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Atwater Village, Echo Park & Hollywood HillsApril 2012Vol 7. No. 10

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Focus on the Advertiser: Real Estate’s Tracy Do featured, page 11

Community News: Groundbreaking of Headworks Project, page 4

Open Mike: Charters, Griffith Park Baseball Fields, Environmental Issues, page 22

Calendar: Grace Woodroofe performs at Bootleg’s in Westlake, losfelizledger.com

Eastside Eye: Herb Ritts at the Getty, page 8

Local Reps Approve New District LinesFranklin Avenue Dividing Line for CD4 and CD13By Colin Stutz and Norma Zager, Ledger Contributing Writers

LOS ANGELES—Both Los Angeles City Councilmem-bers Eric Garcetti (Council District 13) and Tom LaBonge (Council District 4) voted in favor of the city’s redistrict-ing plans at a special council meeting March 16th to final-ize the drawn out process of redrawing council districts that occurs every 10 years.

The 13-2 vote by the City Council comes as a conclusion of months of hearings by the city’s Redistricting Commis-sion.

Garcetti’s district, which he will represent until his term ends June 2013 changed little in the process, losing a por-tion of Glassell Park and ex-panding further into portions of Silver Lake, Rampart Vil-lage, parts of Hollywood and North Atwater Park along the I-5 Freeway.

The City Council also voted 3-2 to rectify the recom-mendation of the Redistrict-ing Commission to separate a section of Echo Park that sits between Echo Park Avenue to the west, Scott Avenue to the north, Elysian Park to the east and Sunset Boulevard to the south, where the Echo Park Farmers Market is held, keep-ing it in Council District 13.

“What we try to do is the best we can,” Garcetti said to his fellow City Councilmem-bers and the packed audience in attendance. He continued to list the achievements of keeping Atwater Village, com-mercial districts of Hollywood and Historic Filipinotown in-tact within District 13.

Street Fair Operator & DetailsStill in FluxBy Norma ZagerLedger Contributing Writer

LOS FELIZ—The scope and date of the 2012 Los Feliz Street Fair remains uncertain, as the Los Feliz Village Im-provement Assoc. (LFVBID) said they are considering hir-ing a new operator, as the current vendor—O Enter-tainment—and the LFVBID boardmembers are at an im-passe over whether the festival should be one day, as has been customary, or two.

LFVBID President Chris Serrano told boardmembers at their March 14th general board meeting, that three other vendors—to stage and market the event—are being considered.

To date, she said, Inter-active Games is the only or-ganizer to provide a cost esti-

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The artist known as “Dcypher” spray paints the wall outside of El Cid on Sunset Boulevard to promote the upcoming Memorial Weekend Jubilee. The event will be held May 26th and 27th on Santa Monica Boulevard at Sunset Boulevard. On hand will be comedy, literature, artists, food trucks, shopping and bands such as Autolux, Catwalk and Manhattan Murder Mystery. General Admission: $20 - $35 at silverlakejubilee.com/tickets. Passes purchased online include a Jubilee T-Shirt. Tickets also available at WACKO on Hollywood Boulevard as well as at the event gates. Photo: Allison Ferraro

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True Dodger Blue: paul haddadBy Colleen paeff, Ledger Contributing Writer

LOS FELIZ—Resident Paul Haddad has been holding onto a treasure box for nearly 30 years—at least, that’s the way most Dodger fans would look at it.

As a young boy living in the Los Angeles area, Haddad regularly recorded Dodger games onto cassette tapes.

“I taped games in their raw form,” Haddad said, “and then I saved the best parts, which initially were homeruns because as an 11-year-old just getting into baseball I got very excited whenever there was a homerun—especially when Vin Scully called it.”

By the time Haddad was 15, he had 15 hours of high-lights recorded. But at that point other priorities took over and the cassette tapes remained in a shoebox until recently when, inspired by his own son’s love of base-

ball, Haddad broke them out and realized the tapes were too good to keep to himself, especially since at 84-years-old venerable announcer Vin Scully would be retiring soon.

What resulted was a book that combines transcripts of those television and radio calls with a chronicle of the highs and lows of the Los Angeles

Dodgers from 1977 to 1981. It’s called High Fives, Pennant Drives, and Fernandomania: A Fan’s History of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Glory Years, 1977-1981 and it was released just last month.

“It all came really fast,” Haddad said. “I got the idea to write it in November of 2009 and by May of 2010 I

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New Neighbor-hood CouncilElections Strategy presented to City hallBy Colin StutzLedger Contributing Writer

In the shadow of looming uncertainty caused by finan-cial issues, an election strategy for the city’s Neighborhood Councils has been presented to the Los Angeles City Coun-cil for a vote following budget-ing decisions mid-May.

“This is a critical decision for the City Council in terms of deciding to grow the sys-tem or seeing it continue to falter,” said BongHwan Kim, general manager of the Dept.

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Corrections & Amplifications

Regarding our February 2012 obituary for Robert Herzog, we incorrectly wrote that Mr. Herzog had for the past three years served as co-chair for the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council’s History Collec-tive. In fact, Mr. Herzog was part of the committee practically from its incep-tion seven years ago and served as co-chair for six years. We regret the error.

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I hate to pick on the Los Feliz Village Business Im-provement District (LFV-BID), again, but it remains unclear to me how the govern-ing board of this body does not have a final plan in place for its Street Festival just a couple of months out from the event. Vendors like to plan in advance. (I missed the Street Festival one year, when the date was changed at the last minute as I had already made vacation plans.)

I sat on the LFVBID board a few years ago. Even then, an inordinate amount of time was spent talking and debating about this event. Again, I urge the LFVBID board to create a yearly master calendar, so that vendors, area businesses, community orga-

nizations and neighbors alike can plan in advance for this event.

Last month, I asked read-ers to send me reasons why there should be no youth ball fields in Griffith Park. I re-ceived letters supporting the idea and one also supporting the idea, just not in Crystal Springs. (I received no letters in opposition.) I still scratch my head wondering why it is such a fight to build two base-ball diamonds that will serve thousands of area youth for decades. (I like trees and park benches too, but I like invest-ing into children more.) I’ve recently learned the fields may not happen at all.

The headline for the very first edition of the Los Fe-liz Ledger (July 2005) ran a

headline, “Everyone Has Their Own Park Vision.” This re-mains true. Griffith Park is many things to many people, but sadly, not to area youth that want to play baseball.

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2nd Annual hike for the home-less planned for April 28th by Michael Locke

Los Feliz Ledger Columnist

G R I F F I T h pARK—Over 1,500 hikers are expected in Griffith Park Sat.,

April 28th when the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will host its second annual “Hike for the Homeless.”

Proceeds from the event will benefit the new Family Housing Project for Women and Children and the Car-dinal Manning Center for the homeless on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. The hike starts at 8:15 a.m.

“We are very grateful to the hundreds of people who came out for our hike last April and look forward to rais-ing more awareness and badly needed funding for our home-less services on Skid Row,” said David Fields, Executive Director of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. “We’re look-ing forward to a great morn-ing of hiking. . . and encour-age everyone to come out and hike with us at this great fam-ily event.”

Los Angeles City Coun-cilmember Tom LaBonge will again lead the hike through Griffith Park. “I grew up with the Society of St. Vin-cent de Paul… They do great work and I’m proud to be part of their efforts to help people throughout Los Angeles dur-ing these tough challenging times,” said LaBonge.

Statistics indicate that over 43,000 people are home-less in Los Angeles each night.

Almost 20% of these families include children—the highest homeless population for any major metropolitan area in the country.

Registration fees are $30 for adults, $20 for Students/Youth (under 21) and $5 for pets on leashes. Information and registration is available at www.hike4thehomeless.com or by calling (213) 229-9963.

Those unable to hike can participate as a “Virtual Hik-er” for $30. Schools, groups or organizations with the most paying hikers will win a $1,000 cash prize.

Contact Brian Pickering at (323) 224-6273 or email bpick@svdpla.org to register your group for the contest.

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Feuer honors Marian Dodge as Woman of the year

 Marian Dodge was hon-

ored for a lifetime of activism and service by Assembly Mem-ber Mike Feuer (D-Los Ange-les) as District 42’s Woman of the Year for 2012 at a cer-emony at the California State Capitol in Sacramento on March 26th.  

In 1989, Dodge became active in the Los Feliz Improve-ment Association (LFIA). She served as its president from 2006 to 2009.  Their 10-year effort on a historic resources survey was published in 2001 under Dodge’s supervision.

Dodge was one of the lead-ers in getting Griffith Park des-ignated a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2009. Subsequently, Dodge became President of the Feder-ation of Hillside and Canyon Associations, representing 37 resident and homeowners as-sociations spanning the Santa Monica Mountains. The Fed-eration collaborated with the Los Angeles Planning Dept. to get an ordinance to ensure appropriate development in the hillsides.

Dodge is a also director of the Friends of Griffith Park. 

“No Cruising” Signs Being RemovedBy Colin StutzLedger Contributing Writer

SILVER LAKE—After 1½ years of effort to have the “No Cruising” signs removed from Silver Lake’s streets, the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council (SLNC) will finally have its way.

The signs—which have recently been defaced to read “Go Cruising”—were in-stalled in the mid-1990s when gay men would drive around looking for casual partners.

But times since then have changed, said SLNC vice-chair Charles Herman-Wurm-feld, and the signs now stand as useless and outdated relics.

“I was always uncomfort-able around the signs,” said Herman-Wurmfeld, who is gay. “And felt like I was be-ing pointed at by the signs… We don’t really put up signs to dictate to one another how to behave on that level and it just seems inappropriately overt.”

