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If You Are Counting Errors, Please Don’t — Unless It’s Obama’s Latest WhopperBy Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM July 23, 2008Found in: Editor's Essays If mistakes were wallpaper, we could cover Culver City this afternoon, something we endeavor to do 5 days week anyway. Ring up one more gaffe. read |
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When Joey and I Were in Middle SchoolBy Karlo Silbiger @ 11:00 AM July 23, 2008Found in: Op-Ed Before hearing last weekend that Joey Lutz had drowned in Panama, I had not seen or talked to him in over 8 years. However, there are some people who are so electric, that specific things that they do and say stay with you for years, regardless of the level of continuing contact. read |
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Sweet Memories of Joey LutzBy My Opinion @ 10:00 AM July 23, 2008Found in: Op-Ed From Sanda Hibbard [Editor’s Note: The widely admired teacher Joey Lutz, 25 years old, who graduated in 2000 from Culver City High School, drowned last weekend while on holiday in Panama. Mr. Lutz’s parents, Stuart and Freda Lutz, reside in Culver City. Funeral services are yet to be finalized at Hillside Memorial Park. In this essay, a former student recalls their golden days at summer camp.] read |
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Will Cars Be Brought Under the No-Smoking Umbrella?By Letters to the Editor @ 8:00 AM July 23, 2008Found in: Letters From Chip Netzel em>Re ‘No–Smoking Ban Far from a Cinch — Mayor Finds It Unnecessary,’ July 21. Something to make you say hmmm... read |
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Struggling to Identify the True Victims of the Massacre of ArmeniansBy Dr. Rosemary Cohen @ 7:00 AM July 23, 2008Found in: Dr. Rosemary Cohen Conclusion [Previously: ‘Leila’s Unique Loveliness Spanned the Years of Their Happy Marriage,’ July 21. Keywords: Dr. Ali, Leila.] Dr. Ali’s two sons followed their father’s profession and became physicians. read |
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Silbiger Makes the Chatter Lively at the End of Every MeetingBy Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM July 22, 2008Found in: News During the 3 months that the majority new City Council has been in office, one of the holdovers, Vice Mayor Gary Silbiger, consistently has turned the closing minutes into the most entertaining portion of the meeting. First-year Councilman Mehaul O’Leary probably has been the most outspoken voice on the dais. He criticized Mr. Silbiger for his so-called harangues at the end of meetings and that he belabors certain subjects. Make your points and move on, was Mr. O’Leary’s attitude. read |
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Camarella and Karlo Carry Stains No Dry Cleaner Can RemoveBy Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 PM July 22, 2008Found in: Editor's Essays The City Council did not make bad choices last night — just wrong ones, quite wrong ones — for appointments to 2 city commissions, Civil Service, and Parks and Recreation. The reason for their very personal gaffe is not a mystery, just an exasperation. The result of their tilted voting — the overt snubbing of the candidates Tom Camarella and Karlo Silbiger — was as predictable as the Gregorian calendar or, in my case, ex-wives. read |
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Council Makes Ochoa, Kim Surprise Choices for Commission SeatsBy Ari L. Noonan @ 1:00 PM July 22, 2008Found in: News The City Council fooled every speculator in town last night with single-seat appointments to three city commissions. They blew up formfulness, which has been the Council’s trademark, whereby friendships with private persons who carry high or rising profiles around City Hall are rewarded. read |
THE LOWDOWN
Here is a timely event at 6 o’clock on Thursday evening at the Julian Dixon Library, sponsored by Friends of the Library:
Joy Horowitz, author of “Parts Per Million, the Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School,” will address Culver City residents worried about the effects of oil drilling when it is resumed in the Baldwin Hills oil field.
Ms. Horowitz will talk about how her book examines the disproportionately high
rate of cancer suffered by the teachers and students of Beverly High. Blame was placed on the oil pumping operation adjacent to
the school. The case was made famous when Erin Brockovich filed a lawsuit against the School District.
COMMUNITY UPDATE
The Thursday night City Hall concerts are back. The full schedule for the weekly free Summer Music Festival concerts that start at 7 o’clock in the courtyard of City Hall, 9770 Culver Blvd:
Thursday, July 24: Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Roadrunners — Contemporary Cajun, Creole and Zydeco by this Texas group.
Thursday, July 31: Venice — ‘70s Classic Rock with Lennon Sisters Clan vocals and surprises, Mr. Mandell promises.
Thursday, Aug. 7: The Iguanas — A New Orleans group with bolero/cumbia grooves, featuring bajo sexto.
Thursday, Aug. 14: Barbara Morrison — Popular jazz and blues artist, accompanied by her band.
Thursday, Aug. 21: The Infamous Stringdusters — Progressive bluegrass with virtuosic playing and entertaining harmonies.
Thursday, Aug. 28: The only doubleheader attraction:
Soul/rhythm and blues vocalist Ruthie Foster and her band, plus Batdorf & Stanley, playing classic acoustic/pop featuring harmonies by two old pros.