Relay For Life Fundraiser For American Cancer Society Set For April 17 & 18 At Pierce College
Check out Relay For Life’s site (linked below) for more information about this important event.
Relay for Life is set for Pierce College
The Woodland Hills’ Relay For Life will take place from 9 a.m. Sat. April 17 through 9 a.m. Sun., April 18 at Pierce College. The 24-hour event is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
The relay opens with cancer survivors walking the first lap and continues with participants walking in teams relay-style for 24 hours.
Highlighting the evening is the luminaria ceremony at sunset to honor cancer survivors and to remember those who have died from the disease.
For information about forming a team or volunteering, visit http://www.RelayForLife.org/woodlandhillsca or call (800) ACS-2345.
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Don’t Forget About The Ventura Blvd Tree Planting Tomorrow, 3/27
Don’t forget about the tree planting on Ventura Blvd tomorrow, Saturday March 27th at 8am. I did a drive-by of the general area the other day, and it is interesting to see all the voids in the sidewalk where there should be trees. Makes me wonder how or why they were removed over the years. It will be nice to see them restored.
Dennis Zine writes:
Dear Community Member,
For many years, Ventura Boulevard has been experiencing a decline in the number of healthy trees on its sidewalks due to aging trees or their illegal removal. Community activists have decided to take action by coming together to form the Woodland Hills Community Coalition and together address this issue. Thanks to the generous financial support of the Woodland Hills-Warner Center Chamber of Commerce and the Million Trees LA initiative, 22 large young trees will be planted and cared for on Ventura Blvd. between De Soto Ave. and Canoga Ave. on March 27, 2010 at 8am. (Please see attached flyer for more details).
We would like to request your most enthusiastic support toward this project and invite you to come out with your family, friends, and co-workers to plant trees and have an overall great time with the neighborhood. These will be your trees and we want you to be a part of this great project.
If you have any specific questions about this project, please contact any of the following coordinators:
Diana Williams, Woodland Hills-Tarzana Chamber of Commerce at (818) 347-4737 Lisa Sarno, Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at Lisa.Sarno@lacity.org Octaviano Rios, Office of Councilman Dennis P. Zine at (818) 756-8848Thank you for your care of the community and we look forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely,
DENNIS P. ZINE Councilman, Third District
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Morton’s Woodland Hills Puff On The Patio Event This Thursday
Morton's - Woodland Hills, CA
As you may have realized, I’ve been a Morton’s loving fiend for the past week or so. I’m sad that I only recently discovered how relaxing and fun the bar there is. I almost went again last night, but I had some work that I really needed to attend to. Last Friday I had the pleasure of meeting their Sales & Marketing Manager Matthew Prince, who was a really friendly and down to Earth guy who is also a Woodland Hills resident.
Matthew gave met the heads up about an event being held at Morton’s this Thursday, March 18th. Morton’s The Steakhouse has been holding these Puff On The Patio events across the country and it is becoming something of a trend. They feature pairings of hand-rolled cigars, cocktails, wines, scotch, and excellent food for an all inclusive price of $115. Yep, this includes also tax and gratuity. Not a bad deal at all for the cigar, food, and wine aficionado.
Smoking on food establishment patios will be banned in Los Angeles next year, so eat a fine steak and smoke a fine cigar at a great restaurant while you still can!
Join us as we step out on the patio for great food, chilled cocktails and exquisite cigars.
Thursday, March 18
6:30pm$115 per guest
Inclusive of tax and gratuityMorton’s The Steakhouse
6250 Canoga Ave.
Woodland HillsMenu for the Evening
First Course
Broiled Sea Scallops, Apricot Chutney
Colossal Shrimp Alexander
Ultimat Vodka MartinisSecond Course
Sliced Beefsteak Tomato, Blue Cheese Dressing
Bernardus Chardonnay 2007Third Course
Petite Lamb Chops with Caramelized Red Onion
Bernardus Pinot Noir 2007Fourth Course
New York Strip Steak, Au Poivre Sauce
Served with Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Balsamic Glazed Asparagus
Bernaruds Marinus 2004Fifth Course
Assorted Cheese Plate
Glenlivet 18 yearHand rolled cigars on site.
1st cigar: Dominican/ Nicaraguan Blend
2nd cigar: Connecticut Wrapper, Dominican, Mexican and Nicaraguan Binder Blend
3rd cigar: Dominican/Nicaraguan/Peruvian Blend
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KTLA Footage From Yesterday’s “The Vampire Diaries” Cast Meet-and-Greet
KTLA video of fans at Topanga Plaza yesterday for the meet-and-greet of The Vampire Diaries cast members.