Over the last few months, many of the signs have been slowly removed. Still remain-ing are several on Sanborn Avenue, which should be re-moved before summer.

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HADDAD from page 1headworks Reservoir Makes headwayToward Better Water Quality

The groundbreaking for the construction of the Head-works Reservoir Project—the first of four phases that will include construction of the 56 million gallon East Reser-voir and a portion of the trunk line that connects it to the rest of the water distribution sys-tem—was March 8th at 6001 West Forest Lawn Dr.

The project will include additional facilities on the site, including the 54 million gal-lon West Reservoir and con-necting trunk line; a 4-mega-watt hydroelectric power plant and a flow-regulating station. 

LADWP General Manager Ron Nichols said the project is a critical component of LAD-WP’s plan for compliance with drinking water regulations.

The power plant will gen-erate energy from water travel-

ing from North Hollywood to the Headworks. According to officials, it will pay for itself in 10 years as is part of the LAD-WP’s multi-year compliance agreement with the United States Environmental Protec-tion Agency and the California Department of Public Health.

To provide safe water for customers, the LADWP is required to meet strict water quality standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and enforced by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). These standards have become more stringent, and require the LADWP to invest in over 75 water qual-ity improvement projects, the most significant of which re-quire LADWP to cover, by-pass or remove from service

all 10 water reservoirs in the Los Angeles basin—including Silver Lake and Ivanhoe Res-ervoirs, which will be replaced by Headworks Reservoir.

According to the LADWP, quality regulations call for a re-duction in the level of disinfec-tion byproducts. Consequently, the LADWP is switching from chlorine to chloramines as the water system’s primary disin-fectant at Headworks. Ivanhoe currently uses chlorine, so a temporary solution for compli-ance has been achieved through the placement of shade balls on the reservoir’s surface. Once in service Headworks will provide a permanent solution for com-pliance.

Some reservoirs have been brought into compliance with the placement of floating cov-ers, but Silver Lake is too large to cover, and Ivanhoe does not provide enough capacity on its own. To cover Ivanhoe, additional storage facilities would have been necessary on the site, which would have re-quired major construction in a residential neighborhood. LADWP officials noted there is not enough room for con-struction of a facility to treat water so Headworks is the sen-sible solution and will cost less.

Glenn Singley, LADWP Director of Water Engineer-ing and Technical Services said, “Given the proximity of neighbors and how many peo-ple use that area... that was a large impact.”

The open reservoirs store drinking water from the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the Met-ropolitan Water District, but treated water that enters the open reservoirs is exposed to contamination from surface runoff, birds, insects, animals, and humans.

The effects of sunlight and elevated temperatures contrib-ute to algae growth and degrade water quality that increases taste and odor problems.

Silver Lake and Ivanhoe reservoirs will be bypassed and Headworks will replace this lost storage, but Silver Lake and Ivanhoe reservoirs will continue to be maintained.

“Compliance with water quality regulations are driving significant investments in our Water System,” Nichols said. “These are our customers’ dol-lars at work, and we look for cost-effective investments like Headworks to make sure we continue to keep our water rates low.”

Councilmember Tom La-Bonge said the project is posi-tive for the community.

“This is the Department of Water and Power at its best, a quality water infrastructure improvement,” LaBonge said. “The Headworks Project is a state-of-the-art facility for all of Los Angeles, and I’m pleased that a park area will be created when it is completed.”

Among those attending the ceremonies were Los An-geles City Councilmember Tom LaBonge and Los Ange-les Dept. of Water and Power (LADWP) General Manager Ron Nichols.

was done—while I was still holding a fulltime job. It just spilled out of me…it was like a labor of love.”

As an executive producer of documentaries for the Dis-covery Channel and other en-tertainment outlets, Haddad is accustomed to creating non-fiction narratives, but listen-ing to the tapes again left him with mixed feelings.

“It was a little wistful,” he said. “I was sad given the state [the team] is in now and it made me excited all over again to hear the calls…and that’s what made me excited to write the book. I wanted to share it with the world and with other people who grew up fondly re-membering that team.”

The team to which Had-dad referred is the team of Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, Davey Lopes, and Bill Russell—the longest running infield in his-tory of baseball.

“They were together for eight and a half years,” Had-dad said. “No one has ever manned an infield longer than these four guys…but there’s never been a book written just about that era.”

Until now. Haddad’s book is available in bookstores and online. To hear some of the calls for yourself visit his web-site at www.dodgerglory.com.

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mate based on the LFVBID’s time constraints. The festival is typically held each summer.

The board agreed that they would consider moving the festival back a month or two to give them more time, but also agreed to meet with O Entertainment to discuss them continuing on the basis they agree to the LFVBID’s parameters of a one-day event.

“We can pay them an-other $5,000 and will make it clear things must be done on our terms,” Serrano said.

But board members Me-lissa Tornay, and others, ex-pressed skepticism about the board’s ability to work with O Entertainment after their re-cent issues.

Of utmost importance, according to Serrano, is that the LFVBID should reclaim its branding.

“We’ve allowed the brand-ing to go elsewhere and we want to take it back and own it ourselves, to benefit finan-cially,” Serrano said.

Serrano said the idea of corporate sponsorships from

local organizations—such as Kaiser Permanente and Chil-drens Hospital—was being considered, but such could not be executed in time for this year’s event.

“We should look into this for next year,” Serrano said.

All agreed that if O Enter-tainment were rehired, there would be a new relationship with more stringent guide-lines.

“They will have to agree to our terms,” Serrano said. “They know what we want and it’s up to them to respond.”

STREET FAIR from page 1Redistricting: LAuSD has New Lines TooBy Colin Stutz, Ledger Contributing Writer

A newly proposed redraw-ing of Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) board district lines would put a knife through Northeast Los Angeles, cutting sections of Los Feliz and Atwater Village out of the 5th District where it currently sits, including Mar-shall High School.

This redistricting process occurs every 10 years in at-tempt to adjust for changing demographics and ensure ra-cial minorities see adequate representation.

The 15-person panel that approved this plan in a 14-1 vote included four commis-sioners appointed by then-City Council President Eric Garcetti, four appointed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and one appointed by each of the seven school district board members.

Some are saying these pro-posed changes are a politically motivated attempt to draw power away from board mem-ber Bennett Kayser, whose District 5 would undergo the biggest changes.

Kayser was elected last year over Luis Sanchez, a can-

didate hand-picked by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and has since butted heads with the mayor’s politics by strongly criticizing charter schools and leading the charge to disman-tle the city’s redevelopment agencies. The mayor has said publicly he has no vendetta against Kayser.

“[But] it definitely seemed that way,” said Commissioner Mark Lewis, Kayser’s appoin-tee to the panel, explaining that up until the final weeks of drawing the plans, panel members were working coop-eratively. Then, suddenly, “out of nowhere at the last minute,” a new plan was proposed and voted on, said Lewis.

He added, the panel’s overwhelmingly positive vote for this map is a case of people looking out for their own best interests.

“There is this notion of not being on the losing side, even if the losing side is the right side… Had more people been more courageous perhaps we could have gotten there and we would have had something better,” he said.

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I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project

> Preparation for construction is underway to build new on- and o=-ramps to the I-405 at Wilshire Boulevard as part of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project between the I-10 and US 101 freeways.

> The project will add a 10-mile HOV lane, realign 27 on- and o=-ramps, widen 13 existing underpasses and structures and construct 18 miles of retaining and sound walls.

For more information, visit metro.net/405.

Exposition Transit Corridor Phase 2

> Demolition crews are working along Colorado Avenue and 17th Street in Santa Monica in preparation for construction of Phase 2 of the Expo Line.

> Phase 2 will extend westward from the Culver City Station now under construction and run along the old Paci>c Electric Exposition right - of - way to 4th Street and Colorado Avenue in downtown Santa Monica.

For more information, visit buildxpo.org.

Regional Connector Transit Corridor

> The Metro Board of Directors is considering approval of the >nal environmental report for the two-mile underground route of the Regional Connector light rail line.

> The route connects with the Metro Blue and Expo lines at 7th Street/Metro Center Station and with the Metro Gold Line at Alameda Street.

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In 1992, an unprecedent-ed number of women swept into the halls of Congress prompting politicos to dub it the “Year of the Woman.”  It was an energizing time as women took prominent roles at all levels of government.

Unfortunately, times have c h a n g e d .  And while we have women serving in high profile posit ions—from Secre-tary of State to U.S. Sena-tor to Su-preme Court Justice—there are far fewer women in public office.

Women comprise just 16% of Congress and the num-ber of women sworn in fell for the first time in three decades.Nationwide, the number of women state legislators fell by

In Los Angeles, only one out of

the 15 City Councilmembers is

a woman—a sharp decline from

just 12 years ago.

more than 80%.In Los Angeles, only one

out of the 15 City Council-members is a woman— a sharp decline from just 12 years ago when women comprised 1/3rd of the seats. Although her fe-male contemporaries moved on after being elected to oth-

er offices, one out of 15 is an abysmal ratio. 

In an effort to give more women the tools and encour-agement to run for or seek an appointed office, I am partner-ing with Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE)

to present a workshop called “Activating Women for Elect-ed and Appointed Office.”

Statistics have shown that when women run, they win at the same rate as men under similar circum-stances.  This workshop will provide participants with information about running successful political cam-paigns and an inside look at what it means to be a candi-date for office.  Women who are interested in pursuing an appointed position, such as

commissioner, will also have an opportu-nity to learn about the ap-plication and selection pro-cess.

