Sunset Junction Transit Plaza In past we noted that Eric Garcetti's office had applied to Metro for funds to construct a transit plaza on the Jiffy Lube site in Sunset Junction. We're happy to report that the proposal has cleared the first hurdle and received a go-ahead from Metro staff. The application will be going before the Metro Board in the near future.
Several Years Ago I went before Silver Lake Neighborhood Council board, and with help from my District then-rep (Robin), proposed an idea for the site: close off through traffic at the 'narrow' end, that feeds into five-way intersection (at Sanborn), create much-needed parking spaces (on three sides/U shape), create a pocket park of the 'wedge' --add bicycle racks --with 'honor parking' NO meters.
Response? Not a single board member asked questions, commented, said word one --or followed up later.
Now: a transit depot.... Whoosh, whoosh. No bike racks, no children 'parked' under greenery... no benches to enjoy, rest, chat... no help added for locals... no staying.... We STILL need green space, bike racks, places to PUT a car --to support local businesses.
I pay a Lot of attention, to lots of things, but following (lol): news to me. To you also? Posted as received in Silver Lake daVine in-box:
BATES MOTEL Silver Lake may be about to lose one of its local urban legends -nightmares. From Northeast Division Senior Lead Officer Al Polehonki (August 11):
"Important meeting information: The Sunset Pacific Motel, otherwise known as the 'BATES MOTEL' was ordered closed in 2002. Since then it has remained a community eyesore, drawing homeless activities, illegal dumping, and graffiti. I have been notified that The Board of Building and Safety Commission has scheduled a public hearing to determine if the BATES should be demolished.
This location was closed down in large part, thanks to an outpouring of community support over several years.
Please make every effort to attend this meeting in person and share your observations and concerns.
The meeting is scheduled for September 15th, 2009 at 9:30 AM 201 North Figueroa Street, Room 1050b (LA 90012)
A second option, should you not be able to attend the meeting would be to generate a letter to Marsha Brown, President Board of Building and Safety Commission and mail it to the above address or fax it to her at (213) 482-0477."
Your thoughts? Do we Have to rip down EVERY old thing? Some Good use? Some bright person/group: could renovate it --for artists --graphic designers --video/doc makers --writers studios? There ARE Recovery Act 2009 funds floating around, as I posted in Silver Lake daVine Calendar: August - IV for Friday - Seminar Small Business Owner. Restoring/repairing/cleaning up: would generate some jobs --and a Future.
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Silver Lake daVine in-box:Burglaries - Silver Lake
Rusty Millar [SLNC Board member] reports on some recent crimes.
August 8th: "A neighbor's home at Descanso/Micheltorena was recently burglarized while they
were out of town, during the day.
I received a call this morning that a home on Dillon St was cleaned out of electrical items/jewelry
and some other belongings just within the last few days. You might let the readership know
that something is going on and they should be careful."
August 12th: "I was just at a community meeting with the SLO's for Rampart. I spoke with
our SLO Justin Stewart about the recent home burglaries in our area -- one on Micheltorena
and one on Dillon. Justin told me the area has been hit with a number of robberies/burglaries
[my bold] -- from Occidental to Micheltorena St .
One person was home when the break in occurred and got into a tussle with one of the burglars,
described as black male(s) in a silver Dodge Charger type of car. Justin is swamped with this activity
in our area. Electronic items, laptops and more are being taken. Let your neighbors know to be
on the watch for things out of the ordinary."
LAPD Bike unit officers have recently been seen patrolling our area. During the summer,
a lot of people leave doors and windows open to catch a breeze -- just remember not to leave
an open invitation to a burglar.
From our April blast:
"MANY BURGLARIES ARE CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY, WITH SUSPECTS OFTEN
ENTERING HOMES THROUGH UNLOCKED WINDOWS, UNLOCKED SLIDING GLASS DOORS OR UNLOCKED GARAGE DOORS. THE LAPD IS MAKING EVERY EFFORT
TO COMBAT THIS PROBLEM. SINCE COMMUNITY AWARENESS IS THE KEY
TO PREVENTION, WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.
HOME SECURITY TIPS
- LOCK ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS INCLUDING REAR AND GARAGE DOORS
BEFORE LEAVING THE RESIDENCE.
- ENSURE THAT SLIDING GLASS DOORS HAVE STRONG WORKING LOCKS.
