tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54531452012-01-29T12:03:40.945-08:00Lincoln High 90031- Quick NotesAn alumni resource providing a means for quick updates to ongoing news and events about the school, the neighborhood, and the City of Los Angeles- the environment that we have all shared, past and present. The topics run all the way from the lighter side of life to the more serious issues that we face, and, of course, more items of our past experiences.
contact: lhs90031@earthlink.netrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-69226110329530343842012-01-20T15:32:00.000-08:002012-01-20T15:41:53.742-08:00Lincoln High's Alumni Association's first meeting for 2012 is Tomorrow.The Lincoln High Alumni Association will be haaving a busy meeting tomorrow with a recap of the last years events and plans for upcoming events. The meeting will be held in the "Cafe in the Heights"at 9:30 a.m. located directly across the street from the school's electronic marquee. Increased membership is sought and dues are payable by mail (see the LHAA details on the LHS official web siterg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-90676114119941245192012-01-20T15:25:00.000-08:002012-01-20T15:25:47.308-08:00Singer Etta James DiesSinger Etta James died this morning in Riverside, California at the age of 73. She's best known for singing "At Last" which is one of the songs that you will hear at about any wedding reception. The L.A. Times has a news item on this at http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-etta-james-20120121,0,1608543.story .
The life of Etta James included the difficulties of drug use and addiction rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-23235019752026386002012-01-09T22:09:00.000-08:002012-01-09T22:11:32.177-08:00What's happened on this date, January 9th- in radio, music and entertainment- from LA Radio.comDon Barrett's L.A. Radio.com provides a little something for our memories today. It is a little bit of flashback kind of energy that is what I want to share as a sampling of what was published every day until a few months agos http://www.laradio.com/ If you have some years on you, you might recall some of the items from experience.
The following is from is column today for January 9th- "on rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-61938409234754743812012-01-09T17:24:00.000-08:002012-01-09T17:33:14.229-08:00A Return to Classes in LAUSD today.The holiday break that we used to call "Christmas Vacation" is over now. Lincoln students started the school year earlier than the rest of the District in August for the second year as a pilot program. The rest of the district was to follow that change last August but there was so much commotion stirred up that that the change was postponed for another year to August 2012.
So be on the rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-62911944930399345722011-12-16T19:21:00.000-08:002011-12-16T19:21:36.388-08:00As the year ends, we see singer Etta James now terminally ill.There's a December 18, 2011 news story from Reuters that Etta James, age 73, a singer from way back who I remember from at least high school days, is temrinally ill. Her most memorable song for most who have heard her sing, is "At Last." a real classic among ballads. I happened to favor "Tell Mama," a more upbeat tune that let a lot of energy come through. It was a time back in high school rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-85167883823783654522011-10-22T13:35:00.000-07:002011-10-22T13:37:38.702-07:00Tonight - The LHS Alumni Association Fall Dance in Santa Fe SpringsIf you are an LHS alum and haven't heard about the Fall Dance, the LHS Alumni Association's fundraising event tonight at Maggie's Pub in Santa Fe Springs, then you are likely in the minority of active alumni still in the Southern California area.
The links in the sidebar LHS official website will let you know more about this.
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you can just call dance chair persons: Mike Ibarra - S’66 - (323) rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-56303935741498074792011-10-20T09:37:00.000-07:002011-10-20T09:38:46.992-07:00Lots of activity in at City Hall but Mayor still hooked on hitting the publicity circuit.The mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa- who will be just Antonio Villar when he ends his term according to reports on the divorce settlement, is totally into publicity as long as it include the mayor.
He continues to exercise that personal choice that belies his claim to care about the city. That commitment the city is simply overrulled by a terminal case of narcissism to make publicity opportunities rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-642728745151000362011-10-14T06:30:00.000-07:002011-10-14T06:30:01.649-07:00LHS Football (tonight) v. Eagle Rock HS- Kenny Washington Story in L.A. TimesThe Lincoln Tigers will host the Eagle Rock Eagles Friday night.
The L.A. Times this week published a story this week about Kenny Washington and the ongoing work that's being done to honor the former Lincoln student athlete who broke the NFL color barrier. "Remembering forgotten hero Kenny Washington," by Bill Plaschke, October 12, 2011, http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plaschke-rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-53046447524746753942011-10-14T00:15:00.000-07:002011-10-14T00:15:23.709-07:00LHS ALUMNI meets Saturday at 9:30 in LHS CafeteriaThe location of the October Meeting of the Alumni Association is back at LHS in the student cafeteria and NOT in the Cafe in the Heights.rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-91058286397408239202011-10-12T15:43:00.000-07:002011-10-12T15:43:48.617-07:00LHS Alumni Association Meeting SaturdayThis Saturday at the Cafe in the Heights is the place for the LHS Alumni Association's monthly meeting at 9:30 am.
One topic will be the Fall Dance that's planned for Saturday, October 22, 2011. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event will continue until midnight at Maggie's Pub in Santa Fe Springs that has been the regular site for LHS Alumni dances. This event includes a buffet dinner as with pastrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-45621100432447931862011-09-26T15:34:00.000-07:002011-09-26T15:38:15.861-07:00Dairy Demolition event on Albion St. happening Thursday- New Park Coming.There's a bit of news since the last posting- well, lots, but here's a start, that's very specific to Lincoln Heights.
The Downey Recreation Center has that baseball diamond and newer gym on the south side Spring Street, That's all changing now as the Carnation aka Foremost aka Swiss Dairy property was purchased by the city and is being cleared out for a park to come in.
I received an email rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-16527848862122273152011-08-10T15:41:00.000-07:002011-08-10T15:41:09.660-07:00City business- making appearances? Is this what a Mayor should be doing? Being inThe mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, still does not find a purpose to staying in the Mayor's Office to get to city business, the real kind, and continues to tour city to keep his face before the cameras.
From The City Maven blog's "Morning Coffee" section, http://www.thecitymaven.com/2011/08/10/mavens-morning-coffee-66/ today's listing of press items for city hall shows the mayor to be making four rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-19998655031653597352011-07-19T11:36:00.000-07:002011-07-19T11:44:06.158-07:00L.A. City Public LIbraries are open on Mondays again.The city's libraries are open again on Mondays. You may have noticed that annoucement in the news where the city politicians are taking the credit, led by mayor villaraigosa, as usual, who pounce upon any opportunity to give an appearance of effectiveness.
