KAWS’ giant BFF has turned a Hercules Campus courtyard into a growing tourist attraction By Shanee Edwards Looking for a new best friend? You’re in luck! Your new BFF has just moved to Playa Vista and is ready to hang out. Sure, BFF is electric blue, has x’d-out eyes on top of his head, weighs […]
A Bombshell’s Double Life
Actress Hedy Lamarr was also a brilliant inventor who spent a lot of time in what’s now Playa Vista By Shanee Edwards “Any girl can be glamorous,” actress Hedy Lamarr once said. “All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.” Lamarr was certainly glamorous, but definitely not stupid. Bewitchingly beautiful, few […]
‘Soccer Taken Seriously’
The Playa Champions League builds community around a shared passion for athletic competition By Andy Vasoyan As Americans, it seems that every four years the rest of the world rises up in unison to rub our faces in the fact that yes, soccer is the biggest sport in the world, and yes, as a whole […]
Year of the Dog
5 inspiring stories of the human-animal bond By Shanee Edwards The dogs of Playa Vista reflect who we are as a community and who we aspire to be. “The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s,” wrote Mark Twain to a friend, summing up beautifully how we feel […]
Let the STEM Games Begin
TGA Sports uses athletics to unlock your child’s scientific curiosity By Shanee Edwards Aerodynamics. Newton’s Laws of Motion. Chemical engineering. By themselves, these scientific concepts may sound like a bore-fest to your child. But TGA Sports founder and CEO Joshua Jacobs has a secret to unlocking a child’s scientific mind. Jacobs knows that when science, […]
Kindred Spirits
The Marayags share many passions, but Playa Vista is their one true love By Robyn Paris When Playa Vista couple Myra and Ryan Marayag aren’t chasing snow, they’re spending most of their time at home, throwing parties for “almost every occasion” and taking their two young children, Brooklyn (4) and Ethan (1 ½), and two […]
Pageant Empowerment
Ms. California US America Jewell Farshad chases her immigrant dream in Playa Vista By Shanee Edwards In the era of #MeToo and #Times-Up, the world of beauty pageants may seem like a throwback to a different time. But pageant winner and Playa Vista resident Jewell Farshad has a different take. For her, pageants have been […]
‘Hey Ivy, Where’s the Pool?’
Playa Vista entrepreneur Raj Singh is changing the hotel industry with Artificial Intelligence by Andy Vasoyan As Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant continue their pleasant-voiced infiltration of homes, appliances and cell phones, another affable Artificial Intelligence — Ivy — has been quietly staking her claim. While Siri inhabits an iPhone, Alexa her Echo, and Google […]
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The Art of Speaking Up
Join the Uproar is a virtual space to facilitate real-world action By Christina Campodonico For a few executives and strategists at Playa Vista advertising firm 72andSunny, the election of Donald Trump to the highest office in the land led to a burst of creativity. “We were going to do something that celebrated the inauguration of […]