A newspaper for the 90,000 readers in Larchmont Village, Hancock Park, Windsor Square, Windsor Village, Vol 3. No. 4 Wilshire Park, Country Club Park, Lafayette Square, Oxford Square, Brookside, Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown April 20152017 [HOMELESSNESS] Living in Cars Jewish Centers Rebound After Bomb Threats, Arrest Yes, Legal Now By Michael Aushenker Ledger Contributing Writer By Sheila Lane Ledger Contributing Writer In these early months of 2017, local Jewish community In response to the city’s centers—including the West- growing homeless and afford- side Jewish Community Cen- able housing crises, city of- ter and the Silverlake Inde- ficials’ new law, which allows pendent Jewish Community the homeless to live in cars, Center—have been operating vans or motor homes during on heightened alert and deal- the day and overnight in speci- ing with a new normal as a fied areas, is in need of more surfeit of bomb threats target- educational outreach among ing centers and other Jewish community members, accord- institutions have proliferated ing to the Los Angeles Police nationwide and in Canada. Dept. (LAPD). According to the news According to LAPD data outlet ProPublica, be- Wilshire Division’s Dave tween January 1st and March Cordova, there have been a 15th, 145 threats have been few calls from Hancock Park made to the nation’s 104 Jew- homeowners concerned about ish institutions, including people living in vehicles on the community centers and Anti- streets, even though they are Defamation League (ADL) allowed to be there during the Children were back to enjoying arts and crafts, after two recent bomb threats against the Westside Jewish Community Center. Photo: Allison B. Cohen. offices. see HOMELESS page 8 see JCC page 4 Observatory DeVos Worries [PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD] Visits Now Officials The Brown-Fager Family: Inviting Journalists from Easier than Ever By Andrew Murphy Davis Muslim-Majority Countries By Allison B. Cohen Contributing Writer Into Their Home By Sheila Lane, Ledger Contributing Writer The city has begun week- Local schools could be hurt in a variety of ways under day DASH bus service to the In recent months, the Since 2006, new U.S. Secretary of Educa- Griffith Observatory and the news has been rife with re- Corie Brown, tion Betsy DeVos’s agenda and Greek Theatre, to help im- ports about the so-called Chris Fager and President Donald Trump’s prove access and reduce traf- “Muslim Ban,” an effort to their two children proposed cuts to education fic, according to the Los An- keep immigrants from six pre- have hosted Daniel funding, according to a Los geles Dept. of Recreation and dominately Muslim countries Pearl Journalism Angeles Unified School Dis- Parks. out of the United States. How- Fellows. trict (LAUSD) Board of Edu- Now, there is access daily ever, there’s a house in Wind- “As a whole,” cation officials. Arooj Zahra, left, and Saher Baloch, both from Paki- from the Metro Red Line Ver- sor Square that has opened said Brown, “they DeVos made a name for stan, are two Daniel Pearl Fellows who stayed with the mont/Sunset Station to the its doors to visitors from such are very serious Brown-Fager family. see DASH page 6 see DEVOS page 6 countries for the past 11 years. people, people of substance.” Greater Los Angeles and at the The Fellows are mid- end of their fellowship partici- career journalists from the pate in a public event hosted Muslim-majority countries by the Los Angeles Press Club who come to the U.S. for to share their experiences. about five months to work in The program, in conjunc- major American newsrooms, tion with the Alfred Friendly including the New York Times, Press Fellowships, is part of Los Angeles Times and the Wall the Daniel Pearl Foundation, The proposal for a Miracle Mile Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) was scheduled to go before the full Los Angeles City Street Journal. an organization created by the Council for a vote March 28th after the Ledger went to press. The HPOZ seeks to preserve historic structures such as the examples All of them work for one family and friends of Dan- of Spanish Colonial Revival and English Tudor Revival homes as seen above. For up-to-date coverage: larchmontledgerla.com. week at the Jewish Journal of see BROWN-FAGER page 5 Street Level: Community News: Community News: Summer Camp Guide: Calendar: A conversation with Did you vote? page 3 Legal action stalled again, Sometimes vacant houses A round-up of summer fun LACMA’s architect, page 5 aren’t so vacant, page 7 and adventure, page 9 LarchmontLedgerLA.com Larchmont Ledger Who We Are ALLISON B. COHEN Allison is the pub- SHEILA LANE Sheila has been with the lisher of both the Larchmont Ledger, Larchmont Ledger since February 