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Mar Vista Elementary’s Formula for Fundraising Success

January 27, 2012 at 3:30 pm
- Claudine Czerny and Benita Spector are both parents at Mar Vista Elementary School. They seem like your average busy parents, but start talking to them about their children’s school and you quickly realize they are a force for organizing and fundraising not to be underestimated. Czerny and Spector are the co-presidents of the Mar Vista School [...]

It's back to the Westside for next month's Obamajam

January 27, 2012 at 12:31 pm
- I guess it's good news that the president's main venue on Feb. 15 will be in Holmby Hills, at the home of soap opera producer and writer Bradley Bell and his wife Colleen.

Caltech Lab Focusing on Environmental Issues Opens

January 27, 2012 at 9:18 am
- The nation's most energy-efficient science laboratory focusing on environmental issues has opened in the historic 1932 building.

Los Angeles Ranks as Really Really Good Looking

January 27, 2012 at 9:00 am
- Los Angeles made the top 5 places for "attractive people" in Travel+Leisure magazine's "America's Favorite Cities" lists, out this week.

Private Citizen Driven Garden Restoration Presents Initial Designs To Beverly Hills Council

January 27, 2012 at 7:00 am
- Planning has begun in the resident-driven restoration of the Beverly Gardens Park. Resident Steve Gordon and landscape architect Mia Lehrer presented their initial plans to the City Council at the study session Tuesday.

LA Rooftop Solar Energy Production Triples in Last Two Years

January 27, 2012 at 6:00 am
- The amount of electricity produced via rooftop solar panels in Los Angeles nearly tripled over the past two years, ranking LA as California's second biggest solar-electricity producer. As of September, Los Angeles had 4,018 rooftop solar installations, second only to San Diego with 4,507, according to a new report by Environment California. The maximum output in Los Angeles is 36 megawatts, slightly less than San Diego's 37 megawatts. Per capita, however, only about 1 in 1,000 Angelenos have rooftop photovoltaic panels.

Body Found Near the 2 Freeway in Silver Lake Identified as Mother of Two Who Went Missing in December

January 26, 2012 at 11:30 pm
- The body of a woman found near the 2 Freeway this morning has been identified by officials as that of Bree'Anna Guzman, a mother of two who stepped out for cough drops last December and hasn't been seen since. [ more › ]