A newspaper for the 90,000 readers in Larchmont Village, Hancock Park, Windsor Square, Windsor Village, Vol 2. No. 1 Wilshire Historic District, Country Club Park, Lafayette Square, Oxford Square, Brookside, Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown January 20162015

A Look Back at 2015

CD4 Election: Who would the candidates vote for? page 8 Larchmont Ledger Ring in The New Year Compiled by Michael Darling and Erin Hickey FOUNDED 2015 PUBLISHER/EDITOR New Year’s Eve L. A. Grand and confetti. Tickets start tarot cards, tapas and A newspaper for the 90,000 readers Allison B. Cohen Park hosts its third annual at $59. Egyptian Theater, hand-rolled cigars at The in Larchmont Village, Hancock Park, Windsor Square, Windsor Village, ADVERTISING SALES New Year’s Eve celebration. Thu. December 31st, 9 p.m. Bazaar’s swanky Spanish Wilshire Historic District, Country Libby Butler-Gluck This community festival Entrance at 1625 N. Las themed masquerade ball. Club Park, Lafayette Square, Oxford 323-644-5536 will feature multiple Palmas Ave. Information: Tickets are $195 for early Square, Brookside, Mid-Wilshire [email protected] and Koreatown stages of live music, food californianightlife.com/ bird, $225 at the door. 465 ASSISTANT EDITOR trucks and the event’s cleo and (323) 604-6030. South La Cienega Blvd. For editorial consideration, Sheila Lane signature 3-D digital video Information: sbe.com send story ideas to: [email protected] EDITORIAL ASSISTANT projections mapped onto Prohibition NYE Ring in (323) 741-0019 Erin Hickey the side of City Hall. Grand 2016 like it’s 1926 with NYE at LA Mother Confetti 1933 Hillhurst Ave. GRAPHIC DESIGN Park, Thu. December 31st, a special Prohibition canons, food trucks and an Los Angeles, CA 90027 & LAYOUT 8:00 p.m., themed, KCRW hosted after-hours open bar will Tiffany Sims 200 North Grand Ave. party at Union Station. mark the end of 2015 at Info: grandparkla.org Formal attire required. Hollywood’s LA Mother. DJ For more stories and updates: Tickets are $150. Union Chris Malinchak headlines. LarchmontLedgerLA.com Cleopatra’s New Year’s Station, Thu. December Tickets are $95, or $45 after Eve Ball On New Year’s 31st, 9 p.m. 12:30am. Thu. December Visit our sister publication online at LosFelizLedger.com Eve, Hollywood’s famous 800 N. Alameda St. 31st, 9:00 p.m. 1627 North Egyptian Theater will Info: prohibitionnye.com Gower St. be transformed into the Info: lamother.com hottest club west of the New Year’s Eve Spanish Nile. Midnight will be Masquerade Say adios marked by a balloon drop to 2015 in style with

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• Fixed leaks and clean out gutters and downspouts; • Paint exterior wood trim as cracks can carry water directly into the wood; • Check window glazing; • Store emergency repair materials; • Check tires, wipers, battery, light and brakes on your car; • Make sure your yard drains properly; • Have a ‘health check and risk assessment’ for your trees done by an arborist. Because of the drought many trees are stressed and sick. • Secure important documents.

Check out websites: http://www.water.ca.gov/ - California Department of Water Resources; http://www.ladbs.org - LA Dept of Building and Safety-Homeowners Guide for Flood, Debris Flow and Erosion Control; http://www.ready. gov - National Weather Service, LA County Preparedness - https://www.lacounty.gov/elnino and http://www.aaa. com - The Auto Club.

Your new HPHOA Board of Directors are: Patricia Alexander, Tim Allyn, Chris Bubser, Cindy Chvatal, Jennifer DeVore, Indy Flore, Greg Glasser, Peter Gorelick, Susan Grossman, Joel Kozberg, Joanne Medeiros, William Newby, Pam Newhouse, Susan Roth, Cami Taylor, Ben Thompson, Jon Vein, Victoria Vickers, James Wolf. The Board is looking forward to continuing the Association’s work on traffic mitigation, historic preservation, tree planting, and street repair. Join us on a committee!

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[street level] Local Suicide Prevention Part of the National Sui- 2015: Yeah, I Did That. . . cide Prevention Lifeline, Didi & the Myth of “Holiday Blues” Hirsch Mental Health Ser- By Michael Darling By Mike Pallotta, Ledger Contributing Writer vices offers this type of non- Ledger Contributing Writer judgmental support via their For many, the New Year reunions are more common- toll free Crisis Hotline at As the New Year dawns, you’re in Vegas. Although my brings hope for a fresh start, place. we should take a moment to husband and I did talk about (877) 727-4747, where trained but for countless others, it is Often, she said, people professionals are available reflect on 2015. Did you make being more positive and we muddled in darker thoughts will use these types of gather- any New Year’s resolutions did pretty well in Vegas. We 24-hours a day. This is one of of loneliness and unbearable ings to test the waters, making the most immediate resources in 2015, and did you follow won enough to pay for the hopelessness. jokes about suicide or harm- Suzanna F., outside for those suffering from de- through with them or break trip.” – Many believe the holidays ing one’s self, which, in turn, Lipson Plumbing on pression and their loved ones. them? are at fault, bringing sorrow makes depression seem more Larchmont Boulevard “Usually, we can de-esca- rather than the expected cheer visible during the holidays. “Yes, I had a late the crisis that they’re in, and joy of the season and that “A way to help, first and in the moment,” said Morris. couple includ- “One of mine this seasonal depression results foremost, is to ask [someone] ing clean eating was to take on “We’re not going to solve all in a spike in suicides. if they’re suicidal and to let the their life issues in a phone call, which was easy more mentor- But, according to reports person know that you’re con- to achieve ship roles. but what we will do is keep from the Center for Disease cerned about them,” said Mor- them safe for that night. And because of the Now, I’m a Control’s National Center for ris. “It’s not an easy question accessibility of healthy food in teaching if they need to call again to- Health Statistics, the suicide and people often feel they are morrow, they can.” L.A. compared to other places assistant at an elementary rate is actually the lowest dur- intruding on someone’s priva- Sumi A., Jonathan D., Another way to seek help I’ve lived.” – school.” – ing winter months. cy by asking such a bold ques- outside Larchmont Barber outside Landis Labyrinth is Didi Hirsch’s Lifeline Cri- According to Lyn Morris, tion, but it needs to be asked. Shop on Larchmont on Larchmont Boulevard sis Chats at www.didihirsch. a senior vice president at the And often, when people are Boulevard org/chat. This option can be Didi Hirsch Suicide Preven- asked, they feel cared about.” “I can’t remem- especially helpful for anyone tion Center in Culver City, This first step can be dif- uncomfortable with speaking “I don’t make ber any from depression is often a sign of ficult. A common mistake is any resolutions this year, but over the phone, or for those mental illness or a chemical to remind a depressed person in a living situation without because if I’ve got a big imbalance in the brain rather how much they have to be you’re going to one for 2016: much privacy. than a reflection of exterior grateful for. If you or someone you do or change 30 days: no circumstances. “Really as much as pos- something you sugar, no dairy, no GMOs, no know shows warning signs Morris also explains sible, and this is hard for peo- of depression and suicidal should just go through with it alcohol, no coffee, no soy that the fallacy of the “holi- ple, but be non-judgmental right away instead of waiting starting January 4th because thoughts, please contact the day blues” may stem from a and just listen,” said Morris. Suicide Prevention Center at for the start of the year.” that’s when my friends are depressed person finally ex- “They need somebody to hear Andy W., outside Landis’ Amy P., outside (877) 727-4747, the National – starting it.” – pressing their feelings at this the pain. They need somebody Labyrinth on Larchmont Larchmont Barber Shop on Suicide Prevention Lifeline at time of year—a time when not to be a cheerleader at that Boulevard Larchmont Boulevard 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or go social gatherings and family point.” to didihirsch.org. One passerby “I would say recalled a trip that I’ve kept she and her mine. I’ve husband took completely cut last year out soda.” Greater Wilshire around this – Angel M., same time. “You don’t make outside Lipson Plumbing on New Year’s resolutions when Larchmont Boulevard Neighborhood Council Needs You! Community Meetings in January Are you interested in serving the GWNC community through the city’s neighborhood council system? Register as a candidate. Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council Governing Board January 13th at 7 p.m. Candidate registration filing begins Jan 17, 2016 743 South Lucerne and ends March 2, 2016. You can register the 2nd Wednesday of every month, Land Use Committee January 26th at 6:30 p.m. at 7:00 p.m. at the Ebell of Los Angeles 4350 Wilshire Boulevard or visit www.greaterwilshire.org or empowerla.org

