Ari L. Noonan
A Museum of Black History in Culver City
Avery Clayton, a mature black artist with no previous links to Culver City, will forge ethnic history here later this year for reasons that should stoke the pride of residents.
It is ironic that in one of the last Westside cities to fully integrate, Mr. Clayton will unveil the "largest and most academically substantial African American history collection in the western United States."
It is ironic that in one of the last Westside cities to fully integrate, Mr. Clayton will unveil the "largest and most academically substantial African American history collection in the western United States."
Gross: New Chief by Mid-March?
Montanio Candor Is Questioned
Faced with finding a police chief who will surmount the shadow of a legend better than John Montanio did, City Councilwoman Carol Gross said she hopes a new chief will be selected by mid-March. Declining to assess the brief tenure of Mr. Montanio or speculate very closely about the kind of successor desired, Ms. Gross restricted her comments.
"I am looking for someone with leadership ability and who plays well with others," she told The Front Page on Thursday, Dec. 29.
Faced with finding a police chief who will surmount the shadow of a legend better than John Montanio did, City Councilwoman Carol Gross said she hopes a new chief will be selected by mid-March. Declining to assess the brief tenure of Mr. Montanio or speculate very closely about the kind of successor desired, Ms. Gross restricted her comments.
"I am looking for someone with leadership ability and who plays well with others," she told The Front Page on Thursday, Dec. 29.
A Jan. 1 Nature Walk
Opening the new year with a commitment to be sensitive toward the environment, the Wetlands Action Network is sponsoring a Ballona Nature Walk, which is free, starting at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 1.
Green Dry Cleaners Opens At Playa Vista
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.
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.
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.
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.