The work-shop is Sat., April 28th,

from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Glassell Park Senior and Community Center, 3750 Verdugo Blvd.  It is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are required and can be made at cd13womenforelectedoffice.eventbrite.com. 

Workshop On public Office For WomenBy Eric GarcettiLos Angeles City Councilmember

“And those things are very important,” he said. “I could have abandoned 13 out of my 14 neighborhoods for one greater good but when I talked to my constituents. . . I couldn’t in good conscious say to them, ‘See you later, good luck with the projects for the next year and a half, hope you get them done.’”

The City Council’s vote to approve these redistricting lines should give added mo-mentum to the races for city council seats opening next year, including one in CD 13 in which the competition is al-ready mounting up.

Los Angeles City Coun-cilmember Tom LaBonge said he believes the new boundaries drawn as a result of the recent redistricting will be positive for the Council District 4 that encompasses Los Feliz.

Although the changes impact the number of people LaBonge represents in Kore-atown, he noted he gains in the northern areas toward the Santa Monica Moun-tains. He said he has worked well with the Korean com-munity, but he doesn’t be-lieve his lessened representa-tion will impede any progress in that area.

Issues resulting from the new boundaries were quelled by the efforts of the council-members in the area affected by the changes.

“Councilmembers Wes-

son, Garcetti, Koretz and I worked together to resolve is-sues and resolve any disputes internally,” said Labonge. “This helped speed up the pro-cess considerably in our areas.”

LaBonge said the chal-lenge now is to get to know everyone in the expanded ar-eas of his new district.

Although Councilmem-bers Bernard Parks, Jan Perry and community leaders in Koreatown as well expressed discontent concerning the changes, LaBonge said Los Feliz will not be negatively af-fected and he is content with the outcome.

However, Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council (GGPNC) President Ron Os-trow said the boundary ad-justments do not best serve the community.

In a letter to LaBonge, the GGPNC stated the neighbor-hood council should reside within one council district. The letter stated “deep misgiv-ings” that the GGPNC’s area will remain divided.

 “While the GGPNC has been slightly divided before, it has never been split to the ex-tent currently proposed,” Os-trow wrote.

The GGPNC’s letter went on to say that it appears the new district lines appear to have been deliberately drawn to divide council districts at Franklin Avenue.

The area above Franklin Avenue has less density and

mostly homeowners, while the area below Franklin Avenue has more density and is mostly renters. The area below Frank-lin Avenue will be in Garcetti’s district, 13.

“The new plan effectively sets the table for divisiveness in our community and di-minished effectiveness for the neighborhood council that represents it. Instead of unit-ing the diverse population that has historically been Los Fe-liz, the [approved guidelines] may destroy the cohesive and cooperative nature of our won-derful community,” Ostrow wrote.

Ostrow said, in a separate interview, that he fears the newly redrawn lines sets up a dynamic which could result in two different council mem-bers taking opposing positions regarding constituents in the same neighborhood council area.

“I think that’s a bad idea,” Ostrow said.  “I think we would be better served by hav-ing united representation.”

LaBonge however, said he believes the new district lines will not present any serious problems to the area.

“Districts are separated differently on many levels,” LaBonge said. There are differ-ent districts for the Senate, su-pervisors, schools and Senate. For many years we have col-laborated to do what’s best.”

The new district boundar-ies take effect in July.

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[GREETINGS FROM TOM]

City Council Re-DistrictingBy Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom LaBonge

Council Dis-trict 4 (CD4) has a differ-ent look this month after the LA City

Council approved 15 new coun-cil district maps redrawn by the Redistricting Commission.

To me, it’s all about neigh-borhoods. The 4th District and the City of Los Angeles are made up of great neigh-borhoods, and I’m so pleased that Council District 4 re-tains many of its core neigh-borhoods, such as Los Feliz, Franklin Hills and Silver Lake.

The CD4 map approved by the City Council last month also maintains the greater Wilshire Area and parts of Hollywood in the district.

One big change is that the San Fernando Valley commu-

nity of Sherman Oaks has been added to the 4th District, join-ing Toluca Lake and a sliver of Studio City. North Hollywood and portions of Universal City are now entirely in CD 2.

The Redistricting Ordi-nance comes back before the City Council in May, and, if approved, would take effect in July. As we get closer to that date, my staff and I will be do-ing outreach in the community.

What hasn’t changed is my emphasis on helping peo-ple and collaborating with the community on the issues that are important to you. My staff and I remain committed to bringing City Hall to the people through Public Safety, Public Works, Public Health and Public Education so that we can continue to enjoy and love Los Angeles.

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Grow up!By Kristen Taylor, Ledger Columnist

There are times when

I want to yell, “Grow up!” at my kids, usually when their lack of good sense or ability to see one hour past the present frustrates me. Those tangible reminders that they are not yet fully baked, and still very much in need of guidance and support and boundar-ies and help, come less often the older they get, since the toddler days of not being able to tie their own shoes or pour their own milk are over.

The maturation I’m coax-ing along or just observing now is emotional, social and cognitive; the times when a kid’s physical mastery of the world doesn’t match his or her ability to get along in that world can be jarring to a par-ent, and often completely un-noticed by the kid. Hence, ad-olescence and all that it brings.

Still, there are other times when I want to press down re-ally hard on top of my kids’ heads in the hopes that they will stay exactly as young and precious and perfect as they are right then. Both of these impulses are reminders of what the essence of childhood

really is, and that how we react to it is what makes us parents in the first place: children are ever-changing on the trajec-tory toward adulthood.

Navigating the different rates of physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, and how they interact within one kid is sometimes tricky. Laurence Steinberg, a Psychologist at Temple University, document-ed different rates of growth for cognitive skills versus psycho-

social maturity in kids ages 11 and up. He found that while cognitive skills like logical reasoning top out at around age 16, social and emotional maturity isn’t reached until our early 20s. That’s bodes well for our educational sys-tem, which loads the bulk of complex academic foundation work in the last two years of high school and the first two years of college. It also explains a lot about the classic adoles-

cent repertoire, with it’s seem-ingly incongru-ent mix of math wizardry, goofy social skills and out-of-the-blue meltdowns.

Some other things you might have noticed about your kids as they grow up: kids have long periods of no growth, with intermittent rapid ma-turing. When your kid all of a sudden looks “older” to you, it’s because they are. Kids also grow more in the spring and summer, which is why when we drop our kids off on the first day of school those newly giant classmates are such a shock. Kids will mature in fits and starts (around here, mostly fits), whether we like it or not.

There are other times when I want to press down really hard on top of my kids’

heads in the hopes that they will stay exactly as young and precious and perfect

as they are right then.

[STAR GAZING]

April 2012By Anthony Cook, Griffith Observatory

Venus, the brightest ob-

ject in the night sky after the moon, reaches its greatest bril-liancy this month. Eye catch-ing in the west-northwest after sunset, Venus passes through the Pleiades star cluster of Tau-rus the Bull on April 3rd. This should be a beautiful sight in binoculars.

On the next night, it ap-pears at its highest after sunset for the year, halfway between the horizon and the point di-rectly overhead. Look for the second brightest planet, Jupi-ter, to the lower right of Ve-nus and closer to the horizon. A telescope, or even steadily held binoculars, will allow the crescent phase of Venus to be glimpsed.

Mars, in Leo the Lion, is high in the south as dark-ness falls, and appears as a bright red point. Mars makes a small telescopic target this month.

Saturn is visible all night long, and is opposite the sun on the night of the 15th. Sat-urn is in Virgo the Maiden,

and appears to the northeast of Virgo’s brightest star Spica, which the planet slightly out-shines. A telescope will show the rings, the north side of which tilts 14 degrees toward us this month.

The full moon on April 6th is called the “Full Pink Moon”, based on its tradition-al Algonquin Indian name, referring to the blooming of flowers at this time of the year. The moon will be new on the 21st, and will pass the planet Jupiter in the early evening sky on the 22nd.

Moonlight will not in-terfere with viewing the maximum of the Lyrid me-teor shower, which reaches its maximum on the night and early morning hours of April 21st and 22nd. At their best shortly before dawn, Lyrid meteors seem to stream from close to the star Vega in Lyra the Harp. From wilderness ar-eas free from urban light pol-lution, about one Lyrid meteor may be expected every three minutes at the shower’s maxi-mum.

Look for these stories only online:• April 2012 Calendar of Events• People Assisting the Homeless and Los Feliz Village Business

District (LFVBID) Joining Forces to help area homeless• Car Burglaries in Franklin Hills• GriffithParkintheMovies:April18thattheHollywoodHeritage

Museum

Results from last month’s polls, where we asked:

Do you think there should be youth ball fields in Griffith Park?87%ofrespondentssaidyes13%ofrespondentssaidno

Do you think the Los Feliz Village Street Festival should be one day or two this year? 77%ofrespondentssaidtwodays23%ofrespondentssaidoneday

This month’s poll:

With Earth Day 2012 coming up April 22nd, do you consider your-self concerned with the environment and taking steps to reduce your own footprint, by recycling, not using store bags, using mass transportation, buying products locally grown or considering your next car purchase to be a hybrid or electric vehicle?Yes. I have taken many steps to help reduce and use less.No. I am not concerned with such environmental matters.No. I need to do more.

Go to losfelizledger.com to vote

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[RESTAuRANT REVIEW]

Red hill: Not Radical, But a Fine Start By pat Saperstein, Ledger Restaurant Critic

Named for political radi-cals that moved to Echo Park decades ago, Red Hill, owned by Jason Michaud, is a little slicker than Michaud’s Sil-ver Lake restaurant Local but with a similar commitment to local and organic ingredients.

