First-year member Mehaul O’Leary will be The Most Watched Man at tonight’s 7 o’clock City Council meeting, an unusually raucous jam-session, but in the beginning, every eye will train on City Manager Jerry Fulwood. He is scheduled to pull a trigger on a torrid controversy that will ignite an explosion.
Brother of Murder Victim Complains That Racism Seems to be Playing a Role
With the murder trial of National Guard Sgt. Scott Allen Ansman likely to start in December or January, Gerald Bennett, the brother of the victim, is not confident about a just outcome.
In the almost 15 months since 29-year-old JoAnne Crystal Harris was beaten to death, allegedly by her married boyfriend, Mr. Bennett has lobbied for the death penalty as fair punishment on the grounds of brutality and because the crime allegedly was premeditated.
City Hall Staff Criticizes Silbiger and Armenta for Rushing Animal Control Topics to the Council Long Before They Are Ready
The war between two factions on the City Council over the controversial prospects of hiring an animal control officer and new animal shelter arrangements is likely to reach new, uncomfortable depths of ugliness at Monday night’s 7 o’clock meeting.
When Brotman Quits Bankruptcy, It Will Be Relieved Uncomfortable Squeeze Is Over
Lawyers for the Brotman Medical Center were scheduled to appear in a federal court in downtown Los Angeles this morning to learn whether a judge has decided to accept their strategies for freeing the hospital from the constraints of one full year of bankruptcy.
Farewell to Dr. Mann
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Sgt. Robert Mann, United States Army, circa 1944, whom friends regarded as the military ideal, the Ultimate Soldier, was buried this morning at Hillside Memorial Park.
A Sweet and Stress-Free Victory for Ridley-Thomas, Who Makes a Little History for Himself, Too
On a night of unbounded jubilation for blacks and other liberals practically everywhere on earth, Mark Ridley-Thomas elevated the already shrill volume with a historic contribution of his own, scoring a crushing victory over Bernard C. Parks in the stunningly lopsided race for Yvonne Brathwaite Burke’s seat on the County Board of Supervisors.
Accord May Be Breaking Out Between Neighbors and Builders of 4043 Irving
The most significant news to emerge from last night’s City Council meeting was not even on the agenda — the brewing promise of a peaceful rather than grudging settlement of a prickly dispute between organized residents near a proposed condo project at 4043 Irving Pl., and the developer team.
Council Is Friendlier to Mobile Home Owners on This Trip to City Hall
Representing the face of mobile home park residents on Grandview Boulevard, longtime resident Frank Campagna delivered an eloquent and low-key off-the-cuff speech before the City Council last night, pleading in defense of his potentially endangered fellow coach owners.
Culver City Voters Pouring into Polls
Culver City voters obviously have caught the uproarious voting spirit that is said to be sweeping the nation today.
Even before the polls around town opened, wetly, at 7 o’clock this morning, lines snaked down the sidewalk and on out to what was shaping up to be record proportions.
Dr. Robert Mann Dies After Fall
Dr. Robert Mann, one of the busiest 85-year-olds in Culver City, and perhaps the most dapper, died on Sunday morning, months after suffering a fall, one of the few challenges in his lengthy and much-decorated life he was unable to conquer. He suffered a subdural hematoma in the fall.