Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (February 8, 2009) West Hollywood, the source of a number of natural springs with underground aquifers and rivers running below it, needs new gutters on one of its hill-climbing streets, Larrabee, to prevent run-off on the street surface.This water comes from the underground garages and basements that reach to the high water table and, until now, pumped the excess water directly into the street.With that in mind, construction begins today to install, along the curb of the street, a grated trench drain system designed to carry away the nuisance surface water.
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Posted on February 7th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
Important advice to anyone planning to contact their lender directly for a loan modification: The key here is to be tenacious. These lenders and servicers (lenders) are large with hundreds, and even thousands, of employees. Whenever you call your lender, you should plan on being on the phone for a long time (figure an hour [...]
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Posted on February 7th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies.
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Posted on February 5th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
Banish the clutter! Trim the bushes! Hide your Star Wars collection! Take down the family pictures! What things can you do to prepare a house for sale? You’ll find tips, hints, thoughts and ideas for sprucing up, cleaning out, decorating, staging, creating a great first impression and making a house appealing to buyers in this Updated Field Guide.
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Posted on February 4th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
West Hollywood, California (February 4, 2010) A jury found West Hollywood resident David Jassy, a rapper and record producer from Sweden, guilty Monday of second-degree murder in the death of John Osnes, a 55-year-old jazz pianist, in Hollywood. Mr. Jassy stood accused of attacking Mr. Osnes, a popular local pianist and pedestrian rights activist, punching him in the head, kicking him in the face and then driving over his mortally wounded body. Commentators at the time likened the affair to an incident straight from the previous year’s Oscar winner, “Crash,” a film about racial tensions and random life changing happenstances.
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Posted on February 4th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
$14,294,000,000,000.00 is The new debt limit of the government of the United States because the House agrees to $1.9 trillion more #debt
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Posted on February 3rd, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
(February 3, 2010) West Hollywood City Council Monday passed the ordinance prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats in pet stores.Nobody, however, expected the ordinance to pass by acclamation without debate after endorsement by the head of the national Humane Society’s D.C office, the Mayor Pro Tem of Yucaipa (also the chief Veterinarian for Riverside County) and a South Tahoe resident who helped pass the first such ban in that city.The new ordinance prohibits the sale of all dogs and cats at companion animal stores, providing exemptions for humanely bred, reared or sheltered animals.
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Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
Faster Sales Coming For Foreclosure Buyers Foreclosure buyers got a Christmas Eve goodie from Fannie Mae, a new strategy that’s likely to make foreclosure purchasing very much quicker. The catch? A bunch of lenders are about to be very unhappy. Until the recent real estate meltdown, foreclosures were a problem but not too much of [...]
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