Expanding from its sprawling original location on Santa Monica Boulevard, environmentally friendly Hollyway Cleaners has opened a second store on the grounds of Playa Vista.
Light Rail Station Light Years Away?
Alan Corlin, probably the most straight-ahead talker on the Redevelopment Agency, predicted this week that a permanent, above-ground light rail station at Venice and Robertson may be built. But it only will happen far into the future.
“I just hope it will be built in my lifetime,” said Mr. Corlin. He describes his stage of life as “early middle age.”
O’Leary Enters City Council Race
Wearing the map of Ireland on his smiling newlywed face and armed with the richest Irish brogue on the Westside, Culver City pub owner Mehaul O’Leary on Tuesday, Dec. 27, declared his intention to run for the City Council in next April’s election.
As the second challenger for the two available seats, he joins Planning Commissioner Scott Malsin who made a large splash at City Hall on Monday, Dec. 19, when he announced his candidacy.
The Munich of Oz, Not Germany
This being a company town, a disproportionate number of Los Angeles grownups takes motion pictures seriously, which eventually will bring us to the director Steven Spielberg.
Digesting frothy films as if they were scholar-worthy would be disturbing enough. This suggests that a disappointing abundance of fellow Angelenos lead empty-barrel lives.
You Know Who Goofed
If you are or were married, you doubtless have engaged your spouse in a disingenuous argument that you regret.
As an advocate of multiplicity in wives, I have often found myself in the iron grip of centrifugal forces that drive me the wrong way in a dispute. Carelessly, I make an errant statement. I realize my gaffe immediately. But the momentum and the bitterness of the disagreement, not to mention my ego, prohibit me from making a self-correction. Heaven forbid. So you keep running at full speed in the wrong direction, knowingly.
As an advocate of multiplicity in wives, I have often found myself in the iron grip of centrifugal forces that drive me the wrong way in a dispute. Carelessly, I make an errant statement. I realize my gaffe immediately. But the momentum and the bitterness of the disagreement, not to mention my ego, prohibit me from making a self-correction. Heaven forbid. So you keep running at full speed in the wrong direction, knowingly.
This was exactly the kind of embarrassing, self-induced mistake that the City Council committed in October when it clumsily blew the task of enshrining the memory of Richard Alexander.
Malsin: Why He Is a Classical Candidate
Symbolic of the efficiency, laser-like focus and professionalism that he brings to his first citywide run for office, the activist Scott Malsin demonstrated the value of firstness last week. It fetched for him the kind of voter attention every new candidate yearns for. Typical of his thoroughness, he planned each step this way, attempting to plant the impression he will be a first-tier challenger.
To Burck or Not to Burck?
The most delicately positioned public figure, arguably, in Culver City this winter is the Interim Police Chief Bill Burck.
He finally has the job that every lifetime officer wants — but will it last or will it evaporate in the bloom of spring?
This is the conundrum confronting Mr. Burck in what may be the twilight of his long police service.
Four Want to be Chief
At least four Culver City police officers, and possibly a fifth — among them several surprising names — this week are chasing the most elusive prize in Westside law enforcement, becoming the chief of the Police Dept.
Unsurprisingly, the drama surrounding the I Wanna Be Chief Derby one month before the filing deadline is thicker than the belly of an oldtime Irish police chief.
Passionately, The Page Returns
In this final week of December, The Front Page resumes its quest to become the No.1 community journal in America, introducing an imaginative, full-service news concept for West Los Angeles, thefrontpageonline.com.
Sassy, irreverent and responsibly provocative, The Page, a literary-oriented journal, will pioneer another breakthrough for our town daily online updates.
Distinguishing itself from more than ninety-nine percent of thecommunity newspapers in this country, The Page is committed to scrutinizingand reporting objectively, aggressively, passionately the daily political life in Culver City and West L.A.
Culver City Father Shot in Front of Child
A thirty-year-old Culver City father who had gone shopping with his young daughter on Sunday morning, Dec. 11, was shot numerous times in front of his horrified child by an enraged gang member, Culver City police said.
Officials asked that the father¹s identity be withheld for safety reasons. He is reported to be recovering from his wounds. Steven Hernandez of Los Angeles, the twenty-two-year-old suspect, was captured later the same day. Lodged ever since in the County Jail, downtown Los Angeles, police said that he has been charged with attempted murder.
The frightening 11:30 a.m. shooting grew out of a parking lot brouhaha near the Bed Bath & Beyond and Target department stores on Jefferson Boulevard, across from a U.S. Post Office. According to police, Mr. Hernandez, described as an "off-duty gang member," was with a woman friend when he "began behaving inappropriately."
With his daughter at his side and shopping on his mind, the father took umbrage at the gentleman¹s actions. Apparently concerned about the effect such conduct would have on his child, the shooting victim sternly began scolding Mr. Hernandez.
Heated words sailed in both directions.
With that, police said, an irate Mr. Hernandez stalked back to his car, withdrew a handgun and quickly began firing at the father. By early evening, within eight hours of the shooting, police had the suspect in custody.
The frightening 11:30 a.m. shooting grew out of a parking lot brouhaha near the Bed Bath & Beyond and Target department stores on Jefferson Boulevard, across from a U.S. Post Office. According to police, Mr. Hernandez, described as an "off-duty gang member," was with a woman friend when he "began behaving inappropriately."
With his daughter at his side and shopping on his mind, the father took umbrage at the gentleman¹s actions. Apparently concerned about the effect such conduct would have on his child, the shooting victim sternly began scolding Mr. Hernandez.
Heated words sailed in both directions.
With that, police said, an irate Mr. Hernandez stalked back to his car, withdrew a handgun and quickly began firing at the father. By early evening, within eight hours of the shooting, police had the suspect in custody.