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	Just in Time for New Year, La Ballona Is Transformed By Geoff Maleman @ 7:00 PM August 19, 2008 Found in: News La Ballona Elementary School was a beehive of activity last Friday. Sure, students still were on summer break, but that didn't stop more than 150 employees of HOK Architects from donating their time to turn a large chunk of pavement into a new athletic field, paint a massive world map and generally spruce up the Washington Boulevard campus. Thanks to more than $50,000 in cash and in-kind donations from its partners and tons of labor from HOK employees, the company delivered a 5,400-square-foot soccer field lined by trees, complete with an automatic irrigation system. read
	Artist, Author Armond Fields, a Longtime Schools Volunteer, Was 77 By Geoff Maleman @ 7:00 AM August 19, 2008 Found in: News The School District is mourning the passing of Armond Fields, a longtime school volunteer, who died peacefully at his home in Culver City on Sunday. The cause of death was metastatic colon cancer. He was 77. read
	In the Dogger Days of Summer, a Comment Extension Period Is Sought By Garth Sanders @ 6:00 AM August 19, 2008 Found in: News In the wake of the news that the state Dept. of Conservation agency known as DOGGER has asked the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to extend the public comment period beyond today regarding renewed drilling in the Baldwin Hills oil field, state Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City) said this morning that he endorses this approach. read
	Winning Is Not Everything, a 12-Year-Old Learns By Garth Sanders @ 6:00 PM August 18, 2008 Found in: News Twelve-year-old Stephanie Finley just passed through one of the most exciting weekends of her life, according to her mother. read
	Children’s Civic Light Opera Is for Grownups, Too By Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM August 18, 2008 Found in: News [Editor’s Note: This is the second of two parts. Part 1, “A Child Actor’s Paradise — They’re Playing Little Shop of Horrors This Weekend,” ran last Friday, Aug. 15.] read
	Unanswered Questions Still Are Dominating Oil Drilling Dialogue as Deadline Nears By Ari L. Noonan @ 12:00 PM August 18, 2008 Found in: News As Tuesday’s deadline approached for the 60-day public comment period on strongly accelerated drilling in the Baldwin Hills oil field, City Councilman Andy Weissman still was industriously sorting through a welter of esoteric, technical data. read
	Ridley-Thomas Runs into a Blizzard of Healthcare and Political Complaints at Brotman Stop on Tour By Ari L. Noonan @ 7:00 PM August 15, 2008 Found in: News When Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City) knocked on Brotman Medical Center’s front door at the noon hour today, he nearly was blown down the steps from the blitz of complaints and pleas that officials directed at his colleagues in the state legislature and about the “forbidding climate” in California for the acute care industry. read
	A Child Actor’s Paradise — They’re Playing ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ This Weekend By Ari L. Noonan @ 6:00 AM August 15, 2008 Found in: News When I walked into the darkened auditorium at Hamilton High School yesterday morning, friendly feelings began rushing back in lapping waves — the cast from the marvelous Children’s Civic Light Opera was onstage, swirling through one more dress rehearsal before unfurling their latest production tonight, The Little Shop of Horrors, launching a 3-night-and-day run on the Hami campus. Every late summer about this time, the hearts of 30 of West L.A.’s most promising performers — from 7 years old to 17 — start beating even faster than usual. read
	New Course at West Will Trace the History of Farmworkers By My Opinion @ 5:00 AM August 15, 2008 Found in: News From Michelle Long-Coffee West Los Angeles College, with the support of the Dolores Huerta Labor Institute, has added a new course exploring the social and political history of working people in California through films, literature and poetry. read
	How Fast Does Lee Welinsky Travel? She’s Been Clocked at 80 By Ari L. Noonan @ 12:00 PM August 14, 2008 Found in: News If you attend meetings of the Culver City Democratic Club for a few months, the feisty sounds and the deserved influence of the diminutive Lee Welinsky quickly become apparent. read

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