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Atwater Village, Echo Park & Hollywood Hills December 2020Vol 16. No. 6

POLITICS: Outgoing Ryu Says Thank You, page 9

COMMUNITY NEWS: Community Comments on Ryu & Raman, page 3

LOCAL THEATER: Zoom Behind the Scenes at 9’O’Clock Players, page 11

COMMUNITY NEWS: Gelson’s Gracious Grocer, page 10

REAL ESTATE: Time to Retreat to the Mountains? page 4

Candidacy Deadlines for Neighborhood Councils

The city is now accept-ing applications for those in-terested in running for a seat on one of its 99 neighborhood councils.

The deadline to file an ap-plication to run for a seat on the Hollywood United, Hol-lywood Hills West and East Hollywood neighborhood councils is December 29th. Those councils will have elec-tions on March 16, 2021.

For the Atwater, Echo Park, Los Feliz and Silver Lake councils, the deadline for can-didacy is January 19, 2021. Elections for those councils will be held on April 6, 2021.

For additional info visit the Los Angeles City Clerk’s website and click on Neigh-borhood Council Elections.

Raman StaffingTaking ShapeBy Allison B. Cohen

Two Ground Game L.A. leaders, who served as cam-paign co-chairs of Nithya Ra-man’s victorious election to Los Angeles City Council Dis-trict 4, will serve top positions in Raman’s office, accord-ing to co-campaign manager Meghan Choi.

Choi and Jessica Salans will share the role, presum-ably resembling chief-of-staff, although, Choi said, the two may chose a different title for the role.

Ground Game L.A. was born out of Salans’ failed 2017 candidacy against Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell in District 13. Salans, 31, is the founder of the Bernie Sanders inspired organization, and Choi, 34, a founding member.

Other details about staff-ing were still being ironed out, according to Choi.

However, two sources say a Raman proxy indicated in mid-November during a Greater Wilshire Neighbor-hood Council Zoom meeting that Raman would not be re-taining any of outgoing Coun-cilmember David Ryu’s staff, wanting a “fresh start” and that the administration would be working with a “skeleton crew” for at least a few months. Raman’s campaign declined to confirm that account.

“We have communicated with Ryu’s staff that we are ac-cepting applications and look forward to reviewing them with care,” said Choi in an email.

Raman, 39, sent an wide-spread email Nov. 18, her first since winning election Nov. 3rd, indicating more staffing announcements were coming soon.

The email also indicated Raman, of Silver Lake, was grateful to Ryu and his staff,

Nithya Raman’s election to Los Angeles City Council District 4 is seen by many as the tip of the iceberg of future Los An-geles politics. A political newcomer, she amassed more than 2,000 campaign volunteers, many of whom are young, just waking up to local politics and deeply concerned about Los Angeles. Some have called her “LAOC,” likening her to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who equally upset the political establishment in 2018. Photo: Raman campaign.

COVID-19: Neighborhood NumbersSince the coronavirus pan-

demic began, over 80,000 CO-VID-19 tests have been taken locally, according to data from the Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health, specifically:

Silver Lake, 24,617; Hol-lywood Hills, 13,279; Los Fe-liz, 11,360; East Hollywood, 10,394; Echo Park, 7,992 and

Atwater Village, 6,969.Additionally, Silver Lake

has had the most positive cases locally followed by East Hol-lywood, the Hollywood Hills, Echo Park, Atwater Village and Los Feliz.

Glendale, has had the most deaths of any commu-nity in Los Angeles County

with 189. Locally, East Holly-wood has been the hardest hit by deaths with 45, followed by Silver Lake, 18; Atwater Village, 8; Hollywood Hills, 7; Echo Park, 6 and Los Fe-liz, 3.

Get COVID-19 updates at losfelizledger.com. Informa-tion through Nov. 22. 2020.

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Letter Fromthe PublisherBy Allison B. Cohen

We regret this will be our last print edition, at least for a while. The ongoing pandemic demands this change, but the good news is we will still be publishing online daily.

As with many indepen-dently owned businesses, we have been taking things one day at a time—one month at a time. Our PPP loan has long been spent. Same for a small Google grant we received over the summer.

