Mark Deitch

As we commemorate this magazine’s third anniversary with our yearly history issue, I’ve been reflecting on what the past can tell us during these troubled times.

We’re faced with the question of how to cover neighborhood news and lifestyle when events are canceled, many businesses are closed to the public and residents are sheltering in place.

Life in our community and the wider world has been utterly transformed since I sat down to write my Publisher’s Message for the March/April issue of Toluca Lake Magazine just a few weeks ago.

As spring arrives and the outdoors beckons, this is the perfect moment to launch our collaboration with Toluca Lake Beautification Partners, the group that’s been hard at work enhancing our public spaces.

So many of you stopped by our table at the Holiday Open House to say hello, snap a festive photo and tell us what you love about our community and our magazine.

Once again, the end-of-year rush of back-to-back celebrations is upon us, as time seems to accelerate from Halloween to New Year’s.