Marijuana Watch: Police Aren’t Relaxing

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A new policy looms for police in Culver City

Second in a series Re “Prop. 64 to Bring New Police Approach”   The nearly impossible city-by-city chore of supervising/governing/chasing the production/consumption of now-legal marijuana hands every local California police agency an impossible assignment. This is the most unmanageable, distasteful task officers have faced since some were told a few decades ago to root out unpopular sexual activities in private … Read More

Prop. 64 to Bring New Police Approach

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Lt. Cid

Second in a series   Re “Talking Marijuana at City Hall” Since Culver City residents were invisible at the first meeting of the Marijuana Task Force, here is a bone for uses, growers, sellers and others to gnaw at: Given the enormity of the development of regulations applying to Culver City residents after voters approved Prop. 64, police Lt. Manny … Read More

Cheers! Yes, There Are Some Glitches

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It has been one month since my A1c blood test showed a slightly higher than normal score. The score indicated I needed to cut down on sugar, and carbs – which turn into sugar — in my diet. I look forward to each meal more than I did in the past when I was eating more sugary foods. I enjoy … Read More

How Did You Vote on Prop. 64, Sir?

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Mr. Nachbar, right, with City Councilman Jim Clarke

[Editor’s Note: The second meeting of the Marijuana Task Force will be Saturday morning, June 3, 10 to noon. Jesse Mays, assistant to the city manager, said the meeting will be in Council Chambers.]   While the Marijuana Task Force plunges into a mudcaked pool of potential regulations for Culver City now that the drug is legal, a curious question occurred: … Read More

Until the End, Memory Was Primary for Scott Wyant

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Second in a series   Re “Jim, Diana Solomon Were F.O.S.: Friends of Scott Wyant”  [Editor’s Note: There will be a memorial service for Scott Wyant on Sunday evening at 6:30 at the Vets Auditorium.] In the week that his friend Scott Wyant, surfer extraordinaire,  has been gone, Jim Solomon has been swimming in difficult memories. Hardly anyone could have … Read More

Talking Marijuana at City Hall

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Marijuana Task Force met in crowded Dan Patacchia Room at City Hall

From Chair Meghan Sahli-Wells’s opening words yesterday afternoon, the assignment for the Marijuana Task Force looked more complicated than mending a broken marriage after both spouses have died. Now that puffing and huffing on recreational marijuana has been legalized by the voter-passage of Prop. 64, Culver City’s challenge is to figure out how to control the many-pronged explosion with hometown … Read More

Weather for Polystyrene: Sunny and Cloudy

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Mr. Herbertson

Second in a series   Re “Just What Does Polystyrene Ban Mean?” After surveying the community, Charles Herbertson concludes that restaurateurs have mixed feelings about the polystyrene ban that becomes effective in November. “Some restaurants do not have a problem with it,” said the Public Works director. “Some restaurants already have stopped using that product. “They are using recyclable material … Read More

Jim, Diana Solomon Were F.O.S. –Friends of Scott

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Scott Wyant, center, at his beloved ocean, with close friends Eric Stoddard, left, and Marty Borko

First of two parts   [Editor’s Note: A memorial for the late Scott Wyant will be Sunday evening at 6:30 at Vets Auditorium.] The tight friendship between Scott and Leslie Wyant and Jim and Diana Solomon goes back decades — to when their daughters started school at Farragut Elementary. Their closeness and fondness grew like a sweet-scented rose garden that … Read More

A Lonely Week Without Scott Wyant

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Scott Wyant, right, upon his return to the Planning Commission last year, with Sol Bumenfeld, Community Development director

Nearly a week has passed since Scott Wyant died. Even though he had been  diagnosed with brain cancer 13 months ago – practically mere minutes after the City Council election – I expected him to outlive the disease. Brave. Tall. Blond. Strapping. Handsome. Owner of a top-tier mind. A faithful early-morning surfer for many years, he treated the ocean as … Read More

Ocean Braces – Here Comes Scott Wyant

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This Scott Wyant mask is for the clinical trial where doctors are testing the use of a functional MRI to guide radiation

[Editor’s Note: This may have been the final interview Mr. Wyant gave, appearing here last June 2.]   Good news keeps pouring into Scott Wyant’s repairing body in waves, which is cool since Mr. Wyant is an inveterate surfer. Brain surgery? Ah, that was a month ago. Normalcy is making a heroic comeback. Not that he has forged an instant … Read More