Ari Noonan, General Editor: Now in Year 23 of his recovery from an addiction to sportswriting, Ari Noonan is the tallest, oldest and hardest-hitting journalist in Greater Culver City. In the 1960s, he was a sportswriter, first in Orange County. Then he served as Night Sports Editor for the defunct Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. “Defunct” is the adopted first name of many newspapers Mr. Noonan has worked for and, to an extent, driven out of business. He was the last Sports Editor of the Evening Outlook in Santa Monica, for example. He was the last Managing Editor of the Baltimore Press, which died before he could leave town. In the 1970s, he jumped to Santa Barbara and Philadelphia before washing enough dishes to cover his fare back to Los Angeles. Throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, he became the dean of Jewish reporters in Los Angeles. That is, he became the dean of Jewish reporters covering the Jewish community of Los Angeles. This was not necessarily a good thing because during that span, he was present at the closure of three or four Jewish newspapers. With recent history being too painful to discuss, suffice it to report that he came to Culver City at the turn of the century. Following an editorship at the Culver City News, he opened The Front Page in March of ’04 and the newspaper went online fulltime in the final week of ’05. Contact Ari at
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When Did Trouble Start for the Police Chief?By Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM July 30, 2010Third in a series Re “How Did We Get to This Point?” Pedersen Asks read |
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After Opposing Legal Action, Ewell Reflects on His MotherBy Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 PM July 30, 2010Second of two parts Re “Ewell Says Goodbye” read |
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Ewell Says GoodbyeBy Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM July 29, 2010This is Closing Day for Interim City Manager Lamont Ewell. read |
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How Did We Get to This Point? Pedersen AsksBy Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM July 29, 2010Second in a series Re “The Chief’s First Interview” read |
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Warning to Police: Do Not Arrest the Bad GuysBy Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM July 28, 2010The most cogent rationale I have heard for this morning’s ruling that at least delays implementation of Arizona’s anti-illegal alien law is that the judge crucially agreed with the White House that legal aliens would be unfairly affected. read |