Local Halloween Event Guide 2024
Get your costumes ready! Autumn is here, and Westchester/Playa is full of frightening fun events and activities that the whole family can enjoy this month. Mark your calendars for weekends filled with spine-tingling mazes, carnivals with rides and scary delicious...
Fifth Annual Pet Photo Contest
When you take your pet for a walk, do people stop you for photos? Does your pet have its own Instagram account? Is your phone filled with photos of your pup, cat or other four-legged family member? If the answer, is “yes,” enter our Fifth Annual Photo Contest! Take...
The hidden costs of upzoning: What’s at stake for our community?
By Sarah Howard and Jolie Delja, One Voice Westchester Opinion: For over a year, our community has been abuzz over the issue of upzoning. In 2023, with the prospect of thousands of homes in Westchester slated for upzoning into high-density housing districts, our...
Serenity Bakeshop helps make customers’ day with freshly baked cookies
Who doesn’t love dessert? Westchester mom of three boys, Sarina Grady, is making it easy for locals to treat themselves with her new home baking business, Serenity Bakeshop. Since launching late last year, Sarina has been delighting her customers with deliciously...
Get ready for WAM
Save the date for September 21st and head to Emerson Avenue! Summer’s not officially over in Westchester until the WAM Block Party rolls into town on September 21 from noon to 8 p.m.! Now in its ninth year, the day-long celebration on Emerson Avenue has become a...
Ayara Thai celebrates 20 years in Westchester
More than half of new restaurants fail in their first year, and even successful family-owned eateries sometimes struggle to survive the transition from one generation to the next. Fortunately for Ayara Thai founders Andy and Anna Asapahu, not one but two daughters are...
St. Anastasia community celebrates church remodel
St. Anastasia Catholic Church has nearly completed a remodel of the interior of their church, and they’re excited to share their progress with the community! Planning for the project began before the COVID pandemic as a part of the “Called to Renew” capital campaign...
Celebrate the sounds of summer at the 24th Annual Fourth of July Parade
Happy Fourth of July! The LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce and its many community partners work hard every year to put on the Fourth Of July Parade. The chamber is honored to present the 24th annual event on Thursday, July 4 with the theme, “Sounds of Summer.” This...
Triangle Wines Takes Flight in Westchester
After four years of planning, and anticipation from the neighborhood, a family’s love for vino has finally been realized with the opening of a new boutique wine shop and tasting room in the Westchester Triangle. Aptly named Triangle Wines, it joins other bustling...
Neighborhood Watch: Local residents are encouraging their neighbors to stay aware & get connected
Burglary crimes are up in Westchester and Playa del Rey and a group of concerned residents are doubling down on new efforts to ramp up local Neighborhood Watch programs. Through boots-on-the-ground observations, sharing info on social media, and good old neighborly...