HOLMBY NEWS
March 15, 2019
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. Street Repair Update
2. More Parkway Trees for Little Holmby
3. Suspicious Activity – Devon/Birchwood
4. Dealer Ad Plates Now Illegal
5. Free Bulky Item Drop-Off Event
6. IRS Scam Warning – Phone Calls & Emails
7. L.A. Marathon – Next Weekend
8. Upcoming Community Events
9. HWPOA Contact Information
1. STREET REPAIR UPDATE
The City of LA Bureau of Street Services (BSS) recently selected the following locations for pothole and other street repairs:
- 660 Club View Dr
- 555 Woodruff
- Selby Ave between Wilshire Bl & Lindbrook Dr
- Comstock at Wyton / Beverly Glen
- Loring Ave and Charing Cross Rd
BSS will return to Westwood tentatively in late August for another round of street repairs.
If you would like a pothole or other street repair fixed prior to August, you are welcome to submit a request via the following link. There is no guarantee when or if BSS will repair it, but it never hurts to ask. Submitting a photo with your request is also very helpful:
Bureau of Street Services – Report Potholes
2. MORE PARKWAY TREES FOR LITTLE HOLMBY
Holmby Westwood Green Team
Planting Event
on Malcolm and Manning Avenues
Saturday, March 30
9AM to 12 PM
The Holmby Westwood Green Team will plant 12 more parkway trees on Malcolm and Manning Avenues on Saturday, March 30 beginning at 9:00 am. Please come join us to take part in another great day to replenish our neighborhood tree canopy. TreePeople volunteers will plant the trees and we need your help assisting the planters—not strenuous work at all, just fun and an important help for the day.
We will plant trees along the 700, 800 and 900 blocks of Malcolm Avenue and on the side parkway of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at Hilgard and Manning Avenue. Parking will be relaxed along Malcolm from 8AM to 1PM for the volunteers to park.
Our Holmby Westwood Green Team has worked hard throughout the glorious rainy weekends to talk with homeowners to obtain their permission to plant and care for the free trees, which are provided by TreePeople and CityPlants. With this, the Green Team will have planted 26 new trees in Holmby Westwood this year.
We welcome more Little Holmby neighbors joining us in our “greening” efforts. In the coming year we will plant more trees and work with UCLA and TreePeople to develop ways to keep Little Holmby green, healthy and thriving. Please contact us to find out more: Kathryn Welch Howe (khowe.kwh@gmail.com) and Marnie Bodek (mossbodek@msn.com).
Hope you saw the recent LATimes article on the work of the Holmby Westwood Green Team:
3. SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY – DEVON/BIRCHWOOD
A homeowner reported the following incident that occurred earlier this week. Please be alert when walking around the neighborhood.
I was out with my dog around 5:20 PM. At the bottom of Birchwood facing Devon (the wrong way on a one way street) was a Black Nissan Altima with a black female driver and black male passenger, both in their mid-20s. A car coming up Birchwood stopped and explained it was one way. They didn’t move. I walked down towards them with my dog. They backed up 6 feet almost hitting me. They stopped and the male passenger looked like he was getting out of the car. Then he looked down and noticed my dog, a pit bull mix. He said to the driver “he has a dog” and they immediately drove off turning right on Wilshire. The license plate is 7JFK932. Black Nissan Altima.
4. DEALER AD PLATES NOW ILLEGAL
As of January 1, the State has made it easier for you and law enforcement to identify suspicious vehicles. Cars and trucks must now have either permanent or temporary numbered plates on both the front and back of the vehicle.
The dealer ad paper plates on new cars we have seen for decades are a thing of the past. This can be a significant deterrent to crime in our area, as it will now be easier for law enforcement to identify and investigate crimes involving vehicles.
For more details: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/templp
5. FREE BULKY ITEM DROP-OFF EVENT
It’s time for spring cleaning! Do you have furniture, oversized toys, appliances, and other items to get rid of? It’s time to purge!
On Saturday, March 16th from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, LA Sanitation & Environment is hosting Free Bulky Item Drop Off events at five locations throughout Los Angeles. We will only be accepting bulky items… no building debris, concrete, dirt, asphalt or hazardous waste will be accepted. Nearby location:
West Los Angeles Yard
2027 Stoner Ave
Los Angeles, Ca 90025
Questions? Call our 24-hour Customer Care Center at 1-800-773-2489. Or visit lacitysan.org/bulky
6. IRS SCAM WARNING – PHONE CALLS & EMAILS
Watch Out for IRS Impersonator Scams This Tax Season
Scammers and cyber-thieves continue to use the IRS as bait. The most common tax scams are phone calls and emails from thieves who pretend to be from the IRS. Scammers use the IRS name, logo, fake employee names and badge numbers to try to steal money and identities from taxpayers.
Taxpayers need to be wary of phone calls or automated messages from someone who claims to be from the IRS. Often, these criminals will say taxpayers owe money and demand payment right away. Other times, scammers will lie to taxpayers and say they’re due a refund. The thieves ask for bank account information over the phone. The IRS warns taxpayers not to fall for these scams.
Click here for a list of tips that will help filers avoid becoming a scam victim.
7. L.A. MARATHON – NEXT WEEKEND
The Los Angeles Marathon will take place next weekend on Sunday, March 24. More information will be posted next week, but we wanted to give you a head’s up as there will be numerous street closures throughout Los Angeles.
Course Map:
https://www.lamarathon.com/event-info/the-course/course-map
8. UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
Screening: Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. – Wednesday, March 20 at 7:30 PM at the Hammer Museum. “Not a normal pop documentary, because M.I.A. is not a normal pop star” (The Atlantic), this Sundance award winner provides unparalleled access to the Sri Lankan–born artist’s journey from refugee immigrant to international pop star. (2018, dir. Steve Loveridge, 97 min.). Click here for more information.
The PLATO Society of Los Angeles Colloquium – March 21, 2019 at the Skirball Cultural Center (2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.). The speaker at this event will be Thomas Rice, Disguised Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health and his topic is:
Health Care Systems in Other High-Income Countries:
How Do We Compare?
Dr. Rice is a major figure in healthcare economics. His research covers Medicare, cost containment and the role of competition in healthcare.
The program is from 1:30-3:00 in the Magnin Auditorium. Complimentary coffee and cookies are available from 12:45. This event is open to the Public. Admission and parking are free.
9. 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 9
- 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 7:30 pm at Belmont Village (10475 Wilshire Blvd.). Please confirm prior to attending.