Category: Dave Johnson

There will be an In-Water Boat Show in Marina del Rey this year. But there won’t be any dredging this year of the Marina del Rey entry channel. BOAT SHOW — The West-chester/LAX-Marina del Rey Chamber of Commerce will...

The northern entrance to Marina del Rey is almost half filled with silt and sand again. Sheriff’s officials are putting out buoys, warning boaters of the dangers. Interestingly, the shoaling almost drops straight down at...

While other folks are focusing on the President’s State of the Union address, that new Supreme Court justice and the situation over there in Iraq, we are concentrating on the real story of the week — Groundhog Day. This...

The County Marina del Rey Design Control Board will take public input at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, January 26th, in the Burton Chace Park on county plans to redevelop the Marina Beach — Mothers Beach — area. A day earlier in downtown...

Mothers Beach — officially called the Marina Beach — in Marina del Rey has had a rather sad reputation. The beach sits at the end of Basin D, a cul-de-sac of water that doesn’t get much — if any — tidal flushing action...

A rather run-of-the-mill posting of a hearing notice that had been placed on the county’s temporary park at Fiji Way and Lincoln Boulevard caught our eye. What big project could possibly be planned there, we wondered....

We go limping out of the old year, coughing and sputtering, feeling much like that old fellow with the scythe. Thank goodness there will be a new baby standing by to carry us all on into 2006. It’s amazing how many of us...

Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, The Argonaut will be distributed a day early — Wednesday instead of the regular Thursday. Our paper will carry the usual Thursday date. Because of the early printing, advertising and news...

As we indicated last week, when we began the tale of our weekend getaway to Sequoia National Park, we had wanted to get into and out of the park before winter set in and the steep, narrow and winding roads turned into an icy...

Having grown up in northern Idaho and western Montana, we have always loved the mountains. But we have spent too many years in Southern California to appreciate icy roads and the drudgery of dealing with tire chains. Trying to...

The Westchester-LAX/Marina del Rey Chamber of Commerce billed its annual luncheon speech by the local Los Angeles City Council member as “The State of The City Address.” But Councilman Bill Rosen-dahl made it clear...

There may be a larger turnout for the Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council election this weekend — Saturday and Sunday, September 10th and 11th — than for the open primary in the 53rd Assembly District Tuesday, September...

special election Sept. 13th to succeed Mike Gordon Filing closed Monday for the special election Tuesday, September 13th, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Assemblyman Mike Gordon in the 53rd Assembly District. Voters —...

Playa del Rey attorney Val Velasco’s nomination to the City of Los Angeles Board of Airport Commission still has to be approved by the Los Angeles City Council. So, we shouldn’t get too excited quite yet. But, count...

What a lively inauguration new Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl of the 11th Council District had at Venice Beach Saturday morning, July 2nd. You knew it was going to be a different type of ceremony when the warmup act — a...

It’s always fun to see what the daily papers are saying about us. The little downtown daily wrote essentially a negative piece last Friday on the Venice Centennial, devoting almost the entire article to the longtime...

The big moment for The Venice Centennial has finally arrived. After months of planning and other efforts by various Centennial committees, a parade and an opening ceremony Sunday officially begin the 100th anniversary...

Steve Soboroff, president of Playa Capital Company LLC — developer of Playa Vista — gave us an update tour of Playa Vista this week. It took most of an hour for Soboroff to navigate us through the project. Among the updates we...

Steve Soboroff, president of Playa Capital Company LLC — developer of Playa Vista — gave us an update tour of Playa Vista this week. It took most of an hour for Soboroff to navigate us through the project. Among the updates we...

June has arrived and it is time to really get serious about revving up the plans for the Venice Centennial. It is timely that The Argonaut has two Centennial-oriented items this week — a lengthy letter to the editor from an...