The money was the issue according to the city council and the March election gave voters Measure L to approve to move more money to the rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-994842049291403132011-07-14T12:29:00.000-07:002011-07-14T12:29:48.156-07:00LHS Alumni Association July Meeting This Saturday (afternoon)There's a monthly meetng of the LHS Alumni Association that is set for Saturday, but the time is changed from the usual 9:30 a.m. hour to the afternoon, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., according to the LHSAA calendar on the LHS website. I usually get an email that confirms the meeting date and time, but that has not happened as of this writing.
The location is The Cafe in the Heights across the street from rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-55786832654740249762011-06-30T15:52:00.000-07:002011-06-30T16:11:06.964-07:00Fireworks Show Saturday Night at Lincoln Park- All day events from 2 p.m.- Eagle Rock on Sunday.Well, Lincoln Park will be the site for the fireworks show on Saturday night, July 2, 2011. Events, from politicians making appearances to actual entertainment will be happening from 2 p.m. onward until the fireworks begins at 9pm.
Included is "Fault Line," a Latin jazz band, at 3:30 pm and 430 pm, for a couple of half hour sets. I heard this name before from many yearsback and they were a rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-55404455911168840822011-06-24T13:35:00.000-07:002011-06-24T13:35:16.104-07:00The Mayor visits Lincoln Heights with Martin Sheen at Downey's Pool(s_In another tour of photo ops today, mayor Vlllaraigosa has Lincoln Heights on the list, as reported by The City Maven in her Morning Coffee items:
"1:30 p.m. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa attend the kick off of Kaiser Permanente’s “Operation Splash” at Downey Recreation Center."
I don't know what this details of this are about, but then I don't think the mayor has much more information either, asrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-77395550528543473672011-06-23T09:05:00.000-07:002011-06-23T09:05:42.415-07:00The LHS Alumni Association meeting this SaturdayThe meeting: Lincoln High's Alumni Association monthly meeting.
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This Saturday, June 25, 2011 at The Cafe in the Heights, at 9:30 am, located on North Broadway, across the street from the campus near the Lincoln Park Avenue cross street.rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-58044636156656685712011-06-18T16:09:00.000-07:002011-06-18T16:12:47.858-07:00Sample What's on "L.A. Radio.com." It's all free access until June 27th.While Don Barrett is on a vacatioin for a while, he has made his LARADIO.COM available to non-subscribers to access it for free until June 27, 2011. So you have until Monday in 9 days to check what this is all about.
Go back to see what's been on the web site and I am sure you will find something that will interest you, especially if you are of the older persuasion. There's a lot about the rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-8694924752686016772011-06-17T07:35:00.000-07:002011-06-17T07:50:38.056-07:00See L.A. Dodgers' Tony Gwynn, Jr.-Today- Lincoln Heights' St. Vincent de Paul store- NoonHere's the announcement that just came in by email this morning from KABC Radio AM 790. This is kind of late notice to rearrange the Friday schedule for most, but here it is- you might pass it along.
"Today, meet L.A. Left Fielder Tony Gwynn Jr. Head over to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store from 12:00pm-1:30pm. Get your Dodgers stuff signed, plus 50% off for their Father's Day rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-19699744921505268412011-06-05T09:10:00.000-07:002011-06-05T09:15:06.806-07:00The Passing of Another Figure from Our Past- James Arness, "Gunsmoke"There's been more and more passings that I see now of the figures from the entertainment industry. Of course it's an eventuality for all of us. From the times in school, maybe more so than now, there were lots of television, radio and music persons that had some long standing visibility, and were a part of the culture at the time. That's what this sort of posting recognizes and I will make rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-67111844003362093182011-05-19T09:09:00.000-07:002011-05-19T09:11:12.009-07:00LHS Alumni Association monthly meeting this Saturday at LHS.MONTHLY LHS ALUMNI ASSOCATION MEETING NOTICE
DATE: SATURDAY, April 21, 2011
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA
Here's the news from Frank Beltran, Alumni Secretary, via email from Mike Ibarra:
"PLEASE SUPPORT THE LHS ALUMNI - MAIL IN YOUR $20.00 ANNUAL DUES* (Fiscal Year, July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012) MAIL: LHSAA, PO BOX 31257, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Log onto rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-29712223867041443472011-05-16T12:13:00.000-07:002011-05-16T12:17:52.307-07:00Elections Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 17- Take 5 minutes to vote.We get the right to vote in this country free to the private citizen. It wasn't always that simple for all eligible voters to do that. I bring up the 60's era and the civil rights struggle where there was violence and death in this country as a consequence of people seeking to exercise this simple activity. It's been a long time since the vivid news pictures and stories were fresh and too rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-60564240542271375102011-05-14T05:00:00.000-07:002011-05-14T12:21:21.148-07:00Villaraigosa announces "Operation Pothole Weekend" - report your potholesHere's a press release just received from Mike Fong, aide to the mayor (and aide to CM Ed Reyes before that), about the pothole weekend that will fill a lot of potholes on the public streets in a single weekend. I heard about this at a meeting last Saturday of the LA Neighborhood Council Coalition, "LANCC," by a new staffer in the mayor's office, Joseph Hari. Calling in to 311 is the simplest rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-89863961357710696852011-05-13T10:35:00.000-07:002011-05-13T10:35:53.907-07:00Community College trustee- Vote recommendation for Lydia Gutierrez over Scott SvonkinIn a pinch for time now, but the Tuesday election has a run off election for Community College Board of Trustees. I ask for you to vote for Lydia Gutierrez over the other canddate Scott Svonkin.
The L.A. Clean Sweep organization (I am a part of that) endorsed her for the March 8 election and that continues. There's been lots of problems with bad management of money by the current board, and rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-12048280322064706922011-05-12T10:54:00.000-07:002011-05-13T10:48:13.811-07:00JPL in Pasadena has an Open House this weekend- An inside glimpse into historyThere is an Open House this weekend being held at JPL in Pasadena, where you can get a view to the history and work of JPL, one of the principal participants in the space race going back to around the time of Russia's launching of it's Sputnik satellite.
