The OPEN Daily : Local Blogs
San Vicente Reopens After Tree Falls
May 5, 2012 at 4:05 pm
santamonica.patch.com
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A big pepper tree toppled over Saturday afternoon from the grassy center median on San Vicente Boulevard. Its limbs spilled out onto the eastbound lane, which was closed from Ocean Avenue to Fourth Street for about three hours. City officials said they didn't yet know why the tree fell, but suspected age might have been [...]
Venice home tour: A weekend blitz of modern design
May 4, 2012 at 8:14 pm
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The Venice Garden & Home Tour is one of the biggest events on L.A.'s house-snooping calendar, a self-guided walking tour of 30 properties including, this year, the Gregory Ain tract -- an architecturally significant 1947 enclave of modest one-story homes by one of the city's iconic modernists. Homes will be open 10 a.m. to 5 [...]
Help Out in Pali For Big Sunday Weekend
May 4, 2012 at 7:16 pm
pacificpalisades.patch.com
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A huge effort to help spruce up Los Angeles and spread goodwill is planned for this weekend and it's not too late to join. Round up your family, your neighbors or co-workers for Big Sunday Weekend. The annual community service event is in its 14th year. Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades is one site that needs volunteers [...]
Zuma Dogg Time Machine Now Online!
May 4, 2012 at 1:06 pm
www.yovenice.com
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Zuma Dogg has been uploading “best of” clips from his “Zuma Dogg Show” to his website! (Language in the clips is not work safe.) Check out the recently uploaded episodes from 2000-2001 by clicking here! Lots of footage of Venice and Zuma Dogg doing his thing!anguage Join the forum discussion on this post
1940s Traditional Overlooking the Silver Lake Reservoir
May 3, 2012 at 7:37 pm
la.curbed.com
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Click here to view the full photogallery. A trust sale, this 1942 Colonial Revival in the Silver Lake hills hasn't been on the market in "many, many years." While the 70 year old house is undeniably a bit frayed around the edges and in need of polishing, it still seems laden with charm and potential. [...]
Award-Winning Mexican Art Documentary To Film At Santa Monica College On May 12
May 2, 2012 at 3:39 pm
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“The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz,” the award-winning cross-cultural story of how an American adventurer and a brilliant, self-taught Mexican artist transformed a dying desert village into a home for world-class art, will screen at Santa Monica College on Saturday, May 12 at 3:00 p.m. Director Scott Petersen will be in attendance for a Q-and-A after [...]
Poll: Could Solar Serve Pali’s Power Demands?
May 2, 2012 at 5:30 am
pacificpalisades.patch.com
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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power General Manager Ronald Nichols released a statement Tuesday afternoon about a second power station in Pacific Palisades. According to the statement, the Palisades needs another station to keep up with customer demand. Nichols stated that the department is in the very early stages of the process and that [...]
May Day Marchers in Santa Monica
May 1, 2012 at 6:41 pm
santamonica.patch.com
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Palisades Park was one of four staging areas Tuesday morning for Occupy L.A.'s "May 1 Four Winds/General Strike" that will converge in downtown later this afternoon. The annual day of celebration for the international labor movement drew about 200 supporters of a variety of causes as broad as economic inequality to Santa Monica. The marchers [...]
Good Will Househunting… Matt Damon’s Possible New Pad in the Palisades
April 29, 2012 at 6:36 pm
la.curbed.com
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A well-placed tipster reports that Matt Damon has just picked up this .68 acre property in the Pacific Palisades. The house was designed by KAA Design and built in 2004; it has seven bedrooms, ten bathrooms, vaulted mahogany ceilings, an atrium, an office, "a serious gym," and a five-car garage. There's also a pool with some rather elaborate water feature action.
Airport Commission, Residents Explore Santa Monica Airport Visioning Process
April 29, 2012 at 5:50 pm
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Amidst all the discussion of whether Santa Monica Airport (SMO) should remain open after City Hall’s three-decade agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expires in 2015, ripe is the time to contemplate what to do with the area should the landing field actually shut down. The Santa Monica Airport Commission convened its regularly scheduled [...]
1920s Spanish House in Brentwood Comes With Award-Winning Modernist Guesthouse
April 28, 2012 at 5:30 pm
la.curbed.com
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Here's something you don't see every day--a home where the guesthouse outshines the main residence. Located a few blocks east of the Brentwood Country Club, this quirky property was the subject of an admiring LA Times feature back in 2006, when its guesthouse was recognized with a Decade Honor Award by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Santa Monica Preps for ‘Psycho Beach Party’ This Saturday
April 26, 2012 at 11:03 pm
laist.com
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A farcical marriage of 1950s psychodramas, 1960s beach movies and 1970s slasher films, cult classic "Psycho Beach Party" returns to the stage Saturday at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica. Penned by Charles Busch, the play is set in 1962 Malibu Beach and centers around teenage Chicklet -- a parody of 1957's fictional female surfer [...]
