-Hancock — to discuss issues confronting singlefamily neighborhoods, such as McMansions. And, what residents can do about them. The goal of the city’s Neighborhood Conservation Initiative is to find solutions where houses are being built outof-scale with their neighborSee Mansionization, p 4
GRADUATION! Read about local graduates in our special section. Above, Marlborough seniors toss their hats at last year's ceremony at the Rossmore Ave. campus.
Primary election June 7 includes seats for President, Senate Judicial election adds local flavor By John Welborne Los Angeles County ballots for the June 7 primary election include 39 candidates who have qualified to run for President of the United States (in seven different political parties) and an incumbent local judge being challenged by a Valley liquor store operator. With that many candidates
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Local resident holds reins of city Planning Dept.
By Billy Taylor At the start of 2016, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tapped a long-time Windsor Square resident to run the city’s Planning Department. Following his first several months in the position, the Chronicle sat down with planning director Vince Bertoni in his fifth floor City Hall office to talk city planning. “Twenty years in the same house,” says Bertoni proudly when asked about his Windsor Square credentials. “It’s the first and only house I’ve ever owned.” In fact, once he and his partner — architect and landscape architect Damon Hein — decided to buy a property, he says they went straight for the Larchmont area. Having grown up in a walk-able east Sacramento neighborhood, Bertoni wanted to find a part of town with the same sense of community: “I wanted to be walking distance to Larchmont Blvd., so we spent nine months looking for the perfect place,” he laughs.
for president, there ought to be at least once choice for everyone who is registered to vote. In recent months, a number of big-name candidates, or their stand-ins like President Obama, have visited homes in Mid-Wilshire neighborhoods to greet friends and raise funds. Some neighbors say they will be very relieved when campaign season, and the resulting local street closures, end. But that does not happen until November.
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Tuesday, June 7 In the meantime, the June 7 presidential primary ballot also includes a U.S. Senator contest, Congressional and State Legislative seats, the unopposed District Attorney, one State proposition from the Legislature and seven non-partisan contests to be a Superior Court Judge. It is that category — the judicial election — that provides a special, local flavor on June 7. See Election, p 13
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LOS ANGELES planning director Vince Bertoni is prepared for the challenges ahead.
It’s clear from the start of the interview that Bertoni is passionate about city planning. He has dedicated his professional life to the field, earning a Bachelor of Arts in transportation See Vince Bertoni, p 11
Send us a photo of your favorite pet — all species are welcome — with the pet’s name and yours along with your address (only street names will be printed) to suzan@larchmontchronicle. com for publication in our annual pet section in July. Deadline is Wed., June 15.
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Community Comment By John Welborne Metro, Matriculation and Mansionization All of the above are subjects on the minds of Larchmont locals. Metro and its contractor begin their weekend street closures around Wilshire Blvd. and La Brea Ave., and the closures and detours continue all summer and fall. Pull out and keep the detour maps included as the centerfold of this month’s Larchmont Chronicle “View / Real Estate” section. Months of weekend Wilshire traffic detours? Yes. Change continues to be with us. Change is particularly on the mind of someone who, last month, was a high school senior and this month is a high school graduate soon to head off to college (or some other worthwhile endeavor, like making millions of dollars developing an app at age 20)! Schools within our neighborhoods, and students from our neighborhoods, are celebrating the seniors’ matriculation and the next stages of their lives. Our Special Section, “Graduation Salute 2016,” honors these graduates and their schools. A matter very much on the minds of those who live, walk, bicycle, or drive in our neighborhoods is a visual change, one that is neither beneficial nor inevitable — mansionization. That word describes the demolition of a single-family house that helped create
Thanks to Our Fabulous Block Captains and Keeping Filming Polite Hancock Park Block Captains met for dinner on April 19th at the LA Tennis Club, to be recognized for their efforts by the neighborhood association leadership and to catch up on neighborhood news. There are 68 block captains that cover all of the 72 blocks of Hancock Park stretching from Melrose Avenue to the north, Wilshire Boulevard to the south, Highland Avenue to the west and Rossmore Avenue to the east. Additional guests included our CD 4 Councilman David Ryu, Deputy Chief of Staff Adeena Bleich and Sr Field Deputy Nikki Ezhari. LAPD SLO David Cordova, SSA and ADT Security, and Guy Langman of FilmLA were all on hand to answer questions and discuss neighborhood issues. Mr. Langman works with the Association’s Filming Committee Chair Cami Taylor to be sure location managers abide by Hancock Park’s Filming Guidelines. He said that what residents have to say about filming in their community makes a difference and he asked everyone who has had filming done on their block to fill out the FilmLA survey www.filmla.com/survey and share their experiences. The Association’s website – www.HancockPark.org has more information about filming and who to contact if you have questions or a problem. To see a copy of the Hancock Park-Windsor Square Good Neighbor Filming Policy visit website - http://www.windsorsquare.org/our-neighborhood/filming/ good-neighbor-filming-policy-for-hancock-park-and-windsor-square/ . Also, remember to let your block captain and neighbors know if you’re considering filming on your property. Crime continues to be an issue so lock your house and car, and activate your house alarm if you have one. If you are the victim of a crime file a report with Officer Dave Cordova. Dave can take a crime report if you call his cell phone, 213-793-0650 or send him an email, 31646@lapd.lacity.org with all the information, including your name and telephone number. The Wilshire Division Front Desk can also be reached at 213-473-0476 for questions and information. The Association’s Committees are working hard to keep Hancock Park a great place to live; so join a committee by visiting our website and be an active part of our community. The HPOZ Preservation Plan (http://www.preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/la/hancock-park) regulates our HPOZ. Contact our City Planner, Renata Dragland (renata.dragland@ lacity.org), and use the online form (http://preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/ initial.screening.checklist) if you plan on making changes to the exterior of your house. Report graffiti sightings by calling 311 or on the City’s Anti-Graffiti Request System - http://anti-graffiti.lacity.org/welcome. cfm?CFID=1007&CFTOKEN=411CDB4F-0FC3-4EE1 Adv.
the community character of a street, to be replaced by a tall, wide, deep and boxy structure primarily designed to contain the maximum number of salable square feet. Seldom built by residents for themselves, these look-alike monstrosities are sold like sausage (sold by the ounce, but here by the square foot) by the builder who then moves on. Stories in this issue of the Chronicle recount how citizens and their elected officials and the city planners who work for us are trying to address the matter of these intrusive behemoths. There are meetings you may attend. Read up, and let your voice be heard. And please don’t forget to VOTE on June 7th!
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Calendar Sat., June 4 – Zoning open house for La Brea-Hancock at Will and Ariel Durant library, 7140 W. Sunset Blvd., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat., June 4 – Gilmore Auto Show, Farmers Market at Third and Fairfax, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. farmersmarketla.com. Sat., June 4 and Sun., June 5 – NKLA Super Pet Adoption, The Autry in Griffith Park, 4700 Western Heritage Way, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. nkla.org. Sun., June 5 – Deadline to submit sustainable gardens, sustainability@greaterwilshire.org. Tues., June 7 – Presidential primary election. lavote.net. Wed., June 8 – Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council meeting, 743 S. Lucerne Blvd., 7 p.m. greaterwilshire.org. Sat., June 11 – Zoning open house for Larchmont Heights at Will and Ariel Durant library, 7140 W. Sunset Blvd., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thurs., June 16 – CIM Wilshire Mullen Park Mile Design Review Meeting, Memorial Branch Library, 4625 Olympic Blvd., 4 p.m. Thurs., June 16 – Geoffrey Cowan book signing and talk, Chevalier's Books, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., 7 to 9 p.m. chevaliersbooks.com. Sun., June 19 – Father’s Day. Mon., June 20 – Summer solstice. Sun., June 26 – Annual
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Brookside Block Party, 800 block of Tremaine, 3 to 7 p.m. Tues., June 28 – Councilman David Ryu's annual report and community reception. davidryu.lacity.org . Thurs., June 30 – Delivery of the July issue of Larchmont Chronicle, larchmontchronicle.com. Thurs., June 30 – Deadline to submit to Ebell Playwright contest, noon, ebellla.org.
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Walking on Larchmont today I noticed the same thing I always see...the nice stores, pleasant people AND the ugly trees and dirty sidewalk. I met our Councilman, Mr. Ryu at a local event. When the conversation turned to Larchmont, he reminded me that he has given $15,000 for a survey of the tree situation. I think that is a waste of money. My concern is that he is going to find out what we already know — that the wrong kind of trees were planted many years ago and that their roots have now caused the sidewalks to become irregular and uneven. I think the money could much better be used to get rid of the trees, fix the sidewalks and have some kind of easy care plants in front of random stores. I’m sure there are many landscape architects who would be only too happy to offer their services to a place that would provide them with great publicity and acclaim. Mr. Ryu also said that it is the responsibility of the (Please turn to page 7)
“On a tropical beach, surfing, fishing, playing guitar and watching the sunset,” and “Somewhere in the mountains, camping, near a lake with lots of hiking,” and “Anywhere there’s a bone, chicken or squirrels.” Nadeem Marc, Kinsey Diment and Potato Chip, the dog. Hollywood
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(Continued from page 1) a show of support for the project. By this reporter’s count, nearly half of the attendees were wearing stickers. During the hearing, more than 40 people testified, with the majority of comments focused on size and compatibility of new buildings, traffic and parking issues, and a proposed sign district. “My family has had a business in front of Paramount since 1964,” testified Patricia Casado, whose parents founded Lucy’s El Adobe Café on Melrose Ave. “This project can only benefit our neighborhood,” she said, adding: “I think about the impact if the studio is abandoned.” Representing the Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA), Charles D’Atri said the reality is that Paramount does need to make updates and that, within the proposed plan, there are substantial amounts of construction they can and should do. “But at the same time, in the context of 25 years’ worth of entitlements, there are a couple of egregious and unacceptable facets that they either added to the plan late or refused to compromise on,” said D’ Atri. In written comments from
the LVNA, D’ Atri elaborated on these facets, objecting to the previous loss of a “vibrant neighborhood corridor” following entitlements given to Paramount in the late 1980s/early 90s, resulting in a “dead zone” of parking lots, 18-foot hedges and security walls. The LVNA also objects to the height of a proposed 15-story tower and the continued use of Gower St. north of Melrose to park production vehicles. The LVNA reserved its strongest language for the proposed sign district: “We cannot and will not ever accept an electronic sign district in this area.” Plan details The proposed project will allow for the construction of up to approximately 1.9 million sq. ft. of remodeled or new stage, office and retail uses. Even including the proposed demolition of nearly 540,000 sq. ft. now existing, there will be a net increase of nearly 1.4 million sq. ft. of additional facilities.
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Perhaps most controversially, the plan also seeks permission to make Paramount’s property into a “sign district.” This includes replacing current billboards on Melrose and Gower with electronic signs that change images every eight seconds, as well as the use of “super-graphics” to hang from a new 15-story office tower to be built inside the main lot near Melrose. Paramount’s senior vice president of real estate, government and community relations, Sharon Keyser, told the Chronicle she is both very happy to reach this milestone, and to see so much support for Paramount Pictures. “We’re pleased to see our neighbors acknowledge the strong working relationship and dialogue we have with the community, and we’ll continue to work with them as we have done for nearly 100 years. We look forward to completing the approval process,” said Keyser.
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UPS store delivers in Village Tatiana and Christophe Moerenhout were driving around looking for a location for their new UPS store franchise, when they found the perfect spot: 325 N. Larchmont Blvd. “The location is fantastic,” YOU WANT IT WHEN? Tatiana and Christophe said Tatiana of can help. the store’s location on the Georgia-based United Parground floor of the Larch- cel Service officials had sugmont Medical Building. gested a smaller space on
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(Continued from page 1) hoods throughout the city. An open house for La BreaHancock is Sat., June 4. Larchmont Heights meets on Sat., June 11. Both meetings are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library, 7140 W. Sunset Blvd. Manhattan west? A grass-roots effort has taken hold with residents working to keep the city from becoming like Manhattan, where only the “uber wealthy” can Melrose, but the couple wanted something more to their liking. Within “a few minutes” of scouting, they settled on Larchmont’s pedestrian friendly area with its upscale neighborly demographic. Services at the 1,500 squarefoot space include shipping, packing, office supplies, personalized mailboxes, fingerprinting, passport photos and a notary. Printing services range from large-format posters and banners to brochures and catalogs. Two free, 10-minute parking spots are at the entrance of the Medical Building lot. It’s the first UPS store for the couple, who met in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Originally from the Ivory Coast, Tatiana was on the continent visiting her father. Christophe had visited Los Angeles and liked it, and UPS was looking to increase its presence here. Visit theupsstorelocal. com/6733, 323-745-0234.
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afford to live, says Bob Eisele, vice president of the La BreaHancock Homeowners Association. “If you build nothing but $2 to $3 million homes” the middle class has to move out of town, like in Paris, another city that has become unaffordable for the average citizen, he notes. “McMansions are only great for the McMansions. They are not great for the home next door to them,” Eisele said. Developers building huge homes with 20-foot ceilings that on average 2-3 people inhabit is not solving the city’s housing issue. “It’s ludicrous,” he said. There is hope in the democratic process, he adds. “I believe we will prevail.” His neighborhood is among the first the city is looking at as part of its grandiose effort to “re:code LA;” the years-long task is aimed to rewrite the decades-old Zoning Code and create single-family zones that are fine-tuned to their areas and conserve historic neighborhoods. Areas with ICOs are first on the city’s list. The moratorium is in effect through March 2017, pending adoption of an amended Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (BMO). BMO The BMO is aimed at preventing construction of houses larger than 50 percent of a lot and out of scale to the neighborhood. Originally ad-
opted by the city in 2008, several loopholes allowed “McMansions” to continue being built. Written comments are due by June 10 to be considered for a staff report to the City Planning Commission. Send comments to NeighborhoodConservation@lacity.org. The Planning Commission is set to consider the draft BMO Thurs., July 14. After that, the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee will consider the ordinance before it reaches the City Council. HPOZs What about pending Historic Preservation Overlay Zones (HPOZ), like in Miracle Mile? Will the ICOs protect those neighborhoods too? “Yes,” says Ken Bernstein, manager, Office of Historic Resources and principal city planner, Policy Planning Department of City Planning. Planning Department staff are meeting with 14 neighborhoods that were included in the neighborhood conservation ICOs. “There are six additional neighborhoods (including Miracle Mile) for which we’re pursuing HPOZs,” said Bernstein. “Both ICOs [for the BMO and for HPOZ requests] expire in March 2017, so the goal is to get the new zones or new HPOZs adopted and into effect before then,” he said. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/zzf4264.
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Chronicle Question for the Councilman By Billy Taylor Each month we send questions to our representative in City Hall. Send your queries to tips@larchmontchronicle.com.
Q: How do you respond to critics’ charges that your and
the mayor’s allocation of budget funding for concrete street repairs in Hancock Park is unfair to other parts of the Fourth District such as Sherman Oaks (where a resident asserts in a recent letter to the editor that the San Fernando Valley has areas “that are in dire need of repairs as well”) and Windsor Square (where homeowners recently had to assess themselves thousands of dollars to pay for improved street lighting)?
A: It has been several decades since Hancock Park received proper concrete street repairs. During the same time, other neighborhoods in the Fourth District and around the city have received many more street paving miles and more funding for repairs. Due to the Historic Preservation Overlay Zone that was approved by the City Council, concrete streets can only be repaired with concrete streets, as opposed to asphalt. The funding allocated in the mayor’s budget will pay for a pilot project coordinated by my office to determine the most timeand cost-effective ways to move forward with the street repairs. be done in partnership with the local arts nonprofit, Beautify Earth, and with property owners and businesses in the area. Beautifying Western will make it a more vibrant commercial street where community members live, work and play. Five new murals will add new life to blighted walls, attract new businesses, and instill renewed community pride along this major corridor. In addition to new murals,
funding has been identified to improve pedestrian safety on Western Ave. In collaboration with the mayor’s office, we are conducting community outreach concerning possible safety improvements. We also seek to plant up to 35 new street trees to improve Western Ave. comfort and shading. Lastly, please save the date of June 28 for my inaugural “Annual Report and Community Reception.”
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Clark Gable’s among convertibles at Gilmore In 1936, their well-known, but secret, romance made headlines when Clark Gable and Carole Lombard appeared in public at a midget car racing event at Gilmore Stadium—at the Original Farmers Market at Third St. and Fairfax Ave. A 1941 Cadillac Coupe later owned by Hollywood’s legendary couple will be among 100 classic and vintage American cars at the 22nd annual Gilmore Heritage Auto Show Sat., June 4 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also on display at the free event, “The Sky Is the Limit: A Tribute to American Convertibles,” will be a 1959 Ford Gal-
CONVERTIBLES will be celebrated at the Gilmore Auto Show, including Gable’s 1941 Coupe, top, courtesy of the Petersen Automotive Museum.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Continued from page 3) owners of the properties on Larchmont Blvd. to take care of the problem. This is never going to happen. Many of the stores are now vacant because rents have been raised. I think the possibility of these people making funds available is a dream. I have lived in this neighborhood my entire life (77 years!). I grew up on June St. and have lived in the same house on Arden Blvd. for over 50 years. It would be awful for my family and friends to see the demise of this wonderful street. Has a neighborhood fundraiser ever been suggested? What alternatives have been thought of to raise the money to take out the trees, repair the street and continue with the lovely atmosphere CORRECTIONS My Pet’s Place is not closing as was incorrectly stated in “7-11 gets go ahead,” May, 2016. The pet supply store will be moving from its longstanding location, at 5279 W. Olympic Blvd., next door to 5275 W. Olympic, said owner Amy Chairuttanativech. The 7-Eleven is planned to open at the mini-mall later this year; the pet store will be remodeled with an urban rustic look using environmentally friendly materials, said the owner. o o o Heavenly Couture was misidentified as previously the location of Nicole’s in a photo caption in the Home Ground column, “Larchmont: a village with the state’s first gourmet market,” May 2016. o o o
“Larchmont speaker at Ebell,” May 2016, omitted the credit for the photo of John Welborne with Margaret Sowma and others. Photo by Julie Hopkins, CameraCreations.net.
that Larchmont provides? Larchmont is an oasis of charm in the middle of a busy city. We want to keep it that way. Patsy Juda Palmer Arden Blvd.
