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Getting Reformed at Pilates Studio City in Valley Village

Pilates teacher Rosann Pelayo is on a mission to help people move better.

There’s a scene in the 1995 post-apocalyptic film Waterworld in which “ancient” relics are being examined. A character picks up a strange figure-eight-shaped object – the Thighmaster – and proclaims it to be a medieval torturing device. It’s the first thing that pops into my mind when I spot the Pilates reformer machines during my first visit at Pilates Studio City’s Valley Village location, the Annex, on a Saturday afternoon. If it weren’t for the smiling faces that greeted me as I walked in, I may have headed back the other way. I imagine the conversations of curious future peoples: Is that contraption a horizontal relaxation chair, as the padded rolling board with shoulder and neck rests might suggest? Or is it a way to extract critical…

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Danielle Directo-Meston

4:59 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012

I agree, we're all Angelenos. I've always found it interesting that I can be in Valley Village one minute, and the next block is North Hollywood or Van Nuys. I've lived in L.A. my entire life and I wasn't even aware the Valley Village area had its own name up until a few years ago!   more ›

Opening and Closing

Anticipation Building For Knitting Factory's Second NoHo Location, Bow & Truss

The new restaurant/bar is scheduled to open in June.

We broke the news here on Patch back in September that Morgan Margolis, the CEO of Knitting Factory Entertainment, was planning on opening a second bar/restaurant in the NoHo Arts District: What made this news so exciting is that the Knitting Factory also owns and operates The Federal Bar in NoHo, which opened in early 2011 and has become a smashing success. Although it is a still a relatively new establishment, it is difficult to imagine NoHo without the Federal. Since that time, anticipation has been building for Bow & Truss, which is scheduled to open in June, and everyone seems to be talking about it, including the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News.  You can follow Bow & Truss progress on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/…

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NoHo-Toluca Lake Arts Report

NoHo's World-Famous Millennium Dance Complex Looking to Expand Around the World

Considered one of the top dance schools, the business on Lankershim Boulevard is now offering franchise opportunities.

Some of the most famous feet in the world have touched its floors. Whether it’s Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber or Prince, they all have held rehearsals or tryouts at the Millennium Dance Complex in North Hollywood’s NoHo Arts District on Lankershim Boulevard. Those celebs are just a short list of the famous feet that have traversed the floors and helped make it the No. 1 central hub of the dance world in Los Angeles. But what makes it such a Mecca for dancers isn’t just the famous celebs that continually use it, it’s the fact that quite literally anyone can walk in off the street and take a class from one of the world’s top choreographers. “It’s not just a dance school, it’s not just a …

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Press Release

Free Screening of 'Gypsy' at Laemmle

Kicking off the night will be a brief conversation with FOLLIES Associate Director David Ruttura and Tony Award nominated cast member Danny Burstein.

The following is a press release from the Laemmle NoHo 7: ATTN MUSICAL LOVERS! Free Sondheim Panel Discussion & Screening of the Classic Film "Gypsy".  (RSVP required, see below) Date: Monday, May 7, 7:30pm Place: Laemmle's NoHo 7 Theater, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601 Parking: 11144 Weddington St. Join us at our new NoHo7 theater for an exciting STEPHEN SONDHEIM panel discussion and screening of his classic 1962 movie musical, GYPSY!  To attend, simply RSVP AT THIS LINK -- http://www.laemmle.com/rsvp1.php?mid=173 -- and follow the on screen instructions.  The program is free but please arrive early!  Seats are not guaranteed and are given on a first come, first served basis. Kicking off the night will be a brief …

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More Details Released: Sears Employee Used 60 Cameras to Secretly Tape Women For 3 Years, Police Say

Alejandro Gamiz is accused of secretly taping women in the changing rooms and restrooms at the company's location in North Hollywood.

On April 18, the Los Angeles Police Department announced the arrest of Sears employee Alejandro Gamiz, 27, who was accused of secretly taping women in the changing rooms and restrooms at the company's location in North Hollywood. Few details about Gamiz' alleged crimes were released at the time, but now more are being reported. Acccording to the Reuters news agency, the LAPD believes Gamiz recorded women for around 3 years and had set up over 60 secret cameras. Gamiz posted $20,000 bail and was released from custody while the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office reviews the case. Investigators are not looking for additional victims because the statue under which Gamiz has been charged does not require the specific identity of …

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Press Release

NOHO Interior & Design Opens Its Doors on Lankershim

The founder of the company Ray Newton owned and operated Omni Designs Furniture in NoHo from 2004 to 2007.

The following is a press release from NOHO Interior & Design, which has just opened. Make sure to drop by and welcome them (back) to the neighborhood: Coming in spring 2012, NOHO Interior & Design a contemporary furniture store has just opened their new location in North Hollywood’s NOHO Art District on Lankershim Blvd. The store will feature contemporary furniture and accessories from All Over the World for the home, office, business and movie sets and will be showcasing their style in art that is part of the NOHO Art District scene and culture. The founder of the company Ray Newton owned and operated OMNI DESIGNS FURNITURE in NOHO from 2004 to 2007 also on Lankershim Blvd which was successful but too early for the growth that NOHO was …

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PTA Moms Sentenced For Swindling Other Parents of Millions in Ponzi Scheme

The women took in about $14 million and paid out about $10 million in 'profits' to sustain the fraud between June 2008 and August 2010.

Two Diamond Bar PTA members were sentenced to three years in county jail for their no contest pleas today to conning seven people out of $600,000 in a Ponzi scheme involving a Disneyland milk contract. A Pomona Superior Court judge also ordered Maricela Barajas, 42, and Juliana Celeste Menefee, 51, to pay a total of $590,000, or nearly $300,000 each, to the victims of their fraud. Along with co-defendant Eva Perez, 52, the two women claimed to have exclusive rights to sell Alta Dena Dairy products at Disneyland and promised rates of return to investors of up to 100 percent, according to authorities. They were actively involved in the PTA at Armstrong Elementary School and gained the trust of more than 30 investors during organized school …

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