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Huge Turnout For The Vampire Diaries Meet-and-Greet At Westfield Topanga
Happy The Vampire Diaries fans wait to meet the cast.
If you had trouble finding your tweenage daughter this afternoon, I have a pretty good idea where she was. The cast from The Vampire Diaries on the CW network was making an appearance at Hot Topic in the Westfield Topanga mall, and I’m pretty sure every girl in Woodland Hills from the ages of 11 to 17 was there waiting in line for autographs. There was also a big stage set up for a performance from A Fine Frenzy. I’d also like to note, for those that care about such things, that “Plaza” has been dropped from name of the mall, and it is now officially simply “Westfield Topanga.”
It looked to me like everyone was pretty excited, and the people coming out of Hot Topic with autographs and such seemed very pleased. I didn’t get to see any of the cast members myself, which is a bummer because I had hoped to get my copy of the recently released The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season DVD autographed. What a bummer. (Correction: As pointed out by Vampire-Diaries.net, there is not yet a DVD for The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season. It is, however, available on VOD at Amazon.com. I could have instead had Ian Somerhalder, who plays Boone on Lost, sign my Lost: The Complete First Season Blu-ray disc. Again, still a bummer.)
I didn’t stick around for A Fine Frenzy’s performance, but hopefully it went well. Here’s a few pictures of the crowd, line, stage, etc.
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Meet The Cast Of The Vampire Diaries At Westfield Topanga Plaza Saturday Feb 13th
Meet them at Hot Topic. Why is that not surprising?
My good friend at ClattoVerata.com writes:
Moody-tween fashion retailer Hot Topic will be hosting a meet-and-greet with “The Vampire Diaries’ stars Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder. The event will take place Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Hot Topic outlet located inside the Westfield Topanga Mall in Canoga Park, CA beginning at 4 p.m.
The autograph signing portion of the show is sold out, but a Q&A session will be open to the public. Rock outfit A Fine Frenzy will also be performing at the event.
For more info, call Hot Topic at 818-348-8440.
“The Vampire Diaries” is writer-producer Kevin Williamson’s (Scream, “Dawson’s Creek”) adaptation of L.J. Smith’s popular novel series of the same name for the CW television network. The show follows high-schooler Elena Gilbert as she’s courted by two vampire brothers.
This presents a slight inconvenience for me because I wanted to go over to Hot Topic to pick up a new Hello Kitty backpack. I guess I’ll just stay home and catch up on my leg shaving and suicide note writing.
See the offcial Westfield Topanga Plaza press release here.
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CHIME Charter Elementary School Holding “Walk-N-Roll-A-Thon” Friday Jan 29
A concerned parent and reader of the blog wrote in to let me know that CHIME Charter Elementary School in Woodland Hills needs our help to save their music program.
She writes:
CHIME Charter Elementary School Walk-N-Roll-A-Thon to save Music Fri, Jan 29th. The proceeds go 100% toward supporting our beloved music program. The kids each need to collect sponsors, either at a set donation or a per lap rate. Checks can be made to Chime Charter Elementary and must be in by race day. You can also call in a pledge to 818 346 5100 and select option 3, to pay by credit card. We appreciate your support. Thank you!’
On Friday, Jan. 29, more than 320 kindergarten through fifth grade students are going to run, walk and roll their wheelchairs around the school track in an effort to save their music teacher’s job. They are asking their friends and family members to support their efforts by pledging a flat amount or an amount per lap.
“The amazing thing about this event is the community support and care for music instruction. The commitment of these families and their children to ensuring that we have a music program is literally demonstrated with the rubber hitting the road,” said Julie Fabrocini, the elementary school’s principal and executive director of the institute’s schools program.
The Walk-N-Roll-A-Thon is scheduled to take place from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. at the school located at 19722 Collier St. in Woodland Hills. The kindergartners will begin their quest at 1:15 p.m., followed by the first through fifth graders at 2 p.m.
Braving rain and mud last year, the elementary school students ran, walked and rolled their wheelchairs around the school track and raised more than $48,000 in pledges and donations. They were able to save their music program through June 2010.
But the state budget’s situation in many ways has gotten worse, and the music program’s future in the 2010-2011 school year, and beyond, is threatened again.
“The state’s budget crisis has impacted our ability to pay for high-quality classroom teachers,” Fabrocini said. “As always when we have to weigh the state’s requirements against children’s needs, the arts end up on the chopping block. What is most difficult about this is that we have no choice in the matter. Without these kids and their parents, we would continue to have no choices.”
Here’s a video where you can learn more about CHIME Charter Elementary School:
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