Westside Today Headlines http://www.westsidetoday.com/news-s10/1/history.html Sat, 26 May 2012 02:38:30 -0700 en-us Copyright 2012, Westside Today http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/F_uKngpZR_s/open-house-outdoor-lawn.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-7247/open-house-outdoor-lawn.html Mon, 07 May 2012 02:38:30 -0700 The Holmby Park Lawn Bowling Club will hold a free Open House on Saturday, May 12, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the LA City Dept. of Recreation and Parks. There will be demonstrations of lawn bowling, free lessons, snacks and beverages for prospective lawn bowlers. The club has been at Holmby Park since 1927. Couples or singles of all ages are welcome to try this finesse-skill game that is also approved by the American Heart Association. For more information, cal...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-7247/open-house-outdoor-lawn.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/cVSdSnHIiNs/eye-on-brentwood.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-7322/eye-on-brentwood.html Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:38:30 -0700 Thomas Mann’s Brentwood and Pacific Palisades Homes For Rent The former home of Nobel prize winning author Thomas Mann is available for rent for $15,000 a month. The Multiple Listing Service advertised it as located in Pacific Palisades, conversely the LA Times Mapping Service listed it as being located in Brentwood So, take your pick - let’s just say it’s on the Westside. Mann died in 1955 at the age of 80 in Zurich. He fled from Germany in 1930 and settled in Switzerland before movin...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-7322/eye-on-brentwood.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/VeyOrMkguUQ/we-have-lost-the.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-6101/we-have-lost-the.html Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:38:30 -0700 I have personally been using Apple computers since my first Apple IIe and IIc, more years ago than I wish to acknowledge. I’ve been writing about technology for the Brentwood News for years and somehow, when it comes to technology worth writing about, I frequently write about Apple products. In my mind, Apple is synonymous with Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs passed away on October 5, 2011 at the young age of 56. We have lost the Thomas Edison of our generation. Although Steve is gone, like Thoma...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-6101/we-have-lost-the.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/UoBRzetuvZY/eye-on-brentwood.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-5554/eye-on-brentwood.html Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:38:30 -0700 BILL ROSENDAHL IS THE ONLY POLITICIAN WHO IS QUESTIONING STADIUM PLANSBill Rosendahl, the City Councilman who represents Brentwood, has the full and complete attention of Tom Leiweke, the AEG entrepreneur, who is pulling out all the stops to build a football stadium for an NFL football team as yet to be determined. Leiweke agreed to attend an informational meeting scheduled by Rosendahl, who is the only politician willing to question his stadium claims. The Los Angeles, Times came out in favor o...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-5554/eye-on-brentwood.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/W2XXlhqdkQU/west-coast-vs-really.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-5430/west-coast-vs-really.html Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:38:30 -0700 “Hello, my name is Esther” or “Szia, a nevem Eszter” in my native Hungarian. They say that the English language is the hardest language to master; between verbs, adverbs, pronouns, nouns, conjunctions, punctuations, blah, blah, blah, there is definitely a lot to learn and very little of it is consistent, as is with the case with other languages. For starters: Hungarian uses a forty-four letter alphabet and English limits its vocabulary to twenty-six tools from which to make words. The c...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-5430/west-coast-vs-really.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/Hs1tAiKFkII/fine-art-and-jewelry.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-5360/fine-art-and-jewelry.html Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:38:30 -0700 Looking for something to do on Saturday? Join us at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard for a live auction you won't soon forget! What better way to spend the day than perusing the spectacular collection of fine art, jewelry and home goods at the fabulous and newly renovated Luxe Hotel? Guests are invited to preview goods from 10:30 - 11:00 on Saturday, June 25th, with a live auction performance at 11:00. Many items are unreserved and all available for purchase! Come see original signed art ...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-5360/fine-art-and-jewelry.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/N74WZzeEPaQ/mount-st-mary-s.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-5370/mount-st-mary-s.html Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:38:30 -0700 Women Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America is a traveling exhibit that reveals the mystery behind a small group of innovative American women who helped shape the nation’s social and cultural landscape. Mount St. Mary’s College is hosting the only Southern California exhibit of the Women Spirit installment, a look at 300 years of history of women religious throughout the nation. Exhibit visitors will discover the sisters’ quiet courage during many dramatic moments in U.S. history. When: S...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-5370/mount-st-mary-s.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/oxwhAfGkO6E/mount-st-mary-s.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-5219/mount-st-mary-s.html Thu, 26 May 2011 02:38:30 -0700 Women Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America is a traveling exhibit that reveals the mystery behind a small group of innovative American women who helped shape the nation’s social and cultural landscape. Mount St. Mary’s College is hosting the only Southern California exhibit of the Women Spirit installment, a look at 300 years of history of women religious throughout the nation. Visitors will discover the sisters’ quiet courage during many dramatic moments in U.S. history. Sunday, June 19...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-5219/mount-st-mary-s.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/LLf2CerU51A/eye-on-brentwood.