For most of this decade, the Hawthorne High School drum line has arrived at competitions dressed in black, tuxedo-cut uniforms with the boys smartly extending their arms to escort the girls from the bus, where they leave behind their baggy jeans, sneakers, short skirts — an…
Dec
24
Silencing Hawthorne High’s Music Man
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Dec
24
Still Not Sick of the Holiday?
Cabrillo Music Theatre presents Irving Berlin’s holiday musical classic.
Sat., Dec. 26, 2 & 8 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 27, 2 & 7 p.m.; Mon., Dec. 28, 2 p.m.; Tue., Dec. 29, 2 & 7 p.m., 2009…
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Dec
24
RICKY DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER
Premier prestidigitator Ricky Jay’s latest show, A Rogue’s Gallery — An Evening of Conversation and Performance, is one in which he opens up in such an expansive way that it’s not a trick. Directed by David Mamet, the show, which runs for only two weeks, is, as magic requires, something …
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Dec
24
BOXING DAY PICK OF THE WEEK
Towering, glistening skyline? Check. Outdoor skating rink? Check. A revolving lineup of wildly eclectic entertainment provided free of charge? Check. What city is this, anyway? The Free Winter Music Series at Pershing Square is in full bloom, and there’s something for everyone. Today, it’s the Jumbo…
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Dec
18
Truck vs. Church and State: Kogi Bites Back
Kogi Beatdown!
Wow! Little did our Squid Ink food blog editor, Amy Scattergood, know what she was getting into when she asked Church and State chef Walter Manzke a simple question, “Is there anything you won’t eat?” Manzke answered thusly and in the process …
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Dec
18
LAPD Audit: Bratton’s fiscal mess
The city may not be as safe as the 1950s like Bill Bratton often boasted, but apparently the bookkeeping by the Escorts in Los Angeles Police Department is “stuck” in that decade, and a new and embarrassing audit is roiling City Hall — by explaining how bad things really a…
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Dec
18
The polluter of Paradise Cove
For Steven Dahlberg, owner of the Paradise Cove Mobile Home Park, decades of allowing polluted runoff and leaking sewage into the Pacific Ocean paid off with an early Christmas present. In a season of shopping for discounts, Dahlberg just got a sweet markdown from Governor Arnold…
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Dec
18
Let the Golden Globes (and etc.) bad-mouthing begin!
I love awards season because my e-mail box gets jammed with negative campaigning about all the Academy Awards hopefuls. Such holiday cheer is out here! Over the years, I’ve reported on the studio bad-mouthing of heavyweight Saving Private Ryan to better the Oscar chances of…
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Dec
18
THE BABY JESUS WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS!
Now that the atheists have won the war on Christmas by making people spell it “Xmas,” take heart in “Jerry Beck’s Christmas Cartoon Chaos.” The cartoon historian rolls out his annual cavalcade of cartoons from a gentler, more innocent time — when audiences were perfectly happy watching pseudo-anima…
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Dec
10
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CONTROVERSY CONTINUES
GNARLY
Duuuuuude, Take 2: The controversy over medical marijuana dispensaries continues with our second story on the subject (Patrick Range MacDonald’s “Trutanich Probes Pot Backer Don Duncan,” Dec. 4) in two weeks, and let’s just say the comme…
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