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Fiesta La Ballona presents three days of free live music and dancing as part of Culver City’s annual Party in the Park on the last weekend of the month, Aug. 25-27. Fiesta, at Vets Park, is produced by the city, by the Fiesta La Ballona Committee, by sponsors, and almost 100 volunteers. As Culver City’s Centennial year approaches its final … Read More

Yesterday was the 68th birthday of Mike Reynolds, the School District’s popular assistant superintendent for business services. He announced in the spring that he would be retiring on Nov. 1. As the candle flames waved on Mr. Reynolds’s cake, it probably was an appropriate time to identify his successor.  Robert Quinn, the School District’s IT director for the past 18 … Read More

Closing Night has arrived – already – for Boulevard Music’s Summer Music Festival. The 7 o’clock finale in the Dale Jones Courtyard at City Hall arguably will feature the most memorable act of the Gary Mandel-produced season: Country, rock and blues guitarist Albert Lee and his band. The colorful British native has performed with many of the most popular groups … Read More

Second of two parts Re “California, a Model, Makes Smart Drought Recovery” Spurred by the drought and climate science that gets better every day, agencies across the state are implementing new techniques and technologies in an effort to diversify supply portfolios so as not to be overly dependent on any one source where possible. The focus now is on resilience … Read More

It would figure that a company bearing the goofy name “Google” would be run by insecure societal misfits. Oddballs who lurk around schlepping a rear-view mirror. They have to — in case a diverse group of stalkers is gaining on them. Known for their meticulous broadmindedness, Broadminded Google execs welcome as employees every man/woman/other who agrees with every syllable of … Read More

Third in a series Re “Sentinel Pullout Amounts to a $$ Edge” Energy continues to be expended and expanded over what drama will be rolled out in the next year over Culver City’s corner of the Inglewood Oil Field. The City Council is expected to approve the hometown version of tightened regulations as early as February or as late as … Read More

‘Tis the pre-season for college enrollment. This is when our friends on the left – the cheerfully permanently aggrieved — argue that race-based admissions are the only way to even the racial score a century and a half after slavery ended. How timely. Sounds nice. The left operates on sound and feel. But you cannot run a university on sound. … Read More

First of two parts Pray for Rain.  Mega-drought.  Winter Salmon Run Nearly Extinguished.  Sierra Snowpack Dismal. These were headlines in California newspapers over the last five years during an historic drought that elevated water security to the top of everyone’s minds. California’s relationship to water is unique in the United States, often becoming a major part of state and local … Read More

After almost 20 years, I recently experienced rafting again at Bakersfield. I traveled there with a group of 20 people, and we enjoyed one of the unforgettable times of our lives. Thrilling to say the least! We chose an excellent time because the water level was exceptionally higher than normal — way above the last year’s level when California still … Read More

Talking Points @rweingarten likens school choice to segregationism. But her outrage seems selective. @rweingarten calls out inequity in charters but not district schools nor where she lives.  American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten recently lit a fuse that led to an explosion of controversy over school choice and race. In a fervent speech to union activists attending the AFT … Read More