Culver City High School is known for its solid academics and competitive athletic programs that produce good, sometimes great, athletes. Colin Heffner may be the next super star in the making. He cleared a personal best of 12 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault last week against North Torrance. Heffner’s coach is convinced he can go higher. “I think … Read More
What if the City Council Had a Goalline?
Instead of meandering from one week’s meeting to the next, Jim Clarke believes “it would be important if the City Council could develop a strategic plan like this: “What do we want to accomplish in the next two years?” That way, he says, staffers throughout City Hall “could focus their energies, their work plan toward an overall goal rather than … Read More
Schools Question: Priorities or Readiness?
Robert Frost Auditorium. Photo: Architectural Resources Group
Second in a series. Re: “Levin Tracks the School Bond Projects” Echoing the beliefs of colleagues and others, Steve Levin says his fellow School Board members concur on the opening priority list of how last year’s $106 million school improvements bond should be spent. “The Community Budget Advisory Committee, with the help of Mike Reynolds (assistant superintendent for business), put … Read More
A Need to Shift Focus from Downtown?
ITT Building, Culver City
Second of two parts. Re: “Rose on Carlyle’s ‘Logical’ Decision” With the potentially biggest step to date in a campaign to bring attention to the southerly end of Culver City due at next Monday’s City Council meeting, Steve Rose has advice for those on the dais where he once sat: “The city needs to broaden its view of economic development” … Read More
… And Now, a Word from Our Sponsors
Photo: thelifeinbloom.com
I was fortunate to be able to photograph a playoff game last week between our L.A. Clippers and the San Antonio Spurs. The first quarter seemed so fast-paced and frantic. Like it was over in a flash. On the other hand, the second quarter and the whole second half dragged on endlessly. The next day, I got on the internet and … Read More
Marilyn, My Marilyn, Where Have You Gone?
The Nick and Marilyn Mosby family
Two salient points need to be made about Marilyn Mosby, the new chief prosecutor of Baltimore, who is as honest as the day is long – when an eclipse begins at midnight and endures until 11:59 p.m. Fueled by blinding swiftness and cement certitude, her raggedy-edged performance in announcing this morning that six cops will be charged with murder and … Read More
No Billboards, Says Fox Hills
Dear Fox Hills neighbor, Your Fox Hills Neighborhood Assn. is taking a stand against the proposed billboards in Fox Hills. The Carlyle Group wants to put up large digital and static billboards by the 405 and 90 freeway to benefit from the Silicon Beach traffic in that area. Culver City will gain a 10 percent profit from this ($420,000/year). Is … Read More
He Arrives Just in the Nick of Kristof
Nicholas Kristof, columnist for the New York Times.
Stop the keyboards. (Printing presses are so last century.) Within the past 24 hours, we have learned the root cause of the Baltimore Thug Pollution, unrelated to serial criminal Fred Gray. Grab a mirror, pull up a chair. Nicky (Don’t Call Me Whitey) Kristof, New York Times essayist who hates being white so much he vowed to marry a non-white … Read More
May I Boast, Just a Little, About My Home?
For as far as you can see, the Sea of Galilee. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Dateline Jerusalem — It is always nice to think of Israel as “only,” “best,” “most,” “highest,” “oldest,” “first.” Since Israel celebrated its 67th birthday last week, what better time to present unique facts and accomplishments. Israel has a long history dating back to biblical times as the Land of Israel. The State of Israel, though, is young, a country where … Read More
Invented Dried-Out Snacks Are So Tasty
A sweet slice of life
The Nesco Dehydrator arrived this week. Two days ago I made my first batch of fruit and veggie slices. They came out of the dehydrator looking like miniature charms, incapable of having taste. But when I bit into them, I tasted the WHOLE fruit. How can something so small and charm-like taste exactly like the fruit they came from? The … Read More