Trivia question: Where can you find locally produced fruits and vegetables, crafts, baked goods, prepared ethnic foods, fish, free-range eggs, goat cheese, olives, mushrooms, jams and jellies, juices, sauces, clothing, jewelry, seedlings, flowers, wildflower honey, "award winning bread," artwork, live music, lotions, ointments, massage, and the denizens of Hollywood on parade?

Each late April and March L.A.'s Jacaranda trees erupt in a blaze of lavender-blue, soon coating the ground beneath with fallen flowers. Native to tropical and subtropical South America, especially the high, dry deserts of Brazil, the Jacaranda flourishes in Los Angeles.

WEST HOLLYWOOD

California Strawberry Festival Day Trip

A “berry” abundant supply of strawberries will be served at more than 40 booths. Tempt your taste buds with strawberries dipped, glazed, powdered, kabobbed, and even on pizza. There will be concert stages and an extensive art show. Cost is $10 for Senior Center Activity Program members; $15 non-members. For more information and to RSVP please call 323/876-1717.

HOLLYWOOD - Undergoing a full redo, this Hollywood original on the NE corner of Hudson and Hollywood Boulevard will become the 54-unit Hillview Apartments. 

Retaining its "full historical significance," the Hillview will include a business center and secure parking. Units will range from $1,000 to $2,900.

Interviewed on set, Hollywood filmmaker Jeffrey Arsenault says, "Personally, I wouldn't be comfortable shooting non-condom sex scenes. That's part of the reason I've avoided the hard-core adult film business." Arsenault's views are shared by many in the Independent Film community.

If you frequent the streets of Hollywood you've seen John Peterson, bustling sidewalk traffic flowing around him like water around a rock in a stream.