Located in the former Phoenix bakery spot on Echo Park Boulevard, its walls of windows show the glaring view of a Little Caesar’s Pizza sign and the back of Wal-green’s. Decor is restrained but pleasant—but the focus is on two bars, one fronting the open kitchen and one with nine craft beer taps. The res-taurant quickly fills with the thrum of conversation.

The food makes up for the view, with an ever-changing menu of about a dozen small plates including salads, vege-tables and flatbreads ($7-$13), three pasta, and half a dozen mains ($13-$20).

While every restaurant now serves a burrata salad, this one stands out, with an unusual beet green pesto, perfectly dressed, slightly bitter frisee and red endive offsetting the silky cheese. Cauliflower with pine nuts and chile aioli earns raves

from everyone who orders it. It’s easy to get tips on the best dishes, because the tables are packed together tightly—good for forging new friend-ships and food recommenda-tions, not as good for private conversation or intimacy.

For vegetarians there are offerings including rapini and buttery gnocchi paired with fava beans and pecorino.

Entrees are a touch more mainstream like crispy halibut with fregola and heartier of-ferings of stout braised lamb, spit roasted chicken and apple cider pork shank.

Brews, all on tap, range from Santa Barbara’s Tele-graph porter to Belgian Brouwerij de Konink am-ber. The wine list is also short with plenty of bottles in the $30 range, mostly from Hungary, Italy, Slove-nia and Spain.

Red Hill is off to a great start. But go early if conver-sation is important, since as soon as it f ills up the noise level might make you see red.

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[EASTSIDE EyE]

Spring Art: photography on ViewBy Kathy A. McDonald, Ledger Columnist

Two new photography shows this month reveal the artistry of photography while depicting wildly different sub-ject matter.

Pedro E. Guerrero: Por-traits of Modern Life is a ret-rospective of the Arizona-born photographer’s architectural photography at the Woodbury University School of Architec-ture’s (WUHO) Gallery and the Getty goes pop with the exhibition Herb Ritts: L.A. Style—a review of the Los Angeles-based photographer’s iconic celebrity portraits and fashion photography.

Guerrero has long been as-sociated with the career of Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1939, at 22, he met Wright and soon became his principal photographer. That relationship influenced his entire career but also deeply shaped his view of architecture and art. Guerrero captured the built environment as though it were sculpture, revealing its dy-namic and spatial qualities.

Guerrero’s images were also published extensively in home design magazines and books about Wright. But Wright was hardly his only subject. In-cluded in the exhibition are his photographs of buildings by Philip Johnson, Marcel Breuer, Edward Durell Stone and oth-ers as well as his images of the works and homes of artists Louise Nevelson and Alexander Calder. 6518 Hollywood Blvd. www.wuho.org/pedro-e-guerre-ro-a-retrospective.

Herb Ritts bridged the gap between commercial pho-tography and art. Best known for his revealing black-and-white celebrity portraits, such as Richard Gere, San Ber-nardino (1977) or Madonna Hollywood (1986), Ritts was also a student of the art of fashion photography, historic portraiture and film. Behind the iconic portraits was an art-ist with extreme technical skill and imagination, with a talent for superb figurative studies. His fashion images not only promoted clothes but also celebrated beauty with verve. Herb Ritts: L.A. Style is on view at the Getty Center April 3rd through Aug. 26th. www.getty.edu/museum/exhibitions

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Immanence: The Videos of Antoine Roegiers and Davide Quayola: Typologies, Strata and Nature at YoungProjects atthePacificDesignCenter.Curator Paul Young features the video work of two European video artists. Belgium-born Antoine Roegiers references Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance painting traditions in his complex animated pieces. London-based Davide Quayola presents a large scale, immersive environmentinhisfirstWestCoast show. Now through May8thatYoungProjects,Gallery B210 and B230, PacificDesignCenter,www.youngprojectsgallery.com

[ThE GOOD LIFE]

have a Drink at the Writer’s Room By Tara de LisLedger Columnist

The Writer’s Room may just be the coolest new bar in Hollywood. And by cool I don’t mean so painfully trendy that mere mortals have no chance of experiencing it firsthand. I actu-ally mean cool, as in historic, hospitality-driven, beautifully decorated—and with fantastic cocktails to boot.

That said, not only is there no sign—normally the de facto definition of exclusiv-ity—there’s also no address (look for the bouncer in the alley behind Musso & Frank), no phone number and no website. Technically, you have to be on the guest list to gain entry. However, if you show up early—before 10 p.m.—are nicely dressed and polite, you will probably get in unless there’s a private party buyout that night.

The venue’s name alludes to its history as the back room of Musso’s, where celebrated scribes such as F. Scott Fitzger-ald held boozy court back in the 1930s. It was closed off in the 1950s until October 2011, when neighboring Sup-perclub’s owner, Abdi Manavi, and his industry partners re-opened the storied space.

The patio is designed like a desert oasis, with flow-ing canopies, giant potted

see GOOD LIFE page 10

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[ThEATER REVIEW]

Drama on Vermont AvenueBy Marilyn Tower Oliver, Ledger Theater Critic

Tucked in between sidewalk cafes, trendy boutiques and the busy Sky-light Bookstore, you’ll find the Skylight Theater located at the end of a narrow walkway. It is home to the Katselas Theatre Company, named after Milton Katselas, the man who saved the bookstore from oblivion after Chatterton Bookstore left the area. 

The Company’s special-ty is developing artists and emerging playwrights.  In the past two years the company has produced a number of plays that have garnered award nominations and prizes. Its passion for new original plays has led to the launch of INKu-bator and PlayLab, programs which encourage the creation of new works that speak to

contemporary issues. Having such a creative

theater in the heart of Los Fe-liz is a new phenomenon.  The Company’s recent “The Yel-low House,” written and per-formed by Burke Byrnes, is an example of a play created in the INKubator program.  The play was directed by Los Feliz resident Michael Kearns. 

Although the play only runs through March, it shows what kind of future produc-tions one can expect.

Byrnes is a storyteller in the Irish tradition, and in this work he explores family se-crets.  As the audience settled down, Byrnes strolled in car-rying a beat-up leather satchel and began to tape off the bare stage with yellow masking tape.  It became obvious that

he was creating the rooms in his childhood home on Long Island in the 1950s.   

He took us back to when he was a 13-year-old and to the event that changed the lives of all living in the house. We learned that his dad was a policeman whose salary didn’t cover all the family’s expenses, so  occasionally lodgers were taken in to help finances.      

Through his laid back, re-laxed manner he drew the au-dience into the family’s drama and subtly built tension. We learned of a molestation in-volving his sister and one of the lodgers, a secret that the

family refused to discuss and the repercussions the violation caused.  Although the topic was grim, Byrne used dollops of humor and wry poignancy to draw the rapt audience into his story.  

The Company will offer a number of new productions that make for an enjoyable theater evening, especially when combined with a dinner or snack on Vermont Avenue.  The full schedule can be ac-

cessed on the website, www.katselastheatre.com.

In April in addition to a number of staged read-ings of new plays, “Twilight: Los Angeles 1992” by Anna Deavere Smith, marking the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots, will open on the main stage April 13th- April 28. Tickets: $15 to $30 through TTCTickets.com or at (702) 582-8587. 1816 North Vermont.  Street parking.

[A DOG’S LIFE]

Canine Destination: Carmel-by-the-SeaBy Jennifer Clark, Ledger Columnist

Carmel-by-the-Sea is a beloved as an art-ist colony and the place where Clint Eastwood was once mayor. However, dog lovers will appreciate the plethora of dog friendly lodging available to travelers.

Built in 1912 and just blocks from the beach, the Lamp Lighter Inn and Sunset House Suites will have your dog loving the surrounding featuring gardens, gazebos and birdhouses. And dog owners will love the free breakfast and complementary evening wine

and cheese. www.carmellamp-lighter.com

Those looking for a rus-tic approach will find solace at the Carmel Resort Inn. Lounge with your dog in the garden, be-side the pond or under the oaks. Dog guests are given their own bed, toys and food as well as snacks at the front desk. www.monteverdeinn.com

When you’re ready to leave the hotel confines there’s tons to explore. The area has two dog-friendly, off-leash beaches: Carmel City Beach and Carmel River State Beach.

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plants and Middle Eastern-style light fixtures. Inside is more akin to a clubby par-lor, thanks to low-lighting, high-backed booths and all-vintage barware, courtesy of collector and bartender Dan-iel K. Nelson, who helped craft a mixology menu that pays homage to Los Angeles neighborhoods.

For instance, the “Ode to Jazz,” basically a Thai iced tea spiked with rum, isn’t named after the style of music, but rather Nelson’s friend “Jazz”

Singsanong, co-owner of Thai Town’s beloved Jitlada restau-rant. Another is the “Dead Man Oaxacan,” a mezcal-based drink inspired by the many moles of Koreatown staple Guelaguet-za—right down to the grass-hopper garnish. It’s smoky, herby and downright potent.

The Writer’s Room is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Admis-sion is free.

Tara de Lis is a freelance writer who lives in Hollywood.

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Author David Kipen to Discuss ‘30s LA Landmarks April 19th at Los Feliz Library

Author and bookstore owner David Kipen will be the featured speaker at the Archi-tecture & Beyond Lecture Se-ries, Thurs., April 19th, from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at the Los Feliz Library, 1874 Hill-hurst Ave., Los Angeles.

Kipen, founder of the Libros Schmibros lending library/used bookstore in Boyle Heights, will discuss the reissued,  Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels. Kipen wrote the introduction to the guide of 1930s landmarks in Los Angeles.

