West Hollywood City Council will consider a potentially controversial issue – whether to pass increased trash recycling costs onto the businesses that support WeHo 41 percent over four years- at their next meeting on Monday, September 15.

At the same time, the city will also decide whether or not to extend Athens Services’ contract for trash removal for another four years – to 2016.

The sharp price increase stems from “changed conditions causing rising costs for provision of the food waste composting program,” according to the staff report ... [full story]

The West Hollywood area boasts some of the greatest entertainments in the world.

Long called the “Creative City,” West Hollywood, or WeHo, has been stage center in the Film, Television, and Music industries, with many vital performance stages where artists play live to sharpen their digital chops.

Theaters abound in and around West Hollywood, as do Art Galleries, special events of public note and great gatherings such as Halloween and Gay Pride.

From theatre to film to song, dance, gatherings and festivals, WeHo News has everything West Hollywood might like in our EVENTS PAGE.

Come on in and see what’s happening in WeHo ... [full story]

We all teach the kids the magic trouble numbers – 911 – and have come to rely on the help we receive after punching those precious keys in time of need.

Wanting to reach people when trouble is brewing and before they need to request it, West Hollywood has granted a contract to try a “Reverse 911” service.

Its objective is to do what air sirens of old did – notify the general public of a disaster or emergency. If the circuits are not busy. If your phone is on. If the ringer is… ... [full story]

Catch the newest way to view the Crime Blotter – by map!

Just click here - CRIME BLOTTER.

Be the first to see the Crime Blotter (our publication of it is first each week), and see it by Google map.

You can now track the neighborhoods in which the crimes were reported by satellite.

Remember, you can call in a crime news tip to 323.650.2879.

Crimes reported last week. Example: August 13 @ 7:45 am, 1000 block of Sweetzer. During the night, an unknown thief entered an unlocked vehicle at an apartment building and stole a while 20gb IPod, a Tekner Bluetooth headset, a Samsung wireless headset and a black Persols sunglasses in a black case... [full story]

Do you want to see a subway go under WeHo?

Here comes your next best chance to have input into that idea.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will be conducting a new round of community update meetings in September on the agency’s Westside Extension Transit Corridor Study, one right here in West Hollywood ... [full story]

West Hollywood’s Green Building Program wins the 2008 APA's "Outstanding Innovation in Green Community Planning" Top Award.

The little city with over-sized influence went the extra environmental step last October by implementing Green Building Requirements and Incentives for Private Development Ordinance that, for the first time in the nation, mandated green building practices for the private sector.

The California Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) has awarded the City of West Hollywood a 2008 "Outstanding Innovation in Green Community Planning" Award for the West Hollywood Green Building Program... [full story]

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WEST HOLLYWOOD BOOK FAIR.

THE 7th ANNUAL WEST HOLLYWOOD BOOK FAIR will be held on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,2008 @ WEST HOLLYWOOD PARK... [full story]

The City of West Hollywood to Hold Historic Preservation Celebration in Honor of the Pacific Design Center on Tuesday, August 19, 2008.

The City of West Hollywood will celebrate its unique cultural and architectural history and tradition of adaptive reuse at a Historic Preservation Celebration on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Pacific Design Center Conference Room, 8687 Melrose Avenue.

This year’s event will celebrate the youngest cultural resource that West Hollywood has designated, The Pacific Design Center. Admission is free ... [full story]