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June 16, 2025
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Just a thought by Judith Martin-Straw

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Just a Thought- Crime Scene Part 2

June 15, 2011 0

I’ve survived a number of crimes. The idea that once the event is over, it can all be filed way doesn’t take human nature into account. I’m happy to identify as a survivor rather than …[READ MORE]

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Just a Thought- Crime Scene

June 6, 2011 1

Do you ever get that feeling when you know someone is watching you, and you can‘t see anyone there? It’s fun to do the news, but it’s not always fun to be the news. Not …[READ MORE]

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Just A Thought – Power/Play

May 23, 2011 1

There was a tense moment a few months ago at a school board meeting, when the discussion of placing solar panels on the school grounds got very heated. The head of the sustainability committee, Todd, …[READ MORE]

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Just a Thought- It’s Not About the Benjamins

April 15, 2011 Comments Off on Just a Thought- It’s Not About the Benjamins

I was once listening to an interview with author Michael Crichton, and he was speaking about the arc of his success. To go from being a medical student living on a thin margin, to being …[READ MORE]

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Just a Thought – Do Something !

February 15, 2011 1

At the school board meeting on Feb. 8, the discussion of capital projects came up late in the evening, after an already emotional agenda. Proponents of the new sports complex, advocates of the needed renovations …[READ MORE]

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Just a Thought – For Hope, Health and Healing

January 17, 2011 1

Once again, we are commemorating the life of an American leader, whose great work was ended by a crazy man with a gun. Once again, as everyone knows, last week a crazy man with a …[READ MORE]

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Just a Thought – What a Wonderful World

December 27, 2010 0

Last week, I went to look out my front door to survey for storm damage, and I was met by a huge double rainbow arched over the wet street. This kind of thing keeps happening. …[READ MORE]

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Another Good Thing Happens

December 22, 2010 1

Just when I thought Ballona Creek was going to bust out of her concrete bed, the Goddess Iris showed up in her finest. While many parts of LA County are still deluged (and the rain …[READ MORE]

Just a thought by Judith Martin-Straw

Just A Thought – Drug Problem

December 6, 2010 0

Just because I am writing about news in Culver City does not mean it’s a good thing that so much of it happens in my neighborhood. When I woke up a few weeks ago to …[READ MORE]

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Just a Thought – Curtis Massey, Karen Bass and Lenny Bruce

November 29, 2010 6

At the City Council meeting last Monday night on Nov. 22, there was a moment so absurd that it was farce. I realized it was farce when I saw that everyone involved was taking it …[READ MORE]

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  • The World's Largest Swim Lesson @ The Plunge - June 26
    June 26
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    June 28
  • Better Overland - City Reaches Out for Community Feedback on Project
    June 17
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    June 21
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    June 21
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    June 22
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    June 21
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    June 14
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