Before opening his Boyle Heights book shop in 2010,

Kipen served as director of the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Reading Initia-tives.

Skylight Books will be on hand to sell architecture-relat-ed books.

The free lecture series, now in its eighth year, is supported by the Friends of the Los Fe-liz Library and the Los Feliz Village Business Improvement District (LFVBID).

For information, call the Los Feliz Branch Library at (323) 913-4710 or www.lapl.org, then click Locations & Hours for the Los Feliz Branch.

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Tracy Do’s Peaceful Confidence By Kimberly Gomez, Ledger Contributing Writer

LOS FELIZ—Selling a home in a soft economy faces challeng-es, but sales are strengthening on the local scene.

“Try not to get wrapped up in the media’s gloomy picture of the market— Los Feliz, and surrounding neighborhoods, remain very desirable because inventory is extremely low here,” said Tracy Do, the top sales agent for Prudential California Re-alty in Los Feliz.

Expectations, she said, are high. Do advises sellers to pre-inspect and repair hidden issues such as aging sewer lines and chimneys that can slow down a sale and make a home less attractive.

Her detailed oriented-ser-vice starts with a checklist that guides clients to set an emo-tional stage for buyers. Do’s 10 years as a local buying and listing agent brings an experi-enced perspective.

“By the time you go to market you have to appeal to as many people as possible,” said Do. Clearly identifying spaces and packing away per-sonal items help buyers feel at home.

“For buyers I call it ‘the feeling,’—when you know it’s yours,” said Do.

Do’s style is refreshingly open and friendly. She en-courages buyers to express en-thusiasm at an open house—they will likely be remembered for it. And she advises buyers who fall in love with a prop-erty to offer the highest best price.

“With interest rates the lowest in a decade, this is a

fantastic time to find your per-fect nest,” she said.

Using the latest technol-ogy to her client’s advantage, Do creates buzz for every home she represents with twitters, pre-listing emails, facebook, print ads and on-line sneak peaks. And while she works closely with her carefully chosen team that includes a buyer’s agent, technology expert, graphic designer and photographer, her clients say it is her per-

sonal attention that sets her apart.

“Besides being bright,

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“I chose Tracy because I knew she was really professional.”

Do balances her work with the deeply fulfilling prac-tice of Shaolin Kung Fu—a passion she shares with her husband and daughter and perhaps the key to her peace-ful confidence.

With the majority of her business being repeat clients and referrals, it appears her fair and balanced approach is appreciated in the process.

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3007 Angus St. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,289,0002121 W Silver Lake Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995,000 2504 Silver Lake Ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849,0002662 Lake View Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785,0003959 Edenhurst Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580,0002246 Cove Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559,000 4069 Garden Ave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553,500 2671 Glendale Blvd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000 2006 Lake Shore Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460,000 1918 CerroGordoSt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450,000 3264 Garden Ave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410,000 3310 Tyburn St . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325,000 3390 La Clede Ave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000 3051 Perlita Ave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289,0002378 PeruSt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255,000 2920 N Coolidge Ave 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197,500 2922 N Coolidge Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,000 90068 Condominimums2700 Cahuenga Blvd E 2314. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $405,000 90068 Single Family homes2333 High Oak Dr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,015,000 1919 Outpost Dr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,750,000 5757 Valley Oak Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500,000 5675 Holly Oak Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,050,000 3335 Deronda Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910,000 6451 Deep Dell Pl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850,0003130 Lindo St . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765,000 2420 Rinconia Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650,000 2468 HollyridgeDr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635,000 6015 Graciosa Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615,000 7297 PacificViewDr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581,5006470 Deep Dell Pl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572,000 2446 Cheremoya Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570,000 2236 N Gower St . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522,000 Sales are from the previous month. 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LOS FELIZ–If you’ve tried to sell your home yourself, you know that the minute you put the “For Sale by Owner” sign up, the phone will start to ring off the hook. Unfortunately, most calls aren’t from prospec-tive buyers, but rather from ev-ery real estate agent in town who will start to hound you for your listing.

Like other “For Sale by Owners”, you’ll be subjected to a hundred sales pitches from agents who will tell you how great they are and how you can’t possibly sell your home by yourself. After all, without

the proper information, selling a home isn’t easy. Perhaps you’ve had your home on the market for several months with no offers from qualified buyers. This can be a very frustrating time, and many homeowners have given up their dreams of selling their homes themselves.

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Ever Check Your Home’s e-Valuation?

Did you know that today, via the internet, a home valuation is just a few keystrokes away? Several web sites offer free, quick and easy values for

any home, anywhere in the country. But how accurate are these “e-valuations”?

For fun, I compared three e-valuations of my own Los Feliz home, which was recently appraised for the purpose of a re-finance. The variations were startling. All the e-valuations were well below my appraised value, which, because it was done for re-finance purposes, was probably under market value to start. Here are the deviations from my home’s appraisal:

Web site % of appraised value_______

eappraisal.com 36%

Yahoo Real Estate 39% to 82% (Yahoo offers a “Value Range”)

Zillow.com 59%

Evidently, despite all the algorithms of the smartest guys on the web, it appears that, at least in my home’s case, there is no substitute for the old-fashioned, human touch where valuations of real estate are concerned. In our neighborhood, especially, with its disparate housing stock and amenities, the web is particularly challenged.

Check your home’s e-valuation. If what you find online doesn’t jibe with your sense of things, call me for a custom home evaluation. Computers are great, but they haven’t replaced all of us yet!

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Trimming Down our WasteBy Meher McArthur, Ledger Columnist

I recently read that we throw away about 1/3rd of the food we buy every week. Rather than filling our stomachs, most of this food waste ends up in landfills, where there is no light or air to help it compost. Instead, it produces methane gas, which contributes to global warm-ing. So not only are we throw-ing away our hard-earned cash when we waste food, but we’re also damaging the environ-ment.

I’m on a drive to reduce food waste. First, I’m trying not to buy so much food. This means not shopping when I’m hungry or buying large bags of veggies or bread that we may not be able to finish. I’m or-dering smaller portions at res-taurants (appetizers are often enough) so I don’t have to take food home in a disposable con-tainer, which I inevitably lose in the fridge and rediscover weeks later when the contents are blue and fuzzy.

Now, for all leftovers, I place them near the front of the fridge with the date taped

onto the container, and I’ve discovered this fun website: www.lovefoodhatewaste.com

When food waste can’t be helped—like food scraps from

plates or my son’s lunch box—I try to divert them from the trash. Birds and squirrels hap-pily eat bread scraps, and for fruit and veggie waste, I don’t yet compost, but the City of Los Angeles now accepts this kind of waste in the green bins, so these foods can go back into the earth the natural way.

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passovers That have Come and GoneBy Diane Kanner, Ledger Columnist

Breed Street Shul at

247 N. Breed St. in Boyle Heights survived earthquake and vandalism, as well as rain, wind and pigeon abuse. Between World Wars I and II the shul looked like “a medieval castle in the poor immigrant Jewish neighbor-hood of Boyle Heights. . .” Irv Weiser wrote in an issue of the Western States Jewish Quarterly devoted to remem-brances of the neighborhood.

The once regarded ‘queen of shuls,’ where Al Jolson ush-ered in film sound in a scene in “The Jazz Singer” filmed there, is undergoing a metamorpho-sis as a multipurpose facility which will serve as a gathering place for Boyle Heights’ large-ly Latino population. Millions

of dollars are being sought by the Breed Street Shul Project.

Approximately one-third of Los Angeles’ Jewish popu-lation once lived in Boyle Heights. Los Feliz attracted Jewish residents in the same era.

David A. Hamburger of the May Company depart-ment stores lived in the former William Mead home; while on the other side of Vermont Avenue, Ben Platt was finish-ing his dream home designed by Paul Williams. Platt raised some of the funds needed to build Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in 1930, a Jewish community mainstay at 4833 Fountain Ave.

Los Angeles contained dozens of synagogues, and a number were a short drive lo-

cally. Temple Israel was known as “Congregation Israel of Hollywood” at Franklin Av-enue and Argyle Street. Mem-bers of Congregation Beth El worshipped in a brick building at 1508 N. Wilton Place.

The Abe Kanners of Gainsborough Avenue sent their daughters Trona and Joyce to Hebrew School at Sinai Temple at 4th and New

Hampshire Avenue. And Temple Emanu-El at 631-35 S. Manhattan Place was the first Traditional Reform con-gregation in the city. South of Childrens Hospital, one of the oldest Conservative congrega-tions in the city, Temple Knes-set Israel, got its start at 1258 Lyman Place.

After World War II, the Jewish Federation erected a U-shaped three story build-ing at 590 N. Vermont Ave., a few blocks south of Los Angeles City College, and remained there until 1976.

In the post war era, a Jewish Community Center (JCC) was built between Los Feliz and Silver Lake boulevards at 1110 Bates Ave. The JCC re-mains, as does Temple Knes-set Israel, located at 1260 N. Vermont Ave. since 1954. The other institutions and religious organizations have moved to quarters west and northwest.

Like Los Feliz, Boyle Heights lost many of its Jewish families to their assimilation into the Los Angeles main-stream.

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Mark G. - 1of 5 siblings in a family Trust sale of their childhood home that sold for significantly over asking after receiving 6 offers the 1st week; 5x all-cash.