Woody Teardrop Trailer. An end-of-show drive-off featuring all the cars will take place at 5 p.m. “When people think of Los Angeles, they think of movies and top-down, convertible weather. What better place to celebrate the history of the easy, breezy convertible than one of Angelenos’ favorite gathering places, in the heart of L.A.?” said Ilysha Buss, Farmers Market marketing director.
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Friday Night Music jams at Farmers Market Spend the balmy nights of summer hearing R&B, Latin, soul and more at the Original Farmers Market’s free Friday Night Music Series. Hear the Sounds of the Supremes June 3 when the all-female troupe sings chart-topping hit songs. Podunk Poets play honky tonk June 10; Katia Moraes and Samba Society are on June 17; and Floyd & The Flyboys play blues, soul and R&B June 24. Market-goers will be treated to a performance July 8 by R + D featuring Edward Roth and drummer Rock Deadrick. La Charanga Cubana will play July 15. Band leader Edgar Hernandez has shared the stage with Celia Cruz and Oscar D. Leon. The series continues every Friday evening through Sept. 2 on the Farmers Market West Patio stage (near E.B.'s Beer & Wine). The Friday Night Music Series at the Farmers Market is free and begins at 7 p.m. Parking is free for two hours with a Market validation. One hour free parking is available in the Grove parking structure. For a list of the complete series and other information, visit farmersmarketla.com.
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Principal Dr. Suzie Oh to retire after 23 years at Third St. School By Suzan Filipek After 41 years in the Los Angeles Unified School District — the last 23 as principal of Third Street Elementary — Dr. Suzie Oh is retiring at the end of the month. “I am ready to move on to the next chapter of my life,” she
says with some apprehension. “I like this school. I like the community here… I have been honored to serve as principal… with amazingly supportive and resourceful parents, motivated and adorable students and hard-working, dedicated, committed and caring teachers.”
Pretty much everyone feels the same way about her. “She was just remarkable,” said Cindy Chvatal-Keane, president of the Hancock Park Homeowners Assoc, est. 1948, “… from the test scores and the kids and the education” to beautification efforts at the
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Watch your back! Mulitple victims attacked from behind OLYMPIC DIVISION ROBBERIES: A woman was walking near Ridgewood Pl. and Beverly Blvd. at 4:45 p.m. on May 8 when two suspects approached her from behind. One suspect acted as a lookout, while the other grabbed the victim's purse.
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suspects jumped out of the vehicle and surrounded the victims, holding a knife to the back of one of the victims. A second suspect was carrying a bat. The men demanded the victims' wallets before fleeing. BURGLARIES: There was an attempted burglary of a residence when a suspect pried open a side door on the 300 block of N. McCadden Pl. on May 2 between 3 and 6 p.m., but the suspect fled before opening the door. A suspect gained entry to the garage of a residence on the 400 block of N. Sycamore Ave. on May 4 between 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Once inside, the suspect stole the victim’s 2010 black Camaro. Using an unknown tool, a suspect entered a victim’s guesthouse on the 300 block of S. McCadden Pl. between May 13 at 7 p.m. and May 14 at 6 a.m. The suspect stole camera equipment, documents and credit cards. A suspect entered a secured parking garage of an apartment on the corner of La Brea and Wilshire between May 18 at 9:15 p.m. and May 19 at 9:30 a.m. Once inside, the suspect stole a victim’s 2014 black Hyundai Sonata. A suspect forced open a locked garage on the 100 block of S. Sycamore Ave. between May 18 at 7 p.m. and May 19 at 7:30 a.m. Once inside, the suspect stole the victim’s 2013 grey Acura as well as money, medical prescriptions and consumable goods. A victim came home to find a suspect ransacking the laundry room of her residence on the 100 block of S. Sycamore Ave. on May 20 at 5 p.m. The suspect fled once the victim entered the home. GRAND THEFT AUTO: A 2000 white Chevy C35 van was stolen while parked on the 100 block of S. Mansfield Ave. between May 19 at 10 p.m. and May 20 at 8:30 a.m.
WILSHIRE DIVISION ROBBERY: Two victims were walking near the corner of Larchmont Blvd. and Melrose Ave. when a vehicle pulled up behind them. Three
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VINCE BERTONI (Continued from page 1) and urban geography from San Diego State University and accumulating more than 25 years of on-the-job planning experience. He held lead planning posts in Beverly Hills, Santa Clarita and Malibu, and he served as deputy planning director in Los Angeles before his most recent position as Pasadena’s planning and community development director. “I have insider knowledge, but an outsider’s perspective,” Bertoni says. Pasadena vs. Los Angeles How is city planning in Pasadena different from Los Angeles? Bertoni says that in some ways there are a lot of similarities: “They’re both big, diverse cities with a lot of different challenges. But the thing that Pasadena has done for a very long time is continually invested in its longrange planning visions.” Even in the early 20th century, Pasadena was forward-
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looking in terms of how the city did planning, Bertoni says, by putting a high value on working together with businesses, residents and other parts of the community to develop planning policies. “Once Pasadena proposed a plan, it spent a lot of time trying to build consensus.” Bertoni says in the five years that he was planning director, the city never amended the general plan or zoning to accommodate a development project: “We prided ourselves on that.” Top priorities This approach will no doubt serve him well in Los Angeles; but where to start? Bertoni says he has three top priorities. “If I were to put into terms what we need to do as a city moving forward, we really need to spend some time updating our general plan and its general plan framework, and then the community plans. We have 35 community plans, which in essence is how the general plan is implemented.” Bertoni says his goal is to bring all the plans up-to-date within the next 10 years, then create a system to update them every 10 to 12 years. Another priority for Bertoni is to take a look at the city’s current version of zoning, which was created in 1946 following WWII. “Our zoning is very antiquated,” he says, “and we need to make sure it can deal with the issues we have today, which are very different from what they were in 1946.” Lastly, Bertoni says there is a need to look at how projects go through the development process: “We need to make sure we have projects that really reflect our vision and our plans.” Neighborhood concerns The issue of masionization is a major concern for local residents, but does the new director of planning share the concern? “Yes. It’s something that is happening all across the city, not just in the Larchmont area,” says Bertoni. Historic Preservation Overlay Zones, as in Hancock Park, Windsor Square, Windsor Village and Wilshire Park, are a good way to keep and maintain neighborhood character, he says, but for neighborhoods without an HPOZ, Bertoni is focused on a revision of the existing Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (BMO). “This is going through the process now, and we’re getting a lot of good public comment on how we can tighten our rules, and I’m hopeful that it is going to help,” he says. If we are to preserve neighborhood character, where should the additional density go? Bertoni thinks additional density should go where we already have density — such as downtown Los Angeles. “I think that is the perfect
area because we have both room for additional density and multiple Metro rail lines. Outside of that, we need to look in areas that are in close proximity to where we’ve invested in transportation infrastructure.” Budget proposal The mayor’s recent budget includes hiring 28 city employees at a cost of $4.2 million to update community plans. And Bertoni says his department has a strategy in the works once that money is available. “We are going to report back to City Council on our exact strategy. But I can tell you, as part of that strategy, we’re going to look at how to
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because he spent years volunteering on his neighborhood association’s board of directors, and was even the first chair of the Windsor Square HPOZ. It’s personal because that’s how he views the process. “When I approach planning, I don’t think of it as just numbers or growth and economic projections, I think of it as neighborhoods and communities. And I think about how I feel about my neighborhood and how hard I work to protect it,” Bertoni concluded. With those words one can’t help but feel like the city’s Planning Department is in good hands.
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Electric power poles are being replaced in Larchmont alley
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“We will have either the north or the south entrance to the alley open at any given time,” a LADWP spokesman said. “We work on one pole at a time and the space surrounding that specific area may not be passed.” Crews of up to six people and five vehicles can be expected at any one time, and customers will be given a two-day advance notice of any planned outage of more than two hours. Power service may be interrupted temporarily for shorter spurts during the project
Expect some minor power outages while crews work to replace 13 electric poles in the alley west of Larchmont Blvd. in the coming months. The Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power pole replacement project, which started last month, is between Larchmont and Lucerne boulevards, from Beverly Blvd. to First St. Larchmont Villagers can also expect occasional closures in the alley to through traffic, however, access to the alley and businesses will be maintained.
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Installed on the governing boards of the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council (GWNC) and the Mid City West Community Council were 64 local stakeholders. Greater Wilshire In GWNC, the first-place finisher in each race became the director, and any second-place finisher became the alternate. The board may fill vacancies to replace the 50-foot-high wooden poles. The work will continue through approximately November. Work hours are Monday through Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and may include some Sundays. Crews may work extended hours Tuesday through Thursday until 6 p.m. Larger project The Larchmont alley upgrade is part of a larger job consisting of 45 new poles for the neighborhood. It includes Third St., from Wilton to Lucerne, which is nearly complete, and on Larchmont Blvd., from Third to Beverly, which is a quarter of the way finished. The infrastructure improvement project is for safety and ensures continued power reliability, according to the spokesman. Upgrading or replacing aging power infrastructure is necessary as many of the power poles were installed between the 1940s and 1960s and are at the end of their useful life cycle.
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at a regular meeting. GWNC’s winners are in the box below. Mid City West Election winners are: Zone 1: David Robert Wood; Zone 2: Ravi K. Bhatia; Zone 3: Dina Brown; Zone 4: Nick Solish; Zone 5: Marc Sigal; Zone 6: Keith L. Kirkwood; Zone 7: Roque “Rocky” Wicker; Homeowners: Don Whitehead, Taylor Nichols, Shem J. Bitterman; Renters: Richard Risemberg, Emily GWNC VOTER Councilman David Ryu greets and thanks poll workers at the Uyeda Kantrim, Paul May 1 GWNC election. L to R: Jerry Motschall, Mehmet Schoettel, Councilman Ryu, Howard Berker, Laura Petry; Katchum and Terrence Gomes. Business: Liza GerScott Epstein, Susan Belgrade; berding, Andy Meselson, Dean Howell, Michael Members at Large: Heather Hilty, Christine Johnson, Josh- Fox, Angela Guzman, Aviv ua Paget; Non-Profit Organiza- Kleinman, Amy Mucken, David tions: Steven Luftman, Karen Mann, Marc Sinnott, Patrick Hollis, David Sobel, Scott Sale, Seamans and Andrew Jhun.
Introducing the 2016-2018 GWNC Directors and Alternates The following stakeholders were elected at the May 1, 2016, election or were appointed subsequently to fill a vacancy. If you are interested in being appointed where a vacancy is shown, contact info@greaterwilshire.org. The next GWNC Board of Directors meeting is Wednesday, June 8, at 7:00 p.m. at The Ebell of Los Angeles, 743 South Lucerne Boulevard. Area 1 - Brookside Director: Owen Smith* Alternate: Vacant
Area 12 – Western-Wilton Director: Greg Wittmann* Alternate: Vacant
Area 2 – Citrus Square Director: Jeffry Carpenter* Alternate: Adam Morgens*
Area 13 – Wilshire Park Director: John Gresham* Alternate: Vacant
Area 3 – Country Club Heights Director: Frances McFall* Alternate: Vacant
Area 14 – Windsor Square Director: Caroline Labiner Moser* Alternate: Vacant
Area 4 – Fremont Place Director: Cam Davis* Alternate: Vacant
Area 15 – Windsor Village Director: Julie Stromberg* Alternate: Vacant
Area 5 – Hancock Park Director: James Wolf* Alternate: Vacant
Business Director: John Winther* Alternate: Vacant
Area 6 – La Brea-Hancock Director: Barbara Savage* Alternate: Bradley Jewett
Renter Director: Joe Hoffman* Alternate: James Rosales
Area 7 – Larchmont Village Director: Charles D’Atri* Alternate: Paul Hunter
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Area 8 – Melrose Director: Philip Farha* Alternate: Vacant
Religious Director: Mike Genewick* Alternate: Vacant
Area 9 – Oakwood/ Maplewood/St. Andrews Director: Nancy Kim Alternate: Max Kirkham
Other Non-Profit Director: Tucker Carney Alternate: Colette Amin*
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(Continued from page 1) In the race to be a judge, Stepan W. Baghdassarian is running for Office No. 60, a seat on the bench currently filled by veteran Judge James A. Kaddo, who has been a Larchmont resident for 50 years. Mr. Baghdassarian practiced law for just over 17 years, from 1989 until he became an inactive member of the California State Bar in April of 2007. He once again became an active member of the bar in December of 2015. During his “gap years” of not practicing law, Mr. Baghdassarian was the “chief tasting officer” for an online wine retailer and the president of a wholesale wine and liquor store in Van Nuys. Recent calls to Mr. Baghdassarian for comment about his
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viewed by former “Los Angeles Times” reporter, now U.C. Irvine law professor, Henry Weinstein. Together, they will explore political history and Cowan’s creative process that led to his recently-published book, “Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary.”
campaign were not returned. Judge Kaddo has been a municipal and superior court judge for the last 25 years, and he reportedly is the only Lebanese-born judge in America. But challenger Baghdassarian also was born in Lebanon. U.C.B. and UCLA Judge Kaddo went to U.C. Berkeley as an undergraduate and attended law school at USC. Mr. Baghdassarian attended UCLA and studied law at Whittier College. Judge Kaddo is a founding member and chair of the Lebanese American Foundation, headquartered at 4800 Wilshire Blvd. in Brookside. County Bar rankings The Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Judicial Elections Evaluations Committee ranks Judge Kaddo “Qualified” and Mr. Baghdassarian “Not Qualified.”
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Sporting outfits generously provided by British fashion powerhouse Boden, 48 Los Angeles children recently walked the runway at The Beach Club to help their parents and friends support Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). For the 55th year, members of the 58-year-old hospital support group, Children’s Chain (“a chain is as strong as its weakest link”) arranged the charity fashion show and luncheon whose proceeds go toward two CHLA programs, the Associates Rehabilitation Center Caregiver Wing and the Associates Sarcoma Program Chair. The fashion show and luncheon began in someone’s backyard in Fremont Place and has been held all over the greater Los Angeles area, in homes and clubs, ever since. Local residents were well represented this year. In fact, there were four generations
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Stratford School opens new campus in Hollywood By Billy Taylor This fall, local parents will have a new academic option for their children when Stratford School opens in Hollywood. Located in a remodeled campus on Cahuenga Blvd., it is Stratford’s first location in Southern California. The Silicon Valley-based education provider, which has 18 campuses throughout the Bay Area, is accepting applications for students in preschool through the fifth grade. In an interview with the Chronicle, Stratford’s CEO and the incoming director for the Los Angeles Melrose campus discuss what make their approach to learning unique. School philosophy “It was started in 1999 in the town of Danville, in the Silicon Valley, by teacher Sherry Adams. She wanted to create a place that inspires children while discovering their individual passions,” says Shawn Weidmann, Stratford CEO. He explains that this approach has proven to bring extraordinary academic outcomes within a nurturing environment. The school first opened with four classrooms in the back of a church. “At the beginning, it was just Sherry walking doorto-door with leaflets to get the news out,” he adds. What inspired the school’s move to Southern California?
“There are not enough options in the area,” says Weidmann. As a Studio City resident, and as a parent of two schoolaged children, he knows personally how stressful the process of finding a school can be for parents. “When I needed to take my daughter out of public school, there just wasn’t room anywhere. There was a waiting list for all the good schools. In the end, we went with a school in Pasadena, which is quite far from our home,” he says. According to Weidmann, that’s why the city is experiencing such a positive reaction to charter schools: “because parents want options.” The desire to make it easy for parents is also a central part of Stratford’s approach. “We want to take the stress out of it for parents,” says Weidmann. He explains that the entire admissions process will take less than 10 days. And unlike some schools, the annual tuition covers virtually everything. “The thing that makes us different is our value proposition,” says Weidmann, who suggests a high academic outcome at a competitive price, without any religious underpinnings, is what explains the school’s remarkable success. Campus life “I can already picture it,”
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O’Connell fêted for transformative work Family and friends surrounded Hancock Park resident Mary Adams O’Connell as she accepted the Transformative Partner Award from the Advancement Project at the Champions for Equity awards. O’Connell, who serves on the Project’s California Leadership
Council, was recognized for her longstanding commitment to employing philanthropy to help transform communities most impacted by economic and racial injustice. She is president and CEO of the family investment and management firm, Adams
O’Connell Inc., which she founded in 2001. O’Connell also serves on the Board of Trustees of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and was the founder in 2001 of HealthyCity.org, which evolved into a vital part of the Advancement Project’s program advocating data-driven policy solutions. The Advancement Project is a multi-racial civil rights organization based in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Windsor Square residents Cara Esposito and Martha and John Welborne joined former Hancock Park residents Louise and John Brinsley and many others in saluting O’Connell at the recent event held at the Los Angeles River Center and Gardens.
