Westchester/Playa del Rey HomeTown News

12/07/2025

Support the local businesses you love! ❤️

It's your last chance to vote in our 2025 Best Of Poll! 🏆✅️

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to cheer on their faves and has voted already! 🙌 🫶

Voting ends July 12 at 11:59 pm at thehtn.com/best-of.

10/07/2025

The local eatery that knows your order when you walk in the door...🍕🥗🥤

The neighborhood organization that is making a measurable difference in your backyard...🤝

The service provider that goes the extra mile for their customers...✅️

These are the businesses and organizations that represent the best of our community! Support your favorite local small businesses in our 2025 Best Of list before the polls close on July 12 at 11:59 pm!

Visit thehtn.com/best-of for details! Thank you for voting! 🗳 🫶

09/07/2025

Mark your calendars for the Second Saturday Stroll in the Westchester Triangle! 📐🙌

Taking place on August 9, September 13, and October 11 from 4 to 8 p.m., organizers are launching a community summer series designed to bring neighbors together for art, music, food, and fun. 🖼 🎶🍲😁

This community celebration will feature live performances, interactive art, and great local bites, while shining a spotlight on the incredible businesses in and around the Westchester Triangle.

Interested in more details or sponsorship opportunities? Send us a DM!

07/07/2025

Cheer on your favorite local businesses, restaurants, service providers and local organizations by giving them your vote in our 14th Annual Best Of! 🙌🎉

We started the community's first Best Of poll to celebrate the awesome people and businesses that make up our community, and we appreciate everyone who votes for their faves! ✅️ 👏

Voting closes on July 12 at 11:59 pm at thehtn.com/best-of!

06/07/2025

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our community, our hero firefighters who served as Grand Marshals, and "We ❤️ L.A.!" at yesterday's parade hosted by the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce and presented by Decron Properties!

Congratulations to this year’s award winning floats:
🎉 Best Overall: Westchester Family YMCA
🎉 Spirit of the Parade: St. Anastasia Catholic School
🎉 Chair's Award: Visitation School
🎉Mayor's Award: WISH Community and Academy High Schools

We appreciate everyone's time and energy that went into creating entries that entertained and helped create memories! 🎉👏 Special shout out to all the volunteers and sponsors that make this event possible. 🫶

04/07/2025

Join us in celebrating, "We Love LA!" at tomorrow's 25th Annual Fourth of July Parade hosted by the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce and presented by Decron Properties!

Forty-five community groups have worked hard to create floats and entries that represent the best of L.A. and what makes our vibrant and diverse city shine!

See you on the parade route! 🎉🎉

22/06/2025

After 28 years in Marina del Rey, and a partnership that began more than 50 years ago that included cross-country moves, serving 300,000-plus mai tais, and supporting hundreds of nonprofits through their Dockside Dollars program, Tony Palermo and Danny Ringwood are calling it a wrap on their legendary restaurant careers. 🍹

Tony P’s Dockside Grill, their iconic waterfront hangout, is closing on June 29, but not without one last round of stories, smiles, and a few mai tais.

Make sure to stop by the restaurant this upcoming week for one more order of no bones, fish and chips or a Tony P's Special Salad before they close their doors forever. ❤️

Read more at:

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07/06/2025

Looking for a fun and meaningful volunteer project this weekend? Help the Westchester Family YMCA build the Fourth Of July Parade’s Grand Marshal float, a tribute to the LAFD!

06/06/2025

Check out the June edition out now! 🙌🎉

In this month's issue:
🥂 Bid a fond farewell to Tony P's
🌞 Save the date for summer events
🌍 Read our profile on an interior designer who has traveled the globe to design spaces and craft stories
🎉 Celebrate 20 years of service with the Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club
🏆Get ready to support your favorite businesses in our 14th Annual Best Of
❤️ Share your favorite Fourth of July Parade memories with us
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Meet the Lerner family in our "In your hometown with..." feature...
🔍Check out what our Community Partners and advertisers are sharing...and more!

01/06/2025

📢 Calling all vendors! The application to participate in the 10th Annual WAM Block Party is now open!

Sign up to showcase your art, your organization and your handmade items to thousands of your neighbors while connecting with your community!

Space is limited and will sell out, so get in your application ASAP! ✅️

Learn more at wamblockparty.org!

23/05/2025

We're proud to be members of the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce and work alongside more than 700 members to support local small businesses, share about the challenges and triumphs of being an entrepreneur and make new connections!

Check out the chamber's recently released magazine to learn more, and view our ad on page 18!

https://laxcoastal.com/2025-lax-coastal-magazine/

22/05/2025

The Rotary Club of Westchester 70th Annual Book Sale kicks off today! 📚📚

Pick up all your summer reading and add new books in all genres to your home library! Proceeds support the club's projects and programs.