HOLMBY NEWS
March 16, 2018
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. Seeking New HWPOA Board Members
2. L.A. Marathon – Street Closures this Sunday
3. LAPD Crime Report
4. Westwood Library – Book Donations Needed
5. Car Vandalism – Manning/Lindbrook
6. Congressional Art Competition
7. Movie Premiere – Street Closures
8. Project Planning 101
9. Upcoming Community Events
10. HWPOA Communication and Ad Policy
11. Resident Ads
12. HWPOA Contact Information
1. SEEKING NEW HWPOA BOARD MEMBERS
Join the Board of Directors
of
Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association
The HWPOA Board is seeking Holmby Westwood residents to volunteer to serve as a Director for 1 year. We usually meet on the second Tuesday of every month except for August and December. We ask only that you be a financially current member of the Association for the past 2 years and have an interest in maintaining and improving the quality of life we have all come to know and enjoy.
You will work with many neighbors who serve on the Board, some who have served for many years. This is a way to help your community, to work with city officials and departments, to plan events, and to support the protections in place today.
The Holmby Westwood community is over 80 years old and preservation, livability, and schools are key to its residential value. Serving on our Board of Directors is a way to safeguard one of the largest investments you will make in your lifetime.
We want the next generation to be able to carry on what we have fought to protect for these many years. Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association is a highly respected association throughout the city and, with your involvement, we hope that will continue indefinitely.
Our meetings are held at Belmont Village, Wilshire at Warner Ave., 8–9:30 PM. Our committees include: Security, Traffic, Holmby Park, Architectural Supervising Committee, 4th of July event, Filming (in the neighborhood), WLAPD liaison and more.
You will have an extremely worthwhile experience while giving back to a community that has remained highly desirable for many years. That did not happen accidentally. It happened with a commitment from hundreds of our neighbors over 80 years!
Please, contact Dana Glenn, our Office Manager, and let her know that you want to join our Board. Send an email to hwpoa@aol.com or call (310) 470-1785 to contact Dana. The deadline for submissions is April 9. We look forward to hearing from you!!
Many thanks,
Your HWPOA Board of Directors
2. L.A. MARATHON – STREET CLOSURES THIS SUNDAY
The Los Angeles Marathon will be held on Sunday, March 18. There will be a number of road closures across the city throughout the day. To see a map of the street closures, please click here:
http://www.lamarathon.com/race-weekend/street-closures
Please plan ahead for an alternate travel route to avoid street closures.
3. LAPD CRIME REPORT
DRIVING WITHOUT OWNER CONSENT (DWOC)
Incident #: 180807093
400 BLOCK DALEHURST AV | 3/8/2018 @ 11:20 PM
THEFT FROM VEHICLE – PETTY ($950 & under)
Incident #: 180807110
10400 BLOCK WYTON DR | 3/8/2018 @ 5:00 PM
BRANDISHING WEAPON, EXHIBITING DEADLY WEAPON
Incident #: 180807381
WILSHIRE BL & COMSTOCK AV | 3/14/2018 @ 11:40 PM
You may access crime mapping at www.crimemapping.com to review recent crimes in your area. Sign up to receive alerts when crime is reported in your neighborhood.
E-Policing: http://www.lapdonline.org/e_policing
EMERGENCY: 911
NON-EMERGENCY: 1-877-275-5273
All other City Services: 311
Christopher Ragsdale, Senior Lead Officer
West Los Angeles Community Police Station
Office: 310-444-0741
Email: 26690@lapd.lacity.org
Website: www.lapdonline.org
4. WESTWOOD LIBRARY – BOOK DONATIONS NEEDED
The Friends of Westwood Library needs more book donations for our quarterly Book Sales and our monthly Pop-Up Book Sales. These sales fund programs and events at the Westwood Branch library on Glendon south of Wilshire Blvd. The Friends of Westwood Library is a 501C(3) charity and can arrange to pick up your books, video tapes, CDs, DVDs, coffee table books, etc. Just email me and I’ll make all of the arrangements. Mark Rogo – mark@markrogo.com
Here is a list of what we can use:
- Children’s books
- Fiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, plays
- General interest non-fiction
- Graphic novels
- Art books
And here is a list of what we CANNOT accept:
- Textbooks of any kind; Encyclopedias
- Highly specialized scholarly monographs
- Teachers’ manuals; Course manuals or readers; Computer books
- Outdated (more than 2 years old) test prep. materials, restaurant and travel guides, manuals, diet/medical/advice books, etc.
- Children’s activity books that have been used
- Damaged books or books with a lot of markings
- Magazines, cassette tapes, laser disks, VHS tapes
Please take your donations to the lowest level of the library parking lot and leave them by the cage on the left side. Don’t forget to go back up to the library to get your parking validated.
THANK YOU!
5. CAR VANDALISM – MANNING/LINDBROOK
HWPOA recently received a phone call from a young man who admitted that he vandalized several cars a few weeks ago and would like to contact the owners of the cars. The following is the message he asked us to post:
Attention Homeowners,
On February 15 around 2 A.M. around the area of Manning Ave. and Lindbrook Dr. , multiple vehicles sustained damages to their windows. If your car was one of the few that were damaged then please contact me as soon as possible so that I may pay restitution and extend my deepest regrets.