Mid City West Community Council Board of Directors January 12th at 6:30 p.m. 543 North Fairfax Avenue

Executive Council January 5th at 6:30 p.m. 543 North Fairfax Avenue, Room #106

Public Safety Committee January 14th at 6 p.m. 543 North Fairfax Avenue, Room #106

Planning and Land Use Committee January 19th at 6:30 p.m. 543 North Fairfax Avenue, Room #104

Olympic Park Neighborhood Council Governing Board January 4th at 7 p.m. 1102 Crenshaw Boulevard

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rescinded, in order to have indicated LaBonge left no files more time to evaluate them. or paperwork behind for his 2015 Year in Review The issue of discretion- successor, David Ryu, when By Sheila Lane, Allison B. Cohen and Erin Hickey ary funds became a sore spot he took office July 1st. for LaBonge and his former Koetters by Los Angeles City Council On his first day in office, Chief of Staff Carolyn Ram- Mobility Plan Former Marlborough School District 4 in February. Ryu quickly put into action say, who lost to Ryu in a May The Mobility Plan 2035, new teacher Joseph Koetters began Yager, a wealthy philan- one of his campaign promises: runoff. city policy which would re- serving a one-year jail sentence thropist and the widow of Los to provide transparency in his Last winter and spring, work many major Los Angeles November 13th after pleading Angeles Supreme Court Judge spending. In doing so, he re- the Ledger first reported La- streets to encourage walking guilty to sexually abusing two Thomas C. Yager, lived in the scinded more than $600,000 Bonge moved nearly $1.6 mil- and the use of bikes and public former students. 100 block of North Beach- in discretionary funds La- lion from discretionary funds transit over cars, was passed by On October 21st, Koet- wood Drive. Bonge promised non-profits allocated to his office, mostly the Los Angeles City Council ters plead guilty to four counts She was found December and other agencies during his for infrastructure repairs, for in August, but is now the sub- of lewd sexual acts with a mi- 22nd, stabbed to death in her last days in office. the purpose of salaries since ject of multiple lawsuits. nor involving two different bedroom. At Ryu’s 100th day in of- 2006. The Ledger reported The advocacy group Fix students in the early 2000s. The Los Angeles Police fice mark, community leaders 80% of those transfers oc- the City has filed two lawsuits At his sentencing, one of his Dept. has requested that any- said they were mostly pleased curred since 2012. against the city regarding the victims read a statement de- one with information about with his performance, but that sweeping plan, as has another tailing the damages caused by the murder contact LAPD’s the hard work of the district LaBonge Missing non-profit organization. her relationship with Koetters, West Bureau homicide divi- was still ahead of him. Documents The lawsuits stem from which included a pregnancy sion at (213) 382-9470. Any- Two retired city attorneys who the plan itself, which would that ended in a miscarriage. one who wishes to remain Visit larchmontledgerla.com live in Los Feliz are investigat- remove car lanes for bicy- As reported in the Los An- anonymous may also call to see what the former Los ing with the Los Angeles City cle lanes in some locations geles Times, a deal was made Crime Stoppers at (800) 222- Angeles City Council Dis- Attorney and possibly other throughout Los Angeles, and between prosecutors, Koetters’ 8477. trict 4 candidates have been agencies the possibility that what petitioners claim are attorney Leonard Levin and doing since the election. outgoing Los Angeles City procedural issues in the city’s the victims’ civil attorney, Da- Los Angeles City Councilmember, Tom La- approval of the plan, after it vid Ring, that Koetters would Council 4 Election LaBonge Bonge destroyed public docu- included a handful of amend- plead guilty to four counts in Last year saw the first new Los Discretionary Funds ments in the days and weeks ments, by Los Angeles City exchange for a one year sen- Angeles City Councilmember Los Angeles City Council- before he left office June 30th. Councilmembers Gil Cedillo, tence. Koetters was facing a for our local area in nearly 15 member David Ryu appointed If it is proven that La- Paul Koretz and David Ryu, to total of 14 charges that could years. nine members of the commu- Bonge intentionally destroyed the previously approved plan have sent him to jail for 11 Former healthcare worker nity to a newly created “Dis- public documents, it would be by the Los Angeles Planning years. and aid to Los Angeles County cretionary Funds Task Force,” a felony. To date, a spokesper- Commission and Mayor Eric After his release, Koet- Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite a promise he made during his son for the city attorney, said Garcetti. ters will face five years’ proba- Burke, David Ryu succeeded campaign to replace termed- he can’t investigate the allega- tion, must register as a sex of- termed-out councilmember out Los Angeles City Council- tion criminally, as LaBonge is Larchmont fender and is prohibited from Tom LaBonge in 2015, beat- member Tom LaBonge. considered a former client. Bungalow teaching in public or private ing LaBonge’s former chief of The task force first met According to two city offi- The Larchmont Bungalow schools. He must also com- staff Carolyn Ramsay. in October and immediate- cials, there is currently no for- cafe’s day in court has been plete one year of sex offender Few could have imag- ly set out to reevaluate over mal process for the transfer of postponed again, but the city’s therapy and is not allowed to ined Ramsay not succeed- $600,000 in discretionary documents from an outgoing response to owner Albert Miz- be alone with any female un- ing her boss when she first fund transfers LaBonge had councilmember to a successor. rahi’s request for clarification der 18, except for his daughter. announced her campaign in approved in his last days in The issue of missing docu- of the rules defining the differ- Ring currently represents 2013, but constituent disen- office. However, as his first ments in Los Angeles City ence between a restaurant and the victims in two separate chantment, media reports action in office, Ryu received Council District 4 was first a take-out establishment has civil lawsuits against Marlbor- of improper LaBonge dis- council approval to have La- published by the Ledger in Oc- been released. ough School. cretionary spending and a Bonge’s last minute transfers tober, after numerous sources see REVIEW page 5 whip-smart campaign that Yager Murder brought out many new Ko- The December 2014 murder of rean voters, put the 40-year- 85 year-old Larchmont Village old Ryu over the top. Ryu is resident Andrea Yager remains the first Korean-American unsolved, despite a $50,000 to ever be elected to the Los reward offered for information Angeles City Council.