“Having finally come to the decision to sell our family home of 36 years, our first and most crucial task was to choose the right agent to work with. After careful consideration,we decided upon you. We could not be more satisfied with nor enthusiastic about our choice. With your expert and ever professional guidance, our sale proceeded flawlessly from start to finish. Your understanding of our Los Feliz neighborhood, the current market and impressive marketing plan led to a quick and problem-free close. We feel our best interests were always placed first. You have our gratitude and hearty endorsement as a top notch real estate agent. Thank you for your diligence and hard work.”

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Create your Own Relaxing home SpaBy Susann Thomason Tunick, Ledger Columnist

Do you yearn for a bathroom

that feels like a spa? Wouldn’t it be lovely to experience the relaxation of a spa in your own home whenever the mood strikes?

In order for your bath-room to fee l like a get-away spa, there must be a soaking tub, a great shower, lux-urious bath p r o d u c t s , high qual-ity linens, a comfort-able chair and a lock on the door. Good natural light also makes the room feel happy and bright. Installing heated floors cre-ates a sense of wellbeing and comfort. And a sauna adds the piece de resistance—as long as you have the room.

Look for tubs that are at least 21” deep. Adding a Ja-cuzzi is a personal choice, but it is not for everyone. An iron tub is timeless and durable. It retains heat well and is avail-

able in many colors and styles; however, it is heavy and ex-pensive. If you choose an iron tub the floor may also need to be reinforced.

A fiberglass tub is lighter in weight and more affordable. They come in many colors but

can scratch easily and don’t retain heat as well. It pays to shop around and sit in the tub before you purchase it.

I prefer to separate the shower from the soaking tub. Whether your tub is free standing or built-in, create a niche in the wall nearest the tub to create a space for bath products and, for the sake of ambience, candles.

Steam showers are a won-derful treat, but they will re-

quire a window or a vent and fan. If budget allows, add a hand held shower head in addition to the normal wall mounted version. Rain show-ers placed in the ceiling are another good option.

Pipe in some spa music, brew your-self a cup of tea or pour y o u r s e l f a glass of wine. Dim the lights. Sink down slowly into the hot, bubbly wa-ter of your soaking tub

and enjoy a peaceful get-away in the comfort of your own home.

Next month I will discuss tile and stone options that work best in bathrooms along with, vanities and the very im-portant aspect of lighting. It is the best way I know to create the desired atmosphere.

Susann Tunick can be reached at Susann@thomasontunick.com.

pipe in some spa music, brew yourself

a cup of tea or pour yourself a glass of wine.

Dim the lights. Sink down slowly into the hot,

bubbly water of your soaking tub and

enjoy a peaceful get-away in the comfort

of your own home.

Look for our May edition on Thursday, May 3rd!

For missed delivery, please email Allison Ferraro

at allisonferraro@losfelizleger.com

2nd Annual Atwater Village Simplicity SaleATWATER VILLAGE—If you need to downsize, clean up, de-clutter, you can at the Sim-plicity Sale, Sunday April 1st, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Revo Café, 3134 Glendale Blvd.

Those interested needed to register by today, March 29th to participate. Register at needs@northlandvillagechurch.com or call (323) 761-0053.

Participants must provide their own table. Organizers will supply the space for you to set-up. All proceeds are kept by the participant.

Donations are also be-ing taken for the sale. Orga-nizers will sell it for you or give it away. These proceeds will benefit Reconciliation in L.A., Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service and the AIDS Healthcare Foun-dation through “Out of the Closet.” For those needing their items picked up, please contact needs@northlandvil-lagechurch.com or call (323) 761-0053 by March 29th.

The event is sponsored by the Northland Village Church.

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DASh—“Off Again, On Again”By Stephanie Vendig, Ledger Columnist

The idea of DASH for

Silver Lake has resurfaced again. At a Transportation Committee meeting of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council (SLNC) chaired by Rusty Millar, a representative from the Dept. of Transporta-tion (DOT) e x p l a i n e d what is poten-tially possible for reviving again the idea of DASH for Silver Lake. A plan could be implemented for Saturdays, but it will need additional funding to operate. In other words, the vehicles could be available, but pay-ing for the driving is not. A proposed route would include both the northern portion and the southern portion of Silver Lake.

In 2004-2005, I joined a community group to ad-vocate for the shuttle bus in our neighborhood to connect shopping areas and public spaces with main public trans-portation lines. At that time the department had asked for proposals from neighborhoods in order to expand the ser-vice. Over 80 neighborhoods submitted these proposals, including Silver Lake. They were ranked and modified. Silver Lake (mainly south) was ranked 21st and a modi-fication of Hollywood-Los Feliz to include Hyperion was ranked 8th. However, this ex-pansion has not been imple-mented due to a $22 million deficit. The proposals are still on the shelf waiting for a more positive economic picture.

To ease the deficit, the DOT increased fares to 50 cents effective July, 2011, and seniors’ rate increased to 25 cents. They also eliminated routes and times of services for many of their original 27

neighborhood routes and 6 downtown routes.

Since the DOT cannot fund the cost of operation at this time, they are looking at the concept of public/private partnerships in which the city and a private source share in the cost, yet the operation of DASH is still a city function. Paramount Studios has fund-ed a DASH line, for example. The Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce, at one point, had explored the possibility that businesses could contribute to the support. Maybe that idea should be revisited, particular-ly if they would benefit by the presence of DASH.

The DOT has also been looking closely at what makes a successful DASH operation. A successful area such as the Pico-Union neighborhood with higher density, more people with lower income and fewer cars is obviously a plus for public transportation. But public transportation should operate not just as a necessity for people. I would think it should be also considered as an alternative, just as bicycle use is now being encouraged

by city-defined bike paths. I want to see a reduction of car traffic on my clogged streets, or a reduction of the need for more parking spaces, or the ability to get to the retail busi-nesses of my neighborhood, or

the park, or the senior center, or to the subway station without relying solely on the car.

For more info and sharing of your ideas, please contact

Ryan Carpio from Council-member Garcetti’s CD13 of-fice at (323) 957-4500, Ryan.Carpio@lacity.org.

But public transportation should operate

not just as a necessity for people. I would

think it should be also considered as an

alternative, just as bicycle use is now being

encouraged by city-defined bike paths.

Seniors plan Community CelebrationBy Norma Zager, Ledger Contributing Writer

LOS FELIZ—The Griffith Park Adult Community Center will sponsor a community celebra-tion Sat., April 7th on River-side Drive south of Los Feliz Blvd.

The fundraiser supports GGPAC activities and will include an Easter Egg Hunt from 1:30-2:30, food trucks,

carnival rides, raffles, crafts, artwork and a white elephant sale.

The organization sponsors numerous events for seniors in the area.

Anyone interested in par-ticipating in the community festival or for more informa-tion, call 323- 644-5579.

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City Council hearings will be held through April to dis-cuss the proposed changes. A final council hearing for con-sideration is scheduled April 20th. It is the City Council’s decision to either approve the proposal, make adjustments, or return it to the panel for modifications. June 30th is the deadline for the finaliza-tion of the new boundaries.

If passed, as is proposed now, Kayser’s district would retain its two sizable core geo-graphic regions: a northern area of the city that includes Silver Lake, East Hollywood and Eagle Rock; and a south-ern area that includes South Gate and Vernon.

The main difference is that instead of these two chunks be-ing connected on the eastern side, the new district would meander through the city via sections of South L.A. and Pi-co-Union, sometimes by areas

of land that are only five blocks wide. The proposed map also cuts off most everything north of Franklin Avenue in Los Fe-liz, including Marshall High School, placing it in a separate district from 10 of its 12 feeder schools. It also separates a sec-tion of the Los Angeles River where Kayser had hoped to build a science center.

“Whoever put this to-gether wanted to be done for the sake of being done, not for the sake of being right,” said Mark Mauceri of the Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council, noting the neighbor-hood council had written the committee recommending ex-actly against this sort of neigh-borhood split in Los Feliz.

“They completely disre-garded what we said,” Mauc-eri said. “That line right down Franklin Avenue says you have no idea what this neighbor-hood is like… In a practical sense it doesn’t really opera-

tionally change anything from the students point of view but from the administrative point of view it’s hell.”

After the commission ap-proved its final report and this redistricting plan, three dis-senting commissioners wrote a minority report, describing backroom “power politics” and stating they hope the City Council will “seek what is best for the children of this com-munity, a coherent, civil rights supportive, Los Angeles Char-ter-aligned map that will allow

parents and school communi-ties the utmost impact on their students.”

Sarah Bradshaw, Kayser’s chief of staff, said if this plan passes, it will suddenly make two board members respon-sible for this neighborhood’s public education, creating a possible lack of effectiveness.

“It makes it harder for parents to hold anyone ac-countable, to hold their school board accountable if they have multiple school board mem-bers; it causes confusion,” she

said. That sort of confusion

could eventually lead to a lack of public participation, as was writing in the dissenting mi-nority report: “What is being proposed to the Council is the definition of and worst of gerrymandering in which the public becomes so confused, they lose interest.”

“We need to get these ad-justments made to make the best of a bad situation,” said Kayser’s commissioner ap-pointee, Lewis.

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of Neighborhood Empower-ment. So long as it doesn’t fail, Kim said, Los Angeles’ neighborhood council system will continue to stand as a model for this form of hyper-localized government within a spanning city.

“This is important because quite a few boards are starting to lose board members and the elections are a way to reinvigo-rate new activities and new board members,” Kim said. “If it doesn’t pass, I’m afraid we’re going to see more struggling neighborhood councils, which will start to effect the entire

system.”The proposed election

plan would put neighborhood councils in charge of their own elections and appointments with the Dept. of Neighbor-hood Empowerment assisting by bringing on election coor-dinators to help develop plat-forms. Elections would be held starting in August and hope-fully finished by November.

