Larchmont Chronicle
VOL. 64, NO. 4
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IN THIS ISSUE
Mayor race heats up as primary nears
L.A. is fighting homelessness backward
n Adam Miller tells us why he wants to be next mayor of L.A.
BLOOM at Page Academy. 11
Several candidates have thrown their hats in the ring to unseat incumbent Karen Bass for the city’s top job in the Tue., June 2, primary. The Chronicle will continue candidate coverage next month.
JLLA CENTENNIAL GALA C. Paul Wazzan and Pres. Dawn Eash Wazzan, and Rebecca and Tyler Mellos. 3
By A.R. Johnstone Adam Miller was the CEO of a publicly traded company he founded in his one-bedroom apartment and turned into a $5.2 billion enterprise. He was blessed enough to be able to exit that company comfortably. Instead of resting on his laurels, he decided that he wanted to give back and make Los Angeles better. We asked the Brentwood resident about his experience running charitable organizations, and why See Mayoral race, P 20
NGA members get inspired. 8
ST. PATRICK’S DAY. Bergin’s celebrates 90th anniversary in 98-degree heat. 2-9
Mailing permit:
Community groups work on housing bill By Jack Brownlee Senate Bill 79 continues to be a hot topic, generating lots of controversy among local community groups in the area. SB79 upzones land within one-half mile of major transit stops, giving housing developers access to lots previously barred from development and expediting the construction process. See SB 79, P 23
DESIGN FOR LIVING
Our annual home and lifestyle section will be featured in the May issue of the Larchmont Chronicle. Living for all Ages, which will highlight the young at heart, will also be featured in May. Advertising deadline is Mon., April 6. To reserve space, call 323462-2241, ext. 11, or email jesse@larchmontchronicle. com or sandy@larchmont chronicle.com.
APRIL 2026
n The math matters
A VIEW of Temple Israel of Hollywood at 7300 Hollywood Blvd. from the 1950s. TIOH is celebrating its centennial this month. Section 2, Page 2
Meteorologist explains our ‘winter’ weather
n La Niña brings dry, warm days and nights to L.A. By H. Hutcheson Despite some torrential rains early on this winter, SoCal is experiencing La Niña conditions. On the one hand this drier weather pattern hints at the possibility of drought and wildfires later in the year, but on the other it fills our winters with unusually warm days while our friends out east have had nothing less than a brutally cold winter. Autumn Robertson, morning weekday meteorologist of Spectrum News 1’s SoCal team, spoke
with us once again—this time to discuss the weather event known as La Niña with its warm, dry winters. I understand La Niña brings L.A. winters that are dryer than average. La Niña years can absolutely impact Southern California’s winters with drier weather, as they have in the past. However, as we’ve seen this year, a dry winter is not always promised! The El Niño—Southern Oscillation, or ENSO for short, is a seaSee Meteoreologist, P 20
By Jon Vein Los Angeles is trying to solve a 75,000-person crisis with $700,000 apartments— and it isn’t working. Tens of thousands of people remain on the streets while the city spends years building a relatively small number of extremely expensive housing units. The issue is not a lack of effort. It is a mismatch between the scale of the crisis and the strategy being used to address it. If Los Angeles had unlimited resources, the solution would be straightforward. The city could invest heavily in prevention, build large amounts of long-term affordable housing, expand permanent supportive housing for those who are elderly or severely disabled, fund treatment and recovery programs, and create enough interim housing so that no one ever had to live on the street. That is the full toolkit—and all of it matters. But Los Angeles does not have unlimited resources. And when resources are limited, the math matters. Priorities matter. Timing matters. For years, the city’s apSee Homelessness, P 22
Program helps repopulate the Pacific n Earth Day: Backed by science, volunteers work to save bass By H. Hutcheson Earth Day falls on April 22. Founded in 1970 by U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, it marked the start of the modern environmental movement, raising awareness and leading to the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency the same year. This issue the Chronicle looks at a few individuals for whom everyday is Earth Day and who involve themselves in environmentally conscious activities, businesses, and education. Torin Anderson of Leimert Park loves to fish. “It’s the closest thing I know that can slow time down. It keeps me sane— or halfway sane!” He made the choice to ease out of corporate life and spend 63-POUND white seabasses and Torin Anderson on more time in See Earth Day, P 4 the Betty O’ sports fishing boat.
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