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REVIEW from page 4 ing food to be consumed on for the construction of a cam- But developers have since cording to Delgadillo, those Last August, former city the premises with seating,” pus of multi-configuration scrapped that plan, saying issues have since been resolved. attorney Rocky Delgadillo, on reads the clarification, “the upscale housing by developer instead Mullen will be con- Delgadillo and his wife behalf of Mizrahi, asked the primary use of the establish- CIM along two city blocks verted from a city street to a Michelle bought the property Los Angeles Dept. of Plan- ment is a restaurant.” at the southern boundary of private driveway for residents in 2002 for $930,000. ning for a clarification of the Despite this clarification, Hancock Park. of the complex and the gen- street’s “Q,” which stands for on December 15th, the case Eighty-seven units are cur- eral public. Purple Line “qualified,” condition regard- was continued, over the city rently planned along Wilshire Work is underway on a traf- ing food establishments. prosecutor’s objection, until Boulevard between Delgadillo fic management plan to ad- He requested that the Q February 5th, 2016. Muirfield Road, Rim- Demolition dress the impact of closures condition be clarified to mean pau Boulevard and 8th Street, In October, we reported for- of Wilshire Boulevard from that if over 50% of customer Marlborough which would include con- mer Los Angeles City At- La Brea to Highland avenues orders are placed for take-out, Expansion dominimums on six floors of torney Rocky Delgadillo re- necessary for the construction then a food establishment’s pri- The landscape of Arden Boule- the location’s current Farm- quested the city of Los Angeles of the Purple Line subway ex- mary purpose is to provide food vard in Hancock Park changed ers commercial building and approve permits allowing for tension. for “off-premises consumption” dramatically on June 22nd 34 other homes—a mix of the demolition of a home he Originally, the surround- and should therefore be consid- when Marlborough School town homes and single-family owns at 800 South Windsor ing community and Los An- ered a take-out establishment razed five houses adjacent to homes—on the remainder of Boulevard. geles City Councilmember and not a restaurant. its borders. The demolition the land’s footprint, which cur- Delgadillo filed the re- Ryu were asked to make a In October, another of was part of the school’s “Arden rently is a surface parking lot. quests last March to tear down decision by mid-November as Mizrahi’s lawyers, Richard Project,” a plan that calls for Many residents in the his former 3,000-square-foot to whether they preferred the Hirsch, asked that the crimi- a garden, a full-sized athletics neighborhood of Brookside, two-story home, which was street to be closed for seven nal case against his client be field, expanded tennis courts, which is directly south of the gutted in an early morning fire weeks or 22 weekends for con- continued because the clarifi- an aquatics center, a fitness and proposed development, ex- in February 2013. Delgadillo, struction. cation had not been made. It wellness facility and additional pressed concern about the his wife, two sons and one of However, Ryu said he was his contention that if the surface parking. project’s potential impacts, their friends were not injured, needed more time for com- Bungalow was found to be a Although the five homes especially on vehicular traffic, but according to Delgadillo munity outreach and a com- take-out establishment, it was were noted as “contributing as plans currently call for most the house and its contents prehensive traffic management operating legally. His request structures” in the Windsor residents to exit the complex were a total loss. plan before he could make an was granted and the case was Square Historic Preservation heading south onto residential Some locals have specu- informed decision. continued until December. Overlay Zone created in 2005, 8th Street away from Wilshire lated that Delgadillo will not According to Dave In late November, city Marlborough received a per- Boulevard. rebuild the house if the city is- Sotero, spokesperson for the planners responded that Miz- mit in 1999 that allowed for “Our neighborhood will sues the required permits, but Metropolitan Transporta- rahi’s lawyers’ definition of a their destruction. never be quite the same,” said instead, will construct multi- tion Authority, traffic counts restaurant could not be applied. “[A] change in zoning Brookside homeowner Jan unit housing on the lot that have been conducted at over “The ‘Q’ conditions rep- laws,” said Ken Bernstein, a Wieringa at a December meet- corners 8th Street. The area a dozen locations in the mid- resent regulations that must Los Angeles city planner and ing where city officials and is zoned for single and multi- Wilshire area at different times be enforceable by the Dept. of manager of the Office of His- developers showed plans and family use. of the day by the contractor on Building and Safety,” read the toric Resources, “can’t prohibit answered questions before an Delgadillo would not the project, Skanska Traylor clarification. “It is not feasible construction of a project based environmental analysis of the elaborate on future plans for and Shea. This data, he said, to determine the primary use on earlier approvals.” project is commenced. the property, but in the imme- will be analyzed for appro- of a food establishment based According to the school’s Earlier plans for the proj- diate, he said, it is structurally priate detour routes. Traffic on the percentage of orders website, the campus footprint ect called for the closure of unsound. signalization changes, signage placed for take outs, as the will be expanded by almost an Mullen Avenue, which cur- Also, according to public and mitigations requirements number of orders can fluctuate acre, or roughly 25%, at cost rently extends to Wilshire records, the home has been will also be examined, he said. at any given time in response of $24 million. Boulevard, at 8th Street, so the cited by the city for rubbish, Detailed traffic data for to external factors [such as Construction is currently small street would not split the garbage, debris and excessive both the seven weeks and 22 market demand].” running ahead of schedule and development roughly in half. or overgrown vegetation. 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REVIEW from page 5 forming the May Company ond ordinance passed in 2011 weekends schedule proposals building on the corner of to do the same for hillsides. will be shared publically at the Wilshire Boulevard and However, loopholes next Metro sponsored com- Fairfax Avenue into the emerged in the form of bonus- munity meeting January 21st Academy Museum of Mo- es and exemptions for develop- at the Corwin Theater at Los tion Pictures. ers, which ironically encour- Angeles High School, 4650 First steps, which include aged larger overall structures. W. Olympic Boulevard from 6 the demolition of the 1946 In response, a pair of In- p.m. to 8 p.m. northern addition of the origi- terim Control Ordinances nal May Company—which is (ICOs) were passed last April. Chandler House not designated as historical— The first protects single fam- The façade of “Los Tiempos,” and the careful stripping down ily homes from demolition the Windsor Square mansion and prepping for renovation or major alternation in areas that once belonged to Dorothy of the original 1939 building, proposed for Historic Preser- Chandler, the famed philan- are currently underway. Ac- vation Overlay Zones, such as thropist and wife of Los An- tual construction will begin in Oxford Square. geles Times publisher Norman March. The second protects 15 Chandler, has been restored to Although the Academy neighborhoods, including a state that is consistent with Museum was unanimously Larchmont Heights and La its Beaux-Arts architectural approved by the Los Angeles Brea/Hancock, from con- style. City Council last June, the struction that does meet cer- In June 2014, the house project was delayed when the tain neighborhood-specific changed hands and the new advocacy group “Fix the City” criteria. owner made several renova- threatened a lawsuit. In October, Los Angeles tions, including painting the Officials from the city City Councilmember David front of the house white. and the Academy had sev- Ryu was instrumental in the Concerned that the in- eral meetings to discuss Fix passing of a third ICO that tegrity of the house—which the City’s objections which brings similar protections to is a registered Historic Cul- included concerns about ex- Brookside, Sycamore Square tural Monument—had been cessive signage and impacts and parts of Sherman Oaks. compromised, a group call- derived from increased traffic, All the ICOs will expire ing itself The Windsor Square noise and parking needs. in 2017. At that time, the Concerned Citizens League In a joint statement re- comprehensive revision of Los (WSCCL) created a website leased September 11th, it was Angeles’s zoning code, called airing its concerns and repeat- announced a settlement had “re:code LA” is scheduled for edly called on city officials to been reached and that the two adoption, which potentially convince the owner to return organizations “will work close- will address such “mansioniza- the house to its classic Beaux- ly to minimize the [m]useum’s tion” issues citywide. Arts style—which calls for a impact on surrounding neigh- stone-colored, not white, fa- borhoods.” John Burroughs çade. The museum was origi- Middle School On Memorial Day of this nally scheduled to open in late Comprehensive year, the WSCCL announced, 2017, but due to delays from Renovation “Victory!” on their website as negotiating the settlement John Burroughs Middle School re-painting had begun with agreement with Fix the City, in Hancock Park was selected a more appropriate color the opening date is now sched- by the Los Angeles Unified scheme, in their view, on the uled for early 2018. School District (LAUSD) as mansion. one of 11 initial schools slated In November, Randy Es- Mansionization/ICOs for modernization, and neigh- ada, who led the WSCCL, was A series of stopgaps was put bors are hopeful that improve- given the “Squeaky Wheel” into place in 2015 to prohibit ments will include measures to award by the Windsor Square “mansionization”—the raz- address school-induced traffic Assoc., a local homeowner’s ing or major remodeling of a issues affecting the surround- organization, for speaking up smaller house to create a larger ing area. and making a difference, the structure that is out of scale Funded by taxpayers organization said, that im- with the surrounding neigh- through Measure Q—a 2008 proved the neighborhood. borhood. bond measure that authorized The citywide Baseline the school district to issue $7 Advertise in the Academy Museum Mansionization Ordinance billion in bonds to repair and The Academy of Motion passed in 2008 was designed upgrade aging classrooms— Larchmont Ledger Pictures Arts and Sciences to prohibit oversized struc- the school can look forward (323) 644-5536 is moving forward in trans- tures on flat lots, while a sec- see REVIEW page 8

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[2015 crime in review] Crime Up, Arrests Down for Olympic Division

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REVIEW from page 6 LaBonge to current Council- The My LA2050 grant Tree Roots on but that money was placed on to tens of millions of dollars member David Ryu, who took will be used to create a “Maker Larchmont hold when Councilmember in renovations with the exact office in July. Space” at the school that will The Larchmont Village Ryu took office in July. sum to be determined after The database will be be a collaborative workshop Business Improvement Dis- In December, Ryu’s the full scope of the project is turned over to Ryu’s staff, who where girls can gain practical trict (LVBID) is moving for- spokesperson Estevan Mon- decided. will manage decisions on re- hands-on experience with new ward with a study to examine temayor said that another Various upgrades—rang- pairs in collaboration with the technologies to design and the scope of issues and pos- source for funding had been ing from modernizing aging city. build projects. sible solutions surrounding found for the study. buildings, to ensuring seismic “We’re excited to build the problem of ficus tree roots “We have secured alterna- standards are met, to expand- First All Girls this special place for the girls,” ripping up sidewalks and de- tive funding from the Bureau ing undersized facilities—are Public School said Liz Hicks, principal of stroying underground plumb- of Engineering for the side- all being considered. The Girls Academic Leader- GALA. ing on Larchmont Boulevard. walk study,” said Montemay- In May, LAUSD officials ship Academy (GALA) was Applications to GALA Former Los Angeles City or, “therefore we will not need held the first of several sched- awarded a $100,000 grant in will be accepted through Janu- Councilmember Tom La- to use discretionary dollars for uled community meetings at December by the 2015 My ary 6th and can be submitted Bonge had earmarked discre- the funding request.” the school, which is located LA2050 Grants Challenge. at: galacademy.org tionary funds for the study, see REVIEW page 12 between Wilshire Boulevard Spearheaded by the Gold- and 6th Street on South Mc- hirsh Foundation, the My Cadden Place. LA2050 Challenge awards Joanne Medeiros, a board those who devise the most in- member of the Hancock Park novative and creative solutions Homeowners Assoc., ex- toward making Los Angeles pressed the concern of several “the best place to learn, create, neighbors that traffic safety is- play, connect, and live.” sues need to be considered as GALA is now accepting part of the renovation plan. applications for incoming 6th The next step is a com- and 9th grade students for its munity meeting where the inaugural 2016-2017 school LAUSD will present its analy- year. sis of the project and give resi- The school will be the first dents an opportunity to ask non-charter all-girls school questions and provide input. in the Los Angeles Unified This meeting was originally School District (LAUSD), and slated for Fall 2015, but has will feature a highly rigorous been pushed back. STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering and Math—cur- Sidewalks in GWNC riculum be located on the Los The Greater Wilshire Neigh- Angeles High School campus borhood Council (GWNC) on Olympic Boulevard just has compiled the results of a south of Windsor Village. survey calling for the names of Approved by the LAUSD streets and sidewalks in need school board last April, the of repair within their borders. need for GALA was expressed Start the year off According to Julie by LAUSD Superintendent Stromberg, a member of the Ramon Cortines. freshly organized with GWNC, approximately 80 “It is clear that within our residents submitted descrip- District, our female student tions and photos of cracked population is underserved in and crumbling streets and the areas of science, technol- sidewalks. ogy, engineering and math- ✣ “We heard from most of ematics,” he said. “This new the areas within our neigh- school [will] help our students ✣ borhood council’s borders,” discover their potential, think Stromberg said. critically and develop impor- The GWNC voted to cre- tant intellectual skills.” Into The Light Organizing Service ate the database of needed re- All girls within LAUSD’s pairs when it was discovered boundaries are equally wel- (213) 247-0611 that no records were left be- come to apply, but as the cur- [email protected] hind on such issues during the riculum will be highly rigor- Working throughout the L.A. area since 2002 transition from former area ous, it is critical that applicants Member-National Association of Professional Organizers City Councilmember Tom are motivated students.

