HOLMBY NEWS
March 24, 2023
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. Seeking New HWPOA Board Members
2. LAPD Crime Report
3. Mail Deliveries & Mail Box Issues
4. Free CPR Training & Life-Saving Techniques
5. Events & Premieres in Westwood – Street Closures
6. Adopt or Foster a Pet – Volunteers Needed
7. Activities & Things to Do
8. Resident Ads
9. Local Discounts & HWPOA Benefits
10. 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 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. The election of the Board of Directors will take place at our Annual Meeting on May 9.
Serving on our Board of Directors is a great way to meet your neighbors! It’s a commitment of only 2 hours per month. You will have an extremely worthwhile experience while giving back to our community. HWPOA is a highly respected association throughout the city and, with your involvement, we hope that will continue indefinitely. We can only keep our property values high with resident participation.
We usually meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 PM. Our meetings have been on Zoom in recent years (due to COVID) but we may transition back to in-person meetings, which will be held at Belmont Village (on Wilshire at Warner Ave.)
We encourage all Board members to join one of our committees, which include: Security, Green Team, Westwood Village, Traffic, Holmby Park, Architectural Supervising Committee, 4th of July event, Filming (in the neighborhood), Membership, LAPD 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 10. We look forward to hearing from you!!
2. LAPD CRIME REPORT
THEFT – PETTY (plain theft-petty) ($950 & under)
Incident #: 230800598
10500 BLOCK LINDBROOK DR | 3/17/2023 @ 2:30 AM
File a Police Report Online: click here
EMERGENCY: 911
NON-EMERGENCY: 1-877-275-5273
All other City Services: 311
West L.A. Community Police Station –1663 Butler Ave.
James Allen, Senior Lead Officer
Office: 310-444-0741
Email: 39318@lapd.online
West LA Community Police Station Website: click here
LAPD Website: www.lapdonline.org
3. MAIL DELIVERY & MAIL BOX ISSUES
Thank you to Brentwood Homeowners Association for the following information. Although the article discusses issues in Brentwood, HWPOA utilizes the same area post office so the concerns are relevant to our neighborhood.
We asked Congressman Brad Sherman to look into why our members can go days without receiving their mail. After contacting the Postmaster for our area, Congressman Sherman’s representative reported the following:
“USPS has been having severe staffing issues since the beginning of the pandemic. It has been very hard for the post office to maintain a full staff. Though they are hiring on a daily basis, staff often does not remain with the post office longer than a few days-especially as of late. Due to the low number of workers, customers are going to experience that 3-5 day window where they will not receive mail, except for packages.”
While this is not a solution to the problem, it is an explanation. If you have not received mail for more than two days, you can also fill out a service request, which goes straight to the supervisor’s email and is replied to within 72 hours.
Due to theft and vandalism over the years, Barrington post office has been forced to lock or remove the outdoor mailboxes. If you wish to mail letters or packages at the post office, you must use the depository just inside the glass doors in the PO box area.
4. FREE CPR TRAINING & LIFE-SAVING TECHNIQUES
SAVING LIVES!
Hosted by LAFD CERT Battalion 9
FREE TRAINING!
- CPR (Hands-Only)
- Emergency Bleeding Control Techniques (Tourniquets)
- and more!
Date and time:
SUNDAY – April 2, 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location:
LAFD Fire Station 59 – Training Facility
2117 Butler Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90025
RSVP REQUIRED. Reserve your spot today!
5. EVENTS & PREMIERES IN WESTWOOD – STREET CLOSURES
There are several events and red carpet premieres coming up in Westwood Village, which will involve various sidewalk and street closures near each venue:
Hammer Museum Opening Celebration – Saturday, March 25, 2023
Hammer Museum Opening Celebration for the Lynda & Stewart Resnick Cultural Center and the Exhibition: Together in Time
“Dungeons & Dragons” – Sunday, March 26, 2023
PARAMOUNT will hold the “DUNGEONS & DRAGONS” premiere at 6:30 PM on Sunday, March 26, at the Regency Village Theater.
“AIR” – Monday, March 27, 2023
AMAZON will be holding the premiere of “AIR” at 7:30 PM on Monday, March 27, at the Regency Village Theater.
“Murder Mystery 2” – Tuesday, March 28, 2023
NETFLIX will be holding the premiere of “MURDER MYSTERY 2” at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, March 28, at the Regency Village Theater.
6. ADOPT OR FOSTER A PET – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
LA Animal Services Centers Full – LA Animal Services is urging adoptions of pets as the number of dogs coming into the centers is outpacing their ability to find them homes. With more than 1,300 dogs in the shelters, they are URGENTLY asking the community to adopt a pet. If you can’t adopt, please consider fostering. Give a dog or cat a ‘staycation’ for a weekend, a week, or a month to give pets a break from kennel life.
Learn more by visiting laanimalservices.com/about-fostering.
7. ACTIVITIES & THINGS TO DO
TOGETHER IN TIME – EXHIBITION
Opening Day – Sunday, March 26
at the Hammer Museum
Celebrate the debut of the Hammer’s new main entrance and lobby, new gallery and sculpture terrace—plus eight exhibitions on view museum-wide—and the newly named Lynda and Stewart Resnick Cultural Center. Take in the new exhibition Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection, as well as large-scale artworks by Sanford Biggers, Rita McBride, and Chiharu Shiota.
Enjoy art-making activities for all ages, curator-led tours, and a special presentation of artist videos in the Billy Wilder Theater. As always, admission is free!
8. RESIDENT ADS
IN-HOME FITNESS COACHING
I would like to highly recommend Tom Dailey, fitness trainer. Tom Dailey is a health coach and master trainer with 23 years in the health and fitness industry. He has a number of clients in the neighborhood ranging in age from 12 to 80. Tom has the expertise to provide you with knowledge to slow the aging clock; improve your vitality and overall quality of life; strength and cardiovascular training; improve posture and joint issues; sleep coaching; and athletic conditioning and boxing training.
To schedule a complimentary consultation, email Tom@daileywellnesscoaching.com
HWPOA Communication & Ad Policy:
Please direct all comments, questions or issues regarding the Holmby News to hwpoa@aol.com.
HWPOA members are welcome to post free ads (such as ads for plumbers, housekeepers, garage sales, etc.) in the Holmby News. When placing an ad, please send to hwpoa@aol.com for the Holmby News editor to review. Responses to ads should be directed to the ad placer, not to HWPOA.
9. LOCAL DISCOUNTS & HWPOA BENEFITS
Below you will find links to discounts and benefits that local businesses have offered to HWPOA members. We hope to add more as often as we can. Please let us know if you would like to submit additional discounts for other Westwood retailers.
Current benefits include:
- Campus Shoe Repair – 10% off any shoe or bag repair
- Phew Tech Help – Free service to first 100 family & friends
- Generac Home Generators – special discounts on generators and whole home battery backup system
10. HWPOA CONTACT INFORMATION
Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 49180
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 470-1785 (call/text)
Email: hwpoa@aol.com OR info@holmbywestwoodpoa.org
Website: www.holmbywestwoodpoa.org
Pay Membership Dues: https://squareup.com/store/hwpoa
You Are Invited . . .
- To attend our monthly Board Meetings*
- 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. Please confirm prior to attending.