Southern Sierran

Standoff At The Palos Verdes Peninsula Activist Square Off Against Equestrian Group Circling Wagons To