Great Books Discussion Group
May 10 6:00 PM

Join us for a discussion of "The Sea Wolf" by Jack London.

Palms-Rancho Park Library
2920 S. Overland Ave.
(310) 840-2142

Winter Class Registration has begun at our local parks. The information can be obtained by going to the following websites or calling the park office.

MAR VISTA RECREATION CENTER
http://www.laparks.org/dos/ reccenter/facility/marVistaRC.htm
11430 Woodbine Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Tel: (310) 398-5982

PALMS RECREATION CENTER
http://www.laparks.org/dos/ reccenter/facility/palmsRC.htm
2950 Overland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 838-3838

Looking for a different park, visit http://www.laparks.org/ and you can search for all LA City Parks.

Find out what's happening in our neighborhood and get involved! The Mar Vista Community Council web page will give you all the information you need.

Check on the Expo Line's progress at http://www.buildexpo.org .

Construction of a temporary parking lot for LADOT Parking Enforcement will begin Monday, April 9, 2012 through Friday, May 18, 2012.

Crews will be installing a temporary parking lot for LADOT Parking Enforcement employees within the Expo ROW in anticipation of construction of the Sepulveda parking structure. The Sepulveda parking structure will be built on the current site of the LADOT parking lot.

In preparation for the temporary parking lot, crews will be removing shrubs and vegetation/debris from the Expo ROW. A temporary fence with security gates will be installed around the parking lot along with five temporary light poles. The poles will be placed on the south side of the lot. The lot will have a designated walk way at the west end near Sepulveda Boulevard. The vehicle entrance and exit to the parking lot will be off of Military Avenue. Heavy machinery that will occasionally produce loud noises will be used to prepare the area and install the asphalt.

Do you want to have a positive effect in our neighborhood? Do you want to get to know your neighbors better? If so, then consider being a block captain. There are still a few blocks that need block captains or some block captains would like to have a co-captain. If you are interested, please contact our Neighborhood Watch at WestsideVillageWatch@gmail.com or the board at westsidevillageboard@yahoo.com.

The responsibilities include keeping an updated neighbor contact list, delivering newsletters and forwarding information to their individual blocks. Most communication can be handled via email in the comfort of your own home and we only have three newsletters a year. Please consider taking on this valuable position to help keep us safe and informed.

LAPD has launched a great new way to check on crime in West LA.
Please follow this link to take a look: http://www.crimemapping.com/map/region/LAPDWestLosAngelesArea

Sign up to receive LAPD alerts and more through the www.Nixle.com service. This is a nationwide service that LAPD and many other cities across the country have adopted that send out official email and text alerts. To sign up go to www.lapdonline.org and click on the Nixle icon on the LAPD web page.

This program encourages citizens to submit suspicious activity reports and has also been adopted nationwide. Information about this important program are also posted/linked on the www.lapdonline.org web page. Los Angeles has a number of possible terrorist targets: LAX, the ports, beaches, hospitals and the Federal Building, to name a few. The goal of this program is to give citizens a way to help the various law enforcement agencies keep us safe. It’s a natural extension of neighborhood watch.