Is “Dry January” Go For Goat Yoga! Win Tickets to Worth It? Page 7 Cirque du Soleil’s New Show! See Page 10 See Page 4 Volume 37, Number 48 Serving Warner Center Since 1982 January 23, 2020 News***When instripping Brief in - take out date line belowMore Valley Vantage of - we’re What’s getting double lines!!! Building 2020 Kaiser Evacuates Patients High-Rise Residential Following Water Main Break Tower Planned - A water main break discovered during construction Apts, Hotel & Skydeck of their new emergency room Sunday caused Kaiser Permanente to shut down services. TheL hospital A remainedS V I RSandstone G EProperties N hasE filed S A N D open for several days but suspended surgeries; as repair work plans with the City for a 35-story continued, patients were transferred to other Kaiser facilities. high-rise residential tower at 6400 “All patients safely discharged or transferred to other Kaiser Canoga Avenue in Warner Center. facilities” said Dr. Greg Kelman. The last service to close was The striking architectural design theC emergencyA room.L “BecauseABASAS the timeline for restoring is a first of itsE concept forNTERPRISE the area. water Volume at the medical49, Number center 48campus is now estimated to be Serving“Entitlement Calabasas and architectural Since 1963 firms January 23, 2020 Saturday, January 25, we have determined that the safest have been engaged, and plans to decision for our members, patients, physicians and staff is develop a high-rise multi-family to temporarily close services and facilities at this location,’’ project with over 650 apartments Kaiser Permanente said. Reparation of the broken water main have been filed,” according to the is estimated to be completed by this Saturday. Once state and Sandstone website. Apartments will local approvals are issued, it should take approximately two be available in studio, one-, two-and days to get back to full operations. three-bedroom floorplans. There is also a 26-room podium hotel and restaurant planned, as well as an activity club and Skydeck. The Calabasas Condo Owner Removes project will occupy the remaining portion of the property, which now Hate Graffiti on Door features a commercial building. The office building will remain open A condominium resident at Park Sorrento Condos in during construction. Sandstone Calabasas removed hate-filled posters from the front of acquired the property in 2018 for his residence late last week after city officials gave him 24 almost $28 million. Hetzel Design hours to do so. Residents and pedestrians complained about is the architect for the building. the messages he had posted on January 14, which included a swastika, racial comments and other derogatory slurs. Deputies responded to the complaints but were unable to act as there was no actual victim, and the messages could be construed as his First Amendment right to free speech. However, city officials met with him and ordered the removal, saying , “It violates city code covering inflammatory language and threats to others.” Reports indicate that the unidentified resident might have mental health issues and had caused problems previously within the complex. Local Restaurants Feature “dineLA” Menus dineLA week runs through January 31, and several local Friday’s Being Demolished Chick-fil-a Drive Thru at Winnetka restaurants are offering special prix-fixe menus to showcase their offerings to local diners. Fleming’s Steakhouse in The old T.G.I.Friday’s on Canoga Avenue is Can the chicken cross the road? A new Chick- Woodland Hills is offering a three-course dinner for $59, slated for the deep fryer! The iconic building is fil-a, is under construction at Ventura Blvd and and Il Fornaio at The Village at Westfield is offering both a scheduled to be demolished later this year and a Winnetka. Chick-fil-a’s specialty is chicken $25 two-course lunch and $49 three-course dinner. Morton’s brand-new building, designed to be a restaurant, sandwiches and fresh, homemade lemonade. All in Woodland Hills has a three-course dinner for $49, and built in its place, to open June of 2021. Rumors on outlets are closed on Sundays. This is the fourth Ruth’s Chris is also offering a three-course dinner for $59. In the street say that Ruth’s Chris, for years a tenant Chick-fil-a to open in the west valley in the last two Calabasas Saddlepeak Lodge has a three-course dinner for at Westfield Promenade, will be the new occupant. years. $59, while Sugarfish has both a $20 lunch and a $39 dinner. Frank Daftari, General Manager at Ruth’s Chris, The new restaurant will offer dine-in and drive- For complete menus and list of all dineLA restaurants visit would only comment that Ruth’s Chris has no through, with access and egress on both Winnetka discoverlosangeles.com. intention of moving from Woodland Hills and and Ventura Blvd. Recent resident complaints will remain open in their current location for the about traffic at the Encino Chick-fila at White foreseeable future. (Continued to page 13) Page 2, Valley News Group, January 23, 2020 JANUARY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CALENDAR WOODLAND HILLS: Master storyteller Arnie Weiss returns to the Woodland Hills Library on Saturday, January 25, at 3 pm performing Ernie Pyle’s body of work with a program called Through Ernie’s Eyes. acation WEST HILLS: The Foundation for the Preservation of the Santa Susana V Mountains continues its training series for park docents on Saturday, January 25, from 10 am to 1 pm for naturalists and hike leaders. This session at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site is “Oak Trees of the Santa Susanas,” led by Rosi Dagit. Cost is $50 for the series, $15 per class for drop-ins. Vibes & Values! CALABASAS: The City of Calabasas will be holding their LVUSD Board Meeting on Tuesday, January 28, at 6 pm at the LVUSD District 1 Office (4111 N. Las Virgenes Rd). The meeting will not be televised live. GET UP TO $100 IN VALUE PER BOOKING WOODLAND HILLS: ® Join the Platt Library for a special Medicare ON PLEASANT HOLIDAYS AAA VACATIONS ! 101 session on Saturday, January 25, from 11 am to 12 pm. Medicare benefits begin at age 65, and those who miss the enrollment window could end up paying higher premiums for the rest of their lives. In this educational event, two Medicare experts will discuss the rules, options and health services that Medicare has to offer. This is not a marketing CHOOSE FROM DESTINATIONS LIKE: event, and specific plan enrollment will not be discussed or allowed. CALABASAS: Relax, Unwind & Renew at the Calabasas Library Hawai’i 2 as they celebrate their 10th anniversary of Yoga at the Library on • 5 nights from $797 LAND ONLY Saturday, January 25, from 12 to 4 pm. Sessions of Yoga, Tai Chi, Reiki, and Sound Bath will be held. For more information on a day oto relax, unwind and renew, please check calabasaslibrary.org. Caribbean 3 • 5 nights from $558 LAND ONLY WEST HILLS: The Bluegrass Association of Southern California will meet for a Bluegrass Jam on Sunday, January 26, from 1 to 5 pm at the West Valley Music Center (24424 Vanowen St). USA 4 • 5 nights from $782 LAND ONLY WOODLAND HILLS: Ara Grigorian, author of the international award- winning books Game of Love and Ten Year Dance, will lead a two-hour YOUR VACATION MAY INCLUDE: workshop on Saturday, February 1, at the February meeting of The Daily Breakfast; Kids Stay Free5; Resort San Fernando Valley Chapter of the California Writers Club. 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