The good news is, since the pandemic began, our on-line edition has been doing ex-tremely well, often showing a 100%—even a 200%—increase in traffic and pageviews.

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Here’s to a better 2021! And thank you for your read-ership and support during this ongoing, unprecedented time.

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STUDY ON CONVERTING CONVENTION CENTER INTO TEMPORARY HOMELESS SHELTER EXPECTED SOON

Recommendations are expected back December 10, 2020 from city officials re-garding possibly converting the currently out-of-operation Downtown Convention Cen-ter into a temporary homeless shelter.

Los Angeles City Council-members Curren Price, Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo re-quested the feasibility of the conversion on Nov. 10.

COLLISIONS IN L.A. DOWN 42% SINCE COVID-19

Since March when Ange-lenos began sheltering at home due to COVID19, the number of traffic collisions in the city instantly fell and a report re-leased Nov. 6th said accidents are down nearly 42% in the first nine months of this year.

The city recorded 24,541 collisions between January and the end of September, a steep drop from the 42,279 ac-

cidents during the same time last year, according to Los Angeles Police Dept. (LAPD) data analyzed by Crosstown, a nonprofit news organization, out of the University of South-ern California.

JUDGE EXCORIATES L.A. FOR HOMELESS LACK OF EMERGENCY

The federal judge oversee-ing a lawsuit dealing with the homeless crisis Nov. 6 criti-cized the slow pace of moving homeless persons into housing despite an agreement in which the city and county of Los Angeles promised to provide 6,000 beds by next spring.

U.S. District Judge David Carter told parties involved in the suit that production of homeless housing is too slow in light of the threat of the corona-virus and the rise in deaths on city streets.”You’re already so far behind it’s disgraceful,” Carter told officials at a hearing that took place at City Hall because the federal courthouse in down-town Los Angeles is closed due to the pandemic.

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Welcome Raman & Goodbye Councilmember RyuCompiled By Allison B. Cohen

We reached out to commu-nity leaders to get their thoughts on incoming Council District 4 Councilmember-Elect Nithya Raman and out-going Council-member David Ryu.

Heather Duffy Boylston, Co-Executive Director, Larchmont Village Busi-ness Improvement District

We are grateful to David Ryu and his team and all they did for Larchmont Village. We are hopeful that Nithya will also understand the value of a small neighborhood communi-ty of merchants/property own-ers and neighbors.

Jon Deutsch, President Los Feliz Neighborhood Council

The Los Feliz Neighbor-hood Council (LFNC) was hon-ored to host Councilmember-elect Raman at our November 17th Governing Board meeting and the entire council is looking forward to working with her to serve our stakeholders. In the next few weeks, the LFNC will be working with incoming and outgoing CD4 staff to ensure that the neighborhood council’s work continues uninterrupted. As the hyper-local “boots on the ground,” neighborhood coun-cils can offer invaluable insight into the challenges our commu-nities face.

The LFNC also wishes to thank Councilmember Ryu for his dedicated service to our neighborhood and our city. The LFNC was proud to work with Councilmember Ryu’s office on several impor-tant initiatives, including help for our unhoused neighbors, street safety improvements, neighborhood beautification and assistance for our neigh-bors struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. The council also wishes to express its thanks to Councilmember Ryu’s staff who were always available to the council and our stakeholders. We also want to send a special thanks to Los Feliz deputy Rachel Fox for her tireless work to make Los Feliz an even better place to live, work, and play.

Sarah Dusseault, Former CD4 Chief-of-Staff and Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commissioner

I am very proud of what David was able to accom-plish and also congratulate Nithya. Hopefully, the entire community is ready to roll up their sleeves to get us past this economic and health crisis the best we can. I look forward to working with Nithya.

Natalie Freidberg, President, Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce

Congratulations to Coun-cilmember-elect Nithya Ra-man, we’re really looking for-ward to getting to know her & to having her join us for our events -virtually for now but hopefully in person soon! We’d also like to thank Coun-cilmember Ryu & his staff, es-pecially Field Deputy Rachel Fox. We appreciate their help over the past years and wish them all the best of luck in their next endeavors.

