Gov. Brown, a life member of the theatre of the absurd, evoked a fresh round of barely tolerant smiles yesterday. Burnishing his reputation as California’s most versatile politician, Jerry revived his favorite gesture. Modestly clinging to the belief that if people refuse to compliment you, you should pat your own back, the governor swung into career-long mode. Through an accident … Read More

On Sunday morning at the synagogue breakfast honoring talk radio star Larry Elder, a different side of Antonio Villaraigosa emerged. He was a shrunken version of the outspoken mayor of Los Angeles who was term-limited four years ago. Standing before a couple hundred deeply religious men and women, was he cowed? Where was the fire from a hard-bitten politician touting … Read More

Third in a series Re “Marijuana Users – Can They Relax?” Going into Wednesday afternoon’s third in a series of Marijuana Task Force meetings at 2 o’clock in Council Chambers, police Lt. Manny Cid continued his ongoing discussion about the role the Police Dept. will play when new regulations are finalized. With formerly illegal marijuana smoking now legalized in California, … Read More

First of two parts The following story should be ingested when the reader is alone, preferably in a dark, windowless room. Ready? Breathe noiselessly so as not to disturb anyone who is nosy. Read in utter silence. The number of unsheltered homeless persons in Culver City is… Sorry. Can’t tell you. It is a story of immodest length. Culver City, … Read More

One of the liveliest civic-oriented synagogues in the heavily Orthodox LaBrea neighborhood rang the bell for meaningful brotherhood yesterday. Bais Naftoli recognized Larry Elder, the Sage from South Central, the Prince of Pico-Union, among the hottest properties in talk radio. His career has boomed locally and nationally since moving from KABC afternoon drive to KRLA (870 AM) in the evenings, … Read More

After standing, or lying down, at parade rest for a quarter century, the Natatorium is saying goodbye to Culver City. School District Supt. Josh Arnold announced that – mercifully, in the view of many – the low-slung former swimming emporium will be torn down this summer. Next summer, the almost legendary Natatorium will be replaced by a gleaming eight-room, two-story … Read More

Here is the most important, most deliberately ignored fact in the robotic, well-rehearsed weekend hysteria over President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the loose-jointed Paris climate accords: Every global warming prediction has been wrong. The fun-free boys and girls who live in the town of Environmental Activism are not quickly discouraged. Proving their deepest held convictions unanimously wrong brings shrill … Read More

Calling out fake news/names hardly started with President Trump. Liberals have been grinding out phony names for problematic/embarrassing issues since you and I were in short pants. Because so many Americans oppose killing babies, liberals stuck the term abortion in their back pockets. Overnight, during the rock-strewn Obama years, abortion morphed into “women’s health.” Abortion became such a negative concept … Read More

Since college professors are known for their biased approaches, it is curious that the ultra-leftist chair of the Jewish History department at UCLA busily is promoting an “objective” perspective in history. Squishy David Myers is advocating a “dual narrative”– or side-by-side — method of teaching history to the unwashed. In the vacant space where a man’s brain-box normally would be, … Read More

A reporter is supposed to be objective when he approaches a story. That is not, however, the way I felt walking up to Janet Hoult, Culver City’s honorary poetess laureate. Recently widowed, how was she faring? “It has been difficult,” she said. No need to elaborate. Been there. “Charlie passed away the day before Thanksgiving,” said the poetess. “Since that … Read More