STRATFORD (Continued from page 15) to the classroom, Stratford’s curriculum stresses academic rigor, innovation and fine arts as well as critical and analytical skills through an integrated approach in the areas of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics). To ensure the school hits the ground running, Molenkamp says Stratford invited a couple of teachers from the Bay Area to join them in Hollywood: “We are really excited because they know our approach and how we teach.” A recruiting firm is filling the other positions. With just a few months before the new school year, and a renovated school at her disposal, what is Molenkamp most excited about? “The children!” she says quickly. Open house events Stratford will hold two open house events this month for prospective families to preview the school's preschool and elementary programs at its new Melrose campus on Tues., June 7 and Sat., June 11 at 10 a.m. Guests can meet and query Stratford's leadership team, teachers and staff, and see sample classroom environments including an interactive STEAM area. For more information, or to register for an open house, visit stratfordschools.com.
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Awards gala, Spring Affair, Princess were on calendar Extraordinary Families, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of children in the child welfare system, hosted its first annual Awards Gala on April 20 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The evening honored Shane Brennan, creator and executive producer, “NCIS: Los Angeles,” with the 2016 Visionary Award. Stacie and Phillip D’Amour and Jason Peers and Eric Pelovello were presented with the Sylvia Fogelman Founder’s Award. Actress Renee Ridgeley and comedienne Sheila Chalakee hosted the celebration. NCIS star
EXTRAORDINARY FAMILIES CEO Sarah Boone at the Gala with honoree Shane Brennan and presenter Chris O’Donnell.
AT THE SPRING AFFAIR of the Anne Banning Auxiliary were Marie Burk, Assistance League President Andy Goodman, Bill Harris, Orly Shani and Flo Fowkes.
KIEL FITZGERALD and Shelagh Callahan were among the Anne Banning Auxiliary supporters at the Spring Affair.
Chris O’Donnell gave heartfelt tributes as he presented these champions with their awards. • • • The Anne Banning Auxiliary of the Assistance League of Los Angeles held its annual Spring Affair luncheon and fashion show May 7 at the Four Seasons Hotel. The event benefited Operation School Bell (OSB), one of the signature programs of the League. Thanks to the efforts of guests and volunteers, more than $160,000 will support critical OSB programs throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The event began with a “shopping day pop-up boutique experience” and silent auction, followed by an awards luncheon in the main ballroom. More than 250 attendees enjoyed the afternoon program, emceed by TV personality Bill Harris. Fashion/style expert, designer and TV personality Orly Shani hosted the centerpiece of the
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day, a runway fashion show by award-winning designer Trina Turk, featuring her new summer collection. At the event, Anne Banning Auxiliary members looked back on 50 years of its mission to provide new clothes, back packs, hygiene products and school supplies to 5,300 children per year. Receiving awards for dedication and support were longtime member and volunteer, Debby Berg, and nonprofit partner organization, Global Grins. Among those applauding the honorees were event co-chairs
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Belated Mother’s Day looks back to simpler time, nod to dad I’ve been thinking about my mom this week, ever since Mother’s Day and a conversation we had. I asked her, as I have before, “Mom, when we were kids, you seemed to have everything running like a well-oiled machine — super organized and efficient and I
don’t remember much stress or drama. You made it all look so easy. How did you do that?! My mom’s reply: “You moms today have it much harder than we did. It’s more complicated raising kids now.” It made me think. How has being a mom today changed
versus 50 years ago? There are certainly things I can think of that have evolved, making parenting easier today. For example, better household appliances, the availability of convenient meals and easier access to parenting groups, pediatricians, parenting blogs
and other support. We also have better medicines, vaccinations and healthcare info as well as more awareness, and inforMommy mation of kids’ Beat emotional and by learning needs. Danielle Our school Avaziansystem also has Reyes evolved and is more aware and accommodating of children’s unique needs, which makes our job a little easier. And a big difference I see is with the dads of today. (Happy Father’s Day to all of you out there.) Today’s dads are much more hands-on with their children in ways that dads were not 50 years ago. This fact alone has really made a difference in parenting and family life. On the flip side, we see overextended moms, trying to do it all — be the perfect mother and keep the corporate job, all while keeping our kids engaged and entertained. We over-protect our kids and shelter them which makes them more dependent on us until they reach young adulthood.
This, in itself, makes mothering them more demanding and more difficult. Extended families are more spread out now versus 50 years ago, so there is less support. And the world is a more dangerous and complicated place now. With cyber bullying and internet predators, parents must be vigilant and monitor what their kids are doing. Today’s pressures of making sure your kid has the best of everything — starting with preschools, to vacations to playdates to clothes to birthday parties — can be exhausting. And families today are way more over-scheduled than 50 years ago — whatever happened to kids just playing in the backyard on weekends with an occasional trip to the mall? At the end of the day, moms today want the same thing for their children as moms did 50 years ago — for the children to be happy. It is not the easiest job, but the most rewarding.
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tor… “She encouraged me to pursue my masters in educational leadership, which I now have today… “She has seen the pendulum shift in education, was at the forefront of ESL classes, and continues to stay at the forefront of educational shifts by educating herself and visiting other countries to learn about what’s working there and share what’s working here.” This summer, like most summers, Dr. Oh will travel to South Korea for talks at universities. “They really need to reform their system,” she laments. While strong in math and memorization, “they will never have a Steve Jobs or a Bill Gates at this rate,” she tells them. What they need are “help in soft skills: conflict resolution, seeing through multiple lenses, collaboration, team work.” She’s a popular speaker there, having learned a thing or two about education since she emigrated from South Korea to Los Angeles as a teen. She appreciated the freedom she found in her new country, where she could speak up. And, she’s had a fulfilling career. “As a teacher, you impact your own class; as a principal, you can make a difference for all your 32 teachers and how they teach.” She will continue part-time teaching posts, brush up on her Spanish and travel, she says. “There are so many books to read, so many places to visit… I place a premium on spontaneity, passport stamps and freedom.”
(Continued from page 8) principal at Hobart Elementary, a coordinator at Wilton Place Elementary, and in the bilingual department at LAUSD. She earned her master’s in education and administration, and doctoral degrees from USC. She is an adjunct professor at Cal State Los Angeles and has supervised teacher credentialing programs at USC and Cal State Long Beach. She has also taught Korean language and culture programs at Santa Monica and Los Angeles community colleges. At Third Street, she’s particularly proud of expanding the Wonder of Reading Library and instituting a Korean Dual Language Immersion Program. Among the program’s pupils is the 10-year old daughter of Patricia Alexander, president of Friends of Third. “I thought it would be a great experience for her to learn about the Korean culture and some of the language.” Alexander moved with her husband and three children to the area largely because of Third Street’s top ratings. “I think [Dr. Oh] works to make it a great school. “It has very high standards. [Dr. Oh] keeps the academics up… and also recognizes kids who need extra help.” When a special needs class was moved from another school to the Third St. campus, Dr. Oh “was really welcoming with open arms,” said Alexander. Suzanne Nichols, a theater teacher at the school, calls Dr. Oh “an inspiration and a men-
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Alps theme at Loyola Mother's Guild table Hancock Park has a long history in the Loyola Mother’s Guild, and this year was no exception; 38 local moms participated in the Guild’s recent annual luncheon, said coLEFT: A BAVARIAN GARDEN was the theme of the Hancock Park table at Loyola's recent 85th Mother’s Guild Spring Luncheon. Table Chair Brigid LaBonge is second from the right in the middle row.
1,100 people came to preview the tables the night before. There are 22 groups of moms at Loyola who sponsor a “table” at the luncheon. Most of the groups are based on neighborhoods (Hancock Park, Pasadena, Brentwood, etc). A few of the groups are based on the sport team of their sons (Football, Lacrosse, Aquatics, etc). "It's Loyola's most important fundraiser of the year," Henneberger said.
chair Joane Henneberger. The fundraiser, held annually since 1931, features weeklong activities which culminate in the luncheon held in Xavier Hall on the high school campus. Table Chair Brigid LaBonge designed this year’s theme, a Bavarian Garden. Loyola moms wore the dirndl, a traditional dress, for the occasion. Some 750 women attended the luncheon April 23, and
Betting on charity at Junior League’s Casino Members of the Junior League of Los Angeles and friends enjoyed a glittering night of cocktails, dancing, and casino-themed games at the organization’s annual Casino Angeleno fundraiser at the Alexandria Ballrooms in Downtown Los Angeles. Guests came dressed to kill at the James Bond 007-themed fete. The night was made extra special by the fact that the
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(Continued from page 17) Valentine, Peggy Collins and Kathleen Scheinfeld. Eight days later, Blue Ribbon honored Princess Charlene of Monaco with a luncheon at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The princess, a former Olympic swimmer, was in town to establish the Los Angeles chapter of her foundation that promotes swimming and water safety skills. Said she, “I almost drowned as a child; my cousin drowned when he was five years old. Drowning takes 370,000 lives each year. We should all have the skills to save ourselves and others from this silent killer,” she said. Television journalist Mary Hart interviewed Her Royal Highness about life behind the palace doors. After a pitch perfect performance from the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Mayor Eric Garcetti and Hilda L. Solis, chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, each gave proclamations, and Blue Ribbon President Julie Goldsmith gave the group's crystal “Blue Heart” to the princess. There to celebrate the philanthropist princess were luncheon co-chairs Donna Wolff, Constance Gavin, Sandra Ausman, Lisa Janian, Joni Smith, Louise Korshak, Carol Curb Nimoy and Ricki Ring. Also there were Amanda Mansour, Brenda Cooke, Joane Quinn and Lucy Wolff. And just so you know, over the last 50 years, Blue Ribbon has raised more than $73 million for the Music Center’s arts outreach to children. And that’s the chat!
JLLA is celebrating its 90th anniversary. The Junior League provides volunteers and funding to other local nonprofit agencies for the benefit and enrichment of the Los Angeles community. The proceeds raised from Casino Angeleno will support the JLLA mission of promoting volunteerism, developing the
potential of women and improving the community. The Junior League of Los Angeles has called Larchmont home since 1995. Its headquarters is a two-story French Regency building on Larchmont Blvd. known as Rainey House and named for the late longtime Hancock Park resident Marjorie Hamlin Rainey.
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Fremont Place writer penned action-comedy ‘The Nice Guys' A Beautiful Planet IMAX (8/10): Highlighted by beautiful cinematography, this shows what life is like on the Space Station and some (not enough) fantastic views of Earth. Unfortunately, it has a political motive that detracts, in lockstep with the “man causes global warming” theory, which not everyone buys. It does mention one place where man is despoiling the planet,
the burning of the rainforest (which has been here for 60 million years), but only as what seems like an afterthought when, in fact, this is the big continuing disaster that everyone is ignoring. It’s a shame that this film gives the devastation of the rainforest such short shrift when it had this golden opportunity to enlighten the world about it. Money Monster (8/10): This
is either a spoof or an attack on those charlatans on TV (George Clooney) who spout advice about investing in stocks and bonds but don’t know their elbow from third base. Director Jodie Foster, with admirable pace and good performances, shows them as the clowns they are and the damage they do. The Nice Guys (8/10): Written and directed by Fremont Place resident Shane Black,
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another between and among people who are more or less invulnerable, ad infinitum. It is a glaring example of what movies have become, which is intellectual diarrhea. But, get used to it. This junk makes money. If you like this sort of thing (and there are nine of them scheduled to come out between now and 2019), then this is a good one. I don’t. Genius (2/10): The only genius involved in this film is to figure out how someone can take a cast of Oscar winners/ nominees like Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jude Law about characters like Hemingway and Fitzgerald (both of whom appear only momentarily), Thomas Wolfe and Maxwell Perkins, and make such a drab, dark, slow, unentertaining film. Opens June 10. Mother’s Day (2/10): Long time comedic director Gary Marshall has apparently morphed from movie director to rabbi, because this preaches (Please turn to page 22)
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Iconic, unforgettable show tunes; legendary 'Boy From Oz' Remember musicals with overtures? Remember melodies and unforgettable lyrics that stuck with you all the way home? I Only Have Eyes for You, The Life and Lyrics of Al Dubin is that feel-good smash of a show. The music is mostly by Harry Warren, book by Arlene Sarner and Jerry Leichtling. The time is the 1930s and 40s. Al Dubin (Jared Gertner), fresh out of the army, begins his songwriting career in New York. He also meets his future wife Helen Dubin (Nikki Bohne). Dubin’s career will eventually lead him to Hollywood and the golden age of movie musicals. The songs are iconic and familiar. Do you remember “We’re in the Money,” “Shuffle Off to Buffalo,” “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams”
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Jackman won Best Actor in a Musical). The musical is based on the life of legendary singer-performer-songwriter, Peter Allen (Andrew Bongiorno). The titular Oz is the shortened version of Australia and the show traces Allen’s life from his birth through his colorful childhood (Young Peter Allen is played by Michayla Brown), to his untimely death from AIDS. Enhanced by his published music and songs, the musical covers his early life through his relationships with Judy Garland (Bess Motta) who discovered him and Liza Minelli (Jessica Pennington) who he married and with whom he had a lifelong friendship. Mr. Bongiorno, in a triplethreat performance, has captured the essence of Allen from
his colorful performances to his vulnerability with Gregg Connell (Jarod Emick), the love of his life. I’ve seen several actresses who have played Judy Garland, but Ms. Motta is in a class by herself. Her singing voice is uncannily Judy and her measured mannerisms perfect. I had similar thoughts about Jessica Pennington’s excellent performance as Liza Minelli, in Oz. Director Michael A. Shepperd’s masterful staging has managed to make this big musical, performed in a limited space, look grand. This is a very entertaining evening in the theatre. Through June 19, Celebration at the Lex Theatre, 6760 Lexington Ave., 323-957-1884 celebrationtheatre.com. 4 Stars (Please turn to page 22)
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(Continued from page 21) Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel won the Tony Award in 1992. The play is set in the summer of 1936 in a small village in Ireland. Five unmarried sisters struggle to survive while dealing with the life-changing world situation. The arrival of a radio brings that world into their lives. This is a memory play narrated by the adult Michael Evans (Michael Knowles) who speaks fondly of his mother’s and his aunts’ lives and eventually reveals their tragic ends. Director Heather Chesley has crystallized the essence of each sister’s story for this terrific ensemble cast. Burdened with their own set of problems, their family unity and love is always present. Of particular note is Nan McNamara’s portrayal of Kate.
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Wallis Center teams up with Broadway Dreams Mark Slavkin, director of eduBy Sondi Toll Sepenuk This month, the Wallis cation at the Wallis, speaking Annenberg Center for Per- of the new alliance. “Our focus forming Arts, 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd. in We share the same misBeverly Hills, has part- sion so we decided to ennered with the Broad- ter into a partnership .... way Dreams Foundation (BDF) to present a summer intensive training week will be on outreach to underfor aspiring musical theatre served communities, where talented youth may not have had artists here in Los Angeles. The weeklong session, titled access to this level of training.” “GENERATION: The 2016 The BDF, a nonprofit orgaSummer Intensive Tour,” runs nization, is dedicated to profrom June 19 to 26 and culmi- viding training, mentoring nates in a public concert that and career opportunities to brings together students and anyone interested in the pertheir mentors on the stage of forming arts. Intensive prothe Bram Goldsmith Theater. grams take place around the The Theatre and “the Wallis” country throughout the year. Past participants have centers are part of an adaptive reuse of the historic Beverly included stage and screen star Taye Diggs, choreograHills Post Office property. “This partnership with pher Spencer Liff (“So You Broadway Dreams will help Think You Can Dance,” Nicole cultivate the next generation Parker (“Wicked”). Faculty for of musical theater talent,” said this summer’s Los Angeles
Vacation Safety Tips Summer means school’s out, and it’s often a time for family vacations. But before you pack up and head out of town, it is important to make sure your home is not an inviting target for burglars while you are gone. Joseph Pelayo, Senior Lead Officer from the LAPD’s Olympic Division, offers the following safety tips. The key is to make your home look as if you never left: • Stop the mail and newspapers, or have a neighbor pick them up every day. • Keep shades and blinds in their normal positions. Put several lights (and perhaps a radio) on timers so they turn on and off at appropriate times. Ideally, this includes exterior lights as well; porch lights left on 24 hours a day can be a good indicator that no one is home. • Make sure all doors and windows are locked, and activate your home alarm system, if you have one. • Park your cars in the garage or behind gates to prevent auto break-ins. Do not leave anything valuable in your car. Thefts from autos have been on the rise in our neighborhood. • Notify a neighbor of your plans, and give him or her your contact information, in case of emergency. With your home secure, also make sure you are not an inviting target as you travel: • Travel light: take only essential credit cards and keep your purse close to your body, or your wallet in an inside front pocket. • Keep a record of credit card numbers, and a copy of your driver’s license or passport, in a safe place, separate from your purse or wallet. • Leave valuable jewelry at home or in a safe deposit box. For many more of Officer Pelayo’s helpful suggestions, plus a detailed Home Security Checklist, please go to the Windsor Square Association website (www.windsorsquare.org). Make sure your summer vacation is memorable—for all the right reasons!
