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WEBPumpkin Patch to be open October 10 to 30 Purchase pumpkins, multicolored squash, gourds, carving kits and more at the Wilshire Rotary Pumpkin Patch, 568 N. Larchmont Blvd. The pumpkin patch opens Thurs., Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. and will be there through Wed., Oct. 30. Money raised at the pumpkin patch goes to charities, […]
Archeologist speaks for earth’s oldest oak - Larchmont Chronicle
WEBApr 1, 2020 · PALMER’S OAK, Jurupa, Calif., is among Windsor Village archeologist’s many projects. 13,000 years ago, when the Tar Pit ooze was swallowing Ice Age mammoths, an unassuming little Palmer’s Oak, growing just south of what is now Fontana, cloned itself. Every time a forest fire attacked one of its limbs, the burnt branch would sprout a …
Andre’s Italian to open soon on Wilshire Boulevard
WEBDec 28, 2023 · The restaurant is expected to open by mid-January 2024. “We’re hoping. We’re waiting for the final city inspection,” co-owner Stephanie Gagliarducci told us. Gagliarducci is the grandniece of Dominic Andreone, a native of Italy, who opened the classic, cafeteria-style restaurant in 1963 at 6332 West Third St. in the Town and Country ...
About Us - Larchmont Chronicle
WEBAbout Us. The Larchmont Chronicle…the only community newspaper serving Hancock Park, Windsor Square, Fremont Place, Larchmont Village, Brookside, Windsor Village, Miracle Mile, Park La Brea and the Palazzo East and West …with more than 77,000 readers every month. In 1963, the Larchmont Chronicle …
Center for Yoga to open, thanks to a team of locals
WEBJul 29, 2021 · He was instrumental in negotiating a 10-year lease for the space at 230 N. Larchmont Blvd. To celebrate opening day, the Center for Yoga will offer a full day of free classes Aug. 24, beginning with an all-levels class at 11 a.m., taught by world-class teachers Jeanne Heileman, Joe Kara, Patti Lewis, Andrea Marcum and Lisa Walford.
Assessors seek clarity of inheritance and other Prop 19 impacts
WEBApr 1, 2021 · LOS ANGELES County Assessor Jeff Prang. California’s 58 county assessors are seeking clarification on the implementation of a new property tax measure with the hope to delay a provision that makes it more costly for children to inherit some homes from their parents. Narrowly approved by voters last November, Proposition 19 partially took ...
Mark Peel, 66, put California cuisine on map - Larchmont Chronicle
WEBJul 1, 2021 · Last month, Peel was diagnosed with an aggressive form of germ cell cancer and died nine days later, on June 20. He was 66. Among the friends and family who came to pay their last respects was fellow culinary pioneer Wolfgang Puck. “He was never one of these crazy guys who threw pans,” Puck said of the kind and well-balanced Peel.
New stores and names popping up on Larchmont Boulevard
WEBMay 30, 2024 · A classic barbershop is coming back to the Boulevard! Barbers on Larchmont was slated to open at the end of May, upstairs at the mini-mall at 417 3/4 N. Larchmont. Owners Cesar Vasquez and Cesar Perez worked with Perez’s uncle Jorge Hilario at the original Larchmont Barber Shop from 2013 through 2020, and Perez is excited to say, “We’re ...
Larchmont’s oldest restaurant location still going strong
WEBNov 1, 2018 · Running on 36 years, Chan Dara has witnessed over three decades of Larchmont’s transformations, making it the longest-lived restaurant on the boulevard. Bhasuwongse (“Vavy”) and Sukhum (“Ken”) Kittivech opened the neighborhood Thai restaurant in 1983. They bought the 310 N. Larchmont Blvd. lot the year before from Vartkes and Alice ...
Decline and despair over the Ruin of Ravenswood
WEBMar 3, 2022 · Driving dow n Rossmore Avenue on any given night I often feel transported into a film noir movie as I pass the faded grandeur of the Ravenswood Apartments, its great neon sign with bright red letters, some dark, others flickering, hovering over the great concrete hulk which was once the haunt of stars and artists. Today, while its Art Deco detailing is still prominent, the Ravenswood’s 96 ...