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[real estate] La Brea-Wilshire area, with [HOUSE AND HOLMES] Sales Still in Post-Summer Lull the median price up 13.6% to The Steep Stoop of Mystery $1.75 million. By Erin Hickey, Ledger Contributing Writer By Rob Loos, Ledger Columnist Only two homes sold in Hancock Park’s 90020 zip A woman named Ashley main path to her front door. code, at a jaw-dropping medi- led us to this month’s mystery. “Why would anyone an price of $5.87 million—up That isn’t her real name, but build a stoop so steep?” asked over 100% from November of since she’s married and shame- Ashley. last year. lessly flirted with my remark- Dave accepted Ashley’s of- Meanwhile, condo prices ably handsome friend Dave, fer of a glass of Merlot. were roughly the same as No- I think it’s best to give her a “Maybe the original own- vember of last year in all ar- pseudonym. er of the house was exception- eas except La Brea-Wilshire, She owned a beautiful ally tall?” I asked. which saw an increase in medi- house built in 1920 that had Dave raised a quizzical an price of 24.6% to $720,000 a front porch that extended eyebrow and suddenly I felt for its four condos sold. towards a one and a half story like a two-bit actor playing Dr. Nine condos sold in the porte-cochere that sheltered Watson. La Brea-Wilshire’s 947 S Cloverdale Avenue recently sold for $1.37 million—about $747 per square foot for the 3 bedroom, 2 bath single family home. 90020 zip code, but the me- the driveway. “Then why aren’t the door- dian price for those decreased The “stoop” from the frames taller?” Dave asked. The real estate market the most activity, with 19 slightly—by a little over a per- driveway to the front porch He had me there. The door- continued its post-summer homes sold in November at a cent—from last November to was unusually high—about frames were normal-sized. lull this November, with 34 median price of $805,000 a $508,000. 18 inches tall. “What do you think, single-family homes sold in 13.8% increase from the same Only two condos sold in Since it was the original Dave?” Ashley cooed. our coverage area, a slight de- time last year. Hancock Park’s 90004 area construction, she was reluctant Dave took a long pause, crease from the 36 homes sold The 90004 zip code had code this November, at a medi- to change it. But every time she had another sip of wine, and in October, according to Core 10 home sales at a median an price of $685,000, and with got out of her Prius, she either then answered. Logic, a real estate data analy- price of $1.55 million, up 7.1% no change in price from the pre- had to hoist herself up the stoop, “When this house was sis firm based in La Jolla, CA. from November of last year, vious year. No condos sold in or jog down the driveway to the built in the 1920s, it was very The 90019 zip code had and three homes sold in the Lafayette Square this month. sidewalk and then back up the see HOLMES page 10

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[KEEN TO BE GREEN] [OXFORD SQUARE] So here’s what I say—if Resolutions for Ourselves Get Off My Lawn you won’t pay me for my time and trouble, go somewhere By Murray Cohen, Ledger Columnist and the Planet else to wreak your havoc. By Meher McArthur, Ledger Columnist Every day when tion assistants parking in front I am now the old guy my buddy Paul of our houses, working later screaming, “Get off my lawn!” When a those promises to ourselves and I walked home together than they’re supposed to, talk- Ironic how things change. new year begins, we get a clean and don’t rest, relax and enjoy from school, we took great de- ing on walkie-talkies, shining slate and a chance to start over. our people that we turn to the light in taking a shortcut across lights into houses, stopping traf- At this time, many of us make coffee, alcohol, chocolate, po- an old guy’s front yard, because fic and just being annoying. HOLMES from page 9 resolutions to ourselves and tato chips and material posses- every time, he’d come roaring If the production com- fashionable. So, it’s pretty loved ones to consume less sions that we often consume to out of his house screaming, pany were to pay everyone obvious,” he said, now fully of something—less food, less make ourselves feel better. “You kids, get off my lawn!” who was inconvenienced by submerging into his Sherlock drink, less coffee, fewer ciga- At this reflective time of This week, a TV show is their profit-making venture, I Holmes-like demeanor. rettes. the year, as we open our new filming at a neighbor’s house wouldn’t mind so much. “The height on a running We rarely vow to consume calendars and dream about the on my block in Oxford Square If the homeowner is getting board on the Ford Model A and I don’t like it. I never like three grand a day, for example, was about seventeen and a half “It’s the non-material things that enrich filming on my street. shouldn’t the next-door neigh- inches from the ground,” ex- I don’t blame the home- bors get $500 for their trouble? plained Dave, “so you could our lives the most—good health, owner. The production pays Here’s the net of the net just jump from your car onto friendships, laughter and nature.” him a large sum of money for on this: Filming on location is the porch.” a few days of inconvenience. way cheaper than filming on Another mystery solved. But then, he’s probably a soundstage. And one reason Thus, once again, prov- more of anything, except year ahead, it’s worth remem- staying in a hotel somewhere it’s way cheaper is that they get ing my motto: “If I can’t fig- perhaps more healthy food. bering that it’s the non-material ordering room service while the an entire street for the cost of ure it out—and I know that I When we resolve to have more things that enrich our lives the rest of us are suffering produc- one house. can’t—my friend Dave can.” of something, these things most—good health, friend- are typically less material and ships, laughter and nature. more intangible things—more These things tend to have exercise, more relaxation, more less packaging, need less stor- sleep, more time with family, age space and don’t pollute the more love. air. They are also better reso- To me, these resolutions lutions for our over-burdened are almost counter-consump- planet. tion. They often involve slow- As we move forward ing down and taking time to through this year, treating our- appreciate oneself, one’s body selves and our environment to and health and family and more of these intangibles and friends. fewer material things, hope- From my own experi- fully we will start to notice our ence, it’s often when we break bad habits falling away, too.

