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Riviera Couple Celebrates their 70s on Everest
The Mountains Are Calling Not many people celebrate their 70th birthday climbing Mount Everest. But not a lot of people are like Riviera residents Laurie Jonqueres and her husband, Michel. Just over ...
Riviera Roundup: a Message From Riviera Elementary Principal, Christie Forshey
Riviera Elementary School Recognized Two Students From Each Class for the Character Counts All Pillar Awards at a Ceremony on May 23rd Here is a picture of our 5th-grade recipients! The students sele...
Local Author Ruth Stevens Pens Dementia Novel That Inspires & Uplifts
Hollywood Riviera Resident Ruth Stevens on Her Novel Stage Seven Alzheimer’s is a disease Hollywood Riviera resident and author Ruth Stevens knows all too well. Her mother, once a vibrant and a...
Riviera Elementary Award Recipients
Riviera Roundup: Riviera Elementary Award Recipients I have a soft spot for Riviera Elementary — my wife, Suzy Silver Nastaskin went there, as did our children, Isabelle, Aaron and J...
Do you live in a “Kissel-built” home?
Do you live in a “Kissel-built” home? If you live in the part of the Hollywood Riviera with a 90505 zip code, it’s very possible you do. That’s because hundreds of homes in the Riviera were built by d...
Fight Back Against Cancer
Relay For Life Returns May 14 at South High Everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer. Maybe it’s your spouse, parent, sibling, friend, or worst of all, child. Maybe you’ve had cancer you...
My Life in Kyiv, Ukraine
Though past issues of this newsletter have focused on my fellow Riviera residents and our local businesses, with everything happening in the world right now I feel compelled to use this space to share...
Riviera Resident Reflects on Greek Holocaust
As she looks out from her Hollywood Riviera home onto the blue Pacific below, Stella Leontsini never takes for granted the calm and peaceful existence she enjoys today. It’s a far cry from her childho...
Local Riviera Resident Amean Hameed Helps Others Fly Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease
Driving home from his job as an associate technical fellow in Information Technology (IT) at Boeing, Riviera resident Amean Hameed always passed by a studio offering aerial aerobics. Not sure what it ...