Thank you,
Ethan Knox
Email: ethanknox16@gmail.com
6. CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION
Congressman Ted W. Lieu’s (CA-33)
Congressional Art Competition
The Congressional Art Competition is a national competition that recognizes and encourages artistic talent in high school students (9th through 12th grade). Students submit their original art piece to their representative and a panel of art professionals selects the winning entry. Winners are recognized both in their district and at an annual awards ceremony in Washington D.C. The winning works are displayed for one year in the U. S. Capitol.
The submission deadline is Friday, April 6, 2018 at 5:00 pm. For more information regarding submissions in our congressional district, please click here:
https://lieu.house.gov/services/art-competition
7. MOVIE PREMIERE – STREET CLOSURES
Netflix will be holding the Premiere of “Game Over, Man!”, at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 at the Regency Village Theater, located at 961 Broxton Avenue in Westwood.
There will be various sidewalk and street closures around the area of Broxton Avenue between Weyburn Avenue and Le Conte Avenue.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding any of this event, feel free to contact Talia Shnaider at 310-742-1064 or 818-926-8319.
8. PROJECT PLANNING 101
The City Planning Department, in collaboration with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, will be hosting a series of Planning 101 Trainings throughout the month of April. The trainings will take place across seven regions and are intended to provide an overview of the basic elements of planning, land use and zoning, with a focus on the project planning process.
To RSVP for the trainings, please click on the following RSVP LINK: http://goo.gl/yFYrDd. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact the Department of City Planning Neighborhood Liason, fabiola.inzunza@lacity.org or at 213.978.1321.
The training session on the westside will be as follows:
Monday, April 9th
IMAN Cultural Center
3376 Motor Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90034
6pm to 8:30pm
For additional dates/locations and other information, please click here.
9. UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
Legally Blonde Jr. – Friday-Sunday, March 16-18 at Paul Revere Middle School (1450 Allenford Ave, 90049). Based on the award-winning Broadway musical and the smash hit motion picture, Legally Blonde JR. follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. It is a fabulously fun journey that will leave audiences seeing pink! Tickets available online or at the door. For more information please click here: https://revere-pep-drama.ticketleap.com/
“Peter & the Wolf” Special Children’s Concert – Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 2:30 pm at Westwood Library. The talented musicians of the Contemporary Los Angeles Winds led by Claire Brazeau, principal oboe of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, take on the roles of the BIRD (Flute), the DUCK (Oboe), the CAT (Clarinet), the WOLF (French Horn), GRANDFATHER (Bassoon), the HUNTERS, and of course, PETER and the narrator.
Don’t miss this charming story of the hungry wolf who is trying to catch the animals to eat them, and how he is foiled by brave and clever young Peter and his friend the Bird. Peter and the Wolf was an immediate success when it debuted in 1936, and has been loved by children (and adults!) all over the world ever since.
For more information, please click here:
Library Concert – Peter and the Wolf
Julius Caesar in City Hall – Sunday, March 18 at 7:00 pm. Staged reading of Julius Caesar in City Hall’s Board of Public Works Chamber #305. Reading followed by Caesar Salad Reception. Free Admission & Free Parking under City Hall East. For more information and to reserve tickets, please click here: Julius Caesar event.
“100 Dinners” on Race – April 16-20. EmbRACE LA aims to build and strengthen relationships between LA’s communities by fostering open, honest, and meaningful conversations around the dinner table. From April 16-20, 100 dinners will be hosted around Los Angeles to engage 1,000 Angelenos in conversations about race with their neighbors. The hope is to unite neighbors to challenge inequities and develop the transformative policies that will make the City thrive.
Dinners are free to attend, and will be hosted at 100 volunteer homes across all 15 City Council Districts. Delicious meals will be prepared by professional chefs. If you’d like to attend, please click here to apply: EmbRACE LA – 100 Dinners
10. HWPOA COMMUNICATION AND AD POLICY
Please direct all comments, questions or issues regarding the Holmby News to hwpoa@aol.com.
Ads for plumbers, housekeepers, garage sales, etc. will be posted in the weekly News. Emergency situations such as coyote sightings, lost and found pets, traffic alerts and similar situations will continue to be published during the week as received.
When placing an ad, please send to hwpoa@aol.com for the Holmby News moderator to review. Responses to ads should be directed to the ad placer, not to HWPOA.
11. RESIDENT ADS
SEEKING GUEST HOUSE
Hello everyone,
I recently moved to the area from a small town in Idaho to appreciate the wonderful weather that SoCal has to offer and to take advantage of a new job offer. I am a 28 yr old nursing professional and graduate student in search of an apartment/small house/guesthouse for two people for at least a 6 month lease or longer if available beginning on May 1st. I would prefer it to include a parking space, but could make do without one.
If you or someone you know is also searching for two great lessees please don’t hesitate to contact me at cell: (787) 671-5746 or email: abigail.knight89@icloud.com.
Thank you very much.
12. HWPOA CONTACT INFORMATION
HOLMBY WESTWOOD PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
P.O. Box 49180
Los Angeles, CA 90049
310-470-1785
Email: hwpoa@aol.com
Web site: www.holmbywestwoodpoa.org
Pay Membership Dues: https://squareup.com/store/hwpoa
You Are Invited . . .
- To attend our monthly Board Meetings*
NEXT MEETING – APRIL 10
- To let us know your concerns about our community and your ideas about how we might work to improve it
- To become involved in our Association.
*Board Meetings are usually held the second Tuesday of each month at 8:00 pm at Belmont Village (10475 Wilshire Blvd.). Please confirm prior to attending.