[SENIOR MOMENTS] When We Need More Help Stephanie Vendig, Ledger Columnist

As we age, residents in this category may we may need live integrated among inde- help from pendent residents as they are As the end of 2015 approaches others with mobile, but they may need ex- managing tra help from staff. we start to think about our plans for 2016. our lives. The third level of ser- If those plans involve making a move, selling your home or buying a new place to live And for vice would be “skilled nurs- this information can shed some light on what to expect in the real estate market this most of us, we want a lifestyle ing.” These residents may be coming year. that suits our interests even wheelchair bound or con- with our limitations. fined to bed. 1. Home prices will finally clam down Real estate values have been on the rise for a while, but are likely to slow their pace next Retirement facilities and Another category is a se- year. Buyers who’ve been stuck behind the wave of rising prices may finally get the communities are becoming cure area for “memory care,” chance to jump in. more organized to meet indi- for those with dementia. vidual needs. They are not the With a “continuing care” 2. More homes will hit the market “old folks homes” of the past. facility, the advantage is that Because of the price appreciation experience in the past few years, this may prompt One kind of community is you can remain in the facil- more sellers to put homes on the market, giving buyers more choice. one in which there are no spe- ity even though your needs cial services except for providing change with time. Familiar 3. Dirt cheap mortgages could disappear amenities and easy opportuni- surroundings, staff and friends The Federal Reserve is widely expected to begin increasing interest rates, meaning the ties for recreation and getting are still there. window for record low mortgage rates is closing. While rates are expected to go up together with other adults. Recently, as part of what I gradually, higher rates push up borrowing costs and monthly mortgage payments Other communities of- call “my homework,” I visited making it wiser to take advantage of lower rates now. fer what is called “continu- three places of “continuing 4. Rents will still hurt ing care.” This means that care” to get a perspective on Rent prices are expected to continue to climb in the new year, which means in most several types of services and what is available, something I neighborhoods, buying will be cheaper than renting. Even though mortgages could get accommodations are all in highly recommend. more expensive, buying might still be the better option. one location and under one Atherton in Alhambra, management. Villa Garden in Pasadena, and “Please don’t hesitate to contact me directly if you wish to discuss further.” The first level of service at Solheim in Eagle Rock all are these communities is designed quality places. for those who are independent, They vary in financial de- Kat Nitsou with easy access to activities, mands, as well as what they 310.999.9080 meals and socialization within provide. The alternatives are [email protected] the facility. out there, you just have to katnitsouhomes.com The second level of service find the one that matches your Sotheby’s International Realty and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered (or unregistered) service marks used with permission. Operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. Kat Nitsou’s CALbre# 01945098 *CNN.com 4 reasons 2016 is the year to buy a home by Kathryn Vasel provides “assisted living.” The needs and interests. Published December 4th 2015.

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[CREATIVELY INCLINED] REVIEW from page 8 COP 21, as part of the Cali- Local Galleries and Artists at Art Basel Miami Beach Heather Boylston, a rep- fornia contingent. resentative for the LVBID, California is globally rec- By Kathy A. McDonald, Ledger Columnist said she is pleased funds have ognized as a leader in innovat- been designated for the study, ing policy to combat climate but she stressed that it is only change, and Governor Brown the first step in what will be a was a featured speaker at the lengthy process. event. “We are in the beginning As Nichols told the Ledger phases of getting a strategic in an August interview, “This plan in place,” she said, “and is a tremendously exciting hope to work with the city time to be doing the work that and the community on solu- I do.” tions that make the sidewalks safe and maintain a lush green Petersen Museum scape of trees on Larchmont.” The Petersen Automo- tive Museum, with a brand Mary Nichols new eye-popping exterior, re- In a historic break- opened to the public Decem- through, representatives from ber 7th after a 14-month reno- 195 countries gathered in Paris vation costing $90 million. for a United Nations confer- Situated on the southeast cor- ence in December and agreed ner of Wilshire Boulevard and to reduce greenhouse gas Fairfax Avenue, the building emissions in a united effort to was constructed as a depart- combat climate change—and ment store in 1962, but after changing hands several times, “Mickey & Minnie” by Mr. Brainwash, as seen at the 2015 Art Miami Art Fair. who cited the exposure from a local resident played a role in was opened as the Petersen the weeklong extravaganza as making it happen. Automotive Museum in 1994. One of the world’s larg- tioned tents on vacant lots. an important reason for her Mary Nichols, chair of The new exterior features est gatherings of contempo- Los Feliz-raised actor and col- gallery’s participation. the California Air Resources large “ribbons” of stainless rary art galleries, collectors, lector Leonardo DiCaprio had Thinkspace Gallery— Board, and long-time Han- steel that seemingly hover over art fans and artists featured his own private preview. now in Culver City, formerly cock Park resident, has devot- the now bright red building. a strong representation from Los Feliz’s Shepard Fairey in Silver Lake—was another ed her career in the pursuit of Inside is a spiral staircase Los Angeles. Now in its 14th was represented by New York’s busy booth at Scope. Culver clean air for the state, the na- that leads to 25 galleries spread year, Art Basel Miami Beach Jonathan LeVine Gallery. City’s OCHI Projects was in tion and the world. throughout three floors, which brought 267 of the finest in- Other L.A. artists’ works the mix at Untitled, showcas- Because of her expertise, explore the history, industry ternational galleries under one on display included prints ing two LA artists: Brian Wills she and her team were asked and artistry of the automobile. vast roof at the Miami Beach from Ed Ruscha, steel sculp- and Alexander Grant by the Environmental Pro- Exhibits are designed for Convention Center. tures from Betty Gold and For art fans, Art Basel is tection Agency to consult on visitors of all ages. Cars on Twenty or so satellite art mixed media and silkscreened a must. Save the date for next what later became the “Clean display include a collection fairs also popped up during prints from Mr. Brainwash. year: December 1st—4th. Power Plan” that President of the world’s rarest and most the first week of December DiCaprio was among the Obama announced last Au- exotic cars, such as a 1967 Fer- throughout Miami Beach and Hollywood contingent of col- [Eastside Eye Picks gust. This plan calls for power rari Testa Rossa, and cars from across Biscayne Bay north of lectors that included Hillary for January] plants to cut emissions 32% movies and television, such as downtown Miami. Swank, Sylvester Stallone and from 2005 levels by 2030. According to the New the Batmobile and the Pontiac “If you love art, it’s really Adrien Brody. Stallone and Wyatt Mills at Project York Times, one of the key Aztec from “Breaking Bad.” fun,” said Silver Lake’s Mar- Brody also hosted exhibitions Gallery—Paintings and col- elements that made the Paris sea Goldberg, the director/ of their work and were fixtures lages in this solo exhibition conference a success was that Paramount owner of New Image Art. “It’s on the packed party circuit. examine the concept of “nor- two of the leading world pol- Pictures the Cannes Film Fest for art Other fairs worthy to ex- mal.” January 9th – March luters, the United States and Paramount Pictures’ plan nerds,” she added. plore included NADA, Aqua, 6th, 961 Chung King Rd., China, came into the talks to expand and improve the With approximately Design Miami, Art on Paper, projectgallery.com having already demonstrated facilities of its approximately 77,000 in attendance, Art Ba- Pulse, Untitled and Scope. LA Art Show at the Los a willingness to make serious 56-acre lot on Melrose Avenue sel is known for its blue chip Located on Chung King Angeles Convention Center— changes. The Clean Power and six adjacent properties galleries. Each of the other Road in Chinatown, Project Get a taste of the Art Basel- Plan was pointed to as proof of over the next 25 years is cur- fairs also has its own personal- Gallery’s Sarah Gough pre- fair experience in downtown U.S. sincerity. rently under study by officials ity and curatorial imprint. sented two L.A. artists at the Los Angeles. More than 100 Nichols, who has also at the Los Angeles City Plan- On the mainland in the gallery’s booth at Scope. galleries will participate in the done consulting for the Chi- ning Dept. Wynwood Arts District, Art “People who come to fair showcasing modern and nese, attended the December This step follows the re- Miami and CONTEXT are these fairs are legitimately in- contemporary art. January conference, officially known lease of a draft environmen- held in massive air-condi- terested in art,” said Gough, 27th-31st, Laartshow.com as the Conference of Parties or see REVIEW page 13

