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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A Few Weeks After Retiring, Ewell Will Start at City HallBy Ari L. Noonan @ 6:00 PM March 11, 2010Scarcely bending its elbow a short distance across the Westside, City Hall has tapped 56-year-old Lamont Ewell to serve a four-month stint as interim City Manager. read |
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One Campus Voice Against Reversing Cell Phone BanBy Ari L. Noonan @ 10:00 AM March 11, 2010Regardless of how the mid-day summit meeting goes between the Student Union and Culver City High School administrators over the long-standing ban on cell phones and ipods during break times, one school official says it should not be lifted. read |
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On a Night When Tough Decisions Were ScarceBy Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 PM March 10, 2010Two faces of the School Board at last night’s meeting, held once again in the emotional heat of the budget-slicing, probable-layoff season. read |
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Being Gay, Natch, Is Not Always Healthy for PoliticiansBy Ari L. Noonan @ 2:00 PM March 10, 2010Observing the antics of the serially wronged wrist-watchers from the gay community, from the Friends of All Darned Gays community and from the Friends of the Friends of All Darned Gays community is like driving over to the zoo and parking in front of the monkey cage. read |
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L.A. Times Reviews Rove Book. Can You Guess the Outcome?By Ari L. Noonan @ 6:00 PM March 09, 2010Digesting Timmy Rutten’s book reviews in the Los Angeles Times is like buying your lunch-hour tuna sandwich every day at the same deli: No drama. Years in advance, you know within two taste buds exactly how the tuna will strike your palate. read |