The JPL home page gives more details. It's free and with free parking, something you don't have at, well, Dodger Stadium, for one example. rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-17427759604459564512011-05-11T08:46:00.000-07:002011-05-11T08:46:03.875-07:00Vote for Bennett Kaiser, NOT Luis Sanchez for LAUSD Board, Dist. 5 ElectionThe LAUSD Board seat for District 5 (or simply, "Sub-district 5" for many) is coming up on TUESDAY, (like all elections), May 17th. If you have absentee ballots, you may have already voted. If you still haven't voted, here's some things to think about if you have this office on your ballot.
Luis Sanchez served as chief-of-staff to Monica Garcia, the LAUSD Board President. From my observationsrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-57122947167775228102011-05-09T15:12:00.000-07:002011-05-09T15:12:25.707-07:00A retired LHS science teacher's letter on solar power in Eagle Rock PatchWell, the title may not be quite clear, but what this is about is a letter from Jan Freed, an Eagle Rock resident now retired from teaching, who taught physical and environmental science at two public schools, one being Lincoln High School. The subject is the need and benefits on moving to solar power as electricity continues to become more expensive. http://eaglerock.patch.com/articles/rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-76784678616987783402011-05-04T15:49:00.000-07:002011-05-04T20:37:35.408-07:00LAUSD Board candidates Bennett Kayser & Luis Sanchez, 7:30 pm forum at Eagle Rock Elem.Well, there's nothing like late notice. The two candidates in the May 17th runoff election for the Sub-District seat will meet at 7:30 pme tonight in the Auditorium at Eagle Rock Elementary. (I was among the group that was supposed to be "in the know" on this as one of the sponsoring group, and we had it scrubbed as of last week, only to find a few days later that it was "on." Well, rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-79628917447507972602011-04-29T11:30:00.000-07:002011-04-29T12:04:02.660-07:00LHS Alumni Association's Spring Dance tomorrowTomorrow, Saturday, April 30th, is the date for the Alumni Association's Spring Dance at Maggie's Pub in Santa Fe Springs.
This is a fundraiser that happens to also be affordable. It's an opportunity to visit with old friends and meet other alumni and just relax for a while. There is a buffet style dinner that's included and there's music as well. Come by and visit, eat, trade stories and rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-88104607122319015912011-04-15T16:34:00.000-07:002011-04-15T16:37:36.619-07:00Former Dodger Pitcher Bobby Castillo, LHS alum, at Alhambra for meet and greet on Saturday.Bobby Castillo, the former Dodger pitcher and a Lincoln High alumnus, will be in Alhambra tomorrow afternoon according to the announcement sent out from KABC AM-790 radio, the Dodgers L.A. network station. DETAILS: http://kabc.com/Article.asp?id=2156746&spid=11456 that also appears in the current edition of the Alhambra News.
The announcement mentions that Bobby was credited with teaching rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-5648617867518278632011-04-15T16:22:00.000-07:002011-04-15T16:22:44.426-07:00Mayor Villaraigosa's State of City speech- Was he talking about Los Angeles?The State of the City speech for 2011, the 6th one delivered by the mayor of Los Angeles, Antoinio Villaraigosa, and the accompanying delivery style by the mayor is what you'd might expect to hear with all thing in order, a very rosy picture.
He did not really explain just where the money is going to come from to pay for all the things he described when you have to notice now that the rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-71133390995586339782011-04-14T14:33:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:33:09.333-07:00Alumni Meeting for April this Saturday at LHS.Tickets for April 30 dance on sale.The Alumni Association meeting witll be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 16, 2011 at LHS in the Cafeteria.
There's lots to cover and the Alumni Spring Dance will be two weeks later at the same place as the fall dance, Maggie's Pub in Santa Fe Springs.
See the link in the sidebar. Tickets are available at $35 each. You can get tickets at this meeting as well.rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-12074760201492879802011-04-13T16:32:00.000-07:002011-04-13T16:37:51.520-07:00Mayor Villaraigosa gives the 2011"State of City" speech today at 5pm.Look for Mayor Villaraigosa to give the annual “State of the City” speech today, Wednesday, at 5pm.
The 2011 “State of the City Speech” that Mayor Villaraigosa presents each April will be different this time around from what the reports are in the L.A. Daily News and other news sources.
"Villaraigosa to focus on education in his State of the City address-The mayor's emphasis on struggling rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-19151374894459400552011-04-09T06:00:00.000-07:002011-04-09T06:00:01.835-07:00Fundraiser Spaghetti Dinner Today at Lincoln Park for 4th of July Fireworks ShowHere's a last minute notice for a fundraiser to go to the 4th of July Fireworks show at Lincoln Park for July 2011. It's a Spaghetti Dinner with tickets priced at $5 each, and this still is a bargain item that includes garlic bread, salad, and beverage. Sponsored by the Lincoln Heights Chamber of Commerce and the City Dept. of Recreation and Parks.
This is all happening on:
Saturday, April 9th,rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-49052661780366746652011-04-03T18:07:00.000-07:002011-04-03T18:49:15.271-07:00LAUSD teachers get pink slips, even one of the better performers.Aside from the city government's budget problems, the LAUSD has it's own continuing combination of woes involving budget and personnel. It looks like there is not enough money to keep the current teacher level at the present level after September, so "pink slips" were sent out as a prerequisite to layoffs of teachers.