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[RELiGION] REVIEW from page 12 their questions,” said Keyser, tal report on the project last “and address their concerns.” Catholic Holy Year Shines Spotlight September and the subse- on Hancock Park Parish quent period for public com- Coyotes ments. When the report was A proposal by Los Angeles By Deborah Crowe, Ledger Columnist released, it became clear that City Councilmember Paul some of its elements were Koretz to provide water to going refugee crisis in deemed controversial by Par- wildlife in the city’s nature the Middle East and amount’s neighbors south of areas, such as Griffith Park, the chronic homeless- Melrose Avenue. has been dismissed as a non- ness situation in Los Some of Paramount’s effective solution. Angeles make a fo- plans include constructing a On July 1st, Koretz intro- cus on mercy needed 15-story office building direct- duced a motion calling on the more than ever, Mon- ly behind the KCAL building Dept. of Animal Services, in toya said. on the north side of Melrose partnership with other local “We can’t live in Avenue and a plan to build an wildlife agencies and organi- fear; we must live in 8-story office building at the zations, to create a plan to pro- mercy,” he said. corner of N. Van Ness Avenue. vide watering troughs or other The parish’s Di- Additionally, plans call for su- solutions for providing water vine Mercy image, pergraphics—signs that cover to wildlife in the city’s nature depicting a white- multiple stories of a building, areas. The goal of the motion robed Christ raising three-story parking lots to re- was to entice wildlife—par- his hand in blessing place existing surface lots and ticularly coyotes— stressed by as rays symboliz- an electronic “sign district” drought conditions to stay in ing blood and water containing large-scale digital designated natural areas and stream from his heart, signs. not search for water in residen- Fr. Paul Montoya in front of the pilgrimage Door of Mercy at Christ the King Roman Catholic is based on a paint- Church in Hancock Park. In a statement, Charles tial areas. ing commissioned by D’Atri, President of the Larch- In discussions about the A striking 12-foot-tall taker of an unusual image of a Polish mystic, Sister Maria mont Village Neighborhood motion, the Dept. of Rec- white Italian marble statue of Christ known as The Divine Faustina Kowalska, following Assoc. described the 15-story reation and Parks indicated a crowned and scepter-wield- Mercy. The church’s print is visions she received in 1931 building, the supergraphics that at this point, there is suf- ing Jesus Christ has welcomed considered the only one of and recorded in a diary. and the proposed electronic ficient water for such animals southbound drivers on Vine its type in the United States Kowalska, who died in sign district as “completely in the natural areas, and that Street to Hancock Park for blessed and signed by the late 1938, was canonized in 2000 unacceptable proposed fea- it is food, not water, that draws most of Christ the King Ro- Pope John Paul II, who was by John Paul II. tures,” but also acknowledged wildlife to residential areas. man Catholic Church’s 88- canonized a saint last April. Parishioner Tom Nor- the longstanding relationship For this reason, according year history. Parishioners support an ris, a retired Air Force colonel Paramount has had with its to a spokesperson from Kore- Visitors sometimes are so active Divine Mercy minis- who became Catholic 25 years neighbors. tz’s office, the motion will be taken by the statue that they’ll try, and their annual Divine ago, credits his personal Di- “If [Paramount] adjusts abandoned. park and wander inside for a Mercy Sunday celebration the vine Mercy devotion and the their plans to be…sensitive to According to Officer moment of prayer or to exam- week after Easter typically prayers of the Divine Mercy the negative impacts on the Dinh of the Los Angeles Dept. ine the Italian Byzantine-style draws roughly 400 worshipers. ministry with helping him area,” D’Atri said, “I’m sure we of Animal Services, reports of building’s architecture and “Our church, for a whole deal with chronic pain that will be in a position to support coyote sightings in the Los Fe- artwork. year, will be a church of mercy had once left him bed-ridden. them again.” liz Oaks area have gone down Fr. Paul Montoya, the even more than usual,” said With the aid of a cane, Sharon Keyser, Para- in recent months, while in parish’s pastor, is hoping a spe- Montoya, referring to Christ Norris today is able to attend mount’s Senior Vice President the Hancock Park/Windsor cial holy year declared by Pope the King’s designation as one early morning Mass daily, af- of Real Estate, Government Square area and in Oxford Francis to focus on God’s “di- of 19 pilgrimage churches in ter which he leads a group in and Community Relations, Square—just south of Han- vine mercy”—and the need for the Archdiocese of Los Ange- the Divine Mercy Chaplet, a said that Paramount is work- cock Park—there has been people to be merciful to each les during the Jubilee Year of contemplative prayer using ro- ing with the Los Angeles City an uptick. He added that a other—will inspire even more Mercy, which began Decem- sary prayer beads. Planning Dept. as the city coyote that was originally col- pilgrims to visit a humbler, but ber 8th and continues through “I feel it’s more and more prepares a final environmen- lared with a GPS device by the venerated image of Christ en- November 20th, 2016. important to pray these days,” tal study, which will contain National Park Service in Echo sconced in a side chapel near Anxiety in the wake of last said Norris, “and I’m also hop- responses and concerns to all Park was tracked moving in the church’s main doors. year’s terrorist attacks in Paris ing this holy year will inspire comments received on the ex- Hancock Park. Christ the King is care- and San Bernardino, the on- more people to come to church.” pansion. “As the collar has stopped

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[THEATER REVIEW] A Revival of Odets’ “Awake and Sing” at the Odyssey Theatre By Marilyn Tower Oliver, Ledger Theater Critic

of the clan that is band who studied law, but now as her long-suffering husband struggling to sur- has a dead end job, dreams of Myron. James Morosini sym- vive. winning a sweepstakes. pathetically portrays Ralph, and All the action A bombshell drops when Melissa Paladino gives a feisty takes place in the Hennie, Bessie’s 26 year old portrayal of his sister Hennie. Bergers’ apartment. daughter, reveals that she is David Agranov gives just the As the play opens, pregnant. Hennie resists the right touch to the basically un- Ralph, a young advances of boarder Moe likeable Moe Axelrod. man in his early Axelrod, who has lost his leg My favorite character, 20s, complains that in the First World War. however, was Jacob (Allan he has to sleep on a Moe is bombastic and Miller) who urges the family daybed in the living opinionated and seems to have to “Awake and sing,” a biblical room. He is under- a shady past. reference that gives the play its employed and feels By Act 2, Bessie has forced title. James Morosini and Marilyn Fox in “Awake and Sing.” Photo credit: Ron Sossi that his life will nev- Hennie into a loveless mar- In the end, this is a play er improve. riage with Sam, an immigrant, that focuses more on the clash- American playwright peared in a production of the Jacob, his grandfather, to cover up the shame of her ing of personalities rather than Clifford Odets, writing in the Group Theatre—a company urges him to strike out and unwed pregnancy. A visit from actions as the characters strug- 1930s, wanted to give voice to that is best known for Stan- create the life he desires. Jacob Uncle Morty briefly livens the gle to survive with dignity. the disenfranchised who were islavski realism and method is a leftist who believes that scene, but things soon take a struggling to survive during acting the family should fight the dark turn. “Awake and Sing” at the Od- the Great Depression. This revival of the 1995 social system which is stacked Director Elina de Santos yssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepul- “Awake and Sing,” the Odyssey Theatre production against the underprivileged. draws exquisite performances veda Boulevard; Fridays, story of the Bergers, a three which ran for nine months Jacob’s daughter Bessie from her actors. Fox is perfect Saturdays at 8 pm; Sundays, generational Jewish American stars three of the original ac- fears that the family will be as the unrelenting matriarch 2pm. through January 31st; family who is struggling to tors including Marilyn Fox, put out of their home, as have Bessie, whose primary goal is $15-$34, (310) 477-2055 survive in the Bronx, still reso- who performs the iconic role many in the neighborhood. to keep the family together. ext.2, OdysseyTheatre.com. nates 80 years after it first ap- of Bessie Berger, the mother Myron, her milquetoast hus- Robert Lesser is convincing Onsite parking, $4.

[out and about] January 2016 Compiled by Michael Darling, Ledger Contributing Writer

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[RESTAURANT REVIEW] Baroo: Hollywood’s Oddest Restaurant is Also Charming By Pat Saperstein, Ledger Restaurant Critic

Opened four months ago, the menu. topped with purple potato Baroo still seems like a strange Grab one of the kombu- chips and shredded seaweed. secret restaurant, though chas from the display case and With painterly swaths of clearly the word is out. Tucked order at the counter before sauce on the side of the bowl, into a dingy mini-mall on taking a seat at the one com- it’s as much an artistic com- Santa Monica Boulevard, the munal table or at the stools position as it is a compelling “freestyle experimental kitch- along the wall. lunch. en,” open for lunch and din- Oh is happy to explain the The dish called Gim is ner, is just a few blocks from various dishes if ingredients based around seaweed. The charming Larchmont Village like Job’s tears and celery ash hearty grains get a suitable foil but seems a world away. are not familiar. in a densely-flavored clump Baroo is the Korean name Get some beet, cabbage with tofu and shiitake mush- for a bowl that monks eat from. or watermelon rind pickles on room adding an extra dose of Like a monk’s life, the food is the side to truly experience umami and wasabi-flavored contemplative and philosophi- the range of fermented flavors, daikon giving it a subtle kick. cal, but also rewarding. and then pick a pasta, grain or For dessert, choose from Owner Kwang Uh boned rice bowl ($9-$12). a passion fruit tart or choco- up on unusual ingredients and Noorook is the most vi- late oat or shortbread cookies, fermentation techniques while brant, with grains like farro, all expertly made in-house, of working at Noma and other kamut and the barley called course. rarefied European restaurants Job’s Tears. Its vivid red color Who knows how long Oh before opening Baroo with his comes from roasted Koji beet and Kim will be experiment- partner Matthew Kim. cream, and rose onion pickle ing in this quirky storefront— Most of the dishes are veg- and finger limes give it an ap- better get there while you can. an, though bacon or chorizo pealing tartness. can be added to some dishes. Kimchi fried rice has a Baroo The oxtail ragu pasta ($15) is delicate flavor that comes from 5706 Santa Monica Blvd the most carnivorous dish on pineapple fermented kimchi, 323-819-4344

