[Editor’s Note: A former student at West Los Angeles College and a close friend of the late board member Bob Lench, Dr. Chong dispatched the following notice to a wide circle of persons regarding the first service since his death. Dr. Chong will share memories of Mr. Lench in Friday’s edition.]
Bob Lench Memorial Service on Monday at West L.A. College
A memorial service celebrating the life of education enthusiast Bob Lench, philanthropist and West Los Angeles College Foundation board member, will be held on Monday at 12 noon in the Fine Arts Theatre on the West campus.
An Expensive, Impressive Handoff — From O’Leary to Robitaille to Charity
Neither a pomp nor a circumstance was in sight yesterday at the lunch hour at Joxer Daly’s Irish pub when the proprietor, Mehaul O’Leary, slid into a front booth to commit an extraordinary act.
Having shlepped along his business-sized checkbook, he opened to page one, and he began writing, expensively.
Fulwood Bails Out a Confused City Council, Temporarily Rescues 4043 Irving Project
Being the national rage, bailout came to Culver City early this morning.
A little before 1 a.m., when the indecisive City Council was flailing like a wounded whale over the controversial mixed-use project intended for 4043 Irving Pl., City Manager Jerry Fulwood bailed out the confused, yawning members.
Tonight’s Main Event at Council: Neighbors vs. Builder Gonzales
At mid-day there still was no sign of a break in the logjam that has re-created Culver City’s most familiar scenario:
Ambitious builder vs. disgruntled neighbors.
It is likely that tonight’s 7 o’clock City Council meeting in Council Chambers will promptly turn into a marathon session since the appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval of an Irving Place mixed-use project is at the top of the agenda.
Culver City Police Should Have Warned Victim She Was in Jeopardy, Says Her Brother
As the murder trial of National Guardsman Scott Ansman nears for allegedly whacking to death his pregnant girlfriend last year, the victim’s brother asserts that Culver City police acted with racial prejudice in mind because the defendant is white and his sister was black.
After Another Judicial Green Light, Brotman Regains a Little More Control of Its Destiny
Incrementally, it is happening. After the latest favorable bankruptcy court ruling last Thursday, Brotman Medical Center has advanced several steps closer to the sunlight of financial stability.
“Actually, each step is a big one for this bankrupt hospital,” said Stan Otake, Brotman’s Chief Executive Officer.
Veterans Day Delays City Council Decision
Attn. Vice Mayor Gary Silbiger and City Councilman Chris Armenta:
This morning Assistant City Manager Martin Cole made a telephone call to fulfill a dangling promise he made at last night’s Council meeting.
By the Numbers, Starting in Culver City, It Was a Walloping Victory for Ridley-Thomas
With Culver City serving as a beacon, Mark Ridley-Thomas so thoroughly drubbed his rival Bernard Parks in last Tuesday’s election for the County Board of Supervisors that he captured 32 of 33 key areas in soaring to a 61 to 39 percent victory.
The outgoing Democratic state senator won virtually everywhere by whopping margins, ranging up to 48 percent in Lennox and 43 percent in Lynwood.
It Ain’t Ice Cream but It Is Frosty as Council Treads a Rocky Road to Approving a Private Animal Shelter in Hawthorne. That Makes Two.
On another sharply partisan evening in Council Chambers when the subject of animal control once more brought out beastly feelings among members, the City Council thrashed around for hours last night, like marbles on steroids, before grumpily agreeing to approve of a dual animal shelter arrangement that had seemed foreordained.