[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 137 (Wednesday, November 12, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING PARK LABREA NEWS AND BEVERLY PRESS

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                          HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 12, 2014

  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Park Labrea 
News and Beverly Press.
   Park Labrea News and Beverly Press has been a local paper and 
critical presence in Miracle Mile, Hancock Park, Hollywood and West 
Hollywood since 1946. Park Labrea news and Beverly Press have a long 
and important history in our community. Residents of Park Labrea began 
distributing a newsletter throughout the apartment complex in 1946 and 
within a few months ``Parklabrea News'' was born.
   In 1948, Joseph Duplain took over the newsletter and converted it 
into a newspaper. In the 1950s, Nan Dayhoff became editor and ran the 
paper for the next twenty years, publishing twice a month. In the 1970s 
veteran TV newsman Charles ``Chuck'' Riley acquired the paper.
   In 1990, the newspaper was sold to the current publishers, Michael 
and Karen Villalpando. By June 1990, the Villalpandos had expanded the 
paper to a weekly installation that reaches more than 5,000 homes in 
neighborhoods in Los Angeles. In 1991, the circulation was expanded 
again and the name Beverly Press was added to the original Park Labrea 
News masthead.
   Michael and Karen Villalpando have been the publishers for the last 
twenty-five years and have transformed the paper from a 3,000 
circulation, bi-weekly newspaper, to a 13,000 paid circulation 
newspaper, delivered weekly with the Los Angeles Times. The 
Villalpando's goal has been to provide the best local news coverage to 
the residents of Park Labrea, Hancock Park, Miracle Mile, the Fairfax 
District, Hollywood and West Hollywood. They have proved extremely 
successful in their goal. Local community members look forward to 
receiving the paper every Thursday and rely on it to get global news 
and community happenings.
   Michael and Karen Villalpando, through the Park Labrea News and 
Beverly Press, play a key role in sharing national, state, and local 
news within the community. I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking 
and recognizing Michael and Karen and the Park Labrea News and Beverly 
Press.

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