V.30.5 MAY 2018

Newsletter of the Park LaBrea Residents AssociationADVOCATING FOR THE RESIDENTS

PARK LA BREA Can PLBRA help?

When you made the decision to move into Park La Brea, you recognized the benefits of living in a park like community that is centrally located in the City of Los Angeles. We enjoy the duel benefits of being an oasis of green tranquility surrounded by a vibrant metropolitan environment.

But when a concern does occur, what is the best approach to resolving it?

The Park LaBrea Residents Association (PLBRA), YOUR ADVOCATE with PLB Management, believes that our operational philosophy of Constructive, Measured, Conciliatory and Consistent mediation is the Best Way to achieve the desired results for our community.

PLBRA has regular monthly meetings with Top PLB Management at which both Community and Individual concerns are advocated.

PLBRA believes that engaging PLB Management in constructive negotiation is the only logical way to achieve our collective goals in a timely and cost-effective manner.

PLBRA ADVOCATING FOR YOU

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ABOUT USPLBRA Officers:

President: Bernie Clinch

Vice President: Kenna Marshall

Secretary/Treasurer: Col. Donald Harris, USA (Ret.)

PLBRA Office:

Tower 39 Lobby Office 401 S. Burnside Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90036

Tel: 323-934-1177

e-mail: plbra@ca.rr.com

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PLBRA Web Site:

www.plbra.org

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PLBRAThe Park LaBrea Residents Association (PLBRA) is your community organization but it can only achieve its objective of Advocating for the Residents if you collectively help.

We need both your Membership and your Volunteerism if we are to succeed.

To be an effective advocate we must have a significant part of the Park La Brea community on our side. Of equal importance, we need both your ideas and your physical support if we are to continue to serve the Park La Brea community.

If you want a viable community organization, at Park La Brea, give us your support now.

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Be  On  the  Look  Out  -­  Park  La  Brea  Safety      

By Lisa LockwoodVeteran Detective-Author-Crime Analyst

(A Park La Brea Resident)

The first thing that comes to mind to deter crime when I see an expansive, high foot and vehicle traffic community like Park La Brea is simple: “If You See Something, Say Something.” The best way a community can protect itself from invariable crime; ranging from petty-theft to burglaries from motor vehicles and homes is to be alert. Care about your neighbors and your neighbors’ property.

The LAPD and the security personnel at Park La Brea will tell you that they depend on citizens, like you, to pass along important information that benefits everyone living in this beautiful community. Case in point: the Towers at Park La Brea have received improved mailbox facilities which now provide security for residents’ packages as well as letter mail. Previously, all packages were left outside a resident’s door and they became easy prey for opportunists. Today residents still get deliveries at their door, (Excessively large USPS shipments, FedEx, UPS, Amazon, etc.), it is not a perfect system but it has improved monumentally. Do your best to arrange to be home when you know you’re expecting a parcel or communicate with your neighbor to receive and hold the package in your absence.

Living in a gated community with its own security personnel leads one to the assumption that Park La Brea is impenetrable to crime. As great as these two factors are, criminals and opportunists live to circumvent the system.

Are you leaving valuable items on your patios, in your yards, or out in the hallways? These situations serve as enticements to people who wouldn’t ordinarily take something, but due to the ease of not getting caught they make for an easy target. Have you seen the viral videos of “common folk” everyday people – including housewives – getting caught red-handed snatching packages from people’s porches? Sadly, it happens. Be a good neighbor. If it doesn’t pass the Sniff Test, “If something appears off it usually is.” Trust your Intuition!

You are a vital part of keeping our community safe. Remember: “If You See Something, Say Something.”

LAPD 911

PLB PATROL (323) 549-5508

FAMILY FRIENDLY FILMS SATURDAYS AT 2 PM

5/5 Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) PG-13 93 minutes - Following their win at the world championship, the now separated Bellas reunite for one last singing competition at an overseas USO tour, but are opposed by a group who employ both instruments and voices.

5/12 Justice League (2017) PG-13 120 minutes - Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Batman (Ben Affleck) enlists the help of his newfound ally Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) to face an even greater enemy. (Characters based on the DC Comics Superhero Team)

5/19 Jurassic World (2015) PG-13124 minutes - A new theme park, built on the site of the original Jurassic Park, creates a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur which escapes containment and goes on a killing spree.

5/26 Airplane! (1980) PG88 minutes - A man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after its pilots become sick.

Movie Calendar May 2018

ACADEMY AWARDS IITHURSDAYS AT 7 PM

5/3 Lady Bird (2017) R94 minutes - In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl (played by Saoirse Ronan) comes of age in Sacramento, California. (Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress Nominations – Academy Awards 2018) (An Amazon Prime Screening)

5/10 Phantom Thread (2017) R130 minutes - Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover. This film is set in 1950’s London. (Best Costume Design – Academy Awards 2018)

5/17 The Post (2017) PG-13116 minutes - A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government. This film stars Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.(Best Picture and Best Actress Nominations – Academy Awards 2018)

5/24 Call Me by Your Name (2017) R132 minutes - In 1980’s Italy, a romance blossoms between a seventeen year-old boy and an older man hired as his father's research assistant (Armie Hammer). (Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy Awards 2018)

5/31 A Fantastic Woman (2017) R100 minutes - Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is profoundly disturbed by the death of her older boyfriend. (In Spanish with English subtitles) (Best Foreign Language Film – Academy Awards 2018)

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Wherever you are – on the street, in an office building or shopping mall, driving, or waiting for a bus or subway – stay alert and tuned in to your surroundings. (Courtesy of the LAPD)

CRIME PREVENTION TIP

CONTEMPORARY FILMS SUNDAYS AT 2 PM

5/6 Gifted (2017) PG-13101 minutes - Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother. 5/13 The Greatest Showman (2017) PG105 minutes - Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary, (P. T. Barnum), who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. This film stars Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams.

