In response to the recent increase in burglaries in the Toluca Lake area, we asked Officers Rob Benavidez and Barbara Galicia from LAPD’s North Hollywood Station for some crime prevention tips. Here, they share the best ways to secure your home and describe how police are partnering with the community to keep our neighborhood safe.
Halloween Haunts
Toluca Lake residents unleashed their imaginations during the month of October, transforming the neighborhood into a wicked wonderland of spiders, skeletons and ghosts to welcome trick-or-treaters.
Familiar Landscapes Painted in a Fresh Light
The walls of Pergolina shone extra brightly with neighborhood love throughout October, in an exhibition of 14 oil paintings from local artist Bonnie Lambert called “The Hood … Toluca Lake.”
Milt & Edie’s
For the past 30 years, Milt & Edie’s Drycleaners & Tailoring Center has provided an inspirational welcome to the neighborhood with its iconic monument sign.
A Blast From the Past Transforms Toluca Lake
For one October weekend, Riverside Drive was transformed into a vision of 1969 for the filming of Quentin Tarantino’s film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Toluca Lake Food Truck Festival
An array of food trucks lined Riverside Drive between Sancola and Mariota avenues on September 21 for an event hosted by the Toluca Lake Chamber of Commerce.