The other part of the problem for the District is that performance of rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-47355945545252821132011-03-18T11:01:00.000-07:002011-03-18T11:14:29.097-07:00Alumni Association Meeting on SaturdayMeeting tomorrow of the Alumni Association.Here's a message forwarded from Mike Ibarra:YOUR ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.MONTHLY ASSOCATION MEETING NOTICEDATE of Meeting: SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2011TIME: 9:30 a.m.WHERE: LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIAPLEASE SUPPORT THE LHS ALUMNI - MAIL IN YOUR $20.00 ANNUAL DUES* (Fiscal Year, July 1,rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-37040906522828179842011-03-06T19:33:00.000-08:002011-03-06T20:34:35.864-08:00L.A. Clean Sweep endorses in L.A. City Elections on Tuesday- your vote is important. In CD-14, elect Rudy MartinezLA CLEAN SWEEP IN THE MAIL -AND ON CABLE TV IN FINAL DAYS.Election Day is Tuesday. Just a very quick message for voters living in the city and in an even numbered district-The local organization I support, actually a city-wide local group, is the L.A. Clean Sweep movement. It was formed to bring us responsible government to City Council and end the corruption that you can find in the news every rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-9566118753355616472011-02-23T18:11:00.001-08:002011-02-23T18:22:08.137-08:00Vote March 8th- City Council -Elections for Even-Numbered Districts.Tuesday, March 8th is the next election for the even-numbered districts. 7 council seat are involved. Lincoln Heights is in Council District 1, and not involved until 2013. Expect Ed Reyes to run for whatever other office comes open first in either state or federal levels since he will be termed out in 2013.In CD-14, you have two choices, the incumbent, Jose Huizar and the challenger, Rudy rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-63245696360197140202011-02-15T17:45:00.000-08:002011-02-15T18:34:14.404-08:00Abraham Lincoln's Birthday Comes and Goes- Unnoticed at LHS?An Unnoticed Day at Lincoln High School- Again?I think that it's become a tradition at the alma mater to let opportunities for any gains in knowledge to slip through the fingers of those who try to assure us that our students are learning all that they can.Lincoln High School, as the namesake of one of the greatest presidents in the history of this country, seems not to be able to make any rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-35253190469671046742011-02-12T15:37:00.000-08:002011-02-12T15:50:45.529-08:00LHS alumnus Carlos Moreno, resigns as California Supreme Court Justice for life in private sector.Carlos Moreno, California Supreme Court JusticeMany of the older alumni are more familiar with Justice Moreno, an LHS 1966 Summer Class graduate (and that Summer-Winter label is truly a sign of the old times) than the more recent LHS alumni. Justice Moreno will soon be Mr. Moreno as he's resigned from the California Supreme Court to pursue private practice after a substantial period of rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-38912963596101246052011-01-26T13:42:00.000-08:002011-01-26T14:08:11.221-08:00Mayor's Anti-Gang Official in Fight with Cops, ArrestedYes, as the L.A. Weekly story put it, Blanca Martinez-Navarro went gangsta on the cops at the Conga Room downtown. It all seems very bizarre and does nothing to promote any credibility for that program when you can chalk this up another case of employee bad conduct here.The story about tells it all:City News- "Blanca Martinez-Navarro, Gang Reduction Staffer For Mayor Villaragosa, Arrested At rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-65402872041188756352011-01-12T15:00:00.000-08:002011-01-12T15:28:21.441-08:00What's coming up? LHS Alumni January meeting"WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK"Maybe not. Well, if you don't post one day and then don't do it again each day until now, you get a big break in the blog like here. But a lot happened in that big month of a break- some of it noted below.So the constant rains have subsided for a while, the Rose Parade has come and gone and Lincoln High's pilot program participation for an early beginning the school year in rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-70358544130415126462010-12-11T14:25:00.000-08:002010-12-12T09:13:16.636-08:00Opposition in Compton by some parents to Parent Trigger & petitionThe situation in Compton's McKinley Elementary is continuing to be focused on the Parent Trigger petition that initiates a change of the school's operators. A petition has to have 51% of the parent's signing it to have this become effective. Now, as reported by the L.A. Times, the opposition is claiming that many of the signers were not told the truth and that some are rescinding their signature.rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-58526409735809135102010-12-09T14:16:00.000-08:002010-12-09T15:01:43.954-08:00"Parent Trigger" as an alternative to "status quo" in schoolsThere was a story in the L.A. Times this week about an underperforming elementary school in Compton being the subject of a different manner of operation that's come into law in California. It's known as the parent trigger and in short, it can change the operation of a school by a majority of parents petitioning for the change. In the Compton case, a charter school operation will be in charge of rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-5517331116163452072010-12-01T16:05:00.000-08:002010-12-01T16:30:39.566-08:00LAUSD considers August start for all schoolsThe LAUSD is considering moving up the starting date for the next school year to August. The change will be about 3 weeks earlier than the regular date so that the fall semester will begin in August instead of September, which was the traditional month for back-to-school that most of us were used to.Lincoln High was one of about 17 schools that began school in August, a plan that is hoped to moverg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-41406269403040391812010-11-19T10:50:00.000-08:002010-11-19T11:03:12.930-08:00LAUSD and LHS furlough and holiday gives a week vacation for Thanksgiving.This is the last day of school for LAUSD generally and Lincoln High specifically. Lincoln is on an "Early Start School" schedule and will end the fall semester next month but there's added the extra full week of holiday from the students' viewpoint beginning with the close of school today.The furlough days, or as the LHS website calendar has it, "furough," will be observed on next Monday, Tuesdayrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-49512343626740646932010-11-18T15:00:00.000-08:002010-11-18T15:00:00.050-08:00Lincoln Varsity Football in Playoffs- Friday v. Palisades HighIt looks like the LHS Varsity team will be able to practice their game-winning style on Friday at Palisades High at 7 p.m. Attendance is encouraged, but just where this location is exactly will be your job to find out.I can't tell you any more on this since details don't come easily from the official LHS site, so you might try calling the LHS office to verify time and place to be certain:(323)441rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-21711250221968100662010-11-18T13:21:00.000-08:002010-11-18T13:32:41.524-08:00Alumni Association Meeting on SaturdayLHS Alumni Association meeting time again this Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the Cafe In The Heights across the street from the campus on N. Broadway.Here's the announcement email from Frank Beltran for this meeting via Mike Ibarra's email forwarding:MONTHLY ASSOCATION MEETING NOTICEDATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2010TIME: 9:30 a.m.WHERE: Café In The Heights (Across from Lincoln HS)3510 North rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-84842176936884647402010-11-11T08:15:00.000-08:002010-11-18T13:31:12.797-08:00Last LHS Football Game of the regular season on Friday- v. WilsonLincoln ends the regular season for 2010 on Friday, November 12, 2010 at home, JV at 4pm, Varsity at 7pm. Up until last week v. Marshall, the Tigers' varsity team was undefeated and Lincoln will be looking for a win to make that the only loss of the season.For those not familiar with the relationship between Wilson High and Lincoln Hig, Wilson has long been the principal rival for as long as I rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-33192850677021022372010-11-11T08:00:00.000-08:002010-11-11T08:14:58.652-08:00Veterans Day 2010Today is Veterans Day, a holiday that honors United States military veterans. The national holiday was originally called Armistice Day to recognized the end hostilities in World War I that was effective at 11 a.m. on November 11th, 1918.An act of congress in April 1954 changed the name of this holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day that year, and it recognizes all veterans now.rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-29450378508403717342010-11-07T08:22:00.000-08:002010-11-07T18:47:00.097-08:00Parade today: 5th Annual Northeast L.A. Veterans Day ParadePARADEToday's scheduled parade- the "5th Annual Northeast L.A. Veterans Day Parade"- will begin at 1 p.m. and it looks like the weather will be good but you can never be sure lately. The route begins at York Blvd. and Eagle Rock Blvd. and continue north on Eagle Rock Blvd. up to Merton, a block before Colorado.OTHER EVENTS Before that, there will be a solemn ceremony at 11 am at the Eagle Rock rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-20892966665867980582010-10-22T17:54:00.000-07:002010-10-22T18:11:19.584-07:00LHS TIGERS at Eagle Rock High Saturday afternoonSaturday will be the next game day for the Tigers, JV at 10 am and a 2 pm kickoff for the Varsity teams.This will be the Homecoming Game for Eagle Rock, with Lincoln having it's own next Friday, so you might see a few more features presented during half-time than for a regular game.The tickets are $7.00 at the gate, good for both JV and Varsity games and the Tigers are on a winning streak.rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-89048789757567433622010-10-20T12:12:00.000-07:002010-10-20T12:17:52.155-07:00Lincoln High Alumni Association's Fundraising Fall Dance is a sellout.Mike Ibarra announced yesterday that the Fall Dance, a fundraising event this weekend, is a sellout and thanks all who supported the event. See sidebar for link.Good news for the combined effort of those putting this event together and hope for an enjoyable evening for all those coming down.rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-6358068571596563532010-10-18T15:19:00.000-07:002010-10-18T15:40:58.715-07:00Football: LHS travels Saturday afternoon to Eagle Rock HS.The Lincoln Tigers won last Friday's game at home against Franklin High and will travel to the north for a Saturday day-game for both the JV (10am) and Varsity (2pm) teams at Eagle Rock High. This will also be Eagle Rock's Homecoming Game so there should be a good crowd there.Lincoln's Homecoming game is NEXT WEEK- October 29, 2010, JV-3pm and Varsity-6pm.This is the Halloween weekend as that's rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-70309811782943943832010-10-02T08:28:00.000-07:002010-10-02T08:34:24.722-07:0012th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival-TODAY- Oct. 2nd from 4-11pmThe 12th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival is TODAY, Saturday, October 2nd, from 4pm to 11 pm on Colorado Blvd.More about the performers: http://www.centerartseaglerock.org/index.php/calendar/event/id/526 Parking at Eagle Rock Plaza, with the Shuttle Bus service to and from the event site on Colorado Blvd. beginning at Eagle Rock Blvd. is strongly recommended. Parking and the shuttle bus service rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-82518133839691104382010-09-24T12:57:00.000-07:002010-09-24T15:35:41.469-07:00City Council March election hopefuls at "L.A. Clean Sweep" public forum SaturdaySATURDAY AFTERNOON IN HIGHLAND PARK- for the publicThe March 2011 city election nears, just a bit over five months away, and here is the first event featuring the candidates for the even-numbered City Council District seats. Well, even though the incumbents have been invited to attend, Bernard Parks of CD-8 is apparently the only one who feel secure enough to show up."Clean Sweep Presents LA's rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-52543768854957787242010-09-21T14:54:00.000-07:002010-09-21T15:36:13.375-07:00"Shoot to kill" policy for NYPD is claimed and changes soughtThe item from yesterday should have had some other things to be complete. The NYPD had critics for shootings, especially the Sean Bell shooting in 2006. LAPD's currently being criticized by many about shooting an armed-with-knife suspect by person's denying that shooting was an overreaction, that there was no knife, that a non-lethal response needed to be attempted first, and that there was no rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-4775255019691735262010-09-20T14:59:00.000-07:002010-09-20T16:41:43.967-07:00State Senator Gloria Romero Shoots off her mouth on "Shoot to Kill" policy of LAPD-State Senator Gloria Romero must be totally ignorant of the law, and the factors affecting marksmanship and just plain common sense notions to have spoken about a need for LAPD to change their "shoot to kill" policy. First off, there is no policy in place. Sen. Romero made her comments in reference to the recent shooting and death of a man with a knife by LAPD bike patrol officers. She referred rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-52258134248779388092010-09-17T16:45:00.000-07:002010-09-17T17:12:12.679-07:00Lincoln Alumni Meeting tomorrow, Lincoln at Belmont tonightThere's an alumni meeting tomorrow at the Cafe in the Heights on North Broadway across the street from the campus beginning at 9:30 a.m.There's also a varsity football game tonight (Away game) at Belmont, at 7pm- and this is the old Belmont that we all know, not the "new"Belmont that became "The Edward R. Roybal Learning Center."FACULTY, ALUMNI OR NOT, WELCOME TO MEETINGSAnd like I said, maybe rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-63357008549581026052010-09-16T10:00:00.000-07:002010-09-16T10:41:42.713-07:00LHS Alumni Association Meeting This SaturdayIt's time for the September editiion of the LHS Alumni Association meeting happening this Saturday, 9:30 am, at "The Cafe In The Heights" across the street from LHS on North Broadway. If you remember where the old fire station was that used to provide us with the 10 am, last-Friday-of-the-month, air raid siren function exercises, done city-wide similtaneously, then a few doors away from there yourg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-7056709022311520362010-09-03T13:28:00.000-07:002010-09-03T16:48:05.615-07:00Dodgers' divorcing owners were No O'Malleys- More like the Bell City Manager.Frank and Jamie McCourt were no angels when it came to buying the Dodgers. The story that's coming out in the pretty entertaining divorce is showing how they used the Dodgers like a cash cow to bring in money with very little of a plan to return value to the fans. Dodger fans being exploited is what it looks like, all to make the owners lots and lots of money with that the main goal. Winning rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-39307370908621727512010-08-18T12:45:00.000-07:002010-08-18T13:00:58.597-07:00Alumni Meeting Saturday, location changeIt's time again for another Alumni Association meeting, and there's a location change that was noted in the email from Mike Ibarra.It will be at the regular time, 9:30 a.m. but across the streed at the Cafe in the Heights, 3510 North Broadway. Recall that LHS is at 3501 N. Broadway- "Downtown" as many of my teacher trainee colleagues from across the city's expanses called it- but not to us. It's rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-9502787514891391852010-08-16T13:30:00.000-07:002010-08-16T20:02:43.557-07:00Fall Semester Starts Today for Lincoln High. What Else Is In Store for Students?A "Welcome Back" goes out to the LHS students, faculty, administration and other staff on this sunny and warm August day.There are only a handful of LAUSD schools, other the shrinking list of year-round schools, that start a new semester today. The rest come back in the traditional month for back-to-school, September. The short summer has a good aspect to it. The whole semester is done by the rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-37299109016878416512010-08-12T16:37:00.000-07:002010-08-12T16:46:48.751-07:00Early End to Summer Vacation- Classes begin Monday at LHSYes, this was not only a very cool weather summer but a very short one to for LHS students. The school schedule for the Fall Semester begins on Monday for them and a few other LAUSD schools, while the rest of the district begins in September as we remember as the "back-to-school" month. I don't have the exact basis for the selection of the schools for the early start but it's got something to dorg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-3653561352867026952010-07-27T00:10:00.000-07:002010-07-27T14:22:01.989-07:00Abuses from Assembly Speakers- and it just keeps happening.The Speakers of the California Assembly seem to be establishing a proud tradition of abusing their power and flaunting their influence. We only have to look at the most recently departed Speaker, Karen Bass, that's done at taxpayer expense, of course- and that's the thread that runs through most of the actitivities that these public officials create.Karen Bass is no longer the Assembly Speaker rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-91665857430536380022010-07-26T10:15:00.000-07:002010-07-26T10:46:53.332-07:00In music history today- notables of now and thenJust to jog your memory if you were around in the 60's when they began their popularity, or to add to your information if you only know of them but not how far back they were from, this is from L.A. RADIO.com www.laradio.com in today's music historical information.BORN-1943 - Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger born in Dartford, Kent, England.(Still a part of today's music."1941 - Brenton Woodrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-38485087751412875602010-07-16T22:51:00.000-07:002010-07-22T02:37:10.874-07:00It's mid July and 2010 Summer Vacation for LHS ends in 4 more weeks.Just checking around the recent activities for LHS and see that the LAUSD schedule for the academic year 2010-2011 will begin on August 16th. That semester ends on December 17, 2010 with 77 "instructional days," according to the school calendar approved by the School Board.The next semester will begin on January 10, 2011 and end on June 7, 2011, with 98 "instructional days."The new school year isrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-238997475947487372010-07-16T09:33:00.000-07:002010-07-16T09:38:32.118-07:00Lincoln High Alumni Meets Tomorrow at 9:30It's that time again for the LHS Alumni meeting and July's will be tomorrow-7-17-10, on campus in the Student Cafeteria.All alumni and friends are welcome to attend and hear the plans for the upcoming events and some reporting on the past recent events.rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-52360631238150355802010-07-09T16:25:00.000-07:002010-07-09T16:32:02.379-07:00LHS ALUMNI PICNIC SATURDAYThe LHS Alumni Annual Picnic is back after a year's break last year.It's on Saturday afternoon, July 10- Tomorrow, starting at Noon in Roland Height at the Schubarum Regional Park. The park has an entrance/parking fee of $6.00 or so.See the link to the LHS event posting for more details.This is one of the more relaxed activities for the Alumi Association for the year.rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-86365616589025545232010-06-22T21:14:00.000-07:002010-06-22T21:50:39.141-07:00Villaraigosa gets investigated two times for not reporting freebies.First, there was the news about some things the mayor wasn't tell us.Mayor Villaraigosa is being investigated by Ethics Commission about accepting free tickets as reported by Fox television reporter John Schwada. "Ethics Commission Investigating LA Mayor," Friday, 11 Jun 2010.Reporter: John Schwadahttp://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/ethics-commission-investigating-la-mayor-20100611Then, today, rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-88218724209356625092010-06-18T10:29:00.000-07:002010-06-19T18:17:23.145-07:00Alumni Association meeting on Saturday, June 16, 2010 It's time again for another Alumni Association meeting on Saturday, June 16, 2010. 9:30 a.m. in the Student Cafeteria at Lincoln.It's the third Saturday of the month and time for the Alumni Association meeting.The meeting is on the campus of Lincoln HS, at 9:30 am. in the student cafeteria. No charge, no obligation, everyone is welcome even if you are only an interested person and not rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-90823016767411250962010-06-17T13:41:00.000-07:002010-06-17T13:59:06.598-07:00Mayor Villaraigosa makes announcement on Lakers home game. Can he be more idiotic?It just keeps getting better with Tony as he makes an announcement today that is being played on the radio news. He is making an annoucement to try to help the police side of things and keep people out of the area if they don't have tickets.He says that you should stay home if you don't have a ticket and spend time with your family and save money and gas, blah, blah, blah. And where will HE berg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-51783079412127716332010-06-15T12:07:00.000-07:002010-06-15T13:15:38.334-07:00City Council's Arizona Boycott- sort of.When the City Council decided that part of the job of managing the City of Los Angeles also included managing not just another city's business, but that of another state, Arizona.Arizona's bill that passed, modeled after federal law, creates another statute to deal with the illegal immigration problem within the Arizona borders. The outpouring of criticism of the statute appears to have been maderg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-78386335618688420182010-06-11T14:40:00.000-07:002010-06-11T18:43:52.578-07:00DWP gets caught again on a matter of veracity- This time by Controller Wendy GreuelThe DWP held back the transfer to the city of $73 million a few months back, saying it needed a rate hike and could not spare the money at that time without it.The City Controller, Wendy Greuel, completed an audit and found that there was over $700 million in the DWP's own account, 10 times the amount that the City was waiting for."Controller finds DWP misled the public when it threatened to rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-83833758008277475642010-06-03T13:57:00.000-07:002010-06-03T17:59:03.181-07:00LAUSD now chooses disabled students to suffer cuts due to their own inept managementWell, the LAUSD finally has come around to affect the disabled students as part of the