WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (December 7, 2009)Pointing out that numerous surveys show that the closer a tobacco retailer is to a school, the more likely they are to sell to children, the City of West Hollywood began re-thinking tobacco sales near schools on Monday night.In a resolution calling for city staff to study methods and impacts and the city attorney,...
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (December 7, 2009)A couple hundred Unite Here Local 11 union hotel workers marched the Sunset Strip while brandishing signs in the first volley in the negotiations over a new contract. The union fears hiring freezes, pay cuts, reduced benefits or other givebacks.The hotel's manager, Michel Morauw, told WeHo News that...
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (December 7, 2009) Joel Mark's Fundraiser and Photographic Print Sale to benefit the American Diabetes Association happens this Wednesday. Joel Mark is a local photographer specialized in architecture, editorial and corporate photography.
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (December 7, 2009) [WeHo is 25 years-old and WeHo News is celebrating by publishing excerpts from the only published history of West Hollywood "Images of America: West Hollywood" by Arcadia Publishing] The history of Los Angeles, city and county, is written in large part by transportation systems, both...
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (December 7, 2009) Saying the Sunset Strip live music venue seeks a new partner, the Key Club closed its doors last week Sunday.The doors shuttered with no advance notice, although apparently the management had been clearing its December calendar, telling bands and bookers to find another location for those shows.The club's closing...
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (Thursday, December 3, 2009)When you need a new apartment and you want to live in West Hollywood, paying for rent listings only adds to the already too high expense.Check out WeHo News' FREE West Hollywood Rental Listings, supplied by the City's Department of Rent Stabilization here.
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (December 3, 2009) Property taxes will drop this year, the first time since Prop 13's passage, announced the LA County Assessor's office this week.The savings "affects both residential and commercial property owners," Rick Auerbach's office points out.
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (December 3, 2009)A hit and run driver ran down a man riding a bike at 12:15 am, Los Angeles Sheriff Department reported Tuesday.The bicyclist "suffered massive injuries," according to Sgt. Kris Aloma, the West Hollywood Branch Station's Traffic officer, and taken to a nearby emergency room.Sheriff's deputies arrested Celine...
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (December 3, 2009) Beverly Center's Hunky Santa and the Candy Cane Girls aerialist act took a dive Saturday when one of the Girls lost her perch and fell forty feet, sustaining mild injuries.Witnesses told news sources they saw the 26-year-old woman falling into a video projection cube after she slipped while she was hanging...
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (December 3, 2009) Fearing Senate acceptance of the Stupak�Pitts Amendment, the anti-abortion measure added to the Affordable Health Care for America Act before the House of Representatives passed that bill, a WeHo City council member and spokeswomen for women's rights groups made a call to action yesterday.According...
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (December 3, 2009) As a holiday gift to the environment, the City of West Hollywood, Heal the Bay and cities throughout the Santa Monica Bay Watershed will participate in "No Bag for a Day" on Thursday, December 17, 2009. Free reusable bags will be available for West Hollywood residents from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the City Hall...
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (December 3, 2009)LA County's final push focuses on residents in priority groups for H1N1 vaccine, as Long Beach, Pasadena, and Los Angeles County public health departments announced final schedules for H1N1 mass vaccination clinics this week. The last round of public health-run vaccine clinics will focus on a final, large scale administration...