The proposed neighbor-hood council election plan is estimated to cost the city $650,000.

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An Amazing River WalkBy hana Nguyen, 3rd Grade

My class went on a walking trip to observe wildlife at the Los Angeles River. Our trip was lead

by Ms. Kari Rasmussen, Education Director for the Friends of the Los Angeles River, FoLAR.

The river was very peace-ful. I saw many mallard ducks. I noticed that the male mallard ducks were more col-orful than the females. I saw a great blue heron, and it didn’t move an inch. I think that it was waiting for prey to swim by.

Many different kinds of birds come to the L.A. River because there is food, water, and shelter. Mrs. Marks, my teacher, said that the river is a great resource for families be-cause they can walk, bike and relax there.

We can help the L.A. Riv-er by picking up trash, joining FoLAR and informing our families and friends about it.

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Looking Toward the FutureBy Caitlin Caguco, 8th Grade

In March, our school held tryouts for March Madness. The games were March 19th through April 2nd. The March Madness Championship Game will take place on April 14th, at Bellarmine Jefferson High School in Burbank.

Our 8th graders were ac-cepted into many great Catho-lic and public high schools, in-cluding: Providence, Loyola, Cathedral, Immaculate Heart, Sacred Heart, Bellarmine Jefferson, Bishop Alemany, Notre Dame, Holy Family and St. Francis High School. Our very own Allen Eguia was not only accepted into Provi-dence High School, but he was also accepted into their Technology Focus Program and earned a $5,000 scholar-ship. Congratulations! I was accepted into Providence, and in the Media Focus Program.

I wish my fellow class-mates, friends, and family a bright and successful lives and futures.

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Book-Filled FebruaryBy Stella Rosenberg-Markland

F e b r u a r y was a book-filled month at Ivanhoe Elementary. We celebrat-ed Dr.Suess’

108th birthday (March 2nd), had a book fair and participat-ed in the National Education Association’s, “Read Across America.”

For the national event, all Ivanhoe students sat on the yard to read for 30 minutes and formed the letter I for Ivanhoe! At the book fair, we had all sorts of books and fun things to buy. The book fair is a yearly fundraiser for our school.

We also got to dress up as our favorite book characters. Fourth grade student, Barker Thompson, wore my favorite book character, Artemis Fowl and 4th grade teacher, Ms. Flynn wore a Huckleberry Flinn costume, get it? Reading is such an important thing for our brain and imagination, so keep reading!

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Success All AroundBy yeBin Lee, 8th Grade

Last month was a suc-cessful one, as Page Private School students participated in the “Pennies for Patients” program, to help raise funds for children with cancer.  We raised a total of $1,764.41!  It was a great experience for everyone, knowing that we helped make a change in someone else’s life.  

In April, we celebrate our academic success after receiving our 3rd quarter report cards, with an honor assembly to be held on the April 11th.   The S.A.T. testing for all kinder-garten through 8th graders will take place this month as well.  We are readily preparing for these annual exams.  

Lastly, our school is hav-ing an Open House for all prospective parents on April 23rd- 28th.  Please come and visit us to see what we’re all about. We look forward to meeting you.

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Sports program Growing in popularityBy Lily Kachikis

I am very ex-cited to be a part of the Pil-grim School Athletics Pro-gram. This year we have

the largest number of students involved in sports in Pilgrim history. One of our P.E. teach-ers, Coach Sarafian, says, “The Pilgrim Sports Program is grow-ing. There is more participation, a great coaching staff, and tre-mendous support from school administrators and faculty.”

Our school sports include basketball, baseball, varsity volleyball, cross-country, track and field, soccer, and 8-man tackle football. In addition, our cheerleading squad has qualified for the Cheerlead-ing National Competition in Anaheim.

Our middle school’s soc-cer program is off to a good start. From just the first few practices, I can see improve-ment and acceleration in my teammates’ attitude towards trying out a sport they have either never played before or working on improving their skills.

LILA Seeks New 2nd CampusLycée International de Los

Angeles (LILA) has entered into escrow to purchase the former GM training center from New Urban West for an undisclosed amount. The school will use the new campus at 1105 Riverside Dr. for their secondary school campus. Currently LILA enrolls 150 students in middle school and 70 students in high school.

The transaction is ex-pected to close in June. After that, administers will work to secure city permits to operate the school on the property.

“The building is a wonder-fully intact mid-century struc-ture that suits our school’s needs while requiring surpris-ingly few modifications,” said Peter Schubin a LILA Board

member, Architect, and head of the school’s ad-hoc Archi-tectural committee.

“LILA is a small school where students and staff alike are focused on successful aca-demic results,” said Head of School Elizabeth Chaponot. “We are eager to blend into the historical Rancho neighbor-hood with its unique cultural appeal. This already feels like home!”

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Susan Simon, Marshall Graduate—The Legacy of MarshallBy Allia parsons

Marshall is a school that travels through family roots since 1931. Many people that go to school there have had parents and grandparents that attended before them. These

families have first-handedly seen the changes that Mar-shall has gone through.

One of my closest friend’s is the third generation in her family to have attended Mar-

shall. I was able to talk to her mother, Susan Simon, about these changes, and how she remembers her experience at Marshall.

When I asked her why she liked Marshall, she answered “Straight or gay, surfer, jock, cheerleader, academic, black, white, Latino, English or non-English speaking, no one seemed to care if you were dif-

ferent. There was never a sense that you had to act ‘this way’ or ‘that way’ to be accepted or “cool.”

Her recollection of Mar-shall was striking because though I have only been there one semester, it is easy to see that this “tolerance” is a key factor in the functioning of the school. Especially in high school, when people long to be

accepted by their peers, this understanding extracts a huge amount of stress and sadness that seems to plague the high school experience. It was great to hear that though there are many differences between Marshall when Susan went there, and now, the essence of the school remains the same, and keeps families coming back for generations.

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In the home StretchBy Emma Davidson ’14 and Georgia pep-

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With the end of the 3rd quarter fast approaching we look forward to April and the start of our Easter Break. When we return from this week of rest, campus life starts to pick up speed as the school year approaches the home stretch.

Already we are planning for Mary’s Day, an Immacu-late Heart tradition that cel-ebrates Mary, the mother of Christ and the school’s patron. This year’s celebration in early May promises to be a great success with the carefully se-lected theme of Peace by Piece with Mary. All members of the school community are in-volved in preparations. Mean-while, students are also busy studying for May’s AP exams.

March concludes with the annual Mother/ Daughter

Luncheon & Fashion Show at the Sheraton Universal Hotel. Featuring the theme “Our Fair Ladies,” the event consists of a sit-down luncheon, a si-lent auction and raffle, and, of course, the fashion show fea-turing our seniors as the mod-els. The Genesians’ spring pro-duction of Hairspray has its opening night on March 29th, and the school anticipates the entertaining, final product.

Students will continue to be involved in a variety of community service events in April, including a blood drive and efforts to support “Get on the Bus,” which helps children visit their incarcerated parents.

Sat., April 28th, will be our Girls Athletic Association Annual Car Wash from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., benefiting our ath-letic programs.

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Getting Ready for Spring ActivitiesBy Griffin Cohen, 11th Grade

At Loyola, we are fully into the spring se-mester. Many students are preparing for AP tests com-

ing up this May, and under-classmen are choosing what classes to take next year. There are some exciting pro-posed courses on the table, including Honors Astron-omy, Environmental Engi-neering, and Urban Ecology. Seniors are down to their last few months before they move on to college.

In mid-March, a group of students traveled to Sacra-mento for Lobby Day, as they learned about civil liberties is-sues and ways to take action. 

Also, Loyola’s Hannon Theatre Company has been preparing for its next musi-

cal, “The Drowsy Chaper-one,” which will debut in early May. The students always do a great job and this performance should be no exception.

Wrapping up the winter sports, our soccer and basket-ball teams both made deep runs in the playoffs. Soccer lost in penalty kicks in the CIF semifinal game to Long Beach Millikan, and basket-ball lost in the CIF semifi-nals in Anaheim to Mater Dei. Overall, both teams had strong seasons.

The spring is the busiest sports season at Loyola. Our spring sports are headlined by our nationally ranked vol-leyball team, CIF and state champion swim team, and defending national champion track and field team, which is comprised of nearly a third of the student body.

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Regarding “Charter Seeks Micheltorena Campus” (March 2012), my children at-tend Gabriella Charter School and in the 2 ½ years that we’ve been there, I’ve not heard of one negative incident or ex-perience involving a Logan or GCS student that was a result of sharing campuses. 

I know there is a very small group of Logan staff or administration whom were vehemently opposed to shar-ing their campus with GCS initially (the woman inter-viewed for the Ledger article is part of this small group), but this is not a universal feeling amongst the Logan commu-nity. In fact, I know of at least two Logan teachers who send their children to GCS.

To address some of the specific criticisms about our school: meals for GCS stu-dents are catered because we don’t have access to the Logan kitchen or cafeteria. A blue shade canopy was in-stalled on the playground a couple years ago by the Los Angeles Unified School Dis-trict. Both GCS and Logan students use the canopy. The teachers and staff at GCS run a tight ship—and I find it plausible that a student was told not to talk while walk-ing in line, but I’m sure the teacher did not specify that GCS students should not

speak to Logan students. The administration at

GCS has made a big effort to include Logan students in its programs. This year they started a free after school mu-sic program called Allegro for which half of the spots are reserved for Logan students. I know a portion of the spots for the nearly free dance class-es offered after school and on Saturdays through “Every-body Dance!” are also reserved for Logan students.