CALENDAR from page 14 shoplifter who recently joined a twelve step program for recovering Big TerrificIn 2008, comedians to the beginning as she and her thieves. However, she’s tempted Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate, and band play the entirety of her 1975 when her small-time thief ex- Max Silvestri teamed up to create debut record Horses. Tickets start boyfriend tells her about a poorly a new weekly comedy show called at $35. The Wiltern, Fri., January protected stash of drug money Big Terrific. Since then, Big Terrific 8th and Sat. January 9th, both sitting in a downtown disco. has become a Brooklyn institution shows at 7 p.m. 3790 Wilshire Blvd. Tickets start at $10. Hudson showcasing rising comedy talent. Information: wiltern.com. Theater Fri. January 15th to Sun. Now the comedy trio’s bringing the February 7th. 6539 Santa Monica Big Terrific experience to the West DeVotchKa Denver quartet Blvd. Information: (323) 960-7780, Coast. Tickets: $30. Largo at the DeVotchKa, perhaps best known hudsontheater.com Coronet, Sat. January 16th, 8:30 p.m. for writing the soundtrack for Little 366 N. La Cienega Blvd. Miss Sunshine, are technically a Information: largo-la.com rock band, but they’re the kind COMEDY of rock band that has a full time sousaphone player. Their unique Doug Loves Movies Podcast COMMUNITY blend of gypsy jazz and rock ‘n’ Taping Comedian Doug Benson roll will make you nostalgic for a and several of his famous friends Baby’s Sleepy Story Time Parents, time that never existed. Tickets sit down and discuss movies bring your tiny tots 2 years old start at $27. The El Rey, Sat. January they’ve seen recently before and younger to the library for a 15 16th, 9 p.m. 5515 Wilshire Blvd. Benson challenges his guest to minute story and lullaby. Check out Information: theelrey.com. the Leonard Maltin Game, a kind some board books and then take of trivia game where players have your little one home to slumber. THEATER to identify a movie based on cast Free Wilshire Branch Library, members and hints from Leonard Mondays: January 4th, January 11th Maltin’s review. Tickets are $10. and January 25th, 6 p.m. Den Of Thieves This pitch black Nerdmelt Showroom at Meltdown 149 N. Saint Andrews Pl. farce from 2015 Pulitzer Prize Comics, Sat. January 2nd, 4:30 p.m. Information: (323) 957-4550, winner Stephen Adly Guirgis 7522 Sunset Blvd. Information: lapl.com tells the story of Maggie, an ex- nerdmeltla.com

REVIEW from page 13 molition and any exterior re- “Preservation Plan” for the ing into residential areas will models or changes would need area, which consists of about move on if food is not readily to be approved by the area’s 200 homes. available. HPOZ board before work can According to Elwell, by In the meantime, the begin. the spring, the plan is to have Windsor Square Assoc. has The next step in the the entire Oxford Square com- distributed signs that alert process is submitting an ap- munity review and discuss the residents of possible coyote en- plication for the designa- “Preservation Plan.” By Au- counters and display a website tion using $5,000 in funds gust, Elwell said he expects link for tips on how to deal that have been saved by the there will be the first of pub- with them. neighborhood through resi- lic hearings on the issue. Fol- dents who use their homes lowing that would be a series Oxford Square HPOZ for film shoots. of steps completed and heard Residents in Oxford Square Additionally, according by various city agencies, in- continue to work on securing a to resident Chris Elwell, who cluding the Cultural Heritage Historic Preservation Overlay is spearheading the project, Commission, the Central Area Zone (HPOZ) for the neigh- there will be up to four meet- Planning Commission and the borhood. Such a designation ings in the first half of 2016 full city planning commis- means that homes in the area of residents who want to be sion, and then finally, the issue would be protected from de- involved in the writing of a see REVIEW page 16 Classes Forming Monthly for 2016

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[MOTHER OF INVENTION] REVIEW from page 15 [Page Private School] The Dawn of the Talking Toy would be put forth to the Los January Event Guide By Rita Mauceri, Ledger Columnist Angeles City council. By Skyla Wilkins, 3rd Grade Any Oxford Square resi- of privacy. Josh Golin, execu- dents that would like to get Happy New open for daycare. During this tive director of the Campaign involved with the HPOZ pro- Year! I hope week, Page Private School will for a Commercial-Free Child- cess should contact Elwell at everyone is off to a great start have an open house. Please feel hood, is not a fan. [email protected]. this year! There are a few im- free to visit and see everything “One of our main concerns portant dates to remember the school has to offer. is that these toys can be used as LACMA Redesign this month. I’m excited that we are viral marketing devices,” Golin A proposed $600 million On January 11th, we will having our book report exhibit said. “There’s nothing to pre- redesign of the Los Ange- start the Pennies for Patients this month. I can’t wait to dec- vent them from talking to chil- les County Museum of Art campaign. Every class will be orate the display board with dren about brands or products (LACMA) would replace its collecting change to benefit my book report. Everyone has or new movies or music.” current multi-story build- the Leukemia and Lymphoma been busy reading, and work- There is also concern ing with a shiny black single- society. We invite everyone to ing hard. about who might access—au- story amoeba-shaped elevated participate. The 11th is also On January 25th, we will thorized or not— the recorded building that would bridge my birthday, and I can’t wait! celebrate the 100th day of Barbie has something to and potentially intimate con- Wilshire Boulevard, the Led- On the 18th we will cel- school! The teachers always say. And she’s not the only versations children may have ger reported in September. ebrate Martin Luther King plan fun activities for all the one. Like some real-life version with their Hello Barbies and Swiss architect Peter Jr.’s Birthday. There will be no students to do. It will be a of “Toy Story,” your children’s what might be done with that Zumthor, the man respon- classes, but the school will be fun day! latest playthings are starting to information. sible for the proposed new talk. In the era of “smart” ev- Theoretically, there is a building design, which has erything, it only makes sense layer of protection between been described in the media that toys are getting smarter Hello Barbie’s memory and as a “pancake,” an “ink blot” Send the too. The question is: Are they our vulnerable kids. and an “oil spill,” said he getting a little too smart? COPPA—the 2000 Chil- took his inspiration from the Los Feliz Ledger According to Market- dren’s Online Privacy Protec- neighboring La Brea Tar Pits. your school news by the 15th place.org, the latest and great- tion Act—places federal regu- Opponents of the rede- of the month to est toys not only entertain lations and requirements on sign question its function- kids, they “talk with kids, websites or online services that ality, as the new building’s Erin Hickey at [email protected] connect to the cloud, [and] have actual knowledge that one-story design would employ artificial intelligence.” they are collecting personal in- make poor use of space in At the 2015 New York Toy formation online from a child an already overcrowded Fair, Mattel introduced Hello under 13 years of age. city, and would force cu- Barbie, 11.5 inches of major Parents may not love the ratorial staff offsite. Ad- buzz—and not all of it good. idea of talking toys, but what ditionally, the building as Hello Barbie interacts about children? Our kids proposed would be made of with kids on a level never quite have grown up with Siri, so concrete, limiting the mu- seen before. Not only does she the idea of voice recognition seum’s potential for future talk; she remembers things is nothing new. expansion. that children share with her I have certainly seen my A portion of the $600 and repeats them in future daughter light up at every in- million redesign would be conversations. If that scares teractive dog and cat in the paid for with a $125 mil- you a bit, you’re not alone. Target toy aisle, so there’s no lion bond from Los Angeles Former Pixar executive doubt to me there’s an ap- County, unanimously—and Oren Jacob is co-founder of peal to the 13-and-under set. controversially—approved ToyTalk, the company that And like it or not, talking toys by its Board of Supervisors made Hello Barbie possible. might be here to stay. in 2014. ToyTalk boasts that the doll can According to Market- The Ledger reported in converse for up to a half-hour place.org, Sean McGowan, a September about speculation without repeating herself. toy industry analyst, said that that the board’s unanimous “Underlying Hello Bar- parents might be hesitant this support could have been mo- bie,” said Jacob “is the raw holiday season to buy smart tivated in part by a $25,000 technology of speech recogni- toys, but that those concerns donation to a PAC founded tion, of natural language un- will fade. by Supervisor Mark Ridley- derstanding and processing, “In a couple of years,” Mc- Thomas, made just prior to and, to some degree, of the Gowan said, “parents will be the vote by Sony Pictures, al- field of artificial intelligence.” very comfortable with the idea, legedly at LACMA Director Not surprisingly, Hello because they will have seen it in Michael Govan’s request. Barbie and similar highly- virtually all aspects of their own interactive smart toys have lives around the house.’” raised concerns among parents Welcome to the future of and advocacy groups in terms playtime.

