Fiddling While Rome Burns with JD Stillwater When the entire planet is engulfed in flames (climate change, nuclear arms, fascism, extinction, mass migration), isn’t full-time activism the only reasonable activity? Isn’t everything else a kind of indulgence? What if activism just isn’t your thing? What if your talents and passions lie in something like fiddling, […]
LCPC Parent Education will kick off its 48th year with classes beginning Sept. 8 – 10 – and space is still available in some classes. The program continues its legacy of providing quality parenting classes led by reputable staff. This year, LCPC Parent Ed is offering 16 daytime classes that run weekly from September […]
Out of Time I was moved by Mary O’Keefe’s summary of the funeral service of former CV Town Council member Charlie Beatty (you can find her summary in her column across from this one). She urged that each of us spends more time with those we love, our family and friends – a sobering message. […]
When the Wailing Went on All Night Early one morning in August 1795, Father Vicente de Santa Maria departed from Mission San Buenaventura with six companions. Ten years prior, Fermin Francisco de Lasuén had been appointed head of the Spanish Missions in Alta California. He now sought to fill the 75-mile gap between Mission San […]
Comments on Goldsworthy Column Starting with Robin Goldsworthy’s column [of Sept. 10]: I personally do not use social media. I do not want to spread my private business all over the world. So, social media advertising is wasted on me. Printed advertisements are preferred. Some TV, very little really, and good old online research works […]
California Must Keep Its Stories – and the People Who Make Them For generations, California has been the place where the world comes to make movies and television. Our state built an unparalleled creative economy – not only on soundstages and backlots, but in the thousands of editing rooms, recording studios, visual-effects houses and other […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Anyone who has read this column knows that I have been very concerned about AI [artificial intelligence]. This concern is born out of decades of warnings from science fiction, tech CEOs and employees’ testimonies and writings. I was actually speaking to someone over the weekend when a discussion came up about AI. […]
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Caltrans announced daytime and overnight ramp closures on Interstate 210 (I-210) on Monday, Sept. 14 through Friday, Sept. 18 for work on a culvert drainage project on I-210 near the Sunland Boulevard undercrossing. The closures are subject to change and scheduled as follows: On Monday, Sept. 14 through Thursday, Sept. 17: Eastbound I-210 Closure of […]
These firefighting aircraft will help California battle wildfires. By Mary O’KEEFE Year-to-date, California has seen 5,294 wildfires, 317,636 acres burned and one fatality; 143 structures were destroyed. September is Emergency Preparedness Month and National Firefighter Appreciation Month and in Los Angeles County September is when the super scooper aircraft arrive from Canada to Van Nuys […]