2010-01-21
Heart-pounding freeway drama gives sports editor a new outlook on life
CommentarThere I was, spinning out of control along the 101 Freeway like a Nate Kaeding field-goal attempt in the playoffs. And, like Kaeding, I missed everything I was supposed to hit. Every year about this time I drive down to San Diego to watch my beloved Chargers choke away a postseason game in the most devastating fashion imaginable. I spend […]
Ticket grief
In the past, when I’ve read letters of complaints regarding traffic tickets in the Agoura Hills and Oak Park area, I thought, “What a bunch of whiny-butts. You broke the law, you get a ticket.” But in the last year I received three tickets in your “safe” cities. The first one was for a senior moment when I wrote the […]
Teens gain new perspective from trip to Guatemala
I have been fortunate to work closely with nearly a thousand preteens and teens in my 13 years as a cantor. Most of these wonderful kids have lived in relative affluence. Teaching them blessings has been fairly easy, but teaching them the reality of being blessed has been a challenge. On Dec. 26 I led a trip to Guatemala with […]
Donors needed for stem cell registry
A stem cell registry event to sign up potential donors will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mon., Jan. 25 at Las Virgenes Academy, in Building M on the A.E. Wright Middle School campus, 4029 N. Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas. The event is for Jeff Tohl, who was diagnosed with nonHodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006. He underwent a stem […]
Plug for candidate Winograd
This is in response to Cindy Siedner. Ms. Winograd’s deep knowledge of the Middle East is profound. She understands the politics in this part of the world and before all the human tragedy of the Palestinian people. She understands the deep conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, the injustice and the flagrant abuse of human rights done to the Palestinians. […]
Agoura Hills teen wins festival jazz competiton
Agoura Hills resident Christian Choh, 17, is the winner of the Ventura Music Festival Jazz Competition. He will play alto saxophone along with Latin musician Pete Escovedo and his brass section on stage for a special performance at 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 13 at the Ventura High School Theater. Choh has competed many times as a player in the Agoura […]
Air Jordan
Calabasas shooting guard is Marmonte’s most explosive playerThis was Jordan Coleman’s moment, and he was going to make sure everyone in the building knew it, too. In the opening minutes of the Calabasas High boys’ basketball game at Thousand Oaks on Jan. 8, Coleman threw down a ferocious dunk on the reigning Marmonte League most valuable player, Alex Tiffin. By turning Tiffin into poster fodder, the message […]