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Saturday, July 22, 2017
Westwood Bike Lane Proposal Ignites Strong Feelings On Both Sides
Out on the traffic-choked Westside where cars are king, a proposal to add bicycle lanes to busy Westwood Boulevard is pitting defenders of the status quo against advocates of a greener mode of transportation. In favor of lanes running south from UCLA are environmentalists, students, transportation experts, public health professionals and the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition. Even L.A.’s long-term mobility plan, now going through the approval process, calls for them. On the opposing side are
Wednesday, May 24, 2017Former Assembly Speakers Coalesce Around Fiona Ma For CA Treasurer
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Reaching another major milestone in her campaign for California State Treasurer, today California Board of Equalization Chair,Fiona Ma, landed two powerful endorsements from California Assembly Speaker Emeritus John A. Pérez and California Assembly Speaker Emeritus Toni Atkins.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017Actress And Journalist Vida Ghaffari Given Award By West Los Angeles Chamber Of Commerce
On June 18, 2015, grant and award-winning journalist, talented actress and voiceover artist, Vida Ghaffari, received a special honor for her career achievements by the -West Los AngelesChamber of Commerce at Delphi Greek Restaurant. Roozbeh Farahanipour, the Chamber’s President and the owner/operator of popular Delphi Greek restaurant, which is located at 1383 Westwood Boulevard, bestowed this honor upon HPC’s own Vida, who is quite the roving reporter and working actress and voiceover artist
Thursday, September 1, 2016Help Us Reach Our 2016 Holiday Giving Goal
Do you want to help feed the needy? The West LA Chamber of Commerce has partnered with long-time Chamber member Westside Food Bank to help supply meals this holiday season. You can visit the Chamber’s secure donation page here. The Westside Food Bank is able to leverage each dollar donated into 4 meals, and our goal is to raise $1,000.00, so that 4,000 meals can be provided for those in need. The need for food assistance in our area is up by over 85% since the start of the Great Recession. Please help us
Sunday, December 6, 2015Feed the Needy with the West LA Chamber and the Westside Food Bank
Do you want to help feed the needy? The West LA Chamber of Commerce has partnered with long-time Chamber member Westside Food Bank to help supply 2800 meals this holiday season. You can visit the Chamber’s secure donation page here. At the December First Wednesday Networking Breakfast, a total of $480 was raised toward the goal of $700. Each dollar donated creates 4 meals, so the Chamber has raised a total of 1920 meals so far. Thank you to Gary Averich of Go Graphics for spearheading the giving effort.
Monday, November 2, 2015Chicago School West Los Angeles Counseling Center Celebrates New Location
One of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s (TCSPP) Counseling Centers celebrated its new home in West Los Angeles with a ribbon cutting ceremony and social gathering on August 20, 2015. The mission of The Chicago School’s Counseling Centers is to offer high quality and affordable mental health services to the members of the greater Los Angeles and Orange County communities in order to reduce psychological problems and distress and enhance mental health, well-being, and quality of life. The West
Saturday, October 3, 2015Up Front With West Los Angeles Chamber Of Commerce President Roozbeh Farahanipour
The 70-year-old West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce has been fostering business relationships and community appreciation through referral, advocacy, and education. The chamber represents 20,000 businesses and 200,000 households on the Westside, with borders surrounding West Beverly Hills, South Culver City, East Pacific Coast Highway, and the North 101 Freeway, excluding Century City and Santa Monica. Westside Today caught up with Chamber President Roozbeh Farahanipour to learn more about the member
Wednesday, May 27, 2015L.A. To Consider Shifting Responsibility For Sidewalks To Landowners
For decades, Los Angeles’ backlog of broken and lifted sidewalks has bedeviled pedestrians, cost the city millions annually in injury payouts and eluded a politically and financially palatable long-term solution. On Tuesday, a top city budget official offered a sure-to-be-controversial approach to attacking the problem: gradually shifting responsibility for the liability and permanent maintenance of several thousand miles of city walkways to residential and commercial property owners.
Saturday, April 4, 2015West Los Angeles Chamber Of Commerce Has A New President
The Board of Directors of the West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce recently elected Mr. Roozbeh Farahanipour as their new President. Farahanipour is a local businessperson and very active community leader. The West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce continues to be the hub for businesses within the region. By creating opportunities for growth and commerce, the Chamber makes every effort to revitalize and provide support to the region. Farahanipour is the owner and operator of Delphi Greek Restaurant in
Tuesday, January 27, 2015Helping West La Raise Its Voice!
Celebrating 70 Years in West LA This year we proudly celebrate 70 years of service to the businesses and communities of West Los Angeles. Founded in 1945 as the “Businessman’s association of rancho Park,” its focus was to organize local business owners and to identify opportunities to provide products and services to each other and to other business communities within the fast growing Los Angeles megalopolis. By 1989 the association had grown, serving other communities in West LA, and changing its name to
