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 .

Do you want Westside Village to be within one Council District, or would you prefer the current division between districts 5 and 11?

The February 2 meeting is another chance to speak up about the Commission Proposed Draft Map. Each presenter is allowed no more than two minutes per speaker at the discretion of the hearing Presiding Officer. All written testimony will be accepted, as well as testimony submitted on-line.

For information concerning this Commission, please contact Myriam Lopez at (213) 922-7740 or e-mail myriam.lopez@lacity.org. Translators, sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability, requests should be made at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Please call (213) 922-7740 or e-mail myriam.lopez@lacity.org for accommodations

The classes will be held at Fire Station 59, located at 11505 Olympic Blvd at Butler, a few blocks west of the 405, in West LA.

The next session starts in January at 7pm on the following dates: 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22.

To sign up for the next CERT class, contact Firefighter Mason at 818.756.9674

Let’s start the New Year by making sure we are prepared to take care of ourselves and our loved ones in the event of an emergency.

As part of the construction of Phase 2 of the Expo Light Rail Line, work crews will be removing existing train tracks along the Expo right-of-way in the City of Los Angeles.

Monday, January 9, 2012 through Friday, April 6, 2012
7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
No work will take place on weekends.

From Military Avenue to Bagley Avenue, along the Expo Right-of-Way (ROW), in the City of Los Angeles.

Traffic Impacts:
Flaggers will be used to assist trucks hauling debris as they enter and exit work areas on Military Avenue, Westwood Boulevard, Overland Avenue, Motor Avenue, National Boulevard, and Bagley Avenue.

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.