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Obama’s Extreme, Intimidating Reaction to Mere Mention of Ayers Connection Is WorrisomeBy Ari L. Noonan @ 6:00 PM August 28, 2008Found in: Editor's Essays Barack Obama’s still veiled relationship with the unrepentant 1970s terrorist Bill Ayers is the oddest narrative in the Presidential campaign. Will it yet prove fatal to the candidate? He is reacting like a cheating husband who hears his angry wife stomping up the stairs. On at least two occasions this week, while the rest of the country was distracted and tuned in to the Democratic convention, Mr. Obama’s operatives employed a strange form of fury that was both suspicious and extreme. read |
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Community Finds Out a Few Things About Planning CommissionersBy Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM August 28, 2008Found in: News After Wednesday’s unexpectedly illuminating meeting of the County Regional Planning Commission, the hundreds of underdog Culver City area residents who have been battling against questionably regulated oil drilling in their neighborhood, found out they are not alone in certain of their suspicions. read |
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Why Dr. King’s Speech Is Still a DreamBy Robert Rosebrock @ 3:00 PM August 28, 2008Found in: Op-Ed Today we honor the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his “I Have a Dream” speech that challenged our nation to live up to its creed that all men are created equal. read |
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A Shocker: Victory Looms for Residents in Oil Drilling DebateBy Ari L. Noonan @ 2:00 AM August 28, 2008Found in: News The unlikeliest outcome of all may have just descended upon the sizzling oil drilling controversy. A stunning turnaround early this afternoon by the County Regional Planning Commission may result in a huge longshot victory for Culver Crest/Baldwin Hills area residents. Equally significant, the decision may deal a devastating defeat to County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke who has been banking heavily on a plottingly-timed home run moment in the final hours of her gilded political career to carry her into retirement. read |
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Dems Deserve Most, but Not All, of the Blame for Budget CrisisBy My Opinion @ 1:00 AM August 28, 2008Found in: Op-Ed From Jeffers M. Dodge The goal of our state Republican leaders is primarily a fiscal one. I like to think of their jobs as doing everything in their power to strengthen the family unit by preserving as much of their combined earnings as possible. It is unfortunate that the Democrats don't see it this way. read |
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Time Out from DiningBy Bree Crocetti @ 1:00 AM August 28, 2008Found in: Dining Editor’s Note: Just because one of the truly gifted food mavens on the Westside, our columnist, is ailing today, there is no need to miss her extraordinary insights into the dining emporiums of Los Angeles. As Ms. Crocetti herself says each Thursday: read |
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Laura’s Photographic MemoriesBy Garth Sanders @ 12:00 AM August 28, 2008Found in: News As you can see from these six sunny scenes from the typically successful Fiesta La Ballona last weekend at Vets Park, photographer/Fiesta official Laura Stuart was not the only person who had a terrific time. You are likely to spot friend in any of these pictures. Just in case you did not recognize the fellow at the top, that is Mayor Scott Malsin flashing his considerable musical side. read |
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Dead Men, Lively PlayBy Frederik Sisa @ 8:00 AM August 27, 2008Found in: Theatre In the ultimate act of civil disobedience, six dead soldiers refuse to be buried, defying both their generals’ orders and the heartbroken entreaties of their wives, girlfriends, and mothers. A first reading of Bury the Dead would see this disturbance of the natural order as an anti-war screed, which on one level it is.read |
THE LOWDOWN
Culver Crest residents are staging a street party today out of sheer relief.
To celebrate the re-opening of crucial Tellefson Road some 3 1/2 years after a hillslide during the rainy season forced its closure, the hundreds of Crest families are invited to a city-sponsored — you read that correctly — barbeque.
The hours are 1 to 6, and all of that nourishment can be found at Cranks Road and Tellefson.
Said Mike Bauer, president of the Culver Crest Homeowners Assn., “This is certainly an event worth celebrating — especially when (the city is) buying kunch.”
COMMUNITY UPDATE
Following two months of Monday night agendas that usually were not newsworthy, the City Council now is breaking with tradition altogether.
With Labor Day looming on Monday, the Council not only will not meet that evening, it will not convene on any evening next week.
In the past when a holiday has fallen on a Monday, whether Memorial Day, 4th of July or Labor Day, the Council meeting merely was put over to Tuesday evening.