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West LA Chidrens Choir to Perform in China
January 24, 2012 at 10:07 pm
www.westsidetoday.com
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The lovely neighborhood West Los Angeles Children’s Choir (started 14 years ago) is going stronger than ever and is now preparing to sing at a Peace Concert in Beijing! The event is scheduled to take place in June of 2012 and we will be performing three big songs - one that was written by film [...]
Hollywood Community Plan is a Chance for L.A. to Have Iconic Rooftops
January 24, 2012 at 8:59 amKaren Bass Launches Congressional Re-Election Campaign in Culver City
January 23, 2012 at 10:43 pm
culvercity.patch.com
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Despite the rain, scores of people turned out at the Culver City teen center between 10 a.m. and noon on Saturday morning to help Rep. Karen Bass kick off her reelection campaign for the 37th Congressional District. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa also attended the event.
In order to qualify for the June primary ballot, Bass [...]
Why are L.A. skyscrapers so flat on top?
January 23, 2012 at 6:49 pm
www.laobserved.com
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City code since 1974 has required helipads on top of tall buildings. (Luckily for the First Interstate Building, circa 1988.) Things could be different, though, if plans move ahead for skyscrapers along Hollywood Boulevard. Empire State Building anyone?
Hermosa Beach contemporary hugs the sand
January 22, 2012 at 6:00 pm
www.latimes.com
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The three-bedroom, four-bathroom house south of the Hermosa Beach Pier evokes a glass-clad lifeguard tower angled toward the water. It lists for $6.5 million.Hugging the sand south of Hermosa Beach Pier, this three-story contemporary evokes a glass-clad lifeguard tower angled toward the water. The main living areas, the master bedroom and the office with balcony [...]
Surfer Brings Fake “Meteor Hellstorm” Down on Will Rogers State Beach
January 22, 2012 at 5:12 pm
la.curbed.com
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A new special effects-laden video made by a surfer and shot mostly at Sunset Point in Pacific Palisades depicts the end of days at Will Rogers State Beach. The filmmaker says "The machines in the distance are oil rigs, their cylindrical legs allow them to walk/float anywhere in the ocean and have sucked the Earth dry like locusts. The airships aren't an invading force, but a massive evacuation by other humans trying in vain to escape the meteor hellstorm raining down. The surfers decided to stay behind and if this is their last day alive, they're going to die doing what they love. If they live through it, they'll be the custodians of a new earth."
This Green Los Angeles Home is Chic and Solar-Ready
January 21, 2012 at 5:29 pm
solar.calfinder.com
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There’s no better opportunity to green up a home than during a remodeling project, and working with eco-savvy architects, designers and contractors can ensure you make the most of green alternatives.
For a remodel of a 1953 bungalow in Venice, California, architects Todd Erlandson and Nori Fukuda worked hand in hand with contractor 44 West Construction [...]
Mar Vista Patch “Person of the Year,” Sherri Akers
January 20, 2012 at 9:30 pm
marvista.patch.com
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Sherri Akers, “almost 60,” moved to Mar Vista from the Hollywood hills a little over a decade ago at a time when she says, she and her husband were “becoming much more focused on sustainability.” In fact, “it became a bit of a competition between us,” Akers said, “to achieve our personal best” at conserving [...]
Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2012 Returns To Santa Monica Today Through Sunday
January 20, 2012 at 6:51 pm
www.smmirror.com
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Art Los Angeles Contemporary, now in its third year, is the International Contemporary Art fair of the West Coast, which returns this weekend.
The art fair returns to the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica this weekend, a known arts venue with 40,000 square feet of exhibition space and soaring 40 foot ceilings.
The fair presents [...]
Novelist Karl Taro Greenfeld puts Pacific Palisades home up for lease
January 20, 2012 at 11:45 am
www.latimes.com
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The Cape Cod-inspired single-story house contains three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,000 square feet of living space.Novelist Karl Taro Greenfeld is putting his Pacific Palisades home up for lease at $6,500 a month.
Off and on showers for LA Friday through Monday
January 19, 2012 at 10:04 pm
www.examiner.com
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The storm system currently impacting Northern California will trouble this region for several days and move into Central California before bringing on and off showers down into Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. The real probability for rain lies...
Venice Resident Among 18 Castaways on ‘Survivor’
January 19, 2012 at 7:18 pm
venice.patch.com
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A 28-year-old stand-up comedian from Venice will be among the 18 competitors vying for a $1 million prize on "Survivor: One World."Bill Posley will be on the popular CBS reality show when it returns Feb. 15 for its 24th season. The 18 castaways will be divided into two tribes: the Manono Tribe for the nine [...]