- RECORD THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF OUR ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER
EQUIPMENT AND KEEP THESE IN A SECURE LOCATION
- IF YOU OBSERVE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, CONTACT THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY
BY CALLING 911 (EMERGENCY)
OR 877-ASK-LAPD (NON-EMERGENCY).
- OBTAIN A DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT(S)' PHYSICAL APPEARANCE,
ACTIONS AND ANY VEHICLE DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDING LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS.
DO NOT CONFRONT SUSPICIOUS INDIVIDUALS.
- FOR MORE BURGLARY PREVENTION INFORMATION LOG ON TO lapdonline.org
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CAN PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION
ABOUT THESE LOCAL CRIMES, PLEASE CONTACT
RAMPART AREA BURGLARY DETECTIVES: 213-484-3490
SENIOR LEAD JUSTIN STEWART: :213-793-0770
WEEKENDS - AFTER HOURS: RAMPART WATCH COMMANDER 213-484-3050
Footnote: Despite what Wall St Journal, CNBC, Larry Kudlow, and talking heads say,
US and California financial crisis is NOT "over" "getting better" "sprouting green shoots"
to those who don't have a job anymore, loosing their house/apt.; also don't have enough
to eat, thanks to "governor" Ahrmpit. Each year: federal government offers Food Stamp
supplemental budget to states for disabled, low-income families, elderly. Total number
of states that reject the offer?
One: California
--refuses 2.3 billion bucks every year since Ahnald figured out how to take the Governor seat.
e.g., Disabled on SSI: ONLY in California disallowed to have Food Stamps; he cut the state's
share of aid to Disabled twice this summer, and nearly all medical aid. Dumpster Diving,
charity can handouts and begging OK with "governor" of once-richest state.
Look sharp: Robbery and burglary isn't going to stop when summer ends/any time soon. Let us hope
Maria Shriver's ball & chain's reign ends before California bankrupt, majority follows Hollywood
--splits for a properly-run state.
Silver Lake daVine Calendar of Events - August - Week - IV Confirm details before plans - Check back for additions
24 Monday
ART - Child 4 - 5 pm ~Painting, Arts & Crafts: children - Los Feliz Library details
25 TuesdaySEMINAR - Owner Local Business SEE Friday: to RSVP for Opportunities, Incentives, Benefits Seminar
BOOK - Teen 4:00 pm ~Summer Reading Club celebration - End of Summer: Chocolate Festival, make candy, fondue, other chocolate creations; prizes to Club participants, teens only - Los Feliz Library details
MUSIC - Jazz 7 - 9 pm ~Wine Jazz Moonlight series: top jazz performers, hosted by KJAZZ 88.1 FM, open to the public, free - donation to Project Angel Food of $10 or more will return two glasses of wine and one box cheese-crackers - Central Courtyard, Hollywood & Highland Hollywood
26 Wednesday
SEMINAR - Owner Local Business SEE Friday: to RSVP for Opportunities, Incentives, Benefits Seminar
CLASS - Computer 11 - 12 noon ~Introduction, free - Edendale Library, Echo Park details
SPORTS - Hike 6:45 - 9 pm ~Hike: Sierra Club Griffith Park Angeles chapter, ask for hiking waiver card before the start, meet Merry-Go-Round Upper parking lot, Griffith Park, contact & details
GREEN - Drinks 7 - 10 pm ~LA Green Drinks - Downtown: bring ideas, projects, any promo material to chat, network over drinks with Greens in casual, unstructured setting this week at: Ciudad (not a clothing store as Green Drinks - Silver Lake had last week), Metro best as Map shows ----Note: attempts to embed (various) Google map links to it have crashed my system, non-stop, 2+ hours; I give, you'll have to do your own look-up.