Laura Friedman, California Assemblymember

Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Councilmember Ryu and his staff on improving the lives of Angelenos, including in-frastructure improvements to the Friendship Auditorium to allow for better service to our homeless population. I deeply appreciate his commitment to his district and our city. I look forward to continuing that service by working along-side Councilmember-elect Ra-man, who put forward one of the most bold and progressive agendas our city has ever seen. Her passionate commitment to the environment, reduc-ing traffic congestion through transportation alternatives, and her emphasis on utilizing bold solutions to our housing crisis will bring a new energy and perspective to these important issues. I’m excited to see what direction she will take the city, and am ready to assist as her partner at the state level.”

Mike Gatto, Former California Assemblymember

The challenges Los An-geles faces are immense. Our community is united in want-ing unity, safe streets, a high quality of life and innovative solutions to the homelessness crisis. Unless real progress is made, it is the right, indeed the duty, for voters to hold City Hall accountable.

Amy Gustincic, President Los Feliz Improvement Assoc.

LFIA always strives to have a good relationship with our CD4 office for the benefit of Los Feliz residents. We are so appreciative of the work that David Ryu and his staff have done for our community and look forward to working with Nithya Raman in the future.

Sheila Irani, Former Council District 4 Staffer, Co-Chair Social Services &

HomelessnessHollywood United Neighborhood Council

I wish Nithya Ramen great success and have offered to as-sist her in any way I can to en-sure she accomplishes her vision for CD4, particularly for the unhoused and the environment. I do hope that David Ryu con-tinues to pursue his service to our community, politically or philanthropically. I appreciated his investment in our neighbor-hoods and against the City Hall “pay to play” mentality.

Alexandra Kondracke, Times Up Founding Member and Co-Chair LFIA Zoning Committee

I’m a founding member of Times Up which is where I first met and became friends with NIthya Raman. Her lead-ership has always inspired me so I wasn’t surprised that she was able to build a juggernaut of a campaign and do what has always been considered impos-sible in city politics—defeat an incumbent. While I’m sad to see David Ryu go, I’m also excited to see how NIthya will tackle the problems of evictions, rising housing costs and homelessness.

Chris Laib, Past President LFIA, Greek Theater Advisory Board, Griffith Park Advisory Board, Friends of the Observatory

I don’t know her Nithya Raman. I hope she frequents Los Feliz occasionally. David could have done more of that. Most of those I know never met him. That said, the challenges [she’s facing] are profound.

Scott Plante, Former Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Boardmember

David Ryu was an excel-lent councilmember, who cared greatly about our district and improving the Neighborhood

Council system. He will be greatly missed. Best wishes to Nithya, and that she will con-tinue to expand on Ryu’s great tradition of working for our city.

Nicholas Fox Robbins, Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Co-Chair

As a council we are excited for Nithya. Rachel was well liked and very attentive. The #1 concern we have in Silver Lake was the #1 platform for Nithya: homelessness. We are excited for her to follow up on her promises. If she walks the walk, we are excited to have her in office and to work with her.

Sylvie Shain, Former Los Angeles City Council District 13 Candidate & Co-Founder L.A. Tenants Union

I want to thank Council-member Ryu for his service and for fighting to make City Hall more transparent. While I be-lieve he deserved another term, he was tainted by the shenani-gans of his colleagues on the council and paid the price for it. I am encouraged however, by the message Nithya Ra-man’s win may send to these very same colleagues, about how a new generation of vot-ers will no longer tolerate cor-ruption, inept governance and dereliction of duty. If City Hall doesn’t get its act together, then Council, beware, they will be coming for you in 2022.

