2017’s Buzziest Stories

We hope everyone had a great New Year’s celebration last night…and as we move ahead into 2018, we thought it would be fun to once again look back and see what our readers were most interested in in 2017.  As in past years, it turns out you responded most to stories about local business comings and goings, real estate (especially celebrity-owned real estate), traffic, and crime. Here are the 20 “buzziest” stories we published last year:

1.

Miracle Mile’s Whimsic Alley Closing

2.

March 7 Elections: Los Angeles Community College District

3.

New Businesses Coming to Many Corners of the Neighborhood

4.

Larchmont Bungalow Closed Yesterday

5.

Property Brother Drew Scott Renovating Home in Hancock Park

6.

Police Respond to Morning Shooting on S. Citrus Ave.

7.

838-844 S. La Brea: Requiem for Another Lovely Building

8.

New Plans for the Old Firestone Building

9.

Marciano Art Foundation Online Tickets Now Available

10.

Neighbors Review Plans for New Firestone Building Project

11.

Larchmont Bungalow to Become Pot Shop?

12.

Home Invasion Robbery in Windsor Square

13.

Armenian March for Justice (and Street Closures) on Monday

14.

Property Brothers Shows Featuring Irving Blvd. Home Now Airing

15.

Burglary During Home Fumigation

16.

More on Citrus Avenue Shooting

17.

Vernetti to Re-Open Tuesday

18.

Jeni’s Ice Cream Comes to Larchmont; Jamba Juice Now Open

19.

Wilshire Park School Library Seeks Help to Fill Empty Shelves

20.

Tour Mindy Kaling’s Hancock Park Home

And finally, just because we like like lists, here are our top five stories of all time… still attracting readers from all over, on topics of particularly wide-ranging, “evergreen” interest:

1. So You’ve Got a Batchelder Fireplace – What Does That Mean? (2013)

2. Traffic Alert: President Obama’s LA Visit Includes Hancock Park Fundraiser Tuesday (2013)

3. Miracle Mile’s Whimsic Alley Closing (2017)

4. Prince: A Personal Recollection (2016)

5. BuzzFeed Opening Office on Beverly Boulevard (2013)

Happy New Year everyone…and we look forward to bringing you all your local news, as it happens, in 2018!