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4885/eye-on-brentwood.html Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:38:30 -0700 Soft-spoken basketball All American, Jerry West, who once lived in Brentwood and appeared here as the spokesman for the recent North American Riviera Country Club golf tournament, was once a hard-nosed battler for the fore-runner of the National Basketball Association’s first union. It happened in 1964 when West was joined by Elgin Baylor, Oscar Robertson, Bob Petit and other headliners who locked themselves in the locker room and refused to play in the All-Star Game until owners capitulated. ...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4885/eye-on-brentwood.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/buL9NuUhnQw/we-can-still-save.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4902/we-can-still-save.html Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:38:30 -0700 The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Green Hollow Square Project, formally known as the Brentwood Town Green project, was presented to the Cultural Heritage Commission (CHC) on April 7, 2011 which would allow them to provide comments on the project. Submitting comments on this project, which are due on April 20th, is critical for the CHC since the project would result in the permanent loss of a City of Los Angeles Historical-Cultural Monument (HCM), No. 887, the Barry Building....http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4902/we-can-still-save.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/IOtpvbTit4k/japan-rocked-by-earthquake.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4616/japan-rocked-by-earthquake.html Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:38:30 -0700 The country is also suffering further devastation because of subsequent tsunamis which also potentially threatening several Pacific Island nations and Hawaii.As residents of earthquake prone California, we want to extend our deepest sympathies to those suffering throughout Japan and its environs. We wish you strength and hope that your casualties are few. We will keep you in our prayers.http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4616/japan-rocked-by-earthquake.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/Gf_nY1PSrpY/eye-on-brentwood.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4452/eye-on-brentwood.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:38:30 -0700 Ex-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will long be remembered for his final Sacramento grand stand decision which highlighted his otherwise forgettable eight year stint. His parole of Esteban Nunez, the son of the former Assembly speaker Fabian Nunez and a longtime friend of the governor, has kicked off a major turmoil including a lawsuit filed by the murder victim’s father. Separately, some 250 convicted killers are claiming the governor put politics before the law while failing to uphold the par...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4452/eye-on-brentwood.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/-DE-_bPEf6o/local-foundation-charges-breach.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4262/local-foundation-charges-breach.html Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:38:30 -0700 Lauren Bon, granddaughter of Walter Annenberg (and a member of the board of directors of the Annenberg foundation), has joined forces with a group of veteran activists who say trustees of the VA property have not lived up to the letter nor the spirit of the original 1888 deed which handed over hundreds of acres of land to the federal government for the purpose of establishing a permanent home for disabled soldiers.Ms. Bon runs the Metabolic Studio, a charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundati...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4262/local-foundation-charges-breach.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/TgI2_qqMMDY/rosendahl-koretz-motion-will.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-3423/rosendahl-koretz-motion-will.html Sat, 01 Jan 2011 02:38:30 -0700 On June 4, 2010, Councilmen Bill Rosendahl/Paul Koretz introduced a motion allowing each resident of Los Angeles to own five dogs AND/or five cats (ten animals). This is a 66-percent increase over the current three dogs and/or three cats limit--already one of the highest in tahe immediate area. Introduction of a measure with such potential impact on safety, health, quality of life, and property values of an entire city should have involved notification to homeowners/stakeholders in every com...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-3423/rosendahl-koretz-motion-will.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/JbRZN04UZ1g/a-taste-of-south.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-3429/a-taste-of-south.html Sat, 01 Jan 2011 02:38:30 -0700 Founded in 1976, South Brentwood Residents Association (SBRA) represents approximately 3,000 home-owners and renters in the area south of San Vicente Blvd., north of Wilshire Blvd., east of Centinela Ave. and west of Federal Ave. In addition to our annual meeting where we hear from our local elected officials, we have recently hosted community meetings about urban coyotes, disaster preparedness and public safety, as well as major issues such as the proposed subway, Wilshire corridor development ...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-3429/a-taste-of-south.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/zNmlSrzpdOM/brentwood-green-at-brentwood.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-3430/brentwood-green-at-brentwood.html Sat, 01 Jan 2011 02:38:30 -0700 Brentwood Green was created by Brentwood residents to improve the playground and to provide a much needed park for the community. This park is used by the students during school and by Brentwood locals after school, weekends holidays.Brentwood Green is the pride and joy of South Brentwood. The Brentwood Green committee includes volunteers who tend and protect the themed mini gardens and grassy areas around the campus.Brentwood Green became official after a joint use agreement was signed by LAU...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-3430/brentwood-green-at-brentwood.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/-ZEiJneoyHQ/in-the-neighborhood-crestwood.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4089/in-the-neighborhood-crestwood.html Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:38:30 -0700 Nestled in upper Kenter Canyon, Crestwood Hills (formerly Mutual Housing Association) is a unique community of modern architectural homes, surrounded by spectacular ocean and city views.Crestwood Hills is the only successful large-scale cooperative housing development in postwar California. In 1946, four studio musicians formed the Cooperative Housing Group as a viable way to obtain inexpensive houses by pooling their resources. Due to the dire housing shortage after WWII, the group quickly attr...