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program include Taye Diggs, Stafford Arima (“Allegiance”), Broadway Dreams Education Director Craig D’Amico (“Fiddler on the Roof,”), with more faculty to be announced. The first round of auditions took place in April, while ongoing virtual auditions are
still being accepted. This is the Wallis’s second year working with the BDF and the first year of their official partnership. “We came to the conclusion that we share the same mission, so we decided to enter into a partnership together,”
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Camp Patriot summer programs are for all ages By Jonathan Lee Camp Patriot is an annual summer camp held at Pilgrim School that offers children a wide variety of engaging activities such as hands-on-learn-
ing and physical activities in order to prepare students for the following school year and beyond. The camp is available to all students in the Los Angeles
area and provides early education and elementary programs, starting at 7:30 a.m. and finishing at 6 p.m. The Early Education program is for children from twoyears old, and helps Summer Enrichment Experiences to-five them transition comfortably into a school environment. Los Angeles Writing Project Summer Enrichment Experiences Beginning Mon., June 27 Summer Enrichment Experiences Los2016 Angeles Writing Project Summer Session Summer Enrichment Experiences and ending Wed., Aug. 17, Los Angeles Writing Project 2016 Summer Session Los Angeles Writing Project Camp Patriot allows these 2016 Summer Summer Session Session 2016 young children to experience art and outdoor play among periences other activities. roject Hands-on learning and quiet on activities such as reading are heavily emphasized as well. Children are separated into small groups in the morning Monday --Thursday | June 27 -27 July 15 | Students EnteringEntering 1st - 12th1st - 12th ichmentMonday Experiences Thursday | June - July 15 | Students and engage in indoor and outMonday Thursday || June June 27 27 -- July July 15 15 || Students Students Entering Entering 1st 1st -- 12th 12th Monday -- Thursday s Writing Project Enrichment Programs: door activities. Children are Enrichment Programs: Camp, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. • Young Writers’ mmer Session Enrichment Programs: advised to bring a change of Enrichment Programs: YoungWriters’ Writers’ Camp, 9:00 12:30 p.m. ••• Young Secondary Writing Institute, 9:00a.m. a.m. -- 12:30 Camp, 9:00 a.m. a.m. 12:30 p.m. p.m. Camp, 9:00 -- 12:30 p.m. clothes after swimming and a • Young Writers’ •• Secondary Secondary Writing Institute, 9:00 a.m. - p.m. 12:30 p.m. STEAM Camp (Science), 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Writing Institute, 9:00 a.m. 12:30 • Secondary Writing Institute, 9:00 a.m. -- 12:30 p.m. blanket during naptime. s Entering 1st - 12th Math Camp (Pre Algebra & Algebra), 1:00 -p.m. p.m. •• STEAM STEAM Camp (Science), 1:00 4:00- 4:00 p.m.p.m. STEAM Camp (Science), 1:00 p.m. --p.m. 4:00 Camp (Science), 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Meanwhile, the elemenReading Camp, 1:00 p.m.&- 4:00 Math Camp (Pre Algebra Algebra), 1:00 p.m. p.m. 4:00 p.m. MathCamp Camp (Pre Algebra & p.m. Algebra), 1:00 p.m.p.m. - 4:00 p.m. •••• Math (Pre Algebra & Algebra), 1:00 -- 4:00 tary program, which begins Reading Camp, Camp, 1:00 1:00 p.m. p.m. -- 4:00 4:00 p.m. p.m. •• Bird Reading Reading Camp, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.21, 2016 on Mon., June 20 and ends Early Registration Deadline: Thursday, April p.m. Last Day ofRegistration RegistrationDeadline: (Based onThursday, Availability): Thursday, June 16, 2016 on Thurs., August 11, serves Early Bird April 21, 2016 Early Bird Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 21, 2016 . Early Bird Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 2016 -**ForDay more information and registration forms, please visit21, our website: Last of Registration (Based on Availability): Thursday, June 16, 2016 kindergarteners to fifth gradLast Day of Registration (Based on Availability): Thursday, June 16, 2016 . - 4:00 p.m. Last Day ofinformation Registration (Based onforms, Availability): Thursday, June 16, 2016 www.calstatela.edu/lawp **For more and registration please visit our website: ers. This program is designed **For more information and registration forms, please visit our website: - July 15 | Students Entering 1st - 12thand registration forms, please visit our website: **For more information www.calstatela.edu/lawp www.calstatela.edu/lawp to aid students in smoothly www.calstatela.edu/lawp 2016 transitioning into their subsersday, 16, p.m. 2016 00 a.m.June - 12:30 quent grade levels. e visit oura.m. website: ute, 9:00 - 12:30 p.m. Educational exercises and
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summer,” said Tucker King, a junior and incoming class president of Pilgrim School. Camp Patriot serves as an enriching experience for children and students of all ages. Those interested can contact Camp Director Katie Manly and sign their children up on the Pilgrim School website. Information regarding the specific daily schedule and activities is also located on the website. Pilgrim School is at 540 S. Commonwealth Ave. Visit pilgrim-school.org. Jonathan Lee will be an 11th grader at Pilgrim School in the fall.
Overnight adventure at Camp Tar Pits
Boys and girls from kindergarten to eighth grade can spend a night at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum and explore the collections with museum educators Sat., June 25 to Sun., June 26. Learn about the tar pits and the titans that lived during the last Ice Age at this on-site event. Visit tarpits.org/museum/ programming.
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Some serious fun was had at Zimmer FUNdraiser Zimmer Children’s Museum held its annual FUNdraiser “We All Play” May 15 in the newly renovated museum with its updated exhibits at the Miracle Mile site. Some 400 attended and explored the new green screen theater, community farm mural and gift shop. Events took place in the museum’s lot with food offered by local chefs and restaurants. Additionally, families were treated to arts and crafts sta-
Arboretum nature camp CELEBRITIES on hand were Mayim Bialik, of “The Big Bang Theory,” here with “Tokidoki’s Donutella,” a character from another planet shown in her doughnut UFO.
Camp introduces teens to city life Teenagers from 11- to 14-years-old can learn about architecture, design and urban planning at A+D Museum’s CityLife summer camp Tues., July 5 through Fri., July 29.
Campers begin and end their day at A+D, 400 E. 4th St., and in between go on adventures throughout downtown Los Angeles. For more information, go to aplusd.org/citylife.
Kids ages five to 11 can explore plants and history at the Arboretum’s summer nature camp at 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. They will also paint, draw and sculpt craft projects out of items found in the environment. Each week has a theme. The adventure begins Mon., June 6 and runs through Fri., Aug. 5. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with half days and extended care also available. For information, visit arboretum.org or call 626-821-3222.
tions, live music, a puppet show and a petting zoo. Play is serious business at the Zimmer, where museum officials say it is absolutely essential to the way that young
children learn and begin to understand their role in the world around them. Proceeds from We All Play support the Zimmer’s access initiative, which enables children from low-income families to experience Zimmer.
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Summer YOUTH programs Girls Build Los Angeles one project at a time Nearly 1,000 girls from more than 80 public schools shared their dreams and projects for a better community at West Adams Preparatory High
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Elaine Wakeland, agreed. “Don’t allow your doubts to deter you. We need you to succeed; you are the leaders that our city and country are waiting for.” County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas was also among speakers. Scholarships were awarded to the top three middle-school teams and the top three highschool teams, with each winning participant receiving $750 for third place, $1000 for second place, and $1500 for first place.
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This month is very short but I know we will all have fun! There are many things happening this month. Our Daddy and Me Morning Snack will be on June 3, as well as our Art Exhibit for first through third grades. I hope I get first place because I’m good at art! On June 14, Preschool is graduating. The next day, Junior Kindergarten and Elementary will have an Honor’s Assembly and the students will be going to the next grade. I am so happy I will be going to fourth grade. The happy part about June is that summer camp begins, and that means we will go swimming! I’m coming for summer camp, so I hope I will see you there!
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Recently, the 6th grade class spent two nights and three days at AstroCamp. There was ziplining, rock wall climbing, crazy science, and it was all a blast. We played with liquid nitrogen and dry ice, which you should not try at home. Now, all the crazy science was fun, but it wasn’t the highlight of the trip for me. One of my friends was terrified on the zip-line. But, I offered to help him. I told him, when he would go, I would follow. There was also a dark maze, where you had to crawl through on your hands and knees to the end. One of my friends is claustrophobic, but she worked through it.
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A local family wants to share the benefits of karate training for both kids and adults at a newly opened academy near the corner of 3rd and Western. Knowles Karate Academy opened its doors on June 1 at 4378 W. 3rd St. Its founders, Michael Knowles and Kathy HuynhKnowles have been Larchmont Village residents since 2012.
“Karate is a martial art that promotes and strengthens well-being, both psychologically and physically,” says Knowles, who is a certified instructor of Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan. Having trained in karate since 1990, he obtained his first-degree black belt in 1994. For more information and pricing, visit knowleskarateacademy.com.
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school news turning point By Steven Haker 8th Grade
As Turning Point School reaches the end of the school year, we are all preparing for summer. Turning Point offers a multitude of on-campus Summer Camps, which are open to students from both outside and inside the Turning Point community, and provide a great way to get used
to Turning Point if you are coming in as a new student next year. We are saddened by the retiring of our longtime Head of School, Deborah Richman, but are excited to welcome new Head Dr. Laura Konigsberg in July. We are also preparing for the departure of the Turning Point Class of 2016, which will be graduating soon, some of whose students have been with us (including me) for more than a decade. For those of you who plan to attend Turning Point School next year, I hope you have a great experience, as I know I did. Goodbye!
LARCHMONT CHARTER By Ondine Bader and Charlie Hoge 5th Grade
It’s been a long year, and we’ve all learned a lot. Principal May Oey is wrapping up the year well, and just informed us that she will be the first principal of Bright
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Stars School, a school for (so far) only kindergarteners. Changes for LCS are coming too. A student rec room will be created next year for Hollygrove students. Couches and games will be introduced to the old teacher’s lounge. Where will the teachers hang? The new and improved teacher’s lounge, of course! Teachers will get a bigger, better, and more advanced lounge to talk about their wonderful students! More news! Miss May Oey will be participating in the Kickball Game, and sadly, she’ll be on the Staff’s team. Come June 10 to root for the students! On a different note, the library will be transformed into a classroom! LCS will now get a Sensory Room, for dealing with kids who need a little chill break time. Calm students are predicted for future years. We would like to take the time to say how much we loved preforming the role of the reporters for LCS. Your rockin’ and rollin’ reporters, signing off … for the last time. Au revoir.
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Our annual “Afternoon in the Garden” event back in April raised a lot of money to help complete our Field of Dreams. I wish I could have gone, but the party was for parents only. On May 20, Pilgrim held the Art Fest. Featured were student artwork and entertainment, from puppet shows to performances by the Middle School and High School jazz bands. Another very exciting event was held on May 19, the Sports Banquet for all Middle and High School athletes. There was food and awards. It was my first time attending! GO PATRIOTS!
By Oona Holahan 11th Grade
For over a decade, Immaculate Heart seniors have graduated at a legendary Los Angeles venue – the Hollywood Bowl. This year was no different. Dressed in white gowns and carrying bouquets of red roses, members of the Class of 2016 were a beautiful sight to behold as they walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. Congratulations! In other news, May was a busy month. Students coasted through two weeks of Advanced Placement testing. After a full year of studying, students were wel-prepared for challenging tests spanning many disciplines. On May 13, the juniors and seniors enjoyed an elegant night out in the city at the Biltmore Hotel for Soiree d’Elegance, an Art Nouveau-themed prom. Drawing on the works of Klimt, Lautrec and Mucha, the prom was a beautiful, art historical affair. This year, multiple varsity and JV teams scored big points. The Varsity Track and Swim teams garnered first place wins in the Sunshine League, and banners for the auditorium to match! Congratulations to all our talented athletes. The end of the school year brings more change. Next year, Immaculate Heart will welcome a new principal, Naemah Morris. We also bid goodbye to retiring Principal Virginia Hurst. Ms. Hurst has been an ever-present fixture at Immaculate Heart as English teacher, department chair, assistant principal, and principal. We recognize her commitment to educating multiple generations of young women! Thank you, Ms. Hurst!
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of songs including jazzy, Israeli, and classical. At the end everyone sang Hey Jude. Our afterschool drama class production of The Wizard of Oz will be happening soon. We have about 20 actors from all grades. There is a lot of singing and great performing, and it is really fun!
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This week we had a special school Green Week to remind us to take care of our environment. We all wore green clothes one day. We also had collections of different things to recycle. Parents brought in electronics for E-Waste. We collected old sneakers to recycle for playground material, used crayons, and clothes. We are getting ready to celebrate Sports Day. Brawerman East will go to the Brawerman West campus. One day we have an opening ceremony with team colors, balloons, and team shirts. The next day we go back and play different sports, have races, and so much more. We compete against other children in our own grade. At the closing ceremony we get medals. This month our families came to school for the Grade 3 and 4 Spring Concert. Third graders played songs on the recorder, and fourth graders played violins and clarinets. We did all kinds
By Camille Roth 6th Grade
The month of May and the beginning of June for everyone at St. James’ were very joyful and happy months. During the middle of May, the fourth graders went on a super exciting trip to Coloma in Sacramento. They learned a lot more about the 1850’s there, from gold panning to making cornbread in an iron skillet over an open fire! On May 5, the whole school celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a mariachi band and festive Mexican food! We even got to wear red, white, and green, to represent the colors of the Mexican flag! It was a super lively event! May 11 to May 20 was the fantastic art show! Every student participated in this wonderful event! Each child got
CATHEDRAL CHAPEL By Brynn Coleman 7th Grade
Spring is our favorite time of the year here at CCS. Not only are the flowers blooming, but we also get to listen to our students sing at the Spring Concert! The theme for the Spring concert in Grades 3 – 5 was America and patriotism, while the upper grades reenacted some of our favorite songs from Broadway. I would also like to
take this time to congratulate the second grade on receiving their First Communion. The whole school was able to see them in their beautiful dresses and suits at this year’s May Crowning honoring Mary. Their class and the eighth grade, who were dressed in their graduation
to express their artist inside themselves at the art show! On May 22, we did the STEAM Fair! STEAM stands for: science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Second through sixth participated in the super exciting event where we all got to do an experiment and make a poster board about it! I love the STEAM Fair and will definitely miss it next year. On June 3, every year, the whole school jumps for Haiti! Literally! Jump for Haiti is a fundraiser for Haiti! We got to raise money for Haiti by everyone in the school participating in jump roping! All of these events are super lively and enjoyable and I will miss them all next year.
gowns, offered flowers to her and crowned the Blessed Mother. In a couple of days, students from all grades will compete in the annual Religion Bee. The contestants will be tested on their knowledge of the Bible and our own faith. Be sure to check back next month, and to have a great spring!
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June is finally here, and that means it’s officially the end of the school year! During the last week of school, students take exams and present final projects. The underclassmen award ceremony is also held this week in which outstanding students in each subject receive recognition for their improvements or achievements shown throughout the year. On June 9, seniors culminate their LACHSA experience with a beautiful and memorable graduation ceremony at Walt Disney Concert Hall. At graduation, students from all grade levels perform with their respective art departments:
the LACHSA symphony orchestra plays Pomp and Circumstance as seniors walk across the stage, dancers perform original compositions, pictures of original artwork are projected on a screen, and the musical theatre department presents an exciting number. Although seniors and their families are extremely proud, there is always some sadness and reluctance to leave the comforts and familiarity of high school. The occasion is also bittersweet for underclassmen who will miss their graduating friends, but we still take joy in the meaningful ceremony and look forward to our own graduations to come. Overall, it has been a fantastic year full of noteworthy performances and unforgettable experiences. May all students have a restful and exciting summer vacation, and to the graduating seniors, I wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavors!
CHRIST THE KING By Penny Diaz 8th Grade
May was certainly a busy and exciting month! It began with a campaign for Ecuador. Students dressed in the country’s colors and brought donations to support the victims of the recent earthquake. Our 8th grade class led our school’s annual May procession in honor of Mary, and students brought in flowers to celebrate this event. The 3rd and 4th grade classes went on an interesting field trip to the Chumash Indian Museum. Our International Festival began on May 14th with our Pueri Cantores school choir singing at the opening ceremony. Students performed in our annual Talent Show later that afternoon. The next day, each class per-
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formed a dance in keeping with our school’s festival tradition. The 8th grade class spent a day at the Sacred Heart Retreat Camp in Big Bear for their annual retreat. Our drama club presented a production of Peter Pan as well as vignettes from a few musicals for their families and friends on May 25. We wrapped up the month with our annual Music Recital. Students who took piano, violin, and voice lessons throughout the year performed at this event.
