"Since December 2010, First Friday diners have been able to partake in a diverse array of epicurean delights served on wheels, including morsels from The Greasy Wiener, Mango Tango, Rajin Cajun on Wheels, India Jones Chow Truck, Cousins Maine Lobster, Waffles De Liege, and even the vehicle that started L.A.’s food truck craze: Roy Choi’s Kogi truck. A customer might hit up The Melt for a Parisian Melt — a brie, apple and honey baguette sandwich — with a cup of their wild mushroom soup, and then grab a double-decker ice cream sandwich at Paradise Cookies and Ice Cream for dessert.

This year music became the whipped cream on the sundae, so to speak, when McNay performed with his banjo and the seven-piece country outfit Rhubarb Meringue Pie."

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Give one (or more) of these cute and creative goodies a try that will have your kids doing more than just unwrapping candy.

Click through the photo for 14 items with an Easter flair to liven up your kids' Easter baskets. At our house, lots of art supplies, hair goodies and socks (for propping up the good stuff) find their way into my daughter's basket. Sometimes a DVD or book, too. What goes in your basket?

"Whether you’re a red velvet cupcake batter with chocolate sprinkles kind of guy or an apricot tart with fresh strawberries kind of woman, Westchester’s Yogurtland has enough flavors and toppings to satisfy the most discriminating of palettes.

Since opening on January 22, Yogurtland has been popular with community members, students and people on their way to and from LAX,

surpassing expectations for Sharon Lee who owns the Westchester Yogurtland location with her mother, Ann Lee.

The sixth annual Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase, a local Earth Day tradition that offers Westsiders a glimpse of just how many homeowners have made water conservation and energy efficiency staples of everyday life, takes place on Saturday, April 26th.

This year’s self-guided tour also features six public school learning gardens, is a streamlined version compared to last year’s schedule of 98 homes.

In keeping with the sustainability theme, destination homes are divided into walkable clusters. This year’s showcase also features a bike valet at the Venice High School Learning Garden.

Organizers said they chose to emphasize some of the best and newest examples of popular conservationist themes, including techniques to collect rainwater and prevent storm water runoff as well as solar panels and eco-conscious landscaping.

“Particularly with the drought, the tour focuses on things that can really conserve water, like eliminating grass from your yard,” said event co-chair Christy Wilhelmi. “We tried to include some new gardens as well as some well-established gardens. We really wanted to cover all the bases … [and] keep the same diversity that there’s been in the past.”

Click through the beautiful garden photo for a detailed article in The Argonaut. For an event preview and event details, visit the event's website at www.marvistagreengardenshowcase.com. 

See you there??

Westchester’s Jim and Sharon Higgins rescue racing greyhounds from long-shot odds when time runs out at the Tijuana dog track.

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Whether it's your kryptonite or your mantra, Nutella is powerful stuff. Here are 9 recipes that will have you wanting more.

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"Following a years-long push by Westchester residents, both sides of Sepulveda Boulevard between 79th and 83rd streets are getting new sidewalks and curbs thanks to two federal grants.

Work on the east side of Sepulveda is being funded through a $625,000 Safe Routes to Schools grant and should be completed this month, Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin said. Safe Routes to Schools grants are designed to enable children to walk or bicycle to school or after-school programs — in this case, Orville Wright Middle School and the Westchester Family YMCA.

Bids for work on the west side of the boulevard went out this week and are being paid for by a $1-million federal grant obtained through Rep. Maxine Waters (D- Los Angeles)."

Photo rendering courtesy of The Westchester Streetscape Association. Click through the photo for the full story from The Argonaut.

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"By Cyndi Hench, NCWP president and Neighborhood Watch captain

Opinion: In recent weeks and months, the communities of Westchester, Playa del Rey and Playa Vista have experienced a number of crimes and what seems like an uptick in burglaries. According to the L.A.

Times's crime statistics, a spike occurred in November 2013 and has been coming back down and was about “average” for the area in January and February."