HOLMBY NEWS
June 9, 2023
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. HWPOA Board Meeting – Video Conference
2. HWPOA’s 4th of July Parade & Picnic
3. U.S. Open – Parking & Road Detours
4. UCLA Commencement – Next Weekend
5. Pancake Breakfast is Back…..Next Year
6. CAP UCLA Performing Arts at the Nimoy Theater
7. Activities & Things to Do
8. Resident Ads
9. Local Discounts & HWPOA Benefits
10. HWPOA Contact Information
1. HWPOA BOARD MEETING – VIDEO CONFERENCE
On Tuesday, June 13 at 7:30 PM, the HWPOA Board of Directors will hold its monthly meeting. The meeting will be a video-conference held online via Zoom. Please click here to see the agenda.
Members of the community are welcome to join the Zoom call. Please let us know if you plan to attend and we will send you the link to access the video-conference. Email Dana at hwpoa@aol.com.
2. HWPOA’S 4th OF JULY PARADE & PICNIC
Save the date! Summer is almost here and we are getting ready for:
HWPOA’s 4th of July Parade & Picnic!
Tuesday, July 4th
9:30 am Meet at Warner Ave. School
10:00 am Parade start
Celebrations to follow at Holmby Park!
The day will begin at 9:30 am at Warner Ave. School, with a parade that leads to Holmby Park, where the festivities continue.
Food – Music – Bouncers – Arts & Crafts
and much more!
Decorate your scooters, bikes, strollers and wagons, your kids and grandkids, and your homes, especially if you’re along the Loring/ Comstock parade route! Celebrate the holiday and the treasure of a neighborhood we live in together. More details to follow in the coming weeks – stay tuned!
Questions/ feedback/ ideas?
Please email Caron Schwartz, Parade Chair:
caronschwartz.realtor.broker@gmail.com
3. U.S. OPEN – PARKING & ROAD DETOURS
Next week, the United States Golf Association (USGA) will be hosting the U.S. Open Golf Championship at The Los Angeles Country Club. This event will bring thousands of visitors to our area the same weekend as UCLA graduation.
The USGA, in conjunction with the cities of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, has unveiled a comprehensive parking and transportation plan for the week of the championship. Please click the link below for the complete notice.
U.S. Open Parking & Transportation Info.
Road Detours and Traffic
24-hour road detours will take place in the immediate vicinity of The Los Angles Country Club beginning Sunday, June 11 at 5 a.m. and lasting through Monday, June 19. From Monday, June 12 through Sunday, June 18, local residents and through traffic are encouraged to adjust travel around peak U.S. Open arrival and departure times (7-11 a.m. and 4-8 p.m.) in the vicinity of The Los Angeles Country Club. Shuttle and vehicular traffic is expected to be heavy along the primary routes in and around The Los Angeles Country Club during these times.
Street Access for Residents:
Due to the U.S. Open traffic plan, the only access point for residents along Birchwood, Devon, and Strathmore will be from Beverly Glen Blvd or Devon Ave. Unfortunately, they will not be able to access their homes via Comstock Ave. from June 11 -18. Residents that live on Comstock Ave. between Wilshire Blvd. and Beverly Glen will be given hangtags by the USGA to access their residence with no issue. This will be the same procedure for residents along Club View Drive between Comstock Ave. and Beverly Glen Blvd.
Holmby Park Access
All residents will have walking access to Holmby Park. However, although the park will be open all week, there is no available parking on either side of the streets bordering the park.
Contact USGA
Should a resident feel the need to contact someone, we have the 2023 U.S. Open email address that is monitored throughout the day by a team of individuals.
Email USGA:
2023usopen@usga.org
For more information on the 2023 U.S. Open and for regular transportation updates, visit usopen.com.
4. UCLA COMMENCEMENT – NEXT WEEKEND
UCLA will be hosting its 2023 Commencement next Friday, June 16, 2023 with departmental ceremonies taking places throughout the weekend.
The three largest commencement ceremonies will be held in Pauley Pavilion on Friday, June 16. Please allow extra time to make your way through the Village, as we are expecting an increase in traffic and activity.