Councilmember-elect Ra-man deserves congratulations for the level of citizen engage-ment her campaign achieved, which propelled her win. I look forward to seeing how she implements the constituent-driven decision making pro-cesses she promised during her campaign, the most important of which will be on land-use decisions, which have always been heavily-influenced by de-veloper needs and corruption,

instead of community impact. While her campaign was

fueled mostly by energized citi-zens, it is also extremely impor-tant that she address the toxic rhetoric and bully tactics em-ployed by some of the people who act as mouthpieces for a few of the groups she has en-dorsed in her email and cam-paign literature. This toxicity, which I have experienced first-hand and which appears to be endemic to the culture of leftist organizing spaces due to their lack of structure and account-ability, will discourage civic participation. So, I encourage her to create a space of healthy citizen engagement by commit-ting to a zero tolerance policy for any type of toxic behavior or rhetoric within her staff or affiliated groups and that she fosters a culture that amplifies the voices of those who have/are going through struggle rather than those of activists.

Sophie Strauss, Activist for Raman Campaign

Raman’s team is working tirelessly and their lines are re-maining open so any constitu-ents who had projects going with David Ryu can fill Nithya in on what they care about and are working on. Nithya’s en-tire campaign was profound-ly thorough and thoughtful and well-researched and she’s given me no reason to doubt her transition and work on the council will be any different. Her win is historic and I’m excited for a new era of Los Angeles politics that actually reflects the progressive constit-uency. It’s long overdue.

David Tokofsky, Former John Marshall High School Teacher and LAUSD Board-member

Councilman David Ryu always knew public school is-sues inside LA Unified because

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Pandemic Proof 6,000 Feet AboveBy Allison B. Cohen

Continued record low mortgage interest rates sus-tained California’s housing market in October as home sales and prices took a breather from September’s record high levels and still recorded double-digit increases from a year ago, according to the California As-sociation of Realtors (C.A.R.)

At the regional level, sales increased in October in all ma-jor regions from last year with growth rates of more than 10% in all but the Central Valley. Sales increased in Southern California by 17.5%.

In our local mountain ar-eas, sales cooled slightly from the past few months but re-mained robust in October. Housing demand in nearby Big Bear—including Big Bear City and Big Bear Lake—contin-ued to surge with sales grow-ing 125.6% from last October.

Lake Arrowhead and South Lake Tahoe both recorded strong sales in October, with year-over-year growth rates of 47.7% and 29.1% percent, re-spectively. Through the first ten months of the year, home sales in these resort markets have outperformed the state of Cali-fornia in general.

Locally, the current me-dian sale price in 90027 (Los Feliz) according to real estate brokerage Redfin, for Octo-ber 2020 was $1.68 million, a 9.3% increase over October 2019 and a 9.5% increase from last month. Twenty-three homes were sold in October, a 27.8% increase over the same time period and just one fewer from last month.The median days on market has length-ened by 13% since last year to 46 and nearly doubled from September to October.

In the 90026 zip code the median sales price in October 2020 increased 9.2%, year over year, to $1.01 mil-lion, but dropped 11% from September. Twen-ty-eight homes were sold during the month, an increase of 7.7%, com-pared to the same time last year, but a decline of 18% compared to Sep-tember. Days on market were 53 in the zip code, 9.3% longer than last year at this time.

In the Silver Lake mar-ket (90039), the median sale price recorded for October was $1.075 million, a 10.3% increase year-over-year. The October median declined 7% compared to September. The area saw an increase in the number of homes sold in

October (38), a 41% increase from the same month in 2019 and a 46% increase from Sep-tember 2020.

In the Hollywood Hills/Beachwood area (90068) the median sales price dropped 3% from September 2020 to October, ending at $1.360

million.In total 47 homes were

sold in October, slight increase from the month prior and a 38% increase from October of 2019. Homes were on the mar-ket in October for a median of 56 days, a five day increase from the month of September.

This three-bedroom, three bath on Moonridge Road in Big Bear is listed for $424,000. Sales in resort areas near Los Angeles have been strong since the pandemic began. Photo: Redfin.

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The Path Forward to Protect Our DemocracyBy Rep. Adam Schiff

Under un-precedented circumstanc-es, amid the

worst pandemic in a century, Americans voted in record numbers and delivered a clear result:  On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden will become the 46th  president of the United States.