TALK - Cars 7:30 ~Panel Discussion: California Design Influence, Part I - Classic Design, by reservation - Peterson Museum, $10, Parking $8 - details Part II - September 15: Current Design
MOVIE - Festival 8 pm ~Bicycle Film Festival: August 26 through 30 - for films and locations See below and website
27 ThursdaySEMINAR - Owner Local Business SEE Friday: to RSVP for Opportunities, Incentives, Benefits Seminar
FOOD - Produce 10:00 - 1:30 pm ~Farmer's Market - local farmers, organic produce, hot - cold food stalls, bring bags - City Hall Lawn, 1st x Spring streets - DASH, Metro
HOBBY - Knitting 12 - 1 pm ~Knitting & More: beginner to advanced lunch-time drop-in, free, (headed by semi-celebrity knitting expert), on-going, Central Library, details - DASH $.25, Metro, or Underground Parking Garage
CLASS - Computer 3:45 - 5 pm ~Introduction to Web Design: learn basics to create a website, free but entrance only with mandatory requirements: computer keyboard experience -appointment reservation by sign up -arrive on time, Echo Park - contact & location
SOCIAL - Food 5 - 8 pm ~"Hollywood Hot Spot Pizza Party" with live DJ, free food, Hollywood - listed (in PDF) as "open" but contact for age, qualification, address: 323-957-4500 or e-mail charlotte.vandekamp@lacity.org
ART - Reception 6 - 10 pm ~Art Show Opening: in conjunction with Bicycle Film Festival, Melrose - details
MUSIC - Rock - Pershing Square, downtown, 5th & Olive Streets
MUSIC - Dancing 6:30 - 9 pm ~Dancing Outdoors: dance floor for adults, children, taco & drinks bar, dance lessons, $7 - Autry Museumdetails
MOVIE - Animation 8 - 10 pm ~Jodie Mach presents: Chicago animation shorts, various styles, $5 - Echo Park Film Center Map
28 Friday
TRAVEL - Commute am ~Car-free Day: bicycle to work, last Friday of every month.
SEMINAR - Business Owner 8:30 am (sharp) - 1:30 pm ~Small Business Owner Opportunities & Tax Seminar: latest law changes, 2009 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, Enterprise Zone Tax Credits & Benefits, incentive programs & more with CRA, Franchise Tax Bd, IRS, others and Continental breakfast via John Chiang, Calif. State Controller; location in/for Los Feliz (but I believe they cannot exclude SL bs. owners), all free but: entrance only by written RSVP submittal: downtown LA - Details, Contact & RSVP Registration form Know Silver Lake small business owner(s): pass on link to this site If you attend: come back and Comment on your experience, thoughts
CLASS - Computer 11 - 12 noon ~Intro to Word Processing, free - Edendale Library, Echo Park details
FOOD - Produce 3 - 6:30 pm ~Farmer's Market - Echo Park, local-grown produce, Bring your own bags - Metro: corner Sunset, Park: adjoining lot 1/2 block south of Sunset - See SIDEBAR
SPORTS - Class 5 - 7 pm ~Exercise Class - Women: Strength, yoga and aerobics, Fridays of August $20, Bellevue Rec Center, Silver Lake details
FOOD - Wine 5:30 ~Wine Tasting & bites - Tour of Hollyhock House can be added, picnic allowed - no alcohol, food carts (hot dogs, ice cream), benefits childrens' art classes at LAUSD schools, discount: until midnight Thursday, after midnight until three hours prior to opening: Tasting & Tour $32 -Barnsdall Art Park, Los Feliz ticket
THEATER - Shakespeare 6:30 pm curtain-rise ~Independent Shakespeare Company: Henry V - last performance, free, to reserve four seats, location your choice: $100 or to donate to the company to benefit production in local schools, The Bard in Barnsdall Park, Los Feliz
MOVIE - Festival 7:30 - Program #1 / 9:30 pm - Program #2 ~Bicycle Film Festival: several short films - downtown - After Party, TBD details
BOOK - Poetry 8 pm ~LA improvisational poet-artist Dennis Cruz: Book Release celebration, $5 - Echo Park Film Center Map
FOOD - Produce am ~Farmer's Market - Silver Lake, bring bags, EBT not accepted, Park: Sunset Blvd - See SIDEBAR
MEET - Pet 10 am - 3 pm ~Mobile Pet Adoption: 100 'participants' each looking for one good home, LA Animal Services - Griffith Park location
TOUR - Downtown "The Lowdown on Downtown -The Secret History of LA" --reserve.
MOVIE - Festival 3:30 pm - Program: Bicycle Film Festival 5:30 - Program 7:30 - Program 9:30 - Program - all downtown, Afterparty TBD, description and tickets in each Program See: Saturday website
THEATER - Shakespeare 6:30 pm curtain-rise ~Independent Shakespeare Company: The Tempest - free, to reserve four seats any location: $100 or to donate - benefits fall production in local schools, The Bard in Barnsdall Park, Los Feliz
MOVIE - Outdoor 7 pm Gate - 8:30 pm Movie ~Tonight: American Werewolf in London 1979, 130 min. - picnic, alcohol okay but tall chairs, bbq, pets not, cost: $10 "donation" (illegal; demand license & permit # on signed dated properly-written tax deduction "donation" receipt and give: amount You are willing to "donate"), at Hollywood royalty's resting roost; park: street or $5 off-street, cinespia NOTE: Do whatever to see next Saturday's rarely-shown (never to be on TV) movie.
