Week in Review: National Night Out, Centrum Sunset Update and Weho Man Named Cocaine Ringleader

Tuesday marked the annual celebration of West Hollywood’s , and hundreds of Weho residents hit block parties, potlucks and caravans. The event celebrated community spirit and aimed to build better relationships between residents and local law enforcement.

Residents also reflected on what it means to live in West Hollywood. Blogger captured stories in a

In crime news, a Weho man was named a "prime architect" in a cocaine ring, and two prisoners were reported to have escaped from a supervised work detail crew near Fryman Canyon Park early Friday afternoon. The search was called off later that day.

In the , a debit card was reported stolen, an arrested burglar apologized to authorities for breaking into two cars, and a West Hollywood woman was attacked with a kitchen chair before being robbed.   

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In a , commissioners voted to let the City Council make a decision about the controversial Centrum Sunset project. The commission also declined to review a decision by Community Development Director Anne McIntosh to approve for the old Laurel Hardware building.

Patch reported that rents will increase this year, an adjustment of 2.25 percent for Sept. 1, 2011, to Aug. 31, 2012. The adjustment is required under the city’s rent ordinance and is based on the consumer price index in Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County.

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L’Chaim Adult Day Health Care Center in West Hollywood serves up to 150 seniors daily for a variety of chronic conditions, as well as offering counseling, speech therapy, dietary assessments and companionship. But with four months until the elimination of the Medi-Cal Service, hundreds of seniors could be in jeopardy, Barbara Meltzer reported in

Inventive grilled-cheese concoctions push the envelope for Los Angeles food trucks. columnist Joel Sinensky visited the wildly popular Grilled Cheese Truck and reviewed its cheesy mac and rib, brie melt and a daily special.

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West Hollywood received $135 for each red-light camera citation paid — amounting to $1.3 million total, said blogger As the city of Los Angeles does away with the enforcement measure, Schmidt  

Blogger attended West Hollywood’s Planning Commission meeting this week and heard a host of issues. But he said the biggest one is gridlock at all hours of the day.

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The Patch-parazzi snapped shots of celebs spotted around Weho this week, including Halle Berry, Peter Fonda and Ali Landry. Alison Arngrim also signed copies of her new book, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, at Book Soup on Monday.

West Hollywood’s Chroma Studio hair salon spotlights young new talents on the local art scene several times a year. This week, 24-year-old Echo Park resident Kenny Requa drank in his first-ever

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A Public Safety Commission Meeting will take place in the Community Conference Room in City Hall at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The agenda includes discussion of a public safety campaign called “Stop Means Stop.” View the full agenda here.

A full agenda is on the table for the Public Facilities Commission Meeting in the City Hall Community Conference Room at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The commissioners will be discussing the urban design streetscape Master Plan, an AIDS memorial and updates on several capital projects in the city. See more details here.

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