Biden will need to quickly work to control the pandemic that is ravaging our nation and restore the country’s struggling economy, ensuring shared prosperity and growth. He will have to expand afford-able healthcare for all Ameri-cans and make it universal and confront climate change by investing in millions of green new jobs.  

There is no doubt that these issues must be the highest pri-orities of the incoming Biden Administration, but we cannot turn the page on the painful

chapter of Trump’s presidency without taking meaningful ac-tion to address the immense damage he did to our democ-racy and institutions.

Even now, having lost the presidential race, Trump seems determined to pull down the house around him on the way out, making false claims of fraud and delaying

work on a smooth transition to the incoming administra-tion. Whatever the next two months bring, it’s clear that we will have significant work to do to restore the health of our democracy and our stand-ing around the world.

I hope that we prioritize legislative reforms that pro-tect against the type of abuses we’ve witnessed over the past four years. In September, I introduced legislation called the Protecting Our Democ-racy Act, which would, among other things, expedite enforce-

ment of congressional subpoe-nas, protect the independence of the Justice Dept., safeguard whistleblowers and inspectors general, stiffen penalties under the Hatch Act and provide for effective enforcement of the emoluments clause.

Passing these reforms should not be a political win for either party, but a victory for our democracy and Consti-tution—and I believe that Re-publicans may well rediscover

their support for oversight and transparency once Trump has left the scene.

Although the nation has rejected another four years of Donald Trump, many of the forces that propelled his rise will remain long after he is gone, in-cluding those who seek to sow division and expedite the break-down of our democratic institu-tions for political gain. 

It will take all of us work-ing together to build our de-mocracy back up, ensure those in government respect the rule of law, and enact safeguards

to make certain the abuse of power that took place during the Trump Administration will never happen again under any future president. 

These past four years have tested our democracy in a way no one could have imagined, and we have learned an impor-tant lesson: in order to remain a healthy and functioning de-mocracy, we must continue to maintain and defend it. Amer-ica is a resilient nation and we have overcome much greater difficulties in the past. We will do so again.Whatever the next two months bring, it’s

clear that we will have significant work to do to restore the health of our democracy and

our standing around the world.

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Thank You, We Made Progress TogetherBy Outgoing Los Angeles City Councilmember David Ryu

When I en-tered office five years ago,

I came in with a lot of prom-ises and work ahead of me. I was the first City Council can-didate in history to win with-out donations from developers and wanted greater transpar-ency and reform.

I ran on my experience working on homelessness and community mental health in South Los Angeles and sought to build homeless housing in a district that, at that time, had very few resources.

Most importantly, I com-mitted to working with you—community groups, neighbor-hood councils, improvement associations—any group of neighbors who were passionate about serving their commu-nity but had been shut out of City Hall for far too long.

Together, that’s exactly what we did.

My efforts to restore our urban canopy, by adding staff and $25 million in proactive tree care to the city budget, included bringing new trees to Franklin Avenue with the Los Feliz Improvement Associa-

tion (LFIA). With the Friends of

Griffith Park and Griffith Park Advisory Board, we expanded our city’s greatest green space, brought new transit connec-tions and mobility plans to reduce car traffic, established new trails and electric buses

and increased park access without adding a single car.

We held holiday celebra-tions with the Loz Feliz Busi-ness Improvement District, community clean-ups with the LFIA and the Franklin Hills Residents Assoc. and opened two new and improved play-grounds with the MOMS Club of Los Feliz, Friends of Griffith Park and more.

But most importantly, this community worked with my office and neighbors across Los Feliz to build a 100-bed

bridge housing center in a neighborhood that had no homeless housing before.

This was no easy feat and the idea was met with a few concerned neighbors and a lawsuit. But with out-reach help from the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council and

many others, as well as doz-ens of small group meetings, we not only brought our un-housed neighbors into shel-ter, but we also built a com-mon understanding on the crisis of homelessness.

This is the same commu-nity approach I used to build homeless housing in Sher-man Oaks, Hollywood and in neighborhoods across Coun-cil District Four. My sincere hope is that the community groups and neighbors who got engaged on the issue of home-

lessness stay engaged and that it brings more homeless housing across the district and the city.