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Grow your own veggies with little water, soil or effort By Suzan Filipek Gardens can grow just about anywhere these days, even in the arid landscape of our fair city without soil, with minimal water and on a stackable Tower Garden from LA Urban Farms. Just ask the mayor—Eric Garcetti—and First Lady Amy
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a ribbon cutting he attended in Hollywood, said Coleman. Based on an aeroponics system from the Epcot Center in Walt Disney World, each tower has a mineral-rich reservoir at the base, from which water is pumped THE GETTY HOUSE hosted the Windsor through the Square-Hancock Park Historical Society’s “Living Alfresco” gardens tour. center of the tower, to the top and cascades back down, feed- that is all the rage in Los Angeing peppers and eggplants to les: you can pick fresh arugula marigolds and bok choy, along and lettuce for your salads and the way. kale for your smoothies just a Set in spun volcanic rock, few steps outside your door. the plants grow in half the “We’re encouraging people time, with 90 percent less to grow their own food, and water than the traditional we teach them how to do it,” farming model, and without says Coleman. pesticides, beams Coleman. Visit laurbanfarms.com. Customers of the Tower Gardens range from apartGWNC to throw ment dewellers to chefs at leading restaurants, and, of a ‘Sustainable course, Getty House. Garden Tour’ Sharing the excess output The Greater Wilshire of produce from the the GetNeighborhood Council Susty garden has evolved into tainabilitly Committee is a charity project with the throwing its first SustainLAMP Community. Coleman able Garden Tour Sun., June and helpers drive most of the 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Getty harvest—from some The tour will meet in 616 herbs, vegetables and edithe pergola area of Harble flowers—to the homeless old A. Henry Park, 890 S. facility downtown. Lucerne Blvd., between “That’s one of the best parts Ninth St. and Francis Ave. about that garden. Freshly Nominations for gardens harvested vegetables with all to be included on the tour the nutrients are taken to peoare being accepted through ple who need them the most,” Sun., June 5 at sustainabilsaid Coleman. ity@greaterwilshire.org. Residential systems require The garden must be within adding a little water to the the Greater Wilshire Neightop of the tower once a week, borhood Council area, eswhile commercial systems are sentially the neighborhood automated. Both require penbounded by Olympic Blvd., nies-a-day of electricity. La Brea Ave., Willoughby A do-it-yourselfer can get Ave., Wilcox Ave., Melrose started with one tower of Ave. and Western Ave. 28 plants for about $50. Or, Gardens using a drip irfor $150, customers will be rigation system and with a equipped with a fully planted plant palette drawing from tower plus weekly service visSouth Africa, Australia, the its for one month. The latMediterranean and Califorter option can be continued nia natives are welcome. For indefinitely for hands-on help. more details visit sustain Either way, it’s a modern ability@greaterwilshire.org. take on an ages-old way of life
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Local land use deadlines to note: Sat., 6/4, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: City Planning Open House re La Brea – Hancock re:code LA and mansionization, Durant Branch Library, 7140 W. Sunset Blvd. Mon., 6/6: Comment deadline re Home Sharing (AirBnB) to matthew.glesne@lacity.org. Fri., 6/10: Comment deadline re Base Mansionization Ordinance (BMO) to neighborhoodconservation@lacity.org.
Sat., 6/11, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: City Planning Open House re Larchmont Heights re:code LA and mansionization, Durant Branch Library. Thurs., 6/16, 4 p.m.: Park Mile Design Review Board re CIM Wilshire Mullen Project, Memorial Branch Library, 4625 W. Olympic Blvd. Thurs., 7/14 (July) 8:30 a.m.: City Planning Commission re Paramount Master Plan and Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (BMO).
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Brookside prepares for 37th annual block party By Sondi Toll Sepenuk The Brookside block party, the oldest continuous block party in Los Angeles, is gearing up for its 37th year. Neighbors are diligently booking entertainment and food vendors, ordering decorations, locking down city permits and reserving tables and chairs for the expected 300 - 400 local residents who will swarm the 800 block of Tremaine Ave. on Sun., June 26, from 3 to 7 p.m. Potluck duties will be divided among the neighborhood’s blocks, from Highland Ave. to Muirfield Rd., that represent
the Brookside community. Earle’s Grill, famous for its smoky ribs, hotdogs, burgers and fries, will also be on hand for those who love barbeque and meat hot off the fire. The party will include timetested kid favorites, including pony rides, a petting zoo, face painting, and a water slide. Kids and adults alike can participate in the annual dessert contest or fill their bellies during the wildly popular pie and watermelon eating contests. For information about the party, please contact Roy Forbes at royforbes@aol.com.
Miracle Mile moves ahead in saving its historic past By Suzan Filipek After several community workshops, a thorough survey of the area and city officials getting on board, Miracle Mile is moving forward with obtaining an Historical Preservation Overlay Zone ordinance. The ordinance, if adopted by the City Council, would protect the Mile from teardowns of its many Period Revival homes and preserve the character of the neighborhood, according to officials from the Los Angeles Dept. of City Planning’s Office of Historic Resources, who met with residents at an outreach meeting. The area is historically significant due to its concentration of Period Revival styles built in the 20s, 30s and 40s, city planner Renata Dragland said at the gathering held at Los Angeles High School. Tudor, Spanish Colonial, Mediterranean, French and American Colonial are among some of the styles that dot the area. In addition, the Mile has Mid-Century Modern homes. “We’re finally at the point where we can shepherd it through the adoption process,” added co-host of the meeting Ken Bernstein, manager of OHR and principal city planner for policy planning, Dept. of City Planning.
The Miracle Mile Residential Association (MMRA) has already held several meetings to “educate the residents on this effort,” said Mark Zecca, MMRA HPOZ chair. The group’s Historic Resources Survey identified 1,347 properties; 80 percent were found to be historically significant. The city has a 70 percent target, so the Mile is definitely eligible for the ordinance, Dragland said. Next up are workshops, hearings and more public and city input. “We’re still working to confirm the precise dates and times of the workshops and hearings on the Miracle Mile HPOZ, which will likely be in mid-tolate July,” Bernstein said. “We’re anticipating this will then go to the City Planning Commission in the fall, most likely in October.” “It’s not a foregone conclusion,” he stressed. “It needs considerable public review… “The city will host a diversified group of residents that represent both single-family and multi-family properties. After that is complete, it goes through a series of city department briefings and public hearings so the public has (Please turn to page 11)
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Proposed Paramount sign district a health hazard On a Monday morning in the middle of May, employees of the City of Los Angeles held a nearly three-hour public hearing on the final Environmental Impact Report for the Paramount Pictures Master Plan Project. About 45 people spoke. The Hollywood film production industry, Paramount in particular, and the Larchmont Village neighborhood have grown up together for close to a century. Paramount is our area’s largest employer. I concluded from questions and comments that no one— no one at this meeting, anyway — objects to Paramount’s need to expand and modernize in order to be competitive in its fierce marketplace. A cityscape must be fitted to its current needs. (For details, see Billy Taylor’s article on page 1 of Section 1.) But some aspects of this 25-year plan are an overreach. A 15-story office tower near Gower, for one — and my own concern: a “supplemental sign district.” There is no precedent for either in our part of the city. Such sign districts are supposed to be limited to designated regional
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centers, regional commercial areas, or the Downtown center. And they are not supposed to be adjacent to single-family zones. Full disclosure: I live in the single-family zone just south of Paramount, on Windsor Blvd. north of Melrose. (Paramount’s Windsor Gate has already had a major impact on our street in terms of some high-speed traffic.) But as I listened to the speakers, I thought many questions raised missed the deeper inquiries of how space — and by this I mean its visual and aural dimensions as well as its literal place on the ground — is organized and shaped by the larger community. This is not an either/or proposition. We are all stakeholders in every aspect of our shared space. Paramount has justified the office tower (architecturally
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inconsistent with our low-rise neighborhood) by arguing that it is a necessity in order to preserve much of the historic fabric of its lot. But one of the speakers — a woman from the neighborhood — asked, and this is a paraphrase: But what of our historic streets? Our historic homes? The needs and desires of the neighborhood must be balanced with those of Paramount. This is not an easy task, but it can be done. The signage requested by Paramount involves electronic signs that will switch images every eight seconds and be illuminated for 20 hours out of 24. They will be on the sides of new buildings facing Melrose and Gower, approximately where non-electronic billboards on the old RKO Studios wall are lit now, plus on Van Ness and Gower, where there is nothing but a green hedge now. (Paramount suggested at the hearing that it would not implement the new electronic billboards for five years.) Folded within this request for a sign district is permission to use “super graphics” on buildings — and that includes two structures that will be built (according to the plan) on Paramount-owned (Please turn to page 7)
LATEST VERSION of the Paramount Master Plan was presented by Sharon Keyser, a senior VP for the studio.
LVNA address crime, Paramount and preservation By Billy Taylor More than 60 neighbors heard from City Councilman David Ryu, Wilshire Division LAPD and Paramount Studios representatives who presented the latest version of the Paramount Pictures Master Plan at a recent meeting. These residents filled Van Ness Elementary School auditorium on May 10 for the semi-annual Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA) meeting, which also included a discussion on neighborhood preservation. At the start of the meeting, Katty Iriarte, the principal at Van Ness Elementary, told the crowd: “We want to pursue the
option to become a full, residential magnet school, with an emphasis on STEAM—science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.” Iriarte says the change will bring more resources to the school and raise property values in the neighborhood. LAPD Senior Lead Officer Dave Cordova of Wilshire Division addressed neighborhood crime. He noted residential burglaries are down in Wilshire, but stressed how important it is to always keep doors and windows locked. “Don’t leave any items in your car,” he warned. “It attracts trouble.” (Please turn to page 6)
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LVNA addresses crime, Paramount, preservation (Continued from page 4) Several neighbors sought advice regarding an abandoned house attracting uninvited people. “A number of us here are having an issue with 510 N. Bronson,” a woman said. “It is a house that seems to have been abandoned by its owner. They started to tear it down, but stopped because
of alleged permitting issues— but it’s been many, many months. Long story short, now there are people living inside the half-demolished house,” she explained. A second woman confirmed the situation, adding: “The squatters are aggressive, harass people for money and are threatening to those of us living nearby.”
Cordova recommended contacting Senior Lead Officer Joe Pelayo of Olympic Division, who can work with the city prosecutor to force the owner to secure the property. But Cordova also stressed, “when you see someone there, call 911 immediately. Don’t wait.” Also at the meeting, Councilman David Ryu spoke to
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residents about his first 10 month in office. “Sometimes it feels like 10 days, other times if feels like 10 years,” he joked. Ryu spoke at length on the “complex” subject of homelessness in the area. He explained that he is focused on changing mental health laws to make them more flexible. Ryu says this can help parents and families gain conservatorship over transitional age youth (those ages 18 to 26 years old) who might be suffering from drug addiction or mental illness. The most recent version of the Paramount Pictures Master Plan was presented to neighbors by Sharon Keyser, senior vice president of real estate, government and community relations at Paramount. Keyser said the latest version addresses some of the concerns that were raised in previous meetings. Most notably, these changes include an increased rear yard setback
from neighboring buildings (from five feet to 10 feet) for two proposed structures on the south side of Melrose Ave., and a reduction in the brightness of a proposed sign district. The meeting ended with a brief discussion about an architectural survey recently completed. The survey is needed to move forward with an Historic Preservation Overly Zone (HPOZ) application. Larchmont residents Sarita Singh and Michael Knowles, both members of the LVNA’s HPOZ steering committee, reported that the survey indicates that approximately 77 percent of homes and buildings in the neighborhood qualify as contributing structures. Neighbors who want to preserve the neighborhood should join the HPOZ steering committee, they told the crowd. For more information and to keep up to date on future meetings, visit lvna.info.
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HOME GROUND (Continued from page 4) parking lots on the south side of Melrose. Those new billboards actually will be in our neighborhood — the Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association area — should the city allow this aspect of the plan to go forward. Setting aside visual clutter and intrusion for a moment — and that this residential and industrial (studio) vicinity emphatically is not a regional center — there is a certainty that granting Paramount’s request will increase light pollution. Paramount has agreed, due to community input, to “mitigate” (a buzzword in this kind of matter) the brightness of these new signs. The cur-
rent, static billboards on Melrose emit 200 candelas (units of light measurement). The original plan called for the new signs to emit 600 candelas; that has now been cut to 300. No matter the numbers, however, those of us living close to Melrose will bear the brunt of the additional ambient light. Consistent, excessive nighttime light is an endocrine-disrupter. You can look up the consequences for the human body. But all of us over 30 can attest to the effect of a wakeful night on energy, mood and productiveness. A careless act — an external light left on next door — can trick the brain into thinking it is dawn at 2 a.m. A steady diet of this is a health hazard.
Nominations being accepted for city HPOZ awards Do you know of a home or project in one of the city’s 30 historic districts worthy of recognition? If so, the Los Angeles Dept. of City Planning’s Office of Historic Resources (OHR) would like to hear from you. Nominations are being accepted for the annual Historic Preservation Overlay Zone Awards through July 15. Awards will be given for good
stewardship on a small scale and rehabilitation work or initiatives that reinforce the identity of historic neighborhoods. Nomination forms are at preservation. lacity.org/news/nominations. The awards will be presented as part of the Los Angeles Historic Neighborhoods Conference on Sat., Oct. 15, cosponsored by the OHR and the Los Angeles Conservancy.
LACMA reaches across Wilshire Blvd. in the proposed design.
Donors move LACMA'S plans forward Two donors made recent pledges totaling $75 million, adding to the coffers of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and moving its ambitious plans forward. Elaine Wynn, co-chair of the board and co-founder of Wynn Resorts, pledged $50 million to kick off the next phase for the Peter Zumthor-designed permanent collection building. A. Jerrold Perenchio added a $25 million pledge to his original commitment to LACMA of 47 works of art worth more than $500 million. Perenchio produced “All in the Family” and “Blade Runner.” The pledges are contingent on the launch of the new permanent collection building project which will
replace four of the museum’s seven existing buildings and span across Wilshire Blvd. “These historic and very generous gifts set the foundations of LACMA’s future and will serve as a SWISS ARCHITECT Peter Zumthor’s most catalyst to encour- recent renderings of the new building deage others to come sign proposed for the Los Angeles County on board,” Michael Museum of Art. © Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Direc- ing the Environmental Impact tor, wrote in a release follow- Report certification and building the announcement of the ing approval). EIR hearings are donors pledges. tentatively set to start in July. The Los Angeles County If approved, construction is Board of Supervisors has com- set to begin in late 2018, and mitted $125 million to the the new building is slated to $600 million project (pend- open in 2023.
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Last Remaining Seats kicks off June 4
HOLLYWOOD Forever Cemetery hosted hundreds of moviegoers for a screening of “Carrie” last September. Photo by Cinespia.
Movie classics to screen under the summer stars This year, Cinespia celebrates its 15th season of outdoor movie screenings at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Take advantage of Los Angeles’ summer nights at one of these screenings in June. Mean Girls Kay, the new girl at school, is a big hit with the popular girls until she falls in love with the wrong boy. Don’t miss this comedy classic starring Lindsay Lohan and written by Tina Fey. To screen on Sat., June 4 To Catch a Thief Cary Grant plays a retired cat burglar who must defend his name after high-profile jewel heists become rife around town. Filmed in spectacular Technicolor, the film features Grace Kelly and was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
To screen on Sat., June 11. Goodfellas Based on a true story, this film tells the story of mobster Henry Hill as he maneuvers between fancy restaurants and criminal activity. Directed by Martin Scorcese, the film features Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and a rocking soundtrack. Raising Arizona Nicolas Cage plays a hapless and harmless robber in this Coen brothers comedy, and Holly Hunter plays the policewoman who loves him. After the two kidnap a baby, the hilarity starts. To screen on Sat., June 25. Doors open at 7:15 p.m.; movies begin at 9 p.m. Guests may bring blankets and picnics. Tickets are $15. For more information, visit cinespia. org.
One of the earliest built and largest movie palaces in the country, the 2,345-seat Million Dollar Theatre, is among venues in this month’s Last Remaining Seats. The Los Angeles Conservancy’s film series, the program’s 30th year, will kick off Sat., June 4 at 2 and 8 p.m. with “Top Gun,” starring Tom Cruise, at the Los Angeles Theatre (1931). “To Kill a Mockingbird,” (1962), with Gregory Peck, follows on Wed., June 8 at 8 p.m. in the Million Dollar Theatre (1918). “Some Like It Hot” (1959) Sat., June 11 at 8 p.m. at the Los Angeles Theatre (1931) is sold out. “Dos tipos de cuidado,” (1953), a Mexican romantic comedy, is Wed., June 15 at 8 p.m. at the Palace Theatre
Dine, dance at ‘Beastly Ball’
Dine and dance under the stars, see the Zoo's "unextinct" dinosaurs and some of its other residents at the 46th annual Beastly Ball Sat., June 11, 6 p.m., at Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens, 5333 Zoo Dr. in Griffith Park. Wildlife supporters Patricia and Stanley Silver will be honored; Ed Begley, Jr. will be presented with the Tom Mankiewicz Leadership Award. Dress is safari casual. Tickets are $1,000 per person. Call 323-644-4753 or visit lazoo. org/beastlyball.
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(1911). “Singin’ in the Rain” (1952) is Sat., June 18 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (1927). Billy Wilder’s “Double Indemnity” (1944) Wed., June 22 at 8 p.m. at The Theatre at Ace Hotel is sold out. Harold Lloyd in “Safety Last!” (1923) is on Sat., June 25 at 8 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre (1926). Live accompaniment on the Orpheum’s Mighty EXTERIOR of the Million Dollar Theatre Wurlitzer organ will exemplifies the elaborate Churrigueresque be featured. style, named after the 18th-century Span Proceeds sup- ish church architect and sculptor Jose de Photo by Stephen Russo port the Conser- Churriguera. vancy’s efforts to preserve historic out. For more information places throughout Los Ange- visit laconservancy.org/lastles County. Tickets often sell remaining-seats.