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4089/in-the-neighborhood-crestwood.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/6VOoArJF3bY/eye-on-brentwood.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4104/eye-on-brentwood.html Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:38:30 -0700 Sam Cohen, inventor of the deadly neutron bomb, died of stomach cancer in early December. Cohen’s controversial neutron bomb killed the enemy but destroyed less of the physical infrastructure. His neutron bomb was ten times less destructive than a typical nuclear bomb. Cohen lived just blocks away from the former Rockingham estate of murderer O.J.Simpson. While the political career of Brentwood’s Arnold Schwarzenegger had its share of ups and downs, his wife, Maria Shriver, maintained her p...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4104/eye-on-brentwood.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/qMAswWvhJdg/miracle-on-san-vicente.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4113/miracle-on-san-vicente.html Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:38:30 -0700 18th Annual Veterans’ Holiday Celebration“Honoring America’s Heroes”A group called VHC, which puts on the annual “Veterans Holiday Celebration,” put on a fabulous show on the VA grounds December 5 for those who served our country. The annual event, now 18 years running, honors veterans with food, music and fellowship. An army of volunteers served up a very nice dinner made up of contributions from local food establishments. Mayor Villaraigosa came, as did several military dignitari...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-4113/miracle-on-san-vicente.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/QKh_31UQrxE/photos-from-the-beginning.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-2778/photos-from-the-beginning.html Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:38:30 -0700 BECOMING MARILYN - Never before seen together, rare photos by 94 year old Bill Carroll, George Barris and Bert Stern will be exhibited in a major photography exhibition, BECOMING MARILYN, at the Andrew Weiss Gallery. The show will feature the world’s most in depth collection of Marilyn Monroe photographs, spanning her entire career from the very pictures first taken in 1945, to the very last taken in 1962. Surprisingly, only 17 years pass in this photographic journey, but the images reveal the...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-2778/photos-from-the-beginning.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/vcT80Uqe6j4/knighting-investiture-by-the.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-1887/knighting-investiture-by-the.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:38:30 -0700 Knighthood is not something that belongs only to old times as portrayed in the legendary movie, the First Knight in which Richard Gere plays Lancelot and is costarred by Sean Connery and Julia Ormond. A tale of war-weary King Arthur, his soon to be wife, Guinevere and love stricken Sir Lancelot in a love triangle and their fights and lives by the Sword. Knighthood in fact exists today. The Orders of Constantine the Great and of Saint Helen are Orders of Knighthood, founded in 312 A.D., whose mem...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-1887/knighting-investiture-by-the.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/7DElWxelHp0/the-santa-monica-pier.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-730/the-santa-monica-pier.html Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:38:30 -0700 When the Santa Monica Municipal Pier opened on September 9, 1909 thousands of people came to enjoy the novelty of walking on water – or at least above it thanks to the 1,600-foot-long, concrete pier which took 16 months to construct.Now, 100 years later, the Santa Monica Municipal Pier will celebrate its 100th birthday in spite of several efforts to raze and replace it; the ever-changing pier is still a source of laughter and wonderment for thousands each year. Throughout the years, the Pier ...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-730/the-santa-monica-pier.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/ujU05uetycA/looking-back-moving-forward.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-578/looking-back-moving-forward.html Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:38:30 -0700 My tears came at the Western Wall. “Where are they coming from,” I remember asking myself. “Why here? Why now?” Perhaps it was the power of so many people praying together in one place, or the pain of loss, both individual and collective. I’d expected to experience emotion on the historical American Technion Society Mission to Poland and Israel in 2008, but the flood of tears at the Western Wall was more than just emotion, and I didn’t understand it at the time. The answer came slow...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-578/looking-back-moving-forward.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/w0P5IP5lizY/sketching-the-westside.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-541/sketching-the-westside.html Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:38:30 -0700 Long before there were personal trainers, gyms, and Pilates studios, there was the Charles Atlas Course. Begun in the 1920s, it was among the first modern mail-order businesses in the United States. Who hasn’t seen the advertisement about the 97-pound weakling, getting sand kicked in his face? It still lives in publications like Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, and comic books, with Internet advertising a more recent addition. Today, requests come in to Charles Atlas, Ltd. from countries al...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-541/sketching-the-westside.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/History-WestsideToday/~3/0gnRPu03v6o/looking-back.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-542/looking-back.html Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:38:30 -0700 The beginning of Muscle Beach was quite modest. In 1934, Paul Brewer and Jim Pfeiffer, students at Santa Monica High School began practicing gymnastics, tumbling on the sheltered beach area just south of the Municipal Pier. At first, they used an old carpet on the sand to designate their area. Then later, the young men found a friend in Al Niederman, a mechanic/handyman, and a former gymnast, who built for them a wood platform. The city reluctantly agreed to provide materials for parallel bars a...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s10-542/looking-back.html