Hit and Run Marshall High School Victim Remains Hospitalized After
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Los Feliz Ledger Read by 100,000+ Residents and Business Owners in Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Vol 10. No. 1 July 2014 Atwater Village, Echo Park & Hollywood Hills As City Seeks O’Farrell: “CD13 Greek Suitors Tops New Revenue is Key Affordable By Ryan White Housing Ledger Contributing Writer Construction” Is your company ranked By Colin Stutz among the top 50 worldwide Ledger Senior Contributing concert promoters in the Writer last three years? If so, you’ve cleared one hurdle on the At one year in office, Los laundry list of requirements Angeles City Councilmember for applicants interested in op- Mitch O’Farrell is pushing for erating the city-owned Greek career-defining legislation. His Theatre. ambition is to develop a current The city of Los Angeles affordable housing policy in is currently accepting propos- Los Angeles reflective of what als from venue operators, but he calls a crisis. the theater’s current operator, Since 1979 when the city’s Nederlander Concerts, said rent stabilization ordinance it wants to keep running the went into affect to protect ten- Greek. ants from excessive rent in- “The Greek Theatre has creases, he said, the city’s pop- been voted the top amphithe- ulation has grown by nearly 1 ater in its class nationwide for million, roughly 25%. 14 years under Nederlander’s AGAINST THE GOVERNER’S WISHES—Water sprays at the Mulholland Fountain in Griffith Park, even after California Gov. “In that same period, Jerry Brown has issued an executive order, due to historic drought conditions, that cities turn off fountains unless the stewardship,” said spokes- water used is “recycled.” The Mulholland Fountain, according to Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power spokesperson Mi- we’ve lost 400,000 units of woman Vanessa Kromer. “We chelle Vargas, does not use “recycled” water it uses “re-circulated” water that is replenished as it evaporates. According to rent stabilized apartments,” he will submit a response to the Vargas, there are no current plans to shut down the fountain. “It is a very well respected, community, historic feature,” she continued. “So we’re at a cri- said. The fountain holds 50,000 gallons of water. According to reports, the fountain was turned off during a severe drought see GREEK page 14 in Los Angeles in 1973-1974. Photo: Allison B. Cohen. see HOUSING page 13 Hit and Run Marshall High School Victim Police Say They Are Headed Remains Hospitalized After 15 Days in Coma “In the Right Direction” In By Ameera Butt, Ledger Contributing Writer Hernandez Slaying By Hayley Fox, Ledger Senior Contributing Writer ATWATER VILLAGE – In the enues as he was walking living room of Valerie Street- in a crosswalk. SILVER LAKE—Police have yet er’s home on Garden Avenue, The night of the ac- to make an arrest in the death photos show the progression cident, Valerie said she of 19-year-old Christopher and growth of her five chil- got a phone call from Hernandez, shot and killed dren—four boys and one girl. her son, telling her he June 5th just after his sister’s There are collages of young- was on his way home. graduation. sters, toddlers, kids in middle She recalled she heard The ceremony was at school, and diplomas, awards paramedics and police Thomas Starr King Middle and certificates from all ages. sirens shortly after that. School and Hernandez was Sitting on a shelf is a di- Then, she said, a found dead with multiple ploma of her youngest, Sky- friend of Skylar’s called gunshot wounds in front of lar Samuel Streeter, who at- her saying “Skylar just a nearby Del Taco on Sunset tended John Marshall High got hit.” Boulevard. Police believe the in an email that there was very School but was unable to at- Skylar was popular killing was gang-related. little physical evidence found tend his graduation this June in school. He played Investigators say it is wit- at the crime scene. due to the accident. football for a while before the Marines after high school, ness interviews that have According to police, On May 21st, Skylar— stopping after his mother be- she said. But the accident has helped steer them in “the right shortly after the graduation who had just turned 18—was came concerned about him put everything on hold. direction,” but they have yet to Hernandez was approached hit by a driver who failed to hurting himself. He never “He was so popular. If you make any arrests. Los Angeles by a man riding a bicycle. The stop on Fletcher Drive be- missed a day of school either. go to the hospital, people are Police Dept. (LAPD) Homi- two exchanged heated words tween Larga and Atwater av- He had planned to enlist in see HIT AND RUN page 19 cide Det. Lisa Governo wrote see HERNANDEZ page 4 Community News: Gunpowder Community News: The first ever Real Estate: Caution Ahead, Senior Moments: Community Calendar: The Preservation Hall and sky, it’s the 4th of July, page 3 “Los Feliz Night Out,” page 4 page 11 Activist Bea Gold to Leave Area, Jazz Band plays the Ford page 16 Amphitheater, losfelizledger.com Los Feliz Ledger [LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER] Silver Lake Neighborhood lence, especially gang violence, Finally, some in the Los Fe- Council’s Herman Wurmfeld will not be tolerated. liz area are wondering what can Available at these locations: offered that the neighborhood I have also wondered why a be developed at the now empty FOUNDED 2005 should place flowers daily at traffic roundabout with a foun- Hollywood Ford parking lot LOS FELIZ Delivered the last Thursday of each month to 34,500 homes and the site where Christopher tain or green space could not be near the same area. Some are Citibank businesses in the Los Feliz, Hernandez was killed on Sun- created at the confluence of Hol- advocating for a park. 1965 Hillhurst Avenue Silver Lake, Atwater Village, set Boulevard in June. While lywood and Sunset boulevards All of these are good ideas Dresden Restaurant Echo Park and Hollywood Hills admirable, I offered him a dif- at Hillhurst Avenue, creating a worth pursuing. If anyone is 1760 N. Vermont Avenue communities. ferent idea: what about plac- “gateway” to both Los Feliz and interested in getting involved House of Pies PUBLISHER/EDITOR ing a statue or marker at that Silver Lake. With a new boutique in any of these projects, please 1869 N. Vermont Allison B. Cohen location indicating Silver Lake hotel going in at that location, it email me at acohen@losfeli- Los Feliz Public Library ADVERTISING SALES is a place of peace and that vio- would only add to the ambiance. zledger.com 1874 Hillhurst Avenue MANAGER Los Feliz 3 Theaters Libby Butler-Gluck 1822 N. 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