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100 N. IRVING BLVD., WINDsoR sQUARE The Home of Rita Riggs
The 3,564 square foot house at the corner of 1st and Irving Boulevard sits on a 10,396 square foot lot, nestled — or more to the point, hidden — on a quiet corner. For years, one of the most identifying items of this Northeast corner property has been the over two-story high wisteria tree with its wide-ranging vines growing to the top of the chimney. Unchallenged for decades and only recently trimmed, this home has had a lavender curtain of the flower draping it like a waterfall as one takes a leisurely stroll or drive Eastward on 1st as you across Irving. The property was built by Edith and R.H. Ahrens, who purchased the lot on August 16, 1922. The couple also owned 250 N. Gramercy Place, which they advertised for sale as a bungalow and garage to sell for $4000 and $200 in 1920. Perhaps the monies from that transaction paid for the construction of Irving. On March 3, 1923, 100 N. Irving was sold to Edward Kline Lincoln (E.K.) and his wife Ada Olive Lincoln. E.K. was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and became one of the innovators of the early cinema, building one of the first studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Fort Lee was actually the motion picture capital of the word for a while. Grantwood Studio, aka E.K. Lincoln Studio, was built on Bergen Boulevard in Grantwood, just South of Fort Lee. Many of the greats of the early film world worked out of this studio. The first production was The Fighting Chance. Between 1916 and 1917, the studio was rented by Fox Film Corporation, followed by others. After talkies came about in 1927, the studio continued to be used for Italian and Polish language films. By the end of the Depression, it was no longer used for film production and burnt down during the 1960s.
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Built in 1930, this beautiful, pride of ownership home is situated in prime Hancock Park. The grand 2-story entry opens to an exquisite step-down formal living room and formal dining room. This gem of a home boasts 5 bedrooms 4.5 baths and over 5,300 SF on an over 12,000 SF lot.
An heir to the estate of Lillie Lincoln, Edinah H. Lincoln sold the house to costume legend Rita Riggs in June of 1973. A woman of low profile in the neighborhood but a giant in her chosen field, Rita Riggs purchased the property with her parents J. Elmus Riggs and Aida V. Keeling. This was many years after the family emigrated from Lead Hill, Arkansas to Los Angeles in 1943. After two years at Santa Ana College, Riggs went to the University of Arizona to work under Fairfax Proudfit Walkup. Yes, that was his real name. After an interview at NBC in 1954, CBS hired Riggs the next day and her first assignment was in the costume department for Shower Of Stars. This was just two years after CBS took up residence in the landmark Television City building on Fairfax and Beverly designed by William Pereira. Climax! and Playhouse 90 followed Shower of Stars. Riggs then began working on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which led to her work on the films Psycho, The Birds and Marnie. On the film Divorce American Style, she got to meet Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin, which led to her long association with the men who would go on to create All In The Family. Riggs and Don Roberts created the sepia “family album” look of the show. Riggs was also the costume designer for Maude, Sanford and Son, Good Times, One Day At A Time, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and The Jeffersons.
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ARCHITECTS of the Gamble House were influenced by Japanese design. Photo by Alex Vertikoff
Five Acres to hold Soiree at historic Gamble House Five Acres “Soiree Under the Stars” gala is Sat., June 4 at the historic Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, in Pasadena. The fundraiser kicks off with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The Gamble House— which celebrates its 50th anniversary as a museum— has teamed up with Five Acres to help raise much-needed funds for the 8,500 children and families it serves. Tickets are $250 per person. For information, visit 5acres. org/gala. The Gamble House was designed in 1908 by Greene & Greene for David and Mary Gamble—of Proctor & Gamble of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The architects worked closely with the Gambles in the design of the house. Also from Ohio, brothers Charles and Henry Greene had stopped at the World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago on their move west. There they first saw examples of Japanese architecture. They admired the style, and it would become a strong influence in later designs, according to gamblehouse.org. The home remained in the Gamble family until 1966, when it was deeded to the city of Pasadena in a joint agreement with the USC School of Architecture. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978.
A pilot project that rehabilitated the historic Homeless Veterans Transitional Housing building in West Los Angeles won accolades last month at the Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Awards. Built in 1945, the federally funded transitional housing project serves as a model nationwide, according to the Conservancy. Its awards luncheon was May 5 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel downtown. The building stands in the Veterans Affairs Campus—one of the largest of its kind in the nation—at 11301 Wilshire Blvd. Originally called the Wadsworth Hospital and Canteen (Building 209), it once served as a neuropsychiatric hospital, and like most buildings in the West Los Angeles campus, it is in the Mission Revival style. After years of vacancy, the Dept. of Veterans Affairs set out to adapt the site into safe housing for homeless veterans undergoing treatment for mental trauma. The site needed serious rehabilitation. Years of development to meet evolving healthcare needs left the building with incompatible alterations, most notably on the interior. The exterior needed significant upgrades to meet seismic
BUILT IN 1945, the historic Veterans building serves as a model nationwide. Photo by Lawrence Anderson
VA LEADERS supporting the master planning effort in Westwood are, L to R, Heidi Marston, Vince Kane, and Ann Brown. Marston and Kane are personal assistants to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald, and Brown is the new Director of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
structural code requirements. The team completely rehabilitated the building, stabilized it, and adapted it into apartment-
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style units, administration offices, recreational spaces, and support facilities for residents. Among many other things, they restored all the original steel-sash windows and replaced the few that were missing. They painted the building’s exterior in the original color, and they painstakingly removed leadbased paint from the interior. For accessibility, the team installed a ramping system partially hidden by terraced gardens. They seismically retrofitted the building to ensure the safety of resident veterans for years to come. Team members are at tinyurl.com/ zdj5zbf. B209’s rehabilitation provides (Please turn to page 10)
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SOLD: This house, located at 148 S. Las Palmas Ave., was listed for $3.9 million.
Single family homes 234 S. Muirfield Rd. 647 S. June St. 148 S. Las Palmas Ave. 460 S. Las Palmas Ave. 437 N. McCadden Pl. 536 N. Arden Blvd. 622 S. Sycamore Ave. 150 N. Gower St. 617 S. Plymouth Blvd. 514 N. Las Palmas Ave. 316 S. Van Ness Ave. 612 N. Highland Ave. 518 S. Van Ness Ave. 501 N. Mansfield Ave. 890 S. Victoria Ave. 138 N. Wilton Pl. 933 S. Tremaine Ave. 336 N. Gower St. 1242 S. Victoria Ave. 588 N. Arden Blvd. 1009 S. Citrus Ave. 631 N. Lucerne Blvd. 379 N. Ridgewood Pl. 1207 S. Victoria Ave. 827 Third Ave. 1093 S. Lucerne Blvd. 1215 Third Ave. 974 Third Ave. 1279 S. Windsor Blvd.
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(Continued from Section 1, page 1) Metro Construction Relations, Mike Aparicio, in charge of projects for construction company Skanska (the lead in the Skanska-Traylor-Shea joint venture building this section of the Purple Line Extension) and Jill Steiner, P.E., Skanska’s design-build coordinator. In addition to the decking detours, the speakers discussed jet grouting that will take place in the middle of Wilshire in many of the blocks west of Western Ave. Details of their presentations are included in a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation at: media.metro. net/projects_studies/westside/ images/presentation_purpleline_2016-0519.pdf The next community meeting is scheduled for Thurs., July 21 at the Petersen Automotive Museum from 6 to 8 p.m.
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a successful model of rehabilitation that the VA can apply nationwide to meet the crucial need of providing transitional housing for veterans. It also could serve as a catalyst for further revitalization on this very important historic campus. The building is located in the West Los Angeles VA Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It also is designated at the local, state, and national levels.
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Victorian home of pioneer Van Nuys ‘moved’ to Lorraine Blvd.
By John Welborne For many years, the son of Isaac Newton Van Nuys called Windsor Square home. J. Benton Van Nuys and his wife, Emily, briefly lived in a Victorian home built in 1890 by his father on the north side of Sixth Street, west of the site of today’s Good Samaritan Hospital. Benton's widowed mother had concluded that the area was becoming too commercial, so she had moved to a suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The Van Nuys family’s hillside parcel is now home to the LAPD’s Rampart Station. As the city expanded to the west, “Bent” and Emily Van Nuys decided to move the house west to the new subdivision of Windsor Square. They bought a lot on Lorraine Blvd. that backed up to the newly acquired Windsor Blvd. parcel of Bent’s sister, Kate Van Nuys Page, and her husband, James. (That former Page home was the scene of a Feb. 11, 2016, fundraiser featuring President Barack Obama, whose limousines quickly slipped behind the driveway gates on Fourth St. to drop off the President, according to neighborhood children who watched the motorcade.) Back in 1915, Bent and Emily had his parents’ large Victorian cut into three parts and moved west on Sixth Street, with a midnight stop at Sixth and Alvarado (but it might have been Western). A band had been
LINEN FOLD PANELS make up the hand- carved walls of the Van Nuys dining room.
VAN NUYS HOUSE at the northwest corner of Fourth St. and Lorraine Blvd., with the former James R. Page house adjoining
hired. My grandmother told me that she and my grandfather were among the guests attending the Van Nuys’ midnight dance in that intersection. The three-story Victorian home has now been on Fourth and Lorraine for more than 100 years. Its current owners recently listed it for sale. Original features of the 12,500 square foot home
remain, including marbledetailed baths and a stage with footlights on the third floor. The historic home also includes stained glass windows, a hidden bar room, hand-carved “linen fold” paneled walls and a secret door. There is a twobedroom carriage house plus a “French” ballroom. The 11-bedroom home sits on a 27,000 square foot lot.
it to the west on Windsor Blvd. The Victorian house was built in 1890 and was moved here in 1915.
Bent Van Nuys’ father, Isaac, was a rancher and businessman who owned much of the southern portion of the San Fernando Valley with the Lankershim family, through the Los Angeles Farming and Milling Company. In 1909, the company’s lands were sold to a syndicate of approximately 30 downtown businessmen including Harry
VAN NUYS – LANKERSHIM lands were sold to the "Suburban Homes" syndicate.
Chandler of the Los Angeles Times and O.F. Brant of Title Insurance & Trust Co. When the new aqueduct brought Owens Valley water to Los Angeles in 1913, the former Van Nuys Lankershim lands were ripe for subdivision through the syndicate’s Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company.
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(Continued from page 3) their say on these guidelines.” Local HPOZ districts and boards exist throughout Los Angeles, which has 30 historic districts. Six more are in the works, including Miracle Mile’s. Bernstein called the grassroots HPOZ effort “probably the most effective tool that we have to protect historic neighborhoods.” The HPOZ designation— which is added to an area’s zoning—regulates the exterior of the property, explained Dragland. “It improves the quality of life and creates a sense of place.” Watch the entire taped meeting at miraclemilela.com.
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Even accomplished players can learn a few new tricks It constantly amazes me how experienced and accomplished players have forgotten the basic game. At the Anaheim Nationals many years ago, I was playing in a continuous pairs game with a Silver Life Master, a very accomplished player. On one hand the bidding went: Me LHO Partner RHO 1D P 1S P 2C 2D P 2N 3D P 3N P P P P Here’s my hand: ♠ 972 ♥ KQ84 ♦Q ♣ KJ982 I was on lead and without a double from my partner; I refrained from leading from my Club suit (thinking that I would probably be leading into the AQ if not the AQT). Instead, I led fourth from the KQxx of Hearts. My RHO made 4, running the six-card Diamond suit
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Grand Slam and the AKQ of Spades after taking the Ace of Hearts, finally conceding the last three tricks. Here are the actual hands: North ♠ JT86 ♥ T95 ♦ 975 ♣ A74 West East ♠ A3 ♠ KQ54 ♥ J3 ♥ A76 ♦ AKT842 ♦ J63 ♣ 63 ♣ QT5 South (Me) ♠ 972 ♥ KQ84 ♦Q ♣ KJ982 When I discovered that my partner had the Ace third of Clubs I asked her why she didn't double for a Club lead (Declarer held Qxx). If I lead the Eight of Clubs (4th from my longest and strongest suit), she takes the Ace and returns through opener’s Queen and we take the first five tricks. She responded that a double would have asked me to lead
a Diamond, Dummy's first bid suit! This seems to be a common misconception among players even as experienced as she. In fact, a double of a 3N contract by the bidder’s partner, when bidder is on lead, asks for a lead of bidder’s suit. The absence of a double implies that bidder should not lead the suit he bid.
Here are the rules for lead directing doubles of 3 no trump contracts: 1. If your partner (who doubled) has bid a suit, lead her suit; 2. If you have bid a suit and your partner doubles, lead your suit; 3. If neither of you has bid, you should lead Dummy’s first bid suit unless you have a bet-
Larchmont Chronicle ter lead in your hand, so you can use your judgment; 4. If you have both bid, use your own judgment, but if your suit isn’t terrific, lead partner’s suit; 5. If no suit has been bid by opponents and neither of you has bid, your doubling partner is asking for an unusual lead. She probably has a long running suit, so you should probably lead your shortest suit.
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Ice Age-inspired Hair Ball; tea time at JFLA; latest Lamborghini LA BREA TAR PITS & MUSEUM—Ice Age Hair Ball is Sat., June 4 and begins with a hunter and gatherers' feast at 6:30 p.m. The Mane Event outdoor cocktail party and dancing follow at 8 p.m. For tickets and more information visit hairball@tarpits.org. Adventures: • Overnight Camp Tar Pits is Sat., June 25 to Sun., June 26. Boys and girls explore the collections with museum educators, learn about the tar pits and the titans that lived during the last Ice Age. RSVP at tarpits.org. • "Titans of the Ice Age: The La Brea Story in 3D" screens every half hour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily in the 3D theater. • Excavator tours feature
highlights of the museum and park, labs and fossil excavation. Daily. • Ice Age Encounters with a (life-size puppet) sabertoothed cat are featured Fridays through Sundays; check the website for times. Free first Tuesday of each month except July, August. 5801 Wilshire Blvd., 323934-PAGE; tarpits.org. JAPAN FOUNDATION— Join in casual conversation at JFLA Nihongo Tea Time Thurs., June 9 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. All levels, 18 and older, welcome. Japanema: films screen the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. Free, 5700 Wilshire Blvd., 323761-7510; jflalc.org.
LOS ANGELES MUSEUM OF THE HOLO CAUST— Author Josh Aronson, "Orchestra of Exiles," will talk on Thurs., June 2 at 6:30 pm. Holocaust survivor speakers Sundays at 2 p.m.; tours on Sundays at 3 p.m. Pan Pacific Park, 100 S. Grove Dr., 323-651-3704; lamoth. org. Always free. LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART—Hear jazz live Friday nights in the BP Grand Entrance; Latin Sounds music series is featured Saturdays beginning at 5 p.m. in Hancock Park. Grammy-award winning "Quetzal" perform Sat., June 25. • "Revealing Creation: The Science and Art of Ancient Maya Ceramics" is ongoing. • "Japanese Prints and Photgraphs: Paths through Modernity" ends Sept. 25. • "The Stowe Vase: From Ancient Art to Additive Manufacturing," compares a Roman vase with a 3-D-printed one. Ends Sept. 5 • "Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: Na Hulul Ali'i" ends Aug. 7. • "Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015," ends Aug. 21. • "Agnes Martin" ends Sept. 11. • "Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium" ends July 31. • "Physical: Sex and the Body in the 1980s." Ends July 31. • "Morris Graves: The Nature of Things" ends July 4. • "The Seductive Line: Eroticism in Early 20th-Century Germany and Austria" ends July 10. • "Islamic Art Now, Part 2: Contemporary Art of the Middle East." Ongoing. •"Senses of Time: Video and Film-based works of Africa" ends Jan. 2017. • "The Enigmatic Image: Curious Subjects in Indian
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Art" ongoing. • "Miracle Mile," by Robert Irwin, includes 66 fluorescent tubes and is inspired by Wilshire Blvd. and his outdoor palm garden installation. LACMA is free the second Tuesday of the month. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., 323857-6000; lacma.org. KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER—Films, classes and cultural events. Visit website for listings. 5505 Wilshire Blvd., 323936-7141; kccla.org. CRAFT AND FOLK ART MUSEUM—Explorations in Wood, a family, drop-in craft workshop is Sun., June 12 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. • "Gronk's Theater of Paint" explores the artist's set design work in an interactive exhibit. • "Reclaimed: Sustainability & Design," a panel discussion with Box Collective, is Sun., June 19 at 11 a.m. Free. rsvp@ cafam.org. • "Windfall by Box Collective" features new furniture and functional objects by designers dedicated to using reclaimed and sustainably sourced wood.
Works in this exhihit were made from trees that fell in an area windstorm in 2011. Both exhibits end Sept. 4. 5814 Wilshire Blvd., 323937-4230; cafam.org; free on Sundays. PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM—Designed to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of Ferruccio Lamborghini's birth and with a top speed of 217 mph, the Lamborghini Centenario-lp-770-4 will be unveiled Sat., June 11. Cruise-in is starts at 8 a.m. followed by the unveiling and panel 9:45 to 11 a.m. • The DeLorean DMC12 time machine, from the 1985 film "Back to the Future," is on display, courtesy of Universal Studios Hollywood. • Precious Metal silver cars, Disney/Pixar cars, and Microsoft Xbox Forza racing simulators are among 25 exhibits on display. • Breakfast Club Cruise-In is the last Sunday of every month. 6060 Wilshire Blvd., 323903-2277; petersen.org. ZIMMER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM—Sunday family programs include Dill Purple Geniuses! concert on June 5 from 3 to 4 p.m. and Father's Day: Doodle with Dad" on June 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. Learn about college savings plans at Scholarshare day on June 26 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Includes free admission. 6505 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100; 323-761-8984; zimmermuseum.org.
Summer events, Cindy Sherman at The Broad Artist Cindy Sherman’s work will be on view at The Broad, 221 S. Grand Ave., Sat., June 11 through Sun., Oct. 2. The exhibit, “Imitation of Life,” features 120 works that comment on the effect of mass media and celebrity culture. To celebrate its first-year anniversary, The Broad will also be sponsoring “Nonobject(ive): Summer Happenings,” featuring dance, music and art performances. Obsession” “Magnificent Sat., June 25 at 8:30 p.m., will include music, dance and audience participation. The event will be inspired by “Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life.” A dance and art collaboration that draws on art found in the “asphalt jungle” is Sat., July 30 at 8:30 p.m. Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein will be the inspirations for the performance Sat., Aug. 20 at 8:30 p.m. For information visit thebroad.org.
