When the city of Culver City joins the California Arts Council in celebrating the eighth annual California Arts Day on Friday, Oct. 3, more than 20 art galleries will fling open their doors to welcome first-time visitors.
Is Parks’s Heart Really in the Runoff Against Ridley-Thomas?
Even though Bernard Parks has competed for more offices than even career politicians since being ousted after one term as chief of the LAPD, he never has seemed comfortable in a candidate’s role.
Too dapper. Too button-down. Too Board Room.
The Los Angeles City Councilman definitely is not the type who can accept getting his hands dirty. Or getting down with the guys.
Culver City Developers Hit by Financial Upheaval
With the spectacular exception of the gigantic Westfield’s Corp. makeover of the Fox Hills Mall, the other development projects around Culver City are in trouble because of the global financial crisis, says Community Development Director Sol Blumenfeld.
In the Beginning, 2003, When Fulwood Was Introduced to Culver City
[Editor’s Note: City Manager Jerry Fulwood made his formal retirement announcement — likely effective in mid-spring — to the City Council and other City Hall officials behind closed doors on Monday night. When Mr. Fulwood was hired five years ago last June, this story appeared in the Culver City Chamber of Commerce business publication and was written by one of the leading public relations personalities in Southern California.]
The End of the Jerry Fulwood Era Begins to Take Form
One month past his 62nd birthday and halfway through his sixth year in Culver City, Jerry Fulwood, the exhausted City Manager, disclosed his pending retirement plans last night to a closed-door audience that spanned his nearest associates.
Even though he is a fastidiously private person, closely held to all but very few, everyone in the room knew what was coming.
Council’s Favorite Color? Green, as in Building Standards
Hardly any subject warms the cockles of the hearts of the five members of the City Council more or faster than an opportunity to gather ‘round a crackling environmental bonfire in the early autumn moonlight, lock arms and break into a few dozen dancing choruses of “Kumbaya.”
On the wings of virginal doves, peace, tranquility and the trilling of smiling sparrows fluttered into Council Chambers in the midst of last night’s meeting.
Parks Rapped by Ridley-Thomas for Membership in ‘Far Right Party’
With the race for County Supervisor growing more bitter by the day, the Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas camp released a statement late Monday charging that rival Bernard Parks “has some serious explaining to do about his 10-year membership in the American Independent Party, an extreme right wing political organization.
National Guard Veteran’s Murder Trial Due Around Thanksgiving
Following a strongly worded exchange in court this morning between opposing counsels, the murder trial of National Guard veteran Scott A. Ansman will be pushed back to around Thanksgiving time, at least two months past the prosecutor’s timetable.
The dispute between Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Markus and public defender Nan Whitfield centers on DNA testing from the crime scene.
Parks Fights Back — He Wants County Party’s Bauman to ‘Recant’ His Scathing Email
[Editor’s Note: After the newspaper last Thursday published a hotly worded email by Eric Bauman, Chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, (“Republican Strategist Brought in to Help Parks in Supervisor Race”) bitterly critical of L.A. City Councilman Bernard Parks in his race for a seat on the County Board of Supervisors, Nov. 4, Mr. Parks asked — did not demand — Mr. Bauman take his words back. Mr. Bauman reportedly said he did not authorize sending out the email.]
Scenes from Obama’s Latest Triumph in Oregon
Going on two years, we have been introducing the filmmaker Bill Wynn to readers.
A gentleman of consistent good cheer, he is a source of sunshine for this newspaper even though he and the editor are of dissimilar political persuasions.