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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Hurray for the Good GuysBy Ari L. Noonan @ 9:00 AM February 02, 2012The lady supremacists over at Planned Abortionhood have taken a deserved clop to the chops, financially, and so I ask you, how good can life get for normal people? read |
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On the 50th Day, Malsin Returns to the Sparring RingBy Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM February 01, 2012First of two parts read |
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Voluntarily or Otherwise, City Workforce Will Markedly ShrinkBy Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 PM February 01, 2012On the day after the Redevelopment Agency was muscled out of existence by the state Legislature, City Manager John Nachbar pondered the question of how many jobs it will cost at City Hall. read |
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Weissman Prepares Community for a Sobering DialogueBy Ari L. Noonan @ 2:00 PM February 01, 2012Going before the Chamber of Commerce board yesterday morning to seek their endorsement for a return engagement on the City Council was as routine for Andy Weissman as having lunch with his wife or playing with his young grandchildren. read |
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Why Clarke Impressed the Chamber BoardBy Ari L. Noonan @ 1:00 PM February 01, 2012Standing before 21 members of the 28-person Chamber of Commerce board early yesterday morning at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Jim B. Clarke was “a bit nervous.” read |