23 Sunday
MOVIE - Feature 8 pm ~"Calamari Union" by Richard Lefebvre, Seattle independent, remake of Aki Kaurismaki original, with legendary rock musicians, headed to Helsinki Film Festival, $5 - Echo Park Film Center Map
30 Sunday
SPORTS - Walk 6 am - 12 n ~Shane's Inspiration playground: 5K/10K around the perimeter of Park Center, opening ceremony, refreshments - Griffith Park details
SPORTS - Bicycle 10:30 am start ~Sum Dim Sum Ride: ride with about 15, end at a dim sum cafe, Bring hat, water; for a new basket, seat, water bottle, more: Bicycle suppliesNo bike? Bicycle - Ride details
SPORTS - Skateboard 12 - 4 pm ~Summer's End Skate Event: Contest, age 5+, $5 - Silver Lake details
SPORTS - Party 12 - 8 pm ~Bicycle Film Festival: Annual Street Party, bike games, contest, track competitions - Melrose, Info & Tickets: http://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/
ART - Workshop 2 - 4 pm ~Family Workshop: World Cultures - Art Trading Cards, Bring: family members, materials provided, cost: free, parking: free - Patio, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Feliz info (in PDF)
MUSIC - Classical 6 pm doors close ~Sundays Live Concert: one hour, free, Metro or Park: garage, lot or street - Bing Theater, LA County Museum of Art map
THEATER - Shakespeare 6:30 pm curtain rise ~Independent Shakespeare Company: The Tempest - last production of summer, free, to reserve four seats: $100 or to donate - benefits production in local schools, The Bard in Barnsdall Park, Los Feliz
31 Monday
ART - Child 4 - 5 pm ~Painting, Arts & Crafts: children - Los Feliz Library
SPORTS - Baseball 7 pm ~LA Dodgers Vs Arizona Diamondbacks, seats $11 to $500 + hot dogs, parking - Dodger Stadium, Echo Park - tickets - Commuter plan accordingly: Sunset Blvd traffic on game night fierce, starting at 5:30 (but hey, it's our team, our neighborhorhood -our summer).
LECTURE - Bollywood 7:30 - 9 pm ~Robin Sukhadia: presentation on two Bollywood Film Masters, AR Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) and RD Burman (Sholay), free - Machine Project event, Echo Park
CHILD - After-School Registration coming up: After School Club M - F, 2:30 - 6 pm, Homework Help plus Baking, Crafts, Games, Sports, $40 mo, Silver Lake schools only (some: include van pick-up), Bellevue Rec details (opens in PDF - scroll to Page 6) - To be volunteer coach or Park Advisory Board member contact Ms. Bernal or Mr. MacWilliams: 323-664-2468 - Job hunting? Dept of Recs & Parks has openings; Not looking: pass link onto neighbor/friend/relative/student who is --application deadline soon.
==== ===== ===== ===== ===== Silver Lake daVine Calendar UPCOMING: September 3 Baseball - Echo Park's turn with the DODGERS, Dodger Stadium --$12, order tickets: 213-630-3032 or e-mail: vicepresident@echoparkchamber.com or: http://www.echoparkchamber.com/ 6 Cooking - La Cabbage --Hot Learn kimchi, kraut, choucroute garni --for space & grocery list: reserve now. 9 Festivals - SANTA MONICA PIER CENTENNIAL - Plans Are In The Works For Fireworks, Parades, Shows, Concerts And Numerous 100Th Themed Events...Santa Monica Pier, Ca 90401.
Will close quickly: October 10 Cocktail Party - Pulitzer food critic, Menu tastings, custom-made Cocktails, Art Deco surroundings, first-ever benefit: Zócalo Public Square - world leaders panel - Details & reservation 30 - 31 Overnight - Family Adventure: Boo and Goo Sleepover - Mid-Wilshire, reservation only by: call (213) 763-3536 detailsand rememberpajamas
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