5/20 The Commuter (2018) PG-13 105 minutes - A businessman (Liam Neeson) is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.

5/27 Forever My Girl (2018) PG 108 minutes - After being gone for a decade a country star returns home to the love he left behind.

May 2018Movie Calendar

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Book Discussion Group. Marvin or Marilyn Warsofsky, 323-917-5077. Meets on the second Monday of the month, 6:00 - 7:00 pm, call for location.

Bridge Club. Marianne Tereszcuk, 336-314-5611, Meets Wednesdays 1:00 - 3:00 pm, in the PLB Activity Center.

Chess Club. Harry LeMay, 323-935-4053. Meets Mondays and Saturdays, 10:00 am - 12:00 Noon, in the PLB Activity Center.

Community Garden. The Park La Brea Community Garden, located at the corner of Lindenhurst and Hauser, adjacent to Garage 6, provides small plots for Park La Brea residents to garden. For more information or to be added to the waiting list, email: gardenplb@gmail.com.

Debi Doodles Arts & Crafts After School Workshops. Debora Gillman, 323-549-5458. Tuesdays - May 8 and 22 at the PLB Activity Center, 4:00 - 5:30 pm. Knitting / Crocheting Group. Mary Jane Hopkins, 323-938-4861. Meets every Thursday, 10:00 am - 12:00 Noon, in the PLB Activity Center.

Plays That Shakespeare Didn’t Write. Elliott Witt, 323-272-4197. Meets Sundays, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, in the PLB Activity Center. The current play is The Happy Time by Samuel Taylor, to be followed by The Barber of Seville by Pierre Beaumarchais. The group will not meet on May 27. Quilters. Mary Jane Hopkins, 323-938-4861.Meets every Friday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, in the PLB Activity Center.

Modified T’AI CHI for all ages. Jim Evering, 323-938-3490, jever@sbcglobal.net. Meets Tuesdays & Fridays, 8:30 am - 9:00 am. Informal instruction at 9:00 am. Burnside Circle around the fountain. Free.

Writers Circle. Robert Richter, 312-307-9393. Meets every other Tuesday, 7:00 pm, in the PLB Activity Center. The next meeting will be May 8.

English as a Second Language (ESL) Conversation Group

Thursdays - May 3, 17 and 31 PLB Activity Center, 7:00 - 8:30 pm.

Given the international nature of our community it affords residents both native English speakers and non-native speakers an excellent opportunity to meet and have conversations in English at our biweekly ESL Conversation Group. These enjoyable sessions will enable our non-native speakers to expand their English skills. (Additional native English speakers are always welcome.)

For more information about this activity, contact Henry Gjestrum, hgjestrum@gmail.com.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES May 2018

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In the event of an emergency

FIRST CALL 911then call

Park La Brea Patrol at

323-549-5508

MEDICARE 101

Join us Wednesday, May 2nd (7:00 - 8:00 pm)

At the Park La Brea Theatre to explore Original Medicare, Medicare Part C, Medigap and Rx coverage.

Meetings are free and fun educational workshops.

(Specific Proprietary Plans Are Not Covered.)

Now Open SUNDAY 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM

30% Off Dry Cleaning$1.95 Shirt Laundry

(Some Restrictions Apply) EXP: 6/30/18

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PLB Fire / Safety Do’s and Don’tsDO Know your building’s evacuation plan. Evacuate calmly and quickly whenever a fire alarm or carbon monoxide alarm sounds. Keep important items such as medications and medical equipment handy for quick access in the event of a

building evacuation. Know two ways out of any building. Before opening a door, feel it with the back of your hand. If the door is hot, do not open it. If you encounter smoke during your evacuation, stay low to the floor. Know the outside rally point for your building. In case of a smoke or fire emergency, activate the nearest fire alarm pull station and call the Fire Department

by dialing 911. Do not disturb, alter, or remove any smoke and/or carbon monoxide detectors. Call the PLB Service

Department, Call Center Hotline at (323) 549-5599 to have low-batteries replaced if you hear a continuous beeping sound. Know the locations of fire extinguishers, fire alarm pull stations and exits.

DO NOT Do not leave candles, incense, barbecue grills, or other open flames unattended. Do not use halogen lamps near curtains or other combustibles. Do not leave cooking appliances unattended. Do not use barbecue grills in or on any building or fire escape. Do not smoke in bed. Do not tamper with or disconnect smoke detectors, carbon monoxide alarms, fire alarms, or sprinkler systems. Do not ignore any building alarm. Do not prop fire or smoke doors open. Do not use elevators during an evacuation.

For detailed information on building evacuation routes and designated rally areas please stop by the PLB Administration Office at 6200 W. Third Street and pick up a copy of our Emergency Guide.

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