ones to carry the burden for the administration's history of waste, fraud and abuse."L.A. Unified to shutter 200 classes, campus for disabled students-The schoolchildren will be transferred to other classes, sometimes meaning longer commutes to other schools. It's part of the beleaguered district's attempts to rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-72746598466840556642010-05-11T16:31:00.000-07:002010-05-11T16:45:12.344-07:00Press access limited by Council President Eric Garcetti "rules"Garcetti remarked today, during the first Council meeting of the week, about some changes that he's made (presumably with assent of the others in the Council) in response to complaints about noise duiring meetings, "This will allow the the proceedings to be better heard," to paraphrase Garcetti.The more complete background and impact is discussed in the blog, "LA Observed" today- "City Hall rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-83230904664863957332010-05-10T22:30:00.000-07:002010-05-11T00:15:54.263-07:00A few City Council items to shift cost to you.Just a quick note to point out another way that City Council is looking for ways to get out of their economic jam and put you there instead. They now want to have the homeowner pay the bill for fixing sidewalks in front of their property. That's not a cheap proposition, either. (That' why they want to make the change, of course.)From the L.A.Times news blog, "L.A. NOW," we have this story on thatrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-69426637212988036292010-05-08T12:50:00.000-07:002010-05-08T13:19:23.612-07:00Fri. City Council meeting shortchanges 200 because of Herb WessonThat was some meeting Friday- There's a rent control ordinance, RSO, the Rent Stabilization Ordinance that applies to rentals up to 1978 contruction that allows limited rent increases each year.This year Richard Alarcon wants a one year moratorium because of the economy- and there's the beggining of a problem. So 200 people put in cards to talk at Friday's meeting, 100 for and 100 against a rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-85860647596920903912010-05-06T18:02:00.000-07:002010-05-06T19:20:03.389-07:00Council seeks boosted fee (tax), the "bite," on barking dogsOf course, in the search for money to fill in the budget gaps, this idea came up to sidestep the exiting process and make it an immediately due charge like a parking ticket, and the "what ifs" are thinking about $100 for barking dogs and a few other things."L.A. wants to put the bite on owners of law-breaking dogs -The City Council seeks an ordinance that creates immediate fines for violations ofrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-84109663628073774092010-05-06T16:30:00.000-07:002010-05-06T16:45:27.653-07:00L.A. Weekly on Billionaire Eli Broad's $1-a-year rent and the CommentsEli Broad got a mention in a one-page item in the L.A. Weekly's edition a week ago- that I just got around to reading yesterday. Not a surprising outcome if you follow the local administration's courting of private interests to make themselves look good- something that is the trademark of Mayor Villaraigosa."$1 Rent for Billionaire Broad- So much for Villaraigosa's new era of transparency and rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-69035422317014287222010-05-05T15:19:00.001-07:002010-05-05T15:51:53.018-07:00It's Cinco de Mayo- Do you know where the DUI checkpoints are located?Yes, today is a day that has more significance for all the partying that it generates in the U.S. than any battle for any cause that it originally was noted for.The big question now is who will be driving home and not make it as a result of a DUI. To bring everyone up to date, DUI's aren't very well tolerated like in days of old, and with the level to earn a violation for a regular DUI at only a rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-55834504196740749602010-05-03T15:01:00.000-07:002010-05-03T15:17:41.493-07:00Neighborhood Council Election Results for Region G- East and Northeast L.A.Here are SOME LINKS to the City Clerk's postings ON THE RESULTS FOR THE ELECTION in "Region G" that was just held on Thursday. There are links to all the Regions and to the many items posted by City Clerk's Office regarding the assorted topics concerning the election process.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NC ELECTION RESULTS for all regions- rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-49958843525829454362010-05-03T07:22:00.000-07:002010-05-03T09:35:05.935-07:00City of L.A.- From the "All is not as the City has told you" Dept. [Some of what I write goes to other destinations and so this blog gets nothing to show for it, so I decided to post more of the other things that I send along to others to share the information generally that I think would be useful to shed more light on current issues. (Photo, right: City Council hears from city workers on layoffs)The following is from an email I sent out yesterday, Sunday, to rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-23154760795998997302010-04-30T11:40:00.000-07:002010-04-30T11:57:18.323-07:00Meeting tomorrow of City activists- No, it's not the May Day Rally.The meeting tomorrow at Hollywood Community Center has a lot of community activists and just plainly interested people in the well-being of the City working on restoring some good governement to L.A. And you can see this is an entirely different group of persons than are meeting and marching down South Broadway on Saturday, also hoping to affect some changes of their own.From an email today from rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-26822310094952906132010-04-29T15:06:00.001-07:002010-04-29T18:14:34.201-07:00Mayor Villaraigosa grabs spotlight on May Day event and hops on the Arizona Boycott bandwagonAnd can you guess what has Mayor Villaraigosa been up to besides directing rate hikes for customers of the DWP? And wasn't the Mayor a position that takes care of CITY business? Somebody should tell Tony about this. And the rest of City Council, too, with Eric Garcetti, another who says the city is "tax starved", and include Janice Hahn who called herself the "parcel tax queen." This tells you rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-51143527059663812852010-04-29T14:30:00.000-07:002010-04-29T18:29:28.836-07:00Lincoln Open House tonight and an arts program in the Aud (officially, it's the "Andrus Theater" as re-dedicated a couple of years ago). And it looks like the Ethel Percy Andrus Theatre, formerly the auditorium, will get some general public performance time logged in tonight and tomorrow night. The event that almost passed us by, but for the just-received email from Mike Ibarra of the LHS Alumni Association has passed along the following information:Andrus Performing Arts Program Proudly presents. . ."ONCE ON THIS ISLAND" - HANSrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-55224999150958782912010-04-29T08:54:00.000-07:002010-04-29T09:23:13.524-07:00Today is the Election Day for Neighborhood Councils in Region GFor the ten neighborhood councils in the eastside that were grouped into Region G, this is the day to vote. All NCs will have only one polling place each, open for a 6-hour block, most have chosen 2 to 8 pm for the hours. Highland Park - Rec. Center on Piedmont by the library; Eagle Rock, at the Eagle Rock City Hall, and Lincoln Heights at Lincoln Park. I don’t know about the others, but you can rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-17767681242708747292010-04-27T14:30:00.000-07:002010-04-27T15:09:15.754-07:00Northeast and Eastside Neighborhood Councils elections on ThursdayThe 10 Neighborhood Councils in Region G will