Because here’s the thing: No one makes it alone. When I entered office in 2015, it was my first time as an elected of-ficial and from passing cam-paign finance reform into law to building bridge housing, I couldn’t have done it without you. It takes all of us, putting our best foot forward and an open hand to our neighbors, to build real change in our city.

Especially now, I urge you to stay involved. As I said on election night, you don’t need to be in City Hall to make change happen. You simply need to care about your com-munity and be willing to work with your neighbors on mak-ing it a better place to live.

The challenges we face are immense. Ending home-lessness, recovering from CO-VID-19 and building a just economy are no easy hills to climb—and we will only get there together. It takes a vil-lage to build a homeless shel-ter, and it will take an entire city, working together, to end homelessness.

Especially now, I urge you to stay involved. As I said on election night, you don’t need to be in City Hall to make change happen. You simply

need to care about your community and be willing to work with your neighbors on making

it a better place to live.

he attended the schools and had incredibly good memories of his experience at Bravo Medi-cal Magnet School. That sen-sitivity is not always present in LA City Hall for the mission of public schools. Hopefully he will participate in the redistrict-ing of the City Council as that is occurring right now. CD4 was drawn strangely and per-haps the divergent communi-ties stretched into the Fourth district will be more coherently drawn this Spring.

Congratulations to Nithya Raman. Defeating an incum-bent whether nationally or lo-cally is difficult work. Govern-ing as an “outsider,” rather than being an insider, in the diverse place called Los Angeles is dif-ficult, if not treacherous politics. Calling oneself a Progressive Democrat in a city govern-ment created by Republican Progressives in the Era of Teddy Roosevelt does not easily lead to progress. Just like President-elect Biden cannot only look to the Rust Belt’s Blue Wall and ig-nore his Sunbelt successes in Ar-izona, New Mexico and almost Texas, Councilwoman Raman cannot only look to one type of progressive in Los Angeles or one type of Angeleno in order to see progress for our Los Angeles.

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Super Grocer Celebrates Golden AnniversaryBy Lynne T. Jewell

There are many heroes in Los Feliz and we’re thankful to all of them. But we’re tak-ing a moment to salute one of these special local figures.

Aldo Malesci has been the store director at the Gelson’s Market Los Feliz/Silver Lake for the past two decades, and during that time, he’s become a stalwart booster of the neigh-boring community. He goes above and beyond in taking care of his customers.

As you probably know, the store’s claim to fame is that it’s the original site of the Walt Disney Studios. When the LFIA proposed a Mickey and Minnie Mouse 90th birthday social at Gelson’s a few years ago, Aldo went all out in mak-ing the event a huge success, highlighting it with a cake honoring the famous mouse couple.

“I can’t tell you how kind, thoughtful and profes-sional Aldo always is,” said LFIA board member Stando-lyn Robertson. “When Aldo becomes involved, he’s ‘all in’ and makes everything spe-cial.”

Over the years, Team Aldo supported the LFIA in count-less ways, from selling our Los Feliz history books, getting involved in our 100th anni-versary celebration to being a sponsor of our “Sock Hop” fundraiser for local schools.

Former LFIA boardmem-ber Margret Lohfeld, LFIA’s

Beautification Com-mittee Chair for many years, shops at Gelson’s daily.

“All the cus-tomers, including myself, are thankful to Aldo for being a great store direc-tor and helping us whenever we need help,” she said.

Aldo has a knack for treating everyone like they’re “No. 1,” but as a good manager, he never shows favorit-ism.

Once on a Saturday football morning, he allowed me to cheer “Go Trojans” over the store’s intercom. Then a few minutes later, I heard another customer announcing, “Go Bruins.” He believes in equal time.

“It’s all the customers and my employees who have brought me joy and made the job,” he said.

Aldo joined what was formerly Mayfair Markets 50 years ago as a Fairfax High School teenager. Starting as a bagger, he worked in every department at many different locations before taking on the Los Feliz store’s managerial role in 1999.

He had originally planned to retire earlier this year, but when the COVID-19 pan-

demic hit, Aldo couldn’t leave his staff under those circum-stances.

