Category Archives: Matt Weinstock

Passing the Writ As every sane motorist knows, the best thing is to obey the law. Don't run any red lights. Stop for pedestrians. Don't go too fast or too slow. Make boulevard stops. Especially now. The law is bearing … Continue reading →

Only in L.A. A well-known figure in the music world was dining with a woman in a restaurant the other night when his brother walked in. The music man turned the other way and shielded his companion so they wouldn't … Continue reading →

Judging the Judge As literary editor of The Times, Bob Kirsch reads at least one book a day, some days two or three, and renders his judgments in print. Today Bob's first novel, "In the Wrong Rain," reaches the bookstores … Continue reading →

  Pupil Punishment The papers had a story from Sacramento recently stating that the Assembly had passed a bill, which has now gone to the Senate, giving teachers authority to punish students who misbehave. One paper headed the story, "Teachers' … Continue reading →

Flint's Faulty Fountain This corner has been nagged persistently the last few months by Mal Deans to do something about a civic disgrace — the stilled fountain memorial to Frank Putnam Flint (1862-1929) on the 1st Street grounds of City … Continue reading →

Day at the Races After a long hiatus, Snake, this corner's caddy correspondent, has reported in again, this time with a racetrack adventure. He and some other Bel-Air caddies who'd made a few good loops (carrying golf bags around the … Continue reading →

"A Speed Never Before Reached by Man!" Only in California There are in our city a large number of newcomers who constitute what Doris Steele, TV producer recently transplanted from New York, calls the We Love California But club. They're … Continue reading →

A Fast Start A long-cherished dream of the professors of the Italian department at UCLA — a cultural magazine named the Italian Quarterly — recently came true. As any proud authors, the profs were keenly interested in its reception. Would … Continue reading →

Check out this font. How about that G in "judge?" Police File Trouble A television station's mishandling of confidential information from criminal files in the Police Dept.'s record room has complicated the lives and labors of those hard-working, hard-bitten police … Continue reading →

  "Wha's a Int'llectual?" Good Samaritan? Nope! A man who lives on the sixth floor of a downtown hotel was awakened at 1 a.m. the other night by what he described as a banshee wail. He looked out the window … Continue reading →

'Save for Ball' The most spirited gag of the mad spring season came to a triumphant climax this week in the Civic Center. For a long time, fellow workers have been aware that Doarwell Ball, a pressman, is a scrounger. … Continue reading →

Election Gripe Ted Austin is unhappy about next Tuesday's municipal election. He doesn't think truth and justice will be served by closing the bars that day, thereby depriving thousands of deserving bartenders of a day's pay merely to provide an … Continue reading →

  Guardian of the Law On a recent Saturday about 2 p.m. Mrs. Joan Wheeler, 21, six months pregnant, began having pains. Her husband Ernest, 27, phoned the doctor, who said to take her to the hospital immediately and he … Continue reading →

Traffic Tantrums Noel Voge, professor of Slavic languages at UCLA, believes he has the explanation of our murderous freeway driving. It's tied in with GeoffreyGorer and his swaddled Russian babies. British anthropologist Gorer's thesis, which created quite a fuss when … Continue reading →

  Case of the Dead Cat Jean Helnze concedes that the Chavez Ravine eviction was more dramatic but there on the sidewalk last Tuesday in front of the publicity office at 521 N La Cienega Blvd., where she works, was … Continue reading →