UCLA Commencement (Main Ceremony)
Friday, June 16 – 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Departmental Graduations
Saturday, June 17 & Sunday, June 18 throughout the day
The complete 2023 UCLA Commencement Schedule is available here:
5. PANCAKE BREAKFAST IS BACK…..NEXT YEAR
The Adopt Fire Station #71 is happy to announce the Pancake Breakfast is in the planning stage and will return to Holmby Westwood in May, 2024.
This family event, enjoyed by young and old alike, was curtailed for 3 years due to COVID. The Adopt Board recently met to begin planning at the station where the firefighters prepared a delicious breakfast. What was on the menu? Pancakes, of course! Always delicious!
6. CAP UCLA PERFORMING ARTS AT THE NIMOY THEATER
New Season. New Theater.
The UCLA Center for the Art of Performance’s 2023–24 season will bring 35 events — including music, dance, theater, literary arts and multidisciplinary collaborations — to the new UCLA Nimoy Theater, a landmark venue in Westwood Village that has been renovated and transformed into a 300-seat off-campus performing arts space.
Named for the late artist, actor, director and philanthropist Leonard Nimoy, the theater is a reimagining of the historic Crest Theatre, built in 1941 and acquired by UCLA in 2018. The venue, operated and managed by CAP UCLA, will offer audiences an intimate and engaging experience of live performance while providing artists from Los Angeles and around the world new opportunities to develop and showcase their work. The upcoming season features a broad spectrum of voices, viewpoints, ideas and creative expressions across a variety of performing arts mediums.
- Announcement – CAP UCLA Schedule & Ticket Info.
7. ACTIVITIES & THINGS TO DO
Free Concert: Second Saturdays at Westwood Library
Saturday, June 10 at 3:00 PM
at Westwood Library
Second Saturday Concerts take place upstairs in the alcove by the balcony while the library is open for regular business. Starting at a NEW TIME, 3 p.m., concerts will last approximately 90 minutes. This is a great opportunity to introduce your kids to live classical music and musicians in the casual, safe, familiar setting of our local library.
We’ve got a stellar line-up to finish the 2023 Season of our exciting new Second Saturdays series!
June 10: XAVIER PRADO – Chilean tenor Xavier Prado presents a fascinating program titled Les poèts (The Poets), featuring works related to important poetic figures in art song, as well as famous arias from operas where the tenor is either a fictional or a real poet. Mr. Prado will be accompanied by pianist Catherine Miller. Co-sponsored by THE OPERA BUFFS.
Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions
June 2-18
at several locations, including the Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA American Indian Studies Center, Imagining Indigenous Cinema features over 40 films playing over the course of three weekends in June, where screenings will be accompanied by filmmaker discussions and panels.
Screenings will take place at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum and at the Eagle Theatre, as well as livestreamed on June 10, 17 and 18.
8. RESIDENT ADS
UKRAINIAN FAMILY NEEDS ASSISTANCE
HWPOA members Jackie and Jeff Freedman, along with a group of others, have sponsored a Ukrainian refugee family of four to live in Los Angeles. The family consists of the 38 year-old parents and two children ages 12 and 9. The father and 12 year-old son are fluent in English. The mother understands and speaks a good amount of English but is taking a crash course to become fluent. The daughter is improving her English week by week.
The parents had a food service business at a university in the Eastern part of Ukraine until the 2014 Russian invasion. After the invasion, the family fled to the capital, where the father then worked as sales manager for a Ukrainian grain elevator manufacturer and the mother obtained a managerial position in a bank. When the Russians invaded in 2022, the family hid in the apartment’s basement. They recently fled Ukraine and are now living in safety in Valley Village and finishing all their governmental appointments and beginning to experience the city.
Needs:
1. The parents have equivalent of masters degrees in economics and business management. The father is currently seeking employment in agricultural related and or media areas. If anyone has contacts in these areas, a resume can be provided upon request.
2. Donated bikes for two adults and one teenager.
3. Donated car.
Any help in these areas is greatly appreciated. The family is fabulous.
Contact: jldfree@aol.com or 310 948 3630.
HOUSEKEEPER AVAILABLE
Our amazing housekeeper is now available on Tuesdays, a family went from 2 days to 1. She is by far the best housekeeper we have ever had, great cleaner, does laundry, reliable, speaks English, loves dogs, quick response on her cell phone and text!
Please contact her directly:
Mercedes Ruiz
323.877.8937
Steve & Carrie Chmara
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
- 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.