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Teen summer reading, hula-hoop competition, game days FAIRFAX LIBRARY 161 S. Gardner St. 323-936-6191 Children STAR storytime: Hear stories, songs and rhymes read by volunteers Saturdays from 2 to 4 p.m. and Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Teens Volunteer orientation: Learn the ropes for volunteering Tues., June 7, 4 to 5 p.m. Henna body art: Have fun with henna tattoos Tues., June 14 at 3:30 p.m. Teen council: Students ages 11 to 18 find out how they can help out at the library Tues., June 21 at 3:30 p.m. Tie-dye craft: Join the summer reading club and get a free drawstring bag to tie-dye Tues., June 21 at 3:30 p.m. Ponchos and gloves provided, but wear clothes and shoes that can get dirty. Outdoor gaming day: Play bocca ball and croquet, have refreshments and sign up for reading club Tues., June 28 at 3:30 p.m. Adults Quilters Guild: All levels welcome Sat., June 4 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Fairfax book club: Meets Tues., June 7 at 10:30 a.m. Medicare 101: Learn basics Tues., June 7 at noon. Call Solomon Moore, 323-4041896, to RSVP. Friends of the Library: Discuss ways to support the branch Tues., June 14 at 11 a.m. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators: Meets Thurs., June 23 at 6 p.m. Computer comfort class: Computer basics taught Mondays at 1:30 p.m. Book sale: Deals on used books, cds and dvds Wednesdays from noon to 4 p.m.
Children BARK: Read books to trained therapy dogs Sat., June 11 at 2 p.m.
Zumba for kids: Kids ages four to 12 can learn fun dance moves and play games Mon., June 13 at 6:30 p.m.
Dance party for kids: Burn energy and dance Thurs., June 16 at 4 p.m. (Please turn to page 19)
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Preschool Storytime: Kids ages 3 to 5 can hear stories and sing songs Thursdays from 3 to 4 p.m. Teens Teen reading club: Sign up for summer reading club Thurs., June 30 at 4 p.m. MEMORIAL LIBRARY 4625 W. Olympic Blvd. 323-938-2732 Children "Read for the win" sign up: Starts Mon., June 13. Family storytime: Hear stories, say rhymes and sing songs Wed., June 15 at 10:30 a.m. Winning songs of the world: David Winstone plays winning songs Mon., June 20 from 4 to 5 p.m. Snacks provided. Stop, drop and read: Drop by for snacks, songs and stories Mon., June 27 at 4 p.m. Teens Game Day: Play boardgames and have snacks Thurs., June 9 from 4 to 5 p.m. Hula hoop competition: Sign up for summer reading club and take part in a hula hoop competition Thurs., June 30 at 4 p.m. Adults First Friday Book Club: Discuss monthly book Fri., June 3 at 1 p.m. Call branch for title. Computer comfort class: Computer basics taught Mondays through Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m. Friends of the Library book sale: Deals on used books, cds and dvds on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday @ the Movies: Free film on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. Call branch for title. Fun & Games for Adults: Scrabble, mah jong, adult coloring books and more, or bring your own game Wednesdays from 12:30 p.m. until someone else needs the room. Knitting Circle: Come spin a yarn and get knitting tips Saturdays at 10 a.m.
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Daylilies, day camp, Beach Boys and an evening with the POPS! Plant shows, day camp and evening concerts are at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens at 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. Shows and sales The Southern California Hemerocallis & Amaryllis Society sponsors the annual Daylily Show and Plant Sale Sat., June 4 and Sun., June 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring displays, talks and bulbs for sale. The Los Angeles International Fern Society Show will have greenery on sale Sat., June 11 and Sun., June 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. An evening with the first ladies of song Spend an evening listening
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Sketching, day camp and the opening of Summer Nights are all on the schedule at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Dr., La Cañada Flintridge. Summer Nights Descanso will have later hours, closing at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays in June and July for their summer concert series. Entertainment is free with admission. Food and beverages by Patina will be available. World music and dance performances will be on the lawn on Tuesdays, beginning at 7 p.m. Spectators can bring lawn chairs, blankets and a picnic, or purchase food. Enjoy craft beers in the Rose Garden and Oak Woodland while listening to sounds of The Flashdance DJ and watching the setting sun in the Lakeside Lounge Wednesdays from 5 to 8 p.m. Gourmet hot dogs and picnic fare will be for sale; outside picnicking is not allowed at this event. Hear jazz artists under the oaks Thursdays, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Bring a picnic or purchase Patina tostadas. Lawn seating is first come, first served. Listen to live music while sipping cocktails and sampling hors d’oeuvres at the “Movers and Shakers” after-hours party Fri., June 17, 6 to 10 p.m. Other activities Learn how to integrate color into landscape sketching Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Children grades one through seven can tend gardens and investigate nature at Descanso Discoveries day camp, Mon., June 20 to Fri., June 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit ceconline.org. For more, visit descansogardens.org.
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to musical standards made famous by Judy Garland, Rosemary Clooney and Peggy Lee at the First Ladies of Song concert given by the Pasadena POPS! Sat., June 18, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Soloists will be Lynn Roberts, Cady Huffman, Madelyn Baillio. Visit pasadenasymphony-pops.org or call
626-793-7172 for tickets. Fun, fun, fun under the sun with a little bit of country Hear the Beach Boys and the Oak Ridge Boys at the 24th annual Family Music Festival Sun., June 26. The gates open at 2 p.m. and music goes from 4 to 7 p.m. Visit the “Beer for Books/Wines for Spines” booth and assorted food trucks for sustenance, or bring a picnic basket. Pack blankets and chairs for the lawn seating. Tickets start at $30 for members; Children 12 and under are free. Kids Kids ages five to 11 can explore plants at nature camp Mon., June 6 through Fri.,
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Aug. 5, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All ages can go on a family bird walk Sat., June 11 from 8
to 10 a.m. Wear comfortable shoes and bring binoculars. Bookworms ages three to six can hear stories about dragonflies and learn about pond plant and wildlife Wed., June 15, Sat., June 18 and Thurs., June 23 at 10:30 a.m. Future gardeners ages five to 11 can bring their favorite adult and learn how plants grow Sat., June 18 from 10 a.m. to noon. They will create a seeded pot to take home to watch the plants grow. Children ages five to 12 can learn about garden habitats and how to attract beneficial animals, birds and insects Sun., June 19 at 2 p.m. Visit arboretum.org.
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Library Calendar (Continued from page 15) Trick jump roper: Melinda Everett demonstrates jump roping tricks Mon., June 20 at 6:30 p.m. Library games: Thurs., June 23 at 4 p.m. Twinkle and friends: Bilingual pop music show Mon., June 27 at 6:30 p.m.
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Scientists, executives inspire seniors This year is Larchmont Charter’s first graduating class, plus an actor, a Fox executive and scientists are among area commencement speakers for this year’s graduating classes. Rita Tuzon, executive vice president and general counsel at Fox Network Group, addressed 100 Marymount High School seniors May 27 at their on-campus graduation ceremony. Eighty-four Buckley seniors selected their long-time math teacher and senior class advisor, Sue Sherman, as speaker for their May 28 commencement. She has been at Buckley for 30 years and also is a California Interscholastic Federation winning tennis coach and upper school dean. Immaculate Heart’s 113 graduates heard Karie Huchting, Ph.D. May 31 at the Hollywood Bowl. Dr. Huchting is a 1996 Immaculate Heart alumna and assistant professor in quantitative research and educational leadership at Loyola Marymount University. Marlborough’s 80 seniors will accept their diplomas on the newly expanded Booth Field at the school Thurs., June 2. Loyola High School’s 308 graduating seniors will hear Grad_Ad-2016.qxp_Layout 1 5/19/16 Rick Caruso, the school’s board
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chairman, and who is the owner of The Grove, give the commencement address Sat., June 4 at the school’s Venice Blvd. campus. Mark Brooks, departing head of school at Pilgrim, will address 21 seniors in the main sanctuary of First Congregational Church Mon., June 6. Los Angeles High School graduates will number 300 at their commencement ceremony on the campus football field Thurs., June 9. There will be 400 Fairfax High School seniors accepting diplomas at West Angeles Ca10:42 AM Page 1 thedral Thurs., June 9.
Harvard-Westlake graduates will number 285 at their commencement on the school’s Ted Slavin Field Fri., June 10. Mark Feuerstein, former member of the school’s board of directors and a current Larchmont Charter parent, will address the first graduating senior class for Larchmont Charter High School at its Lafayette Campus. 43 in all will march across the stage Thurs., June 16 at Glendale Community College. Mark Feuerstein is also known for his work in film and television, including his leading role in the TV series “Royal Pains.”
By Billy Taylor Twins Ashley and Emily Kishibay are seniors at Immaculate Heart High School, but this fall they will matriculate separately for the first time. The two girls attended Third Street Elementary and then Immaculate Heart middle and high schools together, but when it came to choosing a university they made different decisions. However, they won’t be too far apart because they both picked all-girls colleges in Massachusetts. Ashley will attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in central Massachusetts, while Emily will be in the western part of the state at Mount Holyoke. “I love WPI’s beautiful campus,” says Ashley, “but it was their unique courses and supportive environment that really tipped the scale.” Ashley says she started her search by identifying 10 colleges that had a focus in math and science, and visited six of them. She narrowed the list to three, which included
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Emerson College
Rhode Island School of Design
University of California, Santa Cruz
Duke University
Bard College
Belmont University
Evergree State University
Bentley University
Georgetown Universtiy
Franklin University Switzerland
Bennington College
Gonzaga University
Boston University
Harvard College
Cal Arts
California Lutheran University
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Northridge Carnegie Mellon University Chapman University Colgate University Colorado College Cornell University DePaul University
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Indiana University at Bloomington Kenyon College
Lehigh University
Monmouth University New York University
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Parsons School of Design
Pitzer College
Santa Monica College
Sarah Lawrence College School of Visual Arts Skidmore College
Southern California Institute of Architecture Southern Methodist University Stanford University
The George Washington University The New School
The University of Iowa Tufts University
Tulane University
University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis
University of California, Riverside University of Chicago
University of Colorado, Boulder
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GRADUATES OF 2016 GRADUATES (Continued from page 2) adventure for them for sure.” Both girls say the college application process has consumed their senior year. “We had to remember that doing well in our classes was still a priority,” says Emily. Talking to counselors and researching colleges online were both helpful to Ashley, who says she even finished her applications “with time to spare.” Aside from academics, both girls have a strong commitment to the arts and community service. Since about the age of 9, they have studied music at the Colburn School — Ashley plays the flute and Emily plays the clarinet and guitar. And for the past three summers, they have both participated in the Sierra Service Project, which includes missions to lowincome communities throughout the western United States.
In search of a catholic university, near a major city Windsor Square resident Henry Hawley says although Larchmont has been an active part of his life, he is eager to attend Boston College to experience a
new region of the country. “Living just a few blocks away, many of my weekly activities included trips to Larchmont Blvd,” says Hawley, who recalls frequent pickups from Village Pizzeria, lunches with his grandfather at the former Larchmont Deli and buying groceries from the Henry Hawley Sunday farmer’s market. A senior at Loyola High School, Hawley attended Saint Brendan School and is an active parishioner at Saint Brendan Church with his family. “I am the product of Catholic and Jesuit education, and I wanted to continue that tradition of educating the whole person at a Catholic institution,” said Hawley on how he started his search for a university. “I considered seven Catholic colleges, five of which were Jesuit institutions,” he says. After visiting all seven schools on his short-list, Hawley narrowed his top three to Georgetown, Boston College and Notre Dame. Ultimately, Hawley decided
on Boston College because of its “stellar academics,” large student body, and its proximity to a major city. According to Hawley, six other Loyola seniors will attend Boston College with him in the fall. “I have had an active interest in politics, government procedure and citizen involvement since I started high school,” says Hawley, who plans on majoring in political science with a minor in art history. He adds that he is “extremely excited” to start pursuing these topics, noting that the presidential election season this fall “will provide for an incredibly unique learning opportunity.”
A college with plenty to offer, close to home Koreatown resident Arlin Alas says she started her senior year at Los Angeles High School with no idea where she wanted to study next. “I wasn’t s u r e where to attend, but I wanted to find Arlin Alas a school
near me,” says Alas. Having grown up near the intersection of Wilshire and Western with her family, Alas says she has watched the area change for the better: “Now my neighborhood is wide open with a variety of shops, including coffee shops, grocery stores, boutiques and flower shops.” Alas says her senior year has been chaotic as she tries to balance academics with extra curricular activities. In addition to her schoolwork, Alas is on the track and field team and an editor for her school newspaper, she also is a student columnist for the Larchmont Chronicle. “I thought that my last year would be smooth, but it has been quite busy,” she explains. Alas says she depended on her school counselor for help with SATs and college applications, but in the end couldn’t decide between a Cal State campus: “I currently haven’t decided on a major, or even a career that I’d like to pursue.” With that in mind, she made the practical decision to attend Los Angeles City College for the first two years, with the intention to transfer: “Maybe UCLA or UCSB, that’s my goal,” says Alas. “I need more time to think about majors and my interests,” she concludes.
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To apply for early admission, or not, a tough decision For Marymount High School senior Norani Abilo, the year has been “a rollercoaster ride from beginning to end.” Abilo grew up in Hancock Park and attended Saint B r e n dan until eighth grade. “As Norani Abilo the neighborhood that helped my single mother raise me, I hold the Hancock Park community dear to my heart,” she says. Abilo started her search by identifying 13 colleges: 11 schools in California and two out-of-state. Last summer she visited all 13 and narrowed the list to her top three: Pomona College, UC Berkeley and Stanford University. "I knew Pomona was my first choice after visiting the campus, talking to students and faculty and doing my own research," she says. The most difficult part of the process, according to Abilo, was deciding whether or (Please turn to page 11)
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Names and numbers below represent a select list of acceptances for the Class of 2016. All institutions with at least one Marymount graduate attending are denoted in bold. Amherst College Babson College Bard College (7) Barnard College Bates College (2) Belmont University Boston College (8) Boston University (7) Brown University (2) Bucknell University Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (3) Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Chapman University (5) Claremont McKenna College (2) Colby College Colgate University (4) College of Charleston (2) College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary Columbia University (2) Connecticut College Cornell University Dartmouth College (2) DePaul University (4) Duke University (2) Duquesne University Emerson College (4) Emory University (2) Fordham University (20) George Washington University (8) Georgetown University (2) Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College
Gnomon School of Visual Effects Gonzaga University (2) Grinnell College Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Hobart & William Smith Colleges (3) Johns Hopkins University (3) Kenyon College (2) Lafayette College (3) Lewis & Clark College (4) Loyola Marymount University (11) Marist College (3) McGill University (4) New York University (11) Northeastern University (7) Northwestern University Oberlin College Pitzer College Pomona College Purdue University (3) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3) Santa Clara University (11) Sarah Lawrence College (3) Skidmore College (2) Smith College Southern Methodist University (5) St. John’s University (2) Stanford University (3) Swarthmore College Syracuse University (4) Texas Christian University (2) The New School (6) Tufts University Tulane University (4)
University of Arizona (7) University College London University of British Columbia University of California, Berkeley (17) University of California, Davis (8) University of California, Irvine (7) University of California, Los Angeles (11) University of California, San Diego (13) University of California, Santa Barbara (19) University of Chicago University of Colorado, Boulder (7) University of Edinburgh (2) University of Michigan (5) University of Notre Dame (3) University of Oregon (7) University of the Pacific (2) University of Pennsylvania (2) University of Richmond University of Rochester (2) University of San Diego (5) University of San Francisco (17) University of Southern California (7) University of St. Andrews University of Texas at Austin University of Virginia (2) University of Washington (9) University of Wisconsin (4) Vanderbilt University Vassar College Villanova University (6) Wake Forest University Washington University in St. Louis (3) Whitman College (3) Xavier University (2)
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Congratulations to the Class of 2016
This year’s 6th grade graduates have been accepted to: Archer School for Girls Brentwood School The Buckley School Campbell Hall School Flintridge Prep Harvard-Westlake School Marlborough School New Roads School Oakwood School Pilgrim School Sierra Canyon School Viewpoint School Waverly School Wildwood School Windward School 13639 Victory Boulevard, Valley Glen, CA 91401 818.782.4001 • www.laurenceschool.com
New principal named at Immaculate Heart School with long-time ties By Billy Taylor Immaculate Heart Principal Virginia Hurst will retire July 1, and an alumnus with longtime ties with the school will take her place. Naemah Morris—class of 1995—was tapped to replace Hurst, who has been associated with the high school for more than 50 years, serving the past 19 years as principal. In a statement on the decision, Immaculate Heart’s president Maureen Diekmann praised Hurst’s service, and said she is confident that Morris will work to be a “faithful steward” of Hurst’s legacy. “As we transition to new leadership, it is Ms. Morris’ deep understanding of the core mission and philosophy of the school that will continue to grow this unique and remarkable institution that is so important to our present students and our thousands of alumnae,” said Diekmann. Five years after graduating, Morris returned to her alma mater in 2000, and has since served the school in several roles as both an educator and administrator. Outgoing principal, Ms. Hurst, says she “enthusiastically” welcomes Morris to the role, and says the new principal will bring “a new energy and enthusiasm to this position.” Founded in 1906, Immaculate Heart educates young women in grades sixth through 12 from its location in the Los Feliz foothills near Griffith Park in Hollywood. For more information, visit immaculateheart.org.