As of a couple of weeks ago, there was a least one open spot for a student at the school. Yes, the school admission is by lottery, but the odds are pretty good for getting in. I’m not sure what the ratio is of appli-cants to those who get invited to attend, but it nowhere near as competitive as Larchmont Charter, for example.

Gabriella Charter School is a Title I school. Ninety per-cent of the students are on free or reduced-price lunch.  It is by no means a school for the elite. The education these chil-dren are receiving is extraordi-nary, however.

GCS should be a model for educational reform.  It re-cently won a prestigious award given out to charter schools in California.

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Regarding “Organiz-ers Debate Length of Street Festival,” (March 2012) I live on Kingswell Avenue and I appreciate the fact that the LFVBID did not approve for the street festival to run for a 2-day span. It’s hard enough with the four restaurants on Hillhurst Avenue that do not provide parking, and the other many businesses on Vermont Avenue that do not provide parking, to get parking in front of my own house.

So when the Street Festi-val happens I again will have to fight for parking in front of my own house. I have lived in this area for 21 years and it has never been as bad as it is now.

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Regarding the publisher’s letter “Let Them Play, L.A.! Ball Fields Needed in Griffith Park” (March 2012), Griffith Park has acreage beyond belief!  This is a park of hilly terrain, but are there no level spots re-maining?  Why wouldn’t ball fields be high on everyone’s list as a smart use of some of this land?  If we allowed the nay-sayers to rule, there would be no gem of The Greek Theater, the Griffith Observatory, play-grounds, picnic areas, vintage train displays, pony rides, mer-ry-go round, Autry National Center, Los Angeles Zoo or garden spots.  If we can swing the development cost as well as identify appropriate sites, what better use could there be to serve our young? 

 Diane McDowell, Los Feliz

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Regarding Meher McAr-thur’s Keen to Be Green “Green Thoughts for Presi-dent’s Day,”    (February 2012). She states that she was “happy” that President Obama rejected the Key-stone Pipeline.    But, she fails to include a single au-thoritative  source that indi-cates any potential harmful environmental impact that would arise from building a pipeline between the United States and our friend and ally, oil rich Canada.  

The United States State Department has already con-ducted a three-year environ-mental impact survey and found that such a project would pose a minimal impact on the environment—mean-ing that it is quite safe.  

The pipeline will have 16,000 sensors connected to a satellite to monitor the pres-sure and alert the appropriate officials if there is a problem. Such facts would not likely persuade McArthur whose worldview is symbolic of the contemporary green fascist movement since environmen-talism is not based upon facts or real world conditions, but rather emotions, mysticism, and contempt for our modern, advanced society.  

There are thousands of pipelines all across the Unit-ed States delivering petro-leum and natural gas. What is a sewer but a pipeline? Does McArthur believe that the thousands of pipeline workers should be left un-employed because it makes her “feel better” knowing that such a project is not built?  What about the high-er gas prices that Los Angeles residents pay as a result of such ideological fanaticism that is based upon contempt for mankind’s achievements?

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Regarding “Charter Seeks Micheltorena Cam-pus,” (March 2012), what a total bummer! I am a Gabri-ella Charter School Parent and this article makes me feel bul-lied. It is like blaming Presi-dent Obama for the recession.

Yes it is unfortunate that Gabriella out performs Logan on its own campus, but that has nothing to do with colloca-tion. We have major problems in our education system which is why charters have come to exist. The divide between Lo-gan and Gabriella isn’t person-al—its bureaucratic!

I’m guessing your reporter

was secretly tickled to hear this juicy anecdote, which is such a poetic metaphor for his story, however degrading an incred-ible school is contrary to the whole purpose of the story. How is he serving “better edu-cation” for our children by tear-ing down an amazing school?

Ironically my daughters’ name is Logan and you are more likely to hear Gabri-ella staff instructing kids not to speak to “her” (Logan the notorious chatterbox) than ac-tual Logan school kids.

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4 BD & 3.5 BA in over 4,200 sq ft, huge basement, 11,500 sq ft lot. Terraced garden. Totally redone, awesome views of Downtown LA.LA.

4 BD & 3.5 BA in over 4,200 sq ft, huge basement, 11,500 sq ft lot. Terraced garden. Totally redone, awesome views of Downtown LA.LA.

4 BD & 3.5 BA in over 4,200 sq ft, huge basement, 11,500 sq ft lot. Terraced garden. Totally redone, awesome views of Downtown LA.LA.

2248 Panorama Terrace Silver Lake Hills $829,000Mid-Century Inspired 4 + 2.5 home tucked away in the hills w/lovely scenic views from most rooms. Living rm w/fireplace, hardwood flrs & DR leads to lovely patio & terraced yard great for gardening. Nicely renovated kitchen. Master suite w/private bath & vus. Ivanhoe School.

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3093 St. George Street Los Feliz Call For PriceLovingly maintained 1 owner 1953 built Mid-Century 3+2 home with large family room. Living room with hardwood floors and a fireplace. Spacious kitchen. Central air and heat. Nice corner lot. Room to create a fabulous yard. Walk to Hyperion eateries and close to reservoir. Ivanhoe School.

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3931 Clayton Avenue Los Feliz $1,149,000Stunning gated 4+3 Contemporary with incredible views and 2 studios - 1 w/bath. Perfect floor plan for entertaining w/great indoor outdoor flow. LR w/fireplace & wall of glass to enjoy vus. Great kitchen with cozy sitting area.Master opens to deck w/amazing vu’s. Fabulous home!

4131 Brunswick Drive Atwater $572,000Beautifully restored 2 + 1 1920’s California Bungalow. LR with fireplace, wood floors, beamed ceiling & built-ins. Vintage bath with a clawfoot tub. Kitchen with new cabinets, and Caesarstone tops. Gorgeous yard and deck off the master bedroom. Central air, copper plumbing. Charming home in lovely area!

1901 N. Oxford Street Los Feliz $895,000Circa 1924 2-Story 4 +3.5 bath Mediterranean set behind gates with classic details thru out. Beautiful LR & formal dining rm. Upstairs are 2 large add’tl rms that lead to roof top deck w/views of the Observatory. 3100 sq ft. Hardwood floors & gorgeous staircase. AC. Five fountains.

3840 Clayton Avenue Franklin Hills $649,000A great value in this 2+2.5 Franklin Hills residence with great viewsof the Silver Lake and Franklin Hills. Spanish pavers in LR & dining rm. Spacious wood decks to enjoy outdoor living and entertaining.Central air & heat & E/Q retrofitted. Bonus rm could be 3rd bedroom.

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717 Parkman Avenue Silver Lake $518,500Newly renovated 2+1 Craftsman. Large kitch w/new cabinets, granite tops, new stainless appl. Spacious LR & DR. Gorgeous bathroom that looks out to view. Home office area. Large down sloped lot that could be decked & some flat yard. AC. Bonus room & laundry area. A gem!

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3839 Franklin Avenue Franklin Hills $695,000Storybook 3+1.75 Brick Tudor with picture windows to enjoy sweeping city views in spacious LR & DR. Charming original kitchen & breakfast room that leads out to patio and yard. Hardwood floors. 3rd bdrm ideal for home office. Needs updating, but could be very special. Short sale.

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3715 Tracy Street Los Feliz $2,450Newly renovated lower unit of duplex. 2 bedrooms each w/private bath & ½ bath for guests. Kitchen with new cabinets, granite tops, stove, dishwasher, fresh paint, laundry area and 1 car garage. Central air & heat. Lovely yard & patio. Nice location - Walk to shops, eateries.

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3612 Crestmont Avenue Silver Lake $595,000Great location in this 2 +2 Craftsman. Spectacular downtown and city views. Hardwood floors, updated kitchen with pass thru counter to deck. Separate bonus room, perfect for a home office. Living room with fireplace opens to spacious deck ideal for entertaining views.

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2216 Commonwealth Avenue Los Feliz $895,000Lovely 3+2 Spanish home north of Los Feliz Blvd w/fabulous guest unit. Gorgeous LR, formal DR, hrdwd flrs updated kitchen, den near kitchen leads to yard w/rm for pool. Central AC. Guest unit with living area, kitchen, bedroom and additional 3/4 bath. 2 car garage. Large Yard.

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1119 Sanborn Avenue Silver Lake $659,0001911 Craftsman Tri-plex steps to Sunset Junction in w/loads of potential. A duplex w/1 - 2 bed 1 bath & a 1 bed 1 bath units & a separate 1 bd 1 ba house + yard & parking. $4,300 monthly income. 2836 sqft. 7696 lot. Walk to great shops and eateries. Good investment or owner user.

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3607 Amesbury Road Los Feliz Hills $775,000Lovingly maintained 3+2.5 Traditional w/Mid-Century feel. Large living room, wet bar, hrdwd floors & original casement windows. Charming kitchen, dining area. Fam rm & din area open out to a nice patio. Master suite w/private bath. Nice views from many rooms. Appx 2451 sq ft + large bonus rm or home office.

Thank You George & Eileen! Sold

Dear George and Eileen, We would like to thank you both so much for the great work that you did in selling our home that we lived for over 35 years on Amesbury Road in the Los Feliz Hills - and finding us our wonderful new home in Atwater. We really appreciated all the attention and guidance you gave us. We will highly recommend you to anyone that is considering selling or buying a home. Ethel and Henry Sierra

Call and let us show you why our approach to selling homes in your neighborhood works. We look forward to speaking with you. George & Eileen

2150 Hillhurst Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027

323.668.7600georgeandeileen.com

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