have elections to fill positions for the next two-year terms on Thursday, April 29, 2010. The process is a pretty simple concept. But that might show a weak spot in the area of documentation needed to show at voting time to establish eligibility. Some items of documentation may not be handy or not even exist to satisfy some categories of voters. rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-73734923118061776272010-04-21T15:10:00.000-07:002010-04-21T18:48:32.452-07:00Another report on waste of tax $$ on vanity- First Ridley-Thomas, then 10 DWP unknowns; And a word on Villaraigosa's speech.The story a month or so back in the L.A. Times reported on how there's some pretty big chunks of money that wer not in the interest of the public. It included the $25,000.00 that L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas paid to be included in "Who's Who in Black Los Angeles." in a way that you would put an ad in the Yellow Pages. And this would be his own venture into narcissism and I or many rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-84372064988178326332010-04-20T15:53:00.000-07:002010-04-20T16:01:35.571-07:00Villaraigosa coming at you with another State of the City, 2010 edition.The mayor's speech that he's given each year is about due- 4-pm. I don't know if anyone's covering it live but there will be text of it printed somewhere. It may be out now since he's not ad libbing- that would be another disaster for him to add to the list.Well, the list of layoffs is down from 4,000 to 750 and that's not even certain since it's really "positions" that are the things to be rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-35858270166308154742010-04-19T20:43:00.000-07:002010-04-19T20:58:09.298-07:002010 State of the City from Villaraigosa tomorrow- review last year's versionThe mayor is supposed to deliver the State of the City speech tomorrow- do bad he's never been able to deliver on helping the residents and businesses over the past 5 years.Without recapping what's going on now, as most checking here may know all too well, how about going back for a full year to the 2009 State of the City address and reviewing the things that Tony said and see what's been done inrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-82318940132723617122010-04-15T14:30:00.000-07:002010-04-19T16:32:14.080-07:00L.A. City Council rushes to give DWP the rate hikes. Why? There's some strange goings on in City Hall, and of course, none of it is good for the consumer, the city resident or just plain regular person. Yesterday, the City Council voted to approve the rate hikes that were passed over by the DWP in their apparent power play at the end of March.So the DWP- a utility company owned by the city- is getting "surpluses" of money every year that it passes overrg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-74684518711482733132010-04-14T14:00:00.000-07:002010-04-15T16:40:04.205-07:00KCET's "DWP -The Price of Power" update program Thursday An update is going to air on KCET this Thursday night on KCET- channel 28, the PBS local station in Los Angeles. It will also be made available online after it airs. You may recall that the original show was about the way the DWP operates.In today's L.A. City Council meeting, Council Member Dennis Zine called the DWP "an agency that's out of control." Zine said that "we are going to get it rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-62589515245123960222010-04-13T11:07:00.000-07:002010-04-13T12:22:07.848-07:00Recall Mayor Villaraigosa? Not So Fast. Think about what that means.Well, in case you haven't noticed, the Mayor is not having too good a time lately. First he scolded the City Council with a warning about the need to approve the request for the DWP rate hikes or that would be creating a very direct path to bankruptcy. That was in a report to the Council and it did not sit well with Ed Reyes for one, so the messenger got a bit of a dressing down on that rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-67213068266038480412010-04-13T10:00:00.000-07:002010-04-13T10:56:52.116-07:00Lincoln High- Professional Development today and Alumni Meeting Saturday The Professional Development Day for today will call for the students to exit LHS a little after 12:30 p.m. That is the usual time on these days, so expect some early arrivals home today if you have students at Lincoln.The Alumni Association meeting for April will be held this Saturday, (third Saturday of the month meeting day) at 9:30 am in the Student Cafeteria. Also Saturday, it's an rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-24653606259890673872010-04-10T16:14:00.000-07:002010-04-10T18:35:45.788-07:00"Combat in Iraq" subject on Coast-to-Coast AM tonightAlong the topical lines of the Iraq war, the scene of the shooting in the YouTube video on Thursday on this blog, an Iraq war veteran will discuss the fighting in Falluja in 2004 on the radio tonight. The show is a radio program, "Coast-to-Coast AM" on KFI-AM 640 (10 p.m. to 2 a.m; repeats at 2 am). It's weekend host Ian Punnett will be on tonight for this segment in the second hour (11 pm). httprg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-80475763317444145922010-04-09T13:10:00.000-07:002010-04-09T13:22:25.043-07:00Sunday, LHS Alumni event, "Day at the Races" at Santa Anita ParkThere's the annual "Day at the Races" coming up on Sunday as an event for alumni and friends who want a relaxing day in the confines of Santa Anita Park.The full information is on the official website among the LHS official pages, http://www.lincolnhs.org/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=127465&id=4&rn=5250606Information from that page:SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 201012:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.WEST INFIELD AREA rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-23641903864530216272010-04-07T11:00:00.000-07:002010-04-07T14:22:29.112-07:00Video: A Helicopter in Iraq kills unarmed newspeople among group.The L.A. Times has as story, yesterday about a just-released video of a shooting by a helicopter or helicopters in Iraq from an incident in 1987.."IRAQ: Controversial video of U.S. military shooting"April 6, 2010 8:07 pm- They called it "purported footage" that indicates they are not sure about it's authenticity in either what if depicts or whether it is actuall and not fake. I think it's all rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-86669816355744821202010-04-06T14:00:00.000-07:002010-04-07T09:22:53.787-07:00Mayor's new plan to cut services is retribution for Council's rate hike rejection. His April 2009 speech showed the futue he ignored.The L.A. Times reports that the Mayor has announced that the City services, other than police and fire, should shut down 2 days a week due to the budget problems."Villaraigosa calls for shutting down some city departments amid budget crisis," L.A. Times, "L.A. NOW" April 6, 2010 12:13 pm by Phil Willon at City Hall.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/04/rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453145.post-29003938562285319732010-04-06T00:01:00.000-07:002010-04-06T02:58:18.969-07:00Yolie Flores, LAUSD Board member at ERNC meeting tonight; Region G NC elections on April 29th. If you have an interest in what the LAUSD is doing and will admit to, come on over to spend a little time not to far away in Eagle Rock and hear Board Member Yolie Flores (District 5) speak on current issues for LAUSD. It may be the same old stuff or there may be some new slant on things, but you can hear it first hand and even ask questions right there. (Photo, right: The Center for the Arts, rg- readingnewsnoreply@blogger.com