His extra care for his cus-tomers goes beyond his store.

Following the shoot-ing tragedy two years ago at Trader Joe’s Silver Lake, across the street, Aldo and his staff showed their neighborly sup-port by providing lunch to all the Trader Joe’s employ-ees when the store finally re-opened.

It’s those thoughtful ges-tures that make Aldo Malesci the maestro manager he is, and LFIA thanks him a thou-sand times over for always be-ing there for us.

He said he plans to step down next year, with 50-plus-one years of service.

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IHHS Raises $250,000 for Financial Aid ProgramBy Stella Lissak ’22

As we near the end of our first c o m p l e t e l y

virtual semester at Immaculate Heart and look forward to the holidays, students must first prepare for the season known as our “Cumulative Assess-ment Period.” What promises to be a very busy few weeks following our Thanksgiv-ing break comes on the heels of completing our successful WALK fundraiser.

Back in October, students started raising funds for our annual WALK, which typical-ly culminates in a schoolwide four-mile walk around the Los Feliz area and a celebration on campus. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 and L.A. County restrictions on capacity, we were unable to hold our typi-

cal celebratory event. However, this did not stop

students from raising nearly $250,000, all of which goes directly to our financial aid program. Despite the lack of a schoolwide celebration, stu-dents were highly encouraged to participate on “Walk Day,” on October 28th, by walking around their own neighbor-hoods and getting outside. There were “Panda Posts” throughout different spots of the city, where students could meet up and say hello to other Pandas from a safe distance. Even when we can’t be togeth-er, Immaculate Heart finds a way to unify our community and it made this year’s virtual WALK one to remember. 

Looking toward the winter holidays, students are already

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A “Magical Theatre Experience” For Teachers & StudentsBy Marilyn Tower Oliver, Ledger Theater Critic

The award-w i n n i n g N i n e O ’ C l o c k Players in Hol ly wood has launched

a video-based “Magical The-atre Experience” for teachers, parents and most of all kids.

“We’ve broken down the different aspects of live the-ater into fun, digestible 5 to 10 minute videos that appeal to kids of all ages,” said Jenny Brandt, with the Nine O’clock Players. “From make-up tuto-rials to how-to lessons of light-ing and sound production, to dance steps taught by a pro-fessional choreographer, we introduce the many elements that go into bringing a theatri-cal production to life.”

I checked out the “Ghost Make-up Tutorial” in which one of the actors gave a step-by-step demonstration of how to apply make-up for a creepy effect. “Inside the Cos-tume Shop” showed the Nine O’Clock Players’ vast collec-tion of costumes.

I particularly enjoyed the video giving a tour of the

theater. Other short videos explore lighting and theater etiquette.

The goal is to get kids to think critically about what they see on stage and on screen.

Children can also enjoy a video of a prior production of “The Velveteen Rabbit” based on the classic children’s book by Margery Williams.

The Nine O’Clock Play-ers was founded in 1929 as an auxiliary of the Assistance League of Los Angeles to pres-ent classic children’s stories with live, musical produc-tions. During normal times there are two productions a year shown during the week at no cost to thousands of lo-cal students and special needs school groups. The public can enjoy the plays on weekends.

“For 90% of the children we serve, this is their only ex-posure to theater,” said Lenore Schlachtman, Nine O’Clock Players chair.

The “Magical Theater Ex-perience,” and “The Velveteen Rabbit” are free with a sub-scription to the Nine O’Clock Players YouTube channel.

“who have made themselves available to ensure that the handoff from one office to the next is as seamless as possible.”

Since her 53% to 47% victory over Ryu, Raman has been on the press circuit, do-ing interviews with The Hol-

lywood Reporter, The Guard-ian and Spectrum News, 1 to name a few, as well as making some Zoom appearances at various neighborhood council meetings, including the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council (LFNC) on November 17th.

“We are still working on

figuring out what our staff structure will look like and who will be staffing this part of the city,” she told the council before opting out of questions to spend some time with her five-year-old twins, especially important, she said, before she takes office December 14, 2020.

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