
In case you missed it – or, in popular internet slang, ICYMI – here are a few items of local interest that have crossed our desks in the last couple of days:
Former Hugh Hefner girlfriend Holly Madison sold her Hancock Park home – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4298076/Holly-Madison-sells-Los-Angeles-property-8-2m.html
Two Dogs Organic Nursery – a Miracle Mile mom-and-pop enterprise that’s one of the last of its kind in the city – is having its annual spring kickoff sale this weekend –  http://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-two-dogs-nursery-20170306-story.html
Larchmont’s Chase Bank, 101 N. Larchmont, was robbed on Thursday – http://larchmontledgerla.com/article/larchmont-bank-robber-still-at-large/
An application to preserve the Norton Court (424 N. Norton) and Norton Flats (412-420 1/2 N. Norton) buildings, as well as a review of proposed alterations to the Crocker Bank building (269-273 S. Western Ave., and Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #298) are on the city’s Cultural Heritage Commission agenda this coming week – https://planning.lacity.org/InternetCalendar/pdf.aspx?Id=56536
Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti signed an order to ban developers from meeting privately with members of the City Planning Commission and Cultural Heritage Commission – http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-garcetti-directive-20170309-story.html
Plans for a new 4-5 story mixed-use building with 52 apartment units over approximately 5,500 square feet of ground-floor commercial space at 5570 West Melrose Avenue and 647 North Beachwood Drive will have a Zoning Administrator hearing this coming week – https://planning.lacity.org/InternetCalendar/pdf.aspx?Id=56501