[Hollywood Schoolhouse] Holiday Time Again By Isabella Payne, 6th grade

Hello! It’s that At the Hollywood School- time again, and house, we have many diverse no I’m not talking about Black families with unique tradi- Friday. It’s time for the holiday tions. Some people travel, while season! These celebrations are others stay at home and spend not about gifts and eggnog. time with family members. To They are about so much more me, this is the true meaning than that. This time of year is of this time of year. Everyone about being among family and should be ecstatic and grate- friends, as these people provide ful to spend quality time with love and support when it is loved ones. needed most. Happy Holidays! Page 16 SCHOOL NEWS www.larchmontledgerla.com January 2016 Larchmont Ledger

Ledger Cover Photos from 2015

(Left to right, by row): After 15 years of service, Tom LaBonge termed out with constituents after his swearing in as the new Los Angeles City of his position as Los Angeles City Councilmember for Council District Councilmember for Council District 4; Hot and muggy summer afternoons 4; The Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris caused local synagogues to add brought people out in the street looking for ice cream and cool drinks; more security; Fourteen candidates vied to replace Tom LaBonge as Volunteers with Food Forward collected surplus fruit from the Larchmont councilmember for Council District 4; Candidates Carolyn Ramsey and Farmers Market to give to those in need; Preparations for the Larchmont David Ryu competed in a run-off election to determine the new City Family Fair brought together Mary Louise Burrell, John Winther and Betsy Councilmember of District 4; Jerry Cotton, beloved barber and mainstay Malloy; Winter William, 8, rode a camel for the first time at the Larchmont of Larchmont Boulevard died in April; Members of the Orioles, a team Family Fair; The 84th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade rolled down in Wilshire Warriors League, gathered before a game; David Ryu posed Hollywood Boulevard in late November..

[Echo Horizon] th Finding our Passion Projects Our 108 Year By Ella Richman, 6th grade, Delilah Kohn, 6th grade and Lane Bynum, 5th grade AGE quiry & Innovation P class. Since this is our first year of doing these projects, every- PRIVATE body is super excited about starting. The Happy New Year from purpose of the passion project SCHOOL Echo Horizon School! We is to learn something new and Latest Technologies will start off the new year with make something that would Small Class Sizes/Ages 2-Grade 6 some awesome sports. Our help other people. All of us are students will be participat- doing different projects that Extended Hours 6:30am-6:30pm ing in girls volley ball, boys range from remote controlled Music, Art & Spanish Classes basketball, track & field, and cars to recycled clothes to Summer Camp Activities lots of cheers. We will be play- cooking shows—and they will ing numerous schools and all be amazing! The passion will have lots of fun with our projects are a really fun way to OPEN HOUSE teammates! create something new to ben- We are just about to start efit others. We can’t wait to get Jan. 18-22 at 9am-11am our passion projects in our In- started!! Visit pageschool.com for Open House Promotions 323.463.5118 323.272.3429 Hancock Park Beverly Hills [Turning Point] 565 N. Larchmont Blvd., 419 S. Robertson Blvd., Stories from Many Los Angeles, CA 90004 Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Cultures By Gemma Fudge, 7th grade

“As the per- performance had it all: beauti- forming arts coordinator at ful costumes, an engaging sto- Turning Point,” Ms. Jane McE- ry, and even a song in Swahili.

Turning Point 4th and 5th graders perform an African Pourquoi tale called “Why Mosquitos Buzz.” neaney said, “I am drawn to sto- The Level 6 students have ries from various cultures.” also recently done a perfor- This is evident in the two mance, a concert inspired by performances that Ms. McE- the tenth anniversary of the neaney staged this fall. tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. In December, the After- It featured the music of New School Players performed an Orleans, with songs such as African Pourquoi tale called “I’m Coming Home,” “Ya Ya,” “Why Mosquitos Buzz.” With and “Mardi Gras Mambo.” It a cast of mostly 4th and 5th also featured a slide show of graders, it told mythic stories volunteers working to rebuild of how animals and natural the city. Good job, Ms. Mac occurrences came to be. This and all her performers!

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[Immaculate Heart] [LOYOLA] can carol and a Spanish renais- circle and a silent auction. Embracing a New Year The Loyola High School Choir sance villanacio. sang their “Lessons and Car- [PILGRIM SCHOOL] By Ashley Conde ‘17 ols” concert for the ninth year [PASADENA WALDORF] Pilgrim students were treated to T.S. Eliot once program in Washington D.C. in a row December 5th at St. November 21st marked the a visit from a “mathemagician” said, “For last from January 16th to 22nd. John’s Cathedral. Loyola music Pasadena Waldorf School Elves’ last month. On December 4th, year’s words belong to last On this insightful trip, stu- teacher Steven Speciale led the Faire, a fundraiser, or as the Dr. Arthur Benjamin, a Har- year’s language. And next dents will be able to experience choir, with organist Dr. Ed- school likes to call it, a “friend- vey Mudd professor who has year’s words await another the wonders of our nation’s ward J. Tipton accompanying. raiser,” hosted by Pasadena performed at the Magic Castle, voice. And to make an end is capital. The Close Up staff will In addition to traditional Waldorf parents. Among this wowed students by making to make a beginning.” guide students during their Christmas carols, the perfor- year’s attractions were arts and math fun with his arsenal of We are reminded of new visit and facilitate discussions mance included a South Afri- crafts, a puppet show, a drum math-related magic tricks. beginnings and opportunities about the government and with the beginning of the year American history. Students rapidly upon us. Seizing upon will visit national monuments, the new year’s potential, Im- including Ford’s Theatre, maculate Heart students will Mount Vernon, the National continue to focus on academ- Basilica, the Smithsonian, ics and community. Capitol Hill, and the White Students will return from House. They will engage in Christmas break on January workshops exploring domes- 4th, and following that return, tic and foreign issues and will we will all be busy preparing have the opportunity to inter- for first semester exams. After act with high school students the crunch of studying for fi- from all over the country. The nals, we will all enjoy a much trip concludes with a farewell needed semester break starting banquet and dance. Close Up January 15th, with classes re- is an exciting opportunity for DISCOVER EDUCATION suming January 20th. students to experience history Meanwhile, both middle and government in action. Early Childhood • Lower School • Middle School • High School school and high school admis- January is also a time of sion activities are still under- community service at Im- The best education of my life was here at Pasadena way. On January 9th, students maculate Heart. For example, Waldorf School. It shaped my love for learning and interested in attending Immac- our Community Service Team spurred a desire for knowledge in my life. -PWS Alum ulate Heart Middle School for has begun to work with Cov- grades six through eight will enant House, planning new take the entrance exam. Pro- projects that involve all stu- JOIN US FOR A SCHOOL TOUR spective freshmen will take the dents. Recently, students held High School Preschool-Grade 8 high school’s entrance exam a blanket-making activity to January 28, 2016 January 14, 2016 for admission and scholarships benefit Covenant House Los March 12, 2016 February 11, 2016 on January 16th. Eighth grade Angeles, which assists home- March 10, 2016 students can continue to visit less teens. The blankets stu- the campus and participate in dents made will be distrib- Contact our Admissions office at (626) 794-9564 or [email protected] our Shadow Days. We look uted among teens in need by www.pasadenawaldorf.org forward to welcome new stu- Covenant House workers. We dents to the Immaculate Heart hope to further help Covenant AN AWSNA ACCREDITED MEMBER OF THE INDEPENDENT school community. House with food projects and SCHOOLS OF NORTH AMERICA Not everyone will be other supportive efforts in the home relaxing during our coming weeks. semester break. About 30 ju- On behalf of Immaculate niors will attend the Close Up Heart, Happy New Year!

[Brawerman Elementary School East] ExperienceA Private, Catholic, College Immaculate Preparatory School for Grades Heart 6 – 12 Having a Blast with the Fourth Grade Class “Educating the Hearts & Minds By Gideon Goldberg and Esmé Goldman, 4th grade of Young Women Since 1906” In December, we had lots of Chanukah activities at school. We had centers where each grade made something different. Our class made ed- ible dreidels. The second grade made sparkling snow globes with Chanukah items inside. Our fourth grade class Every morning of Cha- has been having a blast. Some nukah, we lit our Chanukiah of our classmates decided to when we started the day. The write a newsletter called The fourth grade made sufganiot Fourth Grade Forum. We write (jelly donuts). They are tradi- about class activities and have tional for Chanukah, but we an advice column and comics each chose a different filling that we draw. Everyone gets a that represented our own fam- copy. ily traditions. They were deli- We are also enjoying our cious! Immaculate Heart High School & Middle School Israeli Dance classes. We have We also had lots of music. • High School Exam for Admission & Merit Scholarships: dance class with the third Our choir sang at the Temple Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. grade, and then we can also Friday Night Shabbat service dance at recess time with the and the whole school put on a • Middle School Exam for Admission: teacher. We learned three Chanukah performance with dances last month. It is really songs, instruments, and skits. Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. fun and good exercise! 5515 Franklin Avenue • Los Angeles, CA 90028 • (323) 461-3651 • www.immaculateheart.org

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