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Why We Should Save the Barry Building
2012-03-22

Why do I love The Barry Building? It's not a Mayan pyramid. It doesn't have marble columns and gilt trimmings. It doesn't shock or awe. That's why I love it – it isn't about power. It's about co...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
2012-02-17

We have been Brentwood residents for over eighteen years. We support the Green Hollow Project. This project will improve the area. It will bring much needed parking, shops, retail, and local amenit...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
2012-01-24

Look at the great projects Charlie Munger has put together in the past (Pasadena, Montecito, etc.). Why would we doubt the quality of this project? I'm excited to see what he can do with a corner of...
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Segue to Segway by Molly-Ann Leikin
2012-01-17

Segue to SegwayMy fifth white Lexus lease was ending. For eleven months, I searched for new transportation. Determined to be environmentally responsible, I started with the hybrids. Feeling like I ...
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Yoga Wisdom: Mastery of Consciousness
2011-10-25

Consciousness and its mastery is attuned to the word "Siddha". The Siddhars are the Sages journeying beyond enlightenment, the mystics of the yoga tradition.From the Siddhars, the masters of conscious...
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Relationships Throughout Ages
2011-10-05

Love is universal. It has no boundaries of race, religion, or culture. In relationships, all human beings form an emotional attachment and get hurt when their partners' are unfaithful. Even so, we str...
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Ending the Cycling Culture War: Can a New Ordinance do it?
2011-08-31

Everyone likes bicyclists, even where I reside in upper Mandeville Canyon, considered by many as ground zero in the so-called culture war between those who choose to peddle and those who opt to drive ...
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Brentwood Weighs In - Part 2
2011-08-19

Dear Jeff,I finally have read the Brentwood Beat article in the July/August issue of your Brentwood News. As a supporter of your endeavor to supply our community with an open venue to the goings-on i...
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The Debt Ceiling: Will We Really Crash on August 2, 2011?
2011-07-29

President Obama held yet another news conference this morning on the debt ceiling crisis starting off his remarks as follows:Right now, the House of Representatives is still trying to pass a bill that...
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A Plea to Residents of L.A. County: Exercise Greater Public Safety Awareness and Action
2011-07-12

Though not in the tornado belt that has recently been ravaged by this season's severe weather emergencies, Los Angeles is no stranger to public safety scares. From earthquake threats to raging wild fi...
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Moving Beyond Coal Means Opportunites for Los Angeles
2011-06-20

From deadly accidents in mines, to the hazardous pollutants from smokestacks, to the disposal of its toxic ash waste, coal is our most dangerous and dirtiest source of energy. Coal-fired power is a se...
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Will our simple wedding impress our guests?
2011-06-17

My fiance and I are planning a modest wedding as we're paying for the majority of it ourselves and our budget is limited. However, my sister got married last year at a lavish affair and I'm worried th...
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Adopt a Block: A Plan to Fix Our Town's Potholes
2011-06-16

Mayor Villaraigosa has made it clear the city doesn't have money to pave or repair any streets in L.A., not even his. In Santa Barbara, I lived on a private lane of eight houses. Private meant tha...
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Tavern Comments on President Obama's Brentwood Visit
2011-05-23

Please tell your readers that I can imagine how frustrating it was to have not seen the president, but unfortunately no one at the restaurant was privy to any element of the president's path of travel...
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The President's Visit -- Brentwood Resident Speak Out
2011-05-20

As a resident of Brentwood for 24 years, I wish to share with you, my total contempt for the events of Thursday night. Prior to the President's arrival at Tavern, the police set up yellow tape, to co...
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5% Day at Whole Foods
2011-05-20

Brentwood and Los Angeles Friends and Neighbors, I have been a volunteer and committee chair for The Giving Spirit, The Giving Spirit, a non-profit organization helping LA's homeless community thr...
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The VA is A-OK
2011-05-20

After reading Mr. Eliasberg's (ACLU) comments regarding the West LA VA, I finally have to speak up. His organization, for some reason, goes out of its way to slam a terrific facility. Ask those who us...
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How Rude!
2011-05-20

Several weeks ago I was hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains to meet up with a group of wonderful people from the Sierra club. Through emails back and forth, I found out that they were going to speak ...
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Natalie Portman's $600 Carton of Eggs: The Black Swan and The Chicken
2011-05-18

You may have heard of the goose who laid the golden egg. This time, the goose is a chicken named Mae Poulet, and her eggs sell for $50 a pop. All proceeds go to nonprofits that benefit poultry in need...
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VA Land Use Claims Disputed
2011-04-29

Cyril Barnert, MD wrote in his April 18th letter that some veterans with psychological problems "decline or walk away from the treatment" and that "all the income" from the non-veteran use of land at ...
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Opinions about VA Vary
2011-04-28

Cyril Barnert, MD wrote in his April 18th letter that "all the income" from the non-veteran use of land at the VA hospital is used for veterans services. This statement cannot be verified. For instan...
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My choice for a name for the Charlie Munger Project is:
2011-04-25

The world changes in gross and dastardly ways but Brentwood, where we have lived for 46 years, stays as charming and warmly hospitable as always, despite a few minor changes. Some examples are: Hambu...
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Civilians Targeted By Hamas!
2011-04-07

Terrorists in Gaza, armed and financed by Iran, fired an anti-tank weapon at an Israeli school bus today, seriously injuring a 16-year-old and the driver. By a miracle, most of the students who had be...
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Japan: Nuclear Tragedy, Not Ours
2011-03-17

Doctor friends tell me that patients have asked them for potassium iodide (KI) tablets. I've received several emails warning me of a possible radiation cloud and that I should run to the hardware stor...
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The Veterans Old Guard and Their Cause
2011-03-15

These are the ringing chants of the Veterans Revolution every Sunday at the Northeast corner of Wilshire and San Vicente Boulevards adjacent to Brentwood.A spirited team of fellow Veterans in their 60...
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"VA has Breached its Fiduciary Duty"
2011-03-15

The Metabolic Studio, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation, was on-site on the VA campus from July 2009 to October 2010. We had the privilege of working with veterans and clinician...
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Brentwood News Q&A with the VA
2011-03-15

Brentwood News: What do you make of all this "things aren't right at the VA these days" talk?VA: First, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VA GLAHS) mission is to honor America's Veterans by pr...
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Goin' Postal 90049
2011-03-10

The Brentwood Post Office on Barrington has been privatized. I won it in a crap game.Starting next week, the Barrington Post Office will be open 24/7, with valet parking. There will be a two-tiered ...
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The S.S. NPR; Sinking Ship or Raising the Tide of News?
2011-03-10

It sucks to be an employee of NPR of late. First, one half of one-third of the Federal government -- aka congress -- has voted to cut you off entirely. Then, the now former chief fundraiser, Ron Sch...
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U.N. anti- Israeli resolution
2011-02-17

There is so much we have yet to understand in regard to what is happening in the Middle East. It is obvious to all that the Middle East is in turmoil.But Israel is our one true democratic ally. The ma...
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