HOLMBY NEWS
March 30, 2018
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. LAPD Crime Report
2. Seeking New HWPOA Board Members
3. Election Day this Tuesday – VOTE!
4. Westwood Library – April Happenings
5. Lawn Bowling Open House at Holmby Park
6. Movie Premiere – Street Closures
7. Metro Purple Line – Traffic Alert
8. Upcoming Community Events
9. HWPOA Communication and Ad Policy
10. Resident Ads
11. HWPOA Contact Information
1. LAPD CRIME REPORT
VEHICLE, STOLEN
Incident #: 180807780
WYTON & LORING | 3/23/2018 @ 10:40 AM
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
2. 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.
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.
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
3. ELECTION DAY THIS TUESDAY – VOTE!
This Tuesday, April 3rd is a Special Election for the State Assembly, 54th District. This weekend there will be early voting at three convenient locations near you. Get more info on how you can vote early this weekend on our website: LA Vote website
If we don’t see you this weekend, make sure to vote on Tuesday. #LAvotes
4. WESTWOOD LIBRARY – APRIL HAPPENINGS
The Westwood Branch Library has a busy month of events and activities for adults, teens and children. Some of the programs include:
- Beginning Italian
- Creating L.E.D. Flowers with S.T.E.A.M.
- Social Media Marketing for Beginners
- Government 101: Presidential Impeachment
- SAT Review Session
For a complete list of upcoming events, please click here:
https://www.lapl.org/branches/westwood
5. LAWN BOWLING OPEN HOUSE AT HOLMBY PARK
You are invited to learn to bowl at the Holmby Park Lawn Bowling Club on Saturday, April 7 at 10:30 AM at Holmby Park. Free snacks, drinks and one hour lessons are offered by members of this friendly group – in your backyard! See flyer below for details.
For more information, please visit:
www.losangeleslawnbowling.com
6. MOVIE PREMIERE – STREET CLOSURES
The Joe Lewis Company is coordinating the arrivals for the premiere of BLOCKERS, to be held at the Village Theatre, located at 961 Broxton Avenue, on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018.
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 Mary Pat Kasravi, Senior Producer 818-402-1073 or Emmanuel Tolentino, Production Coordinator 661-877-1073.
7. METRO PURPLE LINE – TRAFFIC ALERT
Metro has announced the beginning of work to relocate underground utilities for the Wilshire / Westwood stations. The advance utility relocation (AUR) process will take TWO years with work starting on April 9th. The work will be done exclusively at night and on weekends (and this is one reason why the work will take two years). Nighttime work will take place Monday-Friday from 9 pm to 6 am. Weekend work will begin Friday evening at 9 pm and will continue 24 hours/day until Monday at 6 am.
During these work hours, there will be significant lane closures in the area. At least one lane of Wilshire Blvd. in each direction will remain open.
8. UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
Westwood Rec. Center Spring Eggstravaganza – Saturday, March 31 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. To register online, please click here:
Spring Eggstravaganza – Register Online
West Los Angeles Symphony – Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. at Royce Hall, on the UCLA Campus. 26th Anniversary Concert! How often does one experience a live performance of a concerto for four guitars and orchestra? The West Los Angeles Symphony brings you this delightful opportunity when Scott Tennant and his friends join the orchestra in performing Rodrigo’s Concierto Andaluz. Considered one of the world’s premiere guitar virtuosos, Mr. Tennant is also a founding member of the Grammy-winning® ensemble, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Winner of the 2017 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, guest conductor, Christopher Allen, also leads the orchestra in a performance of Holst’s charming St. Paul’s Suite and Mozart’s glorious Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter.”
COST: FREE ADMISSION
WEBSITE: www.wlasymphony.com
Run for Hope 5K – Sunday, April 29 in West L.A.. Runners, walkers, and community are invited to honor the memory and celebrate the lives of those who have died. Join OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center in celebrating 25 years of service by kick starting the year with OUR annual Run For Hope: a day to share grief, loss and love, while helping to sustain the services of OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center. For more information or to register, please click here: http://www.ourhouse-grief.org/runforhope/
“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
9. 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.
10. RESIDENT ADS
HANDYMAN RECOMMENDATION
JUAN MIRANDA is the best handy man…..he has worked for me and others near by for YEARS. He is $200 a day and well worth it.
Juan Miranda
(424) 222-3332
Please email me for a reference at ohjoey485@icloud.com
11. 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.