About Highland Park's Hermon

Dateline Los Angeles May 2011 Sales Update and Market Report - Surfwood Monterey

Background: Surfwood Monterey is a 92 unit condominium complex in the Highland Park/Hermon neighborhood within the city of Los Angeles. Built in 1989(first move-ins were in 1990) the complex features subterranean parking, two elevators, pool, spa and gym. The homes are two bedrooms and two baths in a variety of floor plans. Each unit has washer-dryer hook-ups. The top floor units have higher ceilings with clerestory windows.

Dateline Los Angeles May 2011 Sales Update and Market Report - Surfwood Monterey

There were no sales in Surfwood Monterey in May 2011 according to information obtained(not verified nor guaranteed) from our local multiple listing service. In May 2010 there was a short sale that closed escrow for $250,000(list price $240,000). From January to May 2010, this was the only sale in the complex. In 2011, the only sale has been a bank owned unit on the top floor that sold for $262,000(list price $279,900) in February. It was the largest floor plan with two fireplaces and hillside views.

There are three units currently on the market priced from $209,900 to $249,000 and two properties in escrow priced from $217,300 to $236,000. The Surfwood Monterey units currently on the market or in escrow are either short sale or bank owned which is having an impact on the prices in the complex.

Dateline Los Angeles May 2011 Sales Update and Market Report - Surfwood Monterey

Michael Jacobs is a Realtor serving the northeast foothill communities(such as Highland Park and Hermon) within the city of Los Angeles as well as the San Gabriel Valley. He can be reached at 818.516.4393 cell or michaeljacobs@coldwellbanker.com.

Council member Jose Huizar, Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, Friends of Hermon Dog Park Again Sponsor Major Eastside Pet Festival

Low-cost Health Check-ups and Services for Animal Companions Featured

Hermon (Los Angeles) -- If, as the saying goes, every dog is destined to "have its day" then this summer's "Dog Days of Summer" family festival on July 19, 2008, in the Northeast Los Angeles community of Hermon, may just be that day for dozens of dogs (and cats) -- along with the people who take them home.

For the third year, Sycamore-shaded Hermon Park will be the site of a FREE pet event featuring fun for all the family, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., this time featuring pet adoptions, a "Puppy Party" hosted by Handle With Care Dog Training (for young dogs new to the world of dog parks), veterinary technicians providing low cost health check-ups and services, raffles, and dog agility demonstrations guaranteed to "wow" the audiences hosted by Penny Scott-Fox.

The follow-on to the eastside's most unique pet adoption event -- first celebrated as the "Yappy Bark Day" anniversary of the 2005 opening of the dog park in Hermon -- this year's "Dog Days" event will features new and returning animal rescue organizations, including Los Angeles County Animal Care, City of Los Angeles Animal Services, and the Pasadena Humane Society. Each rescue organization will bring its most eager, adoptable animal companions along, all of them ready to steal hearts.

Top-level sponsors this year again include District 14 Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar and the area's city-certified Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, which serves the Hermon community and four other nearby Los Angeles neighborhoods in Northeast Los Angeles.

Animal service and care providers are expected to once again include pet sitters, groomers, and trainers, and -- for the first time at Hermon Park -- Vet Care pet check-up technicians offering low-cost animal vaccinations, nail trimming, micro-chipping, and other health services.

The jam-packed event has again been organized by Friends of Hermon Dog Park - the Arroyo Seco-area support organization for the Northeast only dog park facility, located inside Hermon Park.

"Dog Days of Summer" will be held this year around the dog park inside Hermon Park. Enter at the far end of the park driveway, at 5568 Via Marisol, L.A. 90042 (between Monterey Road and the Arroyo Seco Parkway/110 Freeway).

Friends of Hermon Dog Park, created to support the dog park and promotes its use, was established in 2006 as a non-profit organization by original members of the Hermon Dog Park Formation Committee and other local animal and community activists around the Arroyo Seco. The effort to create an off-leash dog park in Hermon traces back to the formation period of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council in 2002.

Additional information on the organizers and updates on plans for the event will be available at http://www.hermondogpark.com -- as well as on the Websites of select participants.

"Because it's all about the dogs" (and cats).

The Hermon Dog Park is located at 5568 Via Marisol, Los Angeles 90042 (between Monterey Road and the Arroyo Seco Parkway/110 Freeway).

From the 110 (Arroyo Seco Parkway) exit Via Marisol and turn right. Turn left into the Hermon Park driveway and go to the end of the parking lot. Walk under the overpass and you've arrived.

Hermon Dog Park is open everyday, dawn till dusk.

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