The corner of Pico Blvd. and Veteran Ave. in Rancho Park is about to get even more kid-friendly with the opening of Art Zone Children's Studio, which is hosting a free grand opening celebration over Memorial Day weekend. 

Art Zone began in Hermosa Beach and is opening its second location here in Rancho Park next door…

An appeals court has affirmed Judge Thomas McKnew's earlier decision to deny the lawsuit challenging Phase Two of the Expo Line, which goes from Culver City through Rancho Park to Santa Monica.

They write:

"We find no merit in petitioner's contentions and affirm the judgment."

You can read the full decision here.  Here is a link to my earlier…

A story in the Los Angeles Times business section says that archery is shooting up in popularity due to the "Hunger Games"  books and movie. Here's a tip - the Rancho Park Archery Range offers free classes every Saturday.…

Rancho Park Expo Line Construction NoticeExpo construction crews will be relocating existing gas pipelines at Military Ave and Exposition Blvd, along the MTA right of way. The work will require full closure of Military Avenue at the intersection with Exposition Blvd for one week, beginning Monday, March 19 through Friday, March 23 from 9 am to 3:30 pm.

The notice of utility work says the noise, from the operation of…

As anyone who lives in and around the Westside knows, traffic, pollution and congestion don't obey council district or even city boundaries. Rancho Park residents can regulary be impacted by what is going on in Santa Monica or Westwood and vice versa.

With large projects like the Rancho Park-area Casden complex at Sepulveda and Exposition, Santa Monica's …

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Here's the answer to yesterday's famous faces in Rancho Park's famous places question. Oprah was in our neck of the woods, filming an interview with actor Jonah Hill at Rancho Park's own John O'Groats. I hope they ordered the biscuits.

Thanks to photographer Danielle A. for sharing these great…

Oprah and Jonah Hill, right here in Rancho Park. Anyone recognize where they are? Answer will be revealed tomorrow.

Farm fresh fruits and vegetables are coming to Rancho Park as part of Temple Isaiah's ongoing partnership with McGrath Family Farms in Ventura.

Through the synagogue's Community Supported Agriculture program, temple and community members can…

I received two Expo Line updates relevant to Rancho Park in my mail box last night.

The first is this notice from the Expo Construction Authority about excavation work along the Exposition right-of-way that will begin next week, Feb 6.

Here are the details from the flyer:

Excavation will take place within the Expo Right-of-way to inspect concrete encasements of…

Earlier today helicopters hovered over the Rancho Park blocks west of Westwood Blvd. and south of Exposition and police closed off several streets looking for someone suspected of  breaking into a Veteran Ave home.

Today's incident marks the second burglary on this block since last Monday.  Not including these, NBC 4 news recently reported that there had been half a…

The Backhouse Restaurant just opened on West Pico Blvd. in Rancho Park.  Joining recent addition Hokkaido and the more established Torafuku and Gyu-Kaku, the blocks between Westwood Blvd. and Veteran Ave. are quickly…

For everyone who celebrates Christmas at home with family, it really doesn't matter where you are. But for those people who mark the holiday with Chinese food and a movie, well it doesn't get any better than Rancho Park.

Park once on Pico, and head over to a delicous meal at the venderable …

Where to send kids for middle school is a big worry for many parents of elementary school (and even preschool) students in Rancho Park.

Tonight at an event at Overland Avenue School, parents, students and teachers from Palms Middle School gathered to tell a crowd of elementary school kids and their parents that they can stop stressing out.

Their message: Palms is a great neighborhood middle school where teachers are dedicated, music programs rival any in the state, PE is not a…

The Mechanicals Theater Group's self-described irreverent production of Shakespeare's Twelth Night is onstage now at the Pico Playhouse through December 18.

It is not often you hear Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton associated with Shakepeare. But the play's co-director Finn…

Begun in 1941 and billed as LA's longest-running single-day vegan tradition, the Vegan Thanksgiving Day Potluck Picnic will be held in Rancho Park at 11:00 am on Thursday, November 24. Opening circle begins at noon.

Here's the details from their website:

• To find the…

Last weekend my family, along with many of our Rancho Park friends and neighbors, braved the rain and headed north up Westwood Blvd. to attend the UCLA women's soccer game versus USC.

Kids got in free if they wore their own soccer uniforms and we all had…

The three-story Barnes and Noble on the corner of Pico and Westwood Blvds. will be closing its doors around the end of the year reports Kevin Roderick  at LAObserved. Sad news for those of us who've enjoyed reading with our kids in the children's section, flipping through magazines in the cafe, and having the ability to grab books at a convenient location with evening and weekend…