Do you know a Super Mom? We bet you know at least a few because we encounter these inspiring women every day in our community! Being a mom isn't always easy, but somehow these women make it look effortless--juggling demanding careers, running their own businesses and...
Second annual Rock Roll & Run raises money for education
More than 2,000 families, students and community members came out to support local schools at the LAX Coastal Education Foundation’s (LAXCEF) 2nd Annual Rock Roll & Run in collaboration with Loyola Marymount University on Saturday, March 9. 1K runners start the...
Local students take the stage at inaugural Westchester Spelling Bee
Spelling bee champions, Aayansh S. (center), Hannah W. (left) and Olivia W. (right), took home first, second and third and received a gift card for their efforts. Thirty six second-graders lined up in anticipation to participate in the Inaugural Westchester...
Twenty years of parades and community
One thing we can all agree on is that our community, and our country, is better when we all work together! This year marks the 20th anniversary of the LAX Coastal Fourth of July Parade, and organizers have selected, “America…Better Together” as the 2019 theme. With...
I love my hometown…record shop
As the Westchester Town Center BID Ambassador, it’s Steve Rhodes job to know all the businesses in the Westchester business district, and there’s one that he knows particularly well: Soundsations. The music enthusiast says he stops in three to four times a month to...
Bringing art to Westchester/Playa
Jawsh Smyth works on Melting Man, located on La Tijera Blvd. at Sepulveda Westway. Colorful mini-murals on utility boxes are popping up all over the neighborhood, thanks to talented artists who are helping bring more public art to the community and beautifying some of...
Emerson Avenue Community Garden sets goal to raise money for capital improvements
The Emerson Avenue Community Garden (EACG) is readying to launch a capital campaign to raise money for improvements at the nearly 1-acre plot of land located at Wright STEAM Magnet. Through hard work and dedication, EACG volunteers have transformed what was once a...
Mamai works to bring wellness to Westchester
Sandra Kawahito is on a journey to help the women (and men) of Westchester heal, strengthen and restore themselves through Pilates, physical therapy, acupuncture and yoga at her boutique wellness center, Mamai. Kawahito found her calling after suffering an injury that...
Get ready to Rock Roll & Run!
Sign-ups are now open for the Second Annual Rock Roll & Run for Education presented by the LAX Coastal Education Foundation in partnership with Loyola Marymount University. The event will take place on Saturday, March 9 starting at 8 a.m. on the campus of LMU....
Rotary Club readies for February makeover of the Westchester Townhouse
After more than 70 years of serving the youth of the community, the Westchester Townhouse will finally get the makeover it deserves courtesy of the Rotary Club of Westchester. Since opening in 1945, the Townhouse, located on Emerson Ave. next to Kentwood Elementary...