VIRGINIA HURST has been with the school half a century.
INCOMING principal Naemah Morris.
NEW ROADS SCHOOL’S CLASS OF 2016 HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR ENROLLMENT IN A DIVERSE AND IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. BEST WISHES GRADUATES ON THE ROAD AHEAD! American University Amherst College Babson College Bard College Belmont University Bennington College Bentley University Berklee College of Music Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Bradley University Brandeis University Brown University California College of the Arts (San Francisco) California Institute of the Arts California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Carleton College Case Western Reserve University Chapman University City of Westminster College Clark University College of William and Mary Colorado College Cornell University Denison University Dickinson College Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus/Rose Hill Campus Gettysburg College Goucher College Hampshire College Harvard University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University
Howard University Indiana University at Bloomington Ithaca College Kalamazoo College Lawrence University Lewis & Clark College Linfield College Loyola Marymount University Loyola University New Orleans Middlebury College Mills College Muhlenberg College New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio Wesleyan University Oregon State University Otis College of Art and Design Pace University, New York City Pomona College Quinnipiac University Reed College Rhode Island School of Design Rice University San Diego State University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design Seattle University Smith College Southern Methodist University St. John's University - Queens Campus Stanford University Suffolk University Syracuse University Technologico de Monterrey
Temple University The Culinary Institute of America The Evergreen State College The New School - All Divisions The Ohio State University The University of Georgia The University of Iowa Trinity College Tulane University University of Brighton University of California, Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz University of Colorado at Boulder University of Connecticut University of Denver University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Kansas University of Michigan University of Notre Dame University of Oregon University of Portland University of Puget Sound University of Redlands University of San Diego University of San Francisco University of Southern California University of Washington University of Wisconsin, Madison Vassar College Wesleyan University Whitman College Willamette University Williams College Xavier University SEE MORE www.newroads.org/Page/ Experience/College-Counseling
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Cathedral Chapel School CELEBRATING 85 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Congratulations to the Cathedral Chapel School 2016 Graduating Class! Jeremiah Alemayehu Jonathan Alkhouri Isabella Andrade Emilee Anderson Brandon Chandler Danford Cho Michael Choi Nicholas Chung Uriel Ferguson Yzabela Fontila Maliyah Goka Alvin Gong Kylie Guest Blake Hildebrandt Emily Jang Karthik Jayaraman Angelina Kim Jennie Kim Roy Lee Shannon McIntyre Anne McLean Brenna Medrano Mia Mendoza Maria Carmela Molleda Chae Lynn Park Daniel Park Ivy Rosales Nicholas Terry
Crespi Carmelite High School, Encino St. Monica High School, Santa Monica Notre Dame Academy, L.A. Immaculate Heart High School, L.A. Phillips Exeter Academy, Andover, MA Cathedral High Math and Science Academy Loyola High School, L.A. Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks Loyola High School, L.A. Notre Dame Academy, L.A. Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks University High School, L.A. Palisades Charter High School St. Monica High School, Santa Monica Immaculate Heart High School, L.A. Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks Bishop Conaty - Our Lady of Loretto High School Immaculate Heart High School, L.A. St. Monica High School, Santa Monica St. Monica High School, Santa Monica St. Monica High School, Santa Monica Notre Dame Academy, L.A. Notre Dame Academy, L.A. Notre Dame Academy, L.A. Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Cathedral High Math and Science Academy Notre Dame Academy, L.A. Regis High School, New York
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are able to collaborate and edit it By Billy Taylor A group of students at Larchmont together before the deadline.” Charter School’s Hollygrove campus Pratt says the project is generating — 815 N. El Centro Ave. — is learn- a lot of buzz on campus, with Larching at an early age the benefits and mont Charter students getting “very responsibilities of a free press, with excited about each issue. the launch of a new school newspaper, “The students enjoy reading what their peers have to say,” she explains. LCS Roots. “We published our first edition in In an attempt to keep readers comMarch with seven students. But since ing back each month, Pratt says the then, we have added more student student’s endeavor to include in the writers and a cartoonist,” says Allison newspaper something that’s interPratt, a fourth-grade teacher at Larch- esting or fun for all the grades: “In mont Charter who also serves as an our last edition we had an Earth Day word search, which was a big hit,” advisor for LCS Roots. With each new assignment, students she concludes. learn skills such as analytical thinking, clear writing and sensitivity to deadlines; and according to Pratt they are doing a “great job” of meeting deadlines, among other things. “Most students type their articles SEVEN STUDENTS founded LCS Roots with help from their on Google Docs teacher. Left to right, they are Maeve Vogl, Desi Garvey, Delia and share it Mizrahi, Ondine Bader, Leonel Rico, teacher Allison Pratt, Theo with me, so we Burston-Paul and Charlie Hoge.
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Best wishes and many, many thanks to 6th-grade teacher Ruby Dummett, who will graduate with the Class of 2016 after over 30 years of service to the students and families of St. James’. We will remain forever grateful to Mrs. Dummett for instilling in her students a love of literature and a sense of independence and responsibility.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR GRADUATES, WHO HAVE RECEIVED ACCEPTANCES TO THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS: ARCHER • BRENTWOOD • BUCKLEY • CAMPBELL HALL • CHADWICK • CROSSROADS • ESLA HARVARD WESTLAKE • IMMACULATE HEART • MARLBOROUGH OAKWOOD • PILGRIM • ST. BRENDAN’S • ST. TIMOTHY’S • TREE ACADEMY TURNING POINT • WESTRIDGE • WILDWOOD • WINDWARD WE WISH THEM ALL THE BEST ON THE EXCITING ADVENTURES TO COME!
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By Brooke Stewart After 28 years of service at Turning Point School, principal Deborah Richman is retiring as head of school at the end of June. Dr. Laura Konigsberg will take her place beginning July 1. Ms. Richman announced her decision to leave in January 2015 stating, “it is very clear to me that Turning Point School is poised to step into a bright future, and although leaving is bittersweet, I am excited to watch DEBORAH RICHMAN with two students making this exceptional community arts and crafts. continue to flourish.” Ms. Richman came to Turning Point in 1988, accepting an interim headship. At the time, Turning Point, which is located in Culver City and was founded in 1970, was a Montessori School grades K-6. Today it is an independent, co-ed day school enrolling students in preschool to middle school. Board President Steve Plum says of the incoming Dr. Konigsberg that she is “the ideal leader to build on the remarkable legacy that Deborah Richman has built over the past 28 years.” Dr. Konigsberg most recently served as associate head of Bentley School, a dual campus K-12 day school in Oakland, Calif., where she oversaw the K-8 campus for the past 15 years. Dr. Konigsberg has worked as a DR. KONIGSBERG teacher, dean, counselor and head of school throughout her career in education She shares many of Turning Point’s values, particularly global awareness – she lived abroad in Tokyo and London, during high school and college, respectively. Her two children, Jack (10) and Miles (6), will be attend(Please turn to page 11)
Los Angeles High School Takes Pride in Congratulating The Graduating Class of 2016 Accepted to the following Colleges And Universities
Azusa Pacific University Berklee College of Music Cal Poly Pomona Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Colorado State University CSU Bakersfield California College of the Arts CSU Channel Islands CSU Chico CSU Dominguez Hills CSU Fullerton CSU Humboldt CSU Long Beach CSU Los Angeles
CSU Northridge CSU Sacramento CSU San Bernardino CSU San Diego CSU San Francisco CSU Sonoma CSU Stanislaus East L A College Glendale College Grand Canyon University Juniata College Los Angeles College Los Angeles Trade Tech
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UC Los Angeles UC Merced UC Riverside UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Cruz UC San Diego University of Central Florida University of La Verne University of Minnesota University of the Pacific University of Southern CA University of Texas El Paso West LA College Whittier College Woodbury University Senior Awards Ceremony Monday, June 6th, 6-8pm L A High Corwin Theater Graduation Ceremony Thursday, June 9th, 5-7pm L A High Sports Field
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Campus visits help narrow long list of options The list of potential colleges for Georgia Rock started out 28 schools long, all of which she visited. “I narrowed it down,” she says, “and only applied to 16 of those.” Rock grew up in Country Club Park and attended St. Brendan School and then Marlborough High School. Throughout that time, Rock says she “spent an inordinate amount of time” socializing on Larchmont Blvd. But how does one begin to decide among 28 schools? Rock says her trips to all the various college campuses “were probably the most helpful thing I could do to prepare.” In the end, Rock narrowed her favorites to University of Chicago, UC Berkeley and Vassar. For Rock, the deciding factor came
down to the size of the campus and where she felt most comfortable: “I chose the University of Chicago because at 5,700 undergraduates it is the best size, and in the best locaGeorgia Rock tion (Chicago!). More than that, I felt very at home when I visited.” Rock is currently undecided on a major, but is looking forward to studying abroad at some point. What will she miss the most? “There is one other Marlborough girl coming to University of Chicago, and I’m sure we’ll lament the loss of Larchmont Wine and Cheese together,” says Rock.
Congratulations to the 2016 Graduating Class!
Hailey Bates ................................................................... Marymount Max Beristain......................................................................... Loyola Kassandra Bravo..............................................Notre Dame Academy Malia Campain ............................................................... Marymount James D’Atri ................................................................... Providence Abigail Donnelly.............................................................. Providence James Duchesneau................................................................. Loyola Shannon Ferraro-Dutton................................................ Marymount Carrington Greene........................................................... Providence Lily Harrell .................................................................... Marymount Jianna Herrera ..................................................... Immaculate Heart Samantha Hidalgo .......................................................... Marymount Audrey Hoen .................................................................. Marymount Grace Kaufman .................................................... Immaculate Heart Aidan Khare ........................................................................... Loyola Elissa Kim ..................................................................... Marymount Eric Kim ................................................................................ Loyola Claudia Lee .................................................................... Marymount Jinelle Lewis ................................................................ Saint Monica John Miller ............................................................................ Loyola Ty Milroy ..................................................................... Saint Monica Liam Norrix ................................................................ Saint Francis Arath Pedroza-Alberto ..................................................... Providence Octavio Pescador.................................................................... Loyola Ashley Piñon....................................................................... Mayfield Tyler Ratkovich ...................................................................... Loyola Maximillian Rauchberg........................................................... Loyola Elizabeth Rielly .............................................................. Marymount Randolph Roque, Jr...................................................... Saint Monica Justin Silva .................................................................. Saint Monica Sircey Smith ........................................................ Immaculate Heart
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(Continued from page 10) ing Turning Point in the fall. As Turning Point turns a new chapter, Ms. Richman reflects on her time there. “I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to perform my life’s work in a remarkable environment. As I prepare to explore the wealth of opportunities and direction before me, I could not be more thrilled to welcome Dr. Laura Konigsberg as the next head of school.” For more information, visit turningpointschool.org.
The Jesuit universities, the Ivys, the UCs, the top colleges in the nation:
Congratulations, Class of 2016 Loyola seniors will be attending the country’s leading colleges and universities including: Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brown University Claremont McKenna College Colgate University College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary Colorado College Columbia University Connecticut College Duke University
Fordham University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Gonzaga University Harvard University Indiana University at Bloomington Johns Hopkins University Lafayette College Lehigh University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans
Marquette University Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University New York University Northeastern University Occidental College Pennsylvania State University Princeton University Purdue University Santa Clara University Southern Methodist University Stanford University
Swarthmore College Syracuse University Texas Christian University
The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The George Washington University The Ohio State University Trinity University Tufts University Tulane University U. S.Military Academy, West Point University of Alabama
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University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of San Diego University of San Francisco University of Southern California University of Texas, Austin University of Virginia University of Washington Vanderbilt University Villanova University Washington University in St. Louis Yale University
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WILSHIRE WARRIORS victorious 12U team ready to compete in the national Cooperstown Baseball Championship this summer.
PONY League to host closing-day fest, clinic By Brooke Stewart After a successful season, the Wilshire Warriors are hosting a fundraiser to support the upcoming trip to the Cooperstown Championship. The Warriors also will host a baseball skills clinic for baseball enthusiasts looking to improve their game. Wilshire Warriors PONY Baseball league is having the fundraising event during the season's closing day festivities at Pan Pacific Park on Sat., June 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be two championship games (for players 10-12 years old) along with food, a silent auction, raffles, a home run derby and games including a dunk tank. All festivities will be held at baseball field #2 near the Fairfax
Branch Library. All proceeds from the day’s event will help defray the expenses of the Warriors 12U Club Team players, who are headed to Cooperstown, NY this summer to compete against 100 other teams in a national tournament. For all children looking to improve their baseball skills, the T3 Baseball clinic is the perfect opportunity this summer. T3 Baseball is run by the pro coach of the 11U team, with a camp staff composed of college baseball players. The clinic will be held on Wed., June 22 and Fri., June 24 at Pan Pacific Park and is open to children ages 7-13. For more information or to sign up, contact T3 Baseball at: brandeaux@T3baseball.com or visit t3baseball.com
CONGRATULATIONS! JB Culminating Class of 2016!
Best wishes to our students as they embark upon their college bound journey. Burroughs MS students are academically prepared and they successfully matriculate to the following schools: Bravo Medical Magnet
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Cleveland Magnet
Pacific Hill HS
Fairfax HW & Visual Arts Magnet Hamilton HA & Humanities Magnet Hollywood HW SAS
St. Genevieve St. Mary’s Academy University HS SAS Venice HS
Immaculate Heart Los Angeles HS SAS
“If you think you can do it, you can.” John Burroughs
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UPCOMING EVENTS NJHS Closing Ceremony May 27, 2016 @ 4:00 PM | Grad Night June 3, 2016 @ Six Flags Magic Mountain 8th Grade Culmination Ceremony 1: June 10, 2016 @ 9:00 AM (Homeroom Teachers A-K) 8th Grade Culmination Ceremony 2: June 10, 2016 @ 1:30 PM (Homeroom Teachers L-Z) Last Day of Instruction June 10, 2016 (Student Dismissal @ 12:24 PM) A special THANK YOU to our Principal, Dr. Steve Martinez, our dedicated teachers, counselors, coordinators, administrators and staff for inspiring the students to do their best every day! 600 South McCadden Place Los Angeles, CA 90005 | Burroughsms.org | 323.549.5000
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TRACK TEAM, top left, Tyler Ratkovich, Justin Silva, Ty Milroy, Max Beristain, Caitlin Donovan and Kiyomi Genewick; bottom left: Hunter Campen and Jackson Wright.
St. Brendan Track Team finished first By Billy Taylor Competing against 65 other schools in the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Championship Finals on May 3, St. Brendan had nine athletes represented. Three students placed first in their events, including Hunter Campen, Caitlin Donovan and Kiyomi Genewick. The varsity boys team also finished strong with four students earning a third-place finish, including Ty Milroy, Max Beristain, Tyler Ratkovich and Justin Silva. Having just launched its track program four years ago, the school is quickly earning a reputation for turning out strong runners. “When we first went to these meets, the announcer had no idea where we were from,” said Cathleen Genewick,
St. Brendan team manager. “They would stumble over themselves and say we were in Koreatown, or downtown,” says Genewick, adding, “but now they consistently announce ‘out of Hancock Park’ and name our runners by name.”
Local resident graduates from Hamilton College Hannah H. Cook, daughter of the late Justine and Doug Cook of Windsor Square, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in May from Hamilton College in central New York State. An anthropology major at Hamilton, Cook graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors in anthropology. She is also a graduate of Marlborough School.
SHOOT FOR THE STARS !!! The Class of 2016 has been accepted to: Universtiy of California at Berkeley, Brown University, University of Notre Dame , Yale University, Stanford University, Princeton Universtiy, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Southern California, and many more fine institutions across the country. A two-time U.S. Department of Education “Excellence in Education” Award Recipient, Notre Dame Academy is a private, Catholic, college-preparatory school for young women located in West Los Angeles.
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IMMACULATE HEART sports teams finished the season as league champions. The track and field team, which had a perfect 8-0 record, top photo, shows the Sunshine League champions trophy. Not to be outdone, varsity and junior varsity swim teams, below, each won first place in the Sunshine League.
cho Horizon students once again impressed middle schools across Los Angeles with their innovative problem solving skills and love of learning. Keep an eye on our “super stars” as they take their learning to the next level and shine all around our city.
Middle School Acceptances The Archer School for Girls
Magnolia Charter School
Brentwood School
Marlborough School
The Buckley School
Milken Community Schools
Campbell Hall School
New Roads School
Crossroads School
Oakwood School
Harvard-Westlake School
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Quincy Rose Gordon Sofia Grossman Manning Haskal Sophie Hauselman Grace Kumble Jonas Lipofsky Lucy Lipofsky Jacqueline Marks Lilah Pate
Jonny Rousso Mikey Schwartz Abby Sosnow Eden Sweet Ava Tartakovsky Ellis Weiner Ma’ayan Weisbaum-Shakhnis Jade Zoller Ryan Zoller
Congratulations to our 2016 Graduates on being accepted to:
Archer School for Girls • The Buckley School Campbell Hall • Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences Flintridge Preparatory • Harvard-Westlake School Marlborough School • Milken Community School New Roads School • Oakwood School Pressman Academy • Windward School
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University of Maryland (2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Miami New York University (2) Oregon State University Purdue University Rice University University of San Francisco (2) Santa Clara University University of Southern California (3) Stanford University Vassar College Washington University in St. Louis (5) Westmont College Whittier College
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Larchmont Chronicle