The New LA Yard Get up to $15,000 rebate when you replace your grass with California Friendly® and native plants. ladwp.com/landscaping Los Feliz Ledger Read by 100,000+ Residents and Business Owners in Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Vol 15. No. 5 Atwater Village, Echo Park & Hollywood Hills November 2019 Former OSH [OBITUARY] Bought Beloved Park Ranger Capt. Albert E. Torres By Erin Hickey Pinheiro By Erin Hickey Pinheiro Ledger Contributing Writer Ledger Contributing Writer LOS FELIZ—The Aids Health- Memorial services were care Foundation (AHF) re- held October 27th and 28th at cently purchased a former Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Orchard Supply Hardware for Los Angeles Park Ranger (OSH) store at the corner of Capt. Albert E. Torres, who Hollywood Boulevard and died October 12th from a fa- Edgemont Street for $32.75 tal heart attack after patrolling million, according to public parks impacted by the 8,000- records. acre Saddleridge fire in the The hardware store closed San Fernando Valley. less than a year after its March Torres, who collapsed Oc- 2018 grand opening when par- tober 11th at Ranger Head- ent company Lowe’s abruptly quarters in the Crystal Springs announced it would shutter all area of Griffith Park and died OSH stores. the next morning at a hospi- The 36,000-square-foot tal, was a fixture in the city’s building has remained empty parks, having worked as a park since. ranger for 40 years. Now it will serve as a new “Over the course of his ca- headquarters for the founda- reer, [Torres] worked in every tion and also provide a low- or one of the parks in the City of see AHF page 14 Los Angeles Park Ranger Capt. Albert E. Torres see TORRES page 11 Helping Refugees Feel at Home Sit-Down Closes NCs Working Locally to Stem By Daniel Langhorne, Ledger Contributing Writer Abruptly Homeless Crisis Latest closure signals By Carl Robinette, Ledger Contributing Writer more changes to Amid a growing home- other parts of the city. Hollywood Boulevard lessness crisis in Los Angeles, “Homelessness is not going local neighborhood councils away any time soon,” said Cat By Allison B. Cohen say they are doing what they Kim, co-chair of the LFNC’s can to ease the problem, as Homelessness Committee. LOS FELIZ—The Sit-Down help from the city, they say, According to Kim, the restaurant vacated its Hol- has been slow to come. LFNC is upping its spending lywood Boulevard location Many of the people expe- to help keep people from fall- October 22nd, according to riencing homelessness in Los ing into homelessness in the Miry’s List founder and Executive Director Miry Whitehill and Director of Logis- owners Ruth and Maurizio Feliz are longtime area resi- first place. tics Rafid Albawi speak at a recent event in Highland Park.Photo courtesy of Miry’s List. Iacono, after receiving a three- dents who are now homeless The LFNC increased day eviction notice from the The Silver Lake Neigh- The SLNC is the 14th Los for the first time, according funding for homelessness pro- building’s new owner after a borhood Council (SLNC) Angeles neighborhood council to Los Feliz Neighborhood grams from about $700 in nearly one-and-a-half-year le- recently voted to join a coali- to join the “Welcome Neigh- Council (LFNC) spokesper- 2018 to about $5,700 in 2019. gal battle, filed by the couple, tion of neighborhood councils bor” program, coordinated by son, and with no shelter hous- Their programs include out- over the terms of their lease. pledging to help refugees and Miry’s List, which was found- ing in the neighborhood, they reach events, meal programs, asylum seekers resettle locally. see MIRY’S page 20 see SIT-DOWN page 10 might be more visible than see HOMELESS page 23 OUT AND ABOUT: REAL ESTATE: RESTAURANT REVIEW: EDITORIAL: When it comes to EASTSIDE EYE: Silver Lake’s Arthur November events calendar, 419-unit development planned Spoon and Pork continues L.A.’s dirty diapers, Atwater parents Dong is on a mission to reclaim page 2 for L.A. River, page 9 Filipino food craze, page 20 deserve better, page 21 film history, losfelizledger.com Los Feliz Ledger Out and About: November Calendar BOOKS Watt, the pride of San Pedro and November 17th. 3269 Casitas Ave. the iconic founder of the punk Information: openfist.org FOUNDED 2005 Available at these locations: Josh Kun Kun, a Professor of bands like The Minutemen and Delivered the last Thursday of Atwater Library 3379 Glendale Blvd. Communication and Journalism fIREHOSE, takes the stage at the Native Voices Eighth Annual each month to 34,500 homes and Casita del Campo at the USC Annenberg School and Echo. With a career stretching over Short Play Festival: Bones, Bingo businesses in the Los Feliz, 1920 Hyperion Ave the Library Foundation have put 40 years and over a dozen bands, & Blackjack! The Autry’s Native Silver Lake, Atwater Village, Watt’s influence has stretched far Voices theater series showcases