Ross Hawkins

  I live in Carlson Park, on Revere Place in Culver City. My wife and I moved there in 1986. We formerly lived in Palms. Former Los...

  I have owned my home since 1985. The City Council, for the most part, has ignored the needs and wishes of Culver City homeowners regarding...

Cary Grant wanted to play Roger Byam in MGM's "Mutiny on the Bounty.” Under contract to Paramount Pictures at the time, Grant could not win...

By a 3-2 vote last Monday night, the City Council chose to ignore citizens' complaints of mansionization of existing homes, the practice of replacing...

Re “I Don’t Want Church in My Backyard”  Movie historian/journalist Ross Hawkins, who complained bitterly last week about the perceived “mansionization of Culver City,” especially...

Construction recently began on a two- story building directly behind the driveway of my home. A large, yawning bay window on the top story looks...

Feb. 28 marked the fourth anniversary of the death of my wife, Jacquelyn McCandless February always has been my least favorite month. January has a generous portion of...

Under the guise of promoting "green energy," Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is spearheading a plan for the Obama administration to seize control of 22 million acres of California land. Her objective: To manage conservation and renewable energy production. This amounts to ...

Producer/author Daniel Selznick will introduce the feature length documentary "Fred Parrish - The Man Behind the Camera," produced by The Scene Dock and directed by this writer. Mr. Selznick is the son of legendary producer David O Selznick who made the classics, "Gone with the Wind" and "Duel in the Sun." His mother Irene Mayer Selznick was the daughter of movie magnate Louis B. Mayer and a noted Broadway producer. In 1947, she produced Tennessee Williams's classic "A Streetcar Named Desire" on the stage, starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy. John Garfield was first choice for the male lead. He turned it down because he felt that

Ray Moselle, the last surviving crew member from the 1939 classic film, "Gone with the Wind," died last Wednesday. He was 98 years old. Funeral services will be held on Friday, at 11 a.m., at the chapel at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City. A viewing will immediately precede the service.