Los Angeles County

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Nearly 20,000 new voters beat the deadline to register in Los Angeles County

FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove Voters at a Burbank polling place during last February’s Presidential Primary Election. The get out the vote campaign in Los Angeles County turned out to be a super success. Last weekend, the number of voters registered in the county hit a record-breaking 4,195,016. The last time the registration rolls leaped the 4 million mark was back in 2002. Monday was the deadline […]
Monday, October 20, 2008

Los Angeles County voter registration breaks a record

  FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove A voter marks his ballot during the February 5, 2008 California Presidential Primary. If you want to make your voice heard in the upcoming historic November 4 Presidential General Election you need to get a move on and register to vote today. October 20 is the deadline to register. In Los Angeles County, folks have been registering […]
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Grandfather in Las Vegas kidnapping case arrested in Southland

Cole Puffinburger The heart wrenching story of a 6-year-old boy kidnapped from his Las Vegas home, allegedly to settle a multi-million dollar drug deal gone sour, now has a Southern California connection. The boy’s grandfather, a person of interest in the case, is in the Central Detention Center in the city of San Bernardino today after being arrested in Riverside by U.S. Marshals last […]
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Grand View cemetery open today

FLLewis/ A Writer’s Groove A gravesite is adorned with flowers during a visitation this past summer at Grand View.  Grand View Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale will be open to visitors today by order of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mohr. Judge Mohr issued the order after a hearing last month. The troubled cemetery has been entangled in management and legal […]
Sunday, September 21, 2008

Get into a political groove: register to vote!

FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove A voter makes her choice at a Burbank polling place during last winter’s presidential primary. The deadline to register to vote is fast approaching. You have until October 20 to register for the all important Presidential General Election on November 4, 2008. The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s website lavote.net has a ton of information on voting and the […]
Saturday, July 26, 2008

A time to remember

A man pauses to reflect near a gravesite during the March 30 public visitation at struggling Grand View Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale. This visitor is one of the lucky ones. He managed to find the grave marker or at least the general area he was looking for despite the thick layers of wild grasses, weeds, and debris. I have been to […]