Alcove & Big Bar together The Autograph Book of Echo Park and Hollywood Hills 1929 Hillhurst Avenue L.A.: Improvements on the Page and wide, inspiring everyone from works by Native American writers. communities. Courtney + Kurt Real Estate of the City. When Charles Lummis the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Kelly For the Short Play Festival, 1933 Hillhurst Ave. 3167 Glendale Blvd. became city librarian in 1905, he Clarkson. Tickets start at $17. The playwrights must write ten-minute Echo, Sat. November 2nd, 6 p.m. scripts on a given theme and Los Angeles, CA 90027 Dresden Restaurant created an autograph collection 1760 N. Vermont Avenue 1822 Sunset Blvd. Information: (213) the winner will receive a $1000 (323) 741-0019 by asking notable Americans to House of Pies 413-8200 and theecho.com cash prize. This year, the theme sign their name on the library’s PUBLISHER/EDITOR 1869 N. Vermont is gaming; and how it’s brought embossed stationary. More Allison B. Cohen Los Feliz Public Library than a century later, the library The Skatalites Reggae legends both prosperity and problems to 1874 Hillhurst Avenue recreated the stationary and the Skatalites were pioneers of native communities. This event ASSISTANT EDITOR Los Feliz 3 Theaters asked Angelenos, famous and non, Jamaican ska. Originally only is a tie-in to the American Indian Erin Hickey Pinheiro 1822 N. Vermont together from 1964 to 1965, the Arts Marketplace that runs from to share their own autographs GRAPHIC DESIGN George & Eileen Moreno, Realtors band recorded with several legends November 9th through 10th at and L.A. stories. Kun will discuss & LAYOUT 2150 N. Hillhurst Ave. including Desmond Dekker, the the Autry. Free with Marketplace Muddy Paws Coffee the book and the library’s Tiffany Sims accompanying exhibit. Free. Wailers and Lee Perry. The band admission. The Autry Museum of 3320 Sunset Blvd. Skylight Books, Tue. November eventually decided to reunite for the American West, Sat. November For more stories Palermo good in 1983. They’re headlining 9th, 1:30 p.m. and Sun. November 1858 N. Vermont 5th, 7:30 p.m. 1818 N. Vermont and updates: Ave. Information: (323) 660-1175. this month’s Dub Club on a bill that 10th, 1:30 p.m. 4700 Western Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce 1724 W. Silver Lake Drive skylightbooks.com also features DJ Tom Chasteen and Heritage Way. Information: LosFelizLedger.com Boss Harmony. Tickets start at theautry.org Skylight Books $15. The Echoplex, Wed. November 1818 N. Vermont MOVIES 20th, 9 p.m. 1154 Glendale Blvd. The Village Bakery and Café Information: (213) 413-8200 and 3119 Los Feliz Blvd. The Wizard Of Oz If you’re an theecho.com American who’s lived within the last 80 years, you’ve probably seen The Wizard Of Oz, the Victor THEATER Fleming directed fantasy musical about a Kansas farm girl who Neil Simon’s Musical Fools The finds herself in the magical land Open Fist Theatre Company is of Oz. But when was the last time hosting the world premiere of a you saw it on the big screen? The new musical adaptation of Neil colors are more vibrant than you Simon’s classic comedy Fools. remember and the special effects With book and lyrics by Simon and are just as impressive now as they music and lyrics by Phil Swann and were 80 years ago. Tickets start Ron West, Musical Fools is set in at $11. The Vista Theatre, Sun. 1893 in the tiny Ukranian village November 10th, 10 a.m. 4473 Sunset of Kulyenchikov. A young tutor Dr. Information: facebook.com/ has arrived in town and quickly secretmovieclub35mm discovers that the village is cursed with idiocy—every single resident is every kind of dumb. Will he be MUSIC able to break the curse or fall victim to it? Tickets start at $10. Atwater Mike Watt + The Missingmen Mike Village Theater, through Sun. Corrections & Amplifications CORRECTION: The photo caption for “Bridge Changes Face of Atwater” in our October print edition incorrectly described the photo as a rendering of the proposed bridge. In fact, it is a photograph of the bridge in its current state, taken by Carl Robinette. We regret the error. CORRECTION: The article “Upcoming School Festivals” in the October edition included the wrong dates for Our Mother of The New LA Yard Good Counsel’s annual Fall Festival. The festival will be held November 15th – 17th. We regret the error. Get up to $15,000 rebate when you replace your grass with California Friendly® and native plants. ladwp.com/landscaping Page 2 losfelizledger.com November 2019 Los Feliz Ledger [STREET LEVEL] A New Idea on Helping the Homeless? By Michael Darling, Ledger Contributing Writer Who’s the Should homeless individuals be held accountable for certain crimes, hard drug use, for example, and “sentenced” to rehab, a shelter or a mental facility? Former California Assemblymember Mike Gatto is trying to get the issue, called the Compassionate Intervention Act, on the November 2020 ballot.