2015. FOUNDED 2015 PUBLISHER/EDITOR since 2015, and the Los Feliz Ledger since Prior to that she was a writer for an inter- A newspaper for the 90,000 readers Allison B. Cohen 2005. She holds a Master’s Degree from net news program, a contributing writer in Larchmont Village, Hancock Park, the University of Southern California’s to a series of books on Hollywood leg- Windsor Square, Windsor Village, ADVERTISING SALES Annenberg School for Communication ends and a development executive for Wilshire Historic District, Country Libby Butler-Gluck and Journalism (her theses was on local television and film companies, including Club Park, Lafayette Square, Oxford (323) 741-0019 community newspaper development) as well as a B.A., the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Sheila’s connection to the Square, Brookside, Mid-Wilshire [email protected] also from USC, in Broadcast Journalism. Prior to starting Larchmont community stems from years of involvement and Koreatown the Ledger newspapers, Allison wrote for the Los Angeles with the St. James’ Episcopal School, Operation School ASSISTANT EDITORS Times, the Larchmont Chronicle and other publications. Bell and Marlborough School. For editorial consideration, Sheila Lane She has lived in the neighborhoods of Hancock Park, Ox- send story ideas to: Erin Hickey ford Square and Los Feliz and has served as a vestry and LIBBY BUTLER-GLUCK is the Advertis- [email protected] GRAPHIC DESIGN school board member for St. James Episcopal Church and ing Manager, overseeing ad sales, client (323) 741-0019 & LAYOUT school, on the board of the Ebell of Los Angeles, as a local relations and management of accounts. 1933 Hillhurst Ave. Big Sunday Captain and a long-time member of the She resides in Los Feliz with her hus- Los Angeles, CA 90027 Tiffany Sims Larchmont Babysitting Co-Op. Allison has two grown band, David and daughter, Georgi. Lib- sons who, after graduating from Loyola High School, now by’s favorite pastime is knitting (she’s attend Georgetown University and Boston College. quite good at it), she loves Korean BBQ For more stories and when asked what her favorite color is, she says she is and updates: ERIN HICKEY Erin joined the Larchmont currently “obsessed with pastels.” LarchmontLedgerLA.com Ledger family in March 2015. Previous- ly, she worked as a freelancer, writing for TIFFANY SIMS has been the graphic de- FLOOD Magazine and copy-editing for signer for the Ledger newspapers since Visit our sister publication online at LosFelizLedger.com Rare Bird Books, J. Ryan Stradal, and 2007. She has a BFA in Graphic Design 826LA. In college, she was managing from UCLA. While she currently lives editor of her school paper, the Union in the Valley, she has owned a triplex in Weekly. A native Angeleno, Erin enjoys window-shopping Silver Lake since 2003. She enjoys going on Larchmont Boulevard and prosciutto sandwiches from to flea markets, DIY home improvement Larchmont Village Wine. projects and fixing up vintage travel trailers. ROSSMORE AVE Los Feliz Ledger is hiring for an Account Coordinator Perfect opportunity for a soon-to-be college grad MELROSE AVE WILSHIRE BLVD desirous of learning advertising and account management in a fun environment HIGHLAND AVE N Contact: Publisher Allison B. Cohen to set up an interview (323) 741-0019 Fixing Our Sidewalks – Who is Responsible and When Will it be Done? In 1974, as a result of federal funding, the City of Los Angeles passed an ordinance placing the obligation for maintaining sidewalks on the City. Years have gone by, funding has disappeared and our sidewalks are now often obstacle courses. In 2016 the City Council and mayor approved the Safe Sidewalks LA repair program. This program will ultimately review and, if needed, repair all the sidewalks in Los Angeles. After the review is done and the repairs, if necessary, are made the City will provide maintenance for the sidewalks for 20 years. After that the property owner will be responsible for sidewalk maintenance. If you have a sidewalk that needs repair and you are willing to pay for the repairs, there is a rebate program where you can be reimbursed up to $2,000. The first step to getting your sidewalk repaired is to go to the Safe Sidewalks LA website - http:// sidewalks.lacity.org/ and fill out a request. Select the Rebate Program and fill out a request. You can also call 311 to file a request. If you know of a dangerous sidewalk and want an immediate repair or if you’re disabled and there is a broken sidewalk use the options on the website for reporting these locations. In these cases, the repairs will usually be temporary asphalt patching. And, since we’re talking about sidewalks, don’t forget that if you’re missing a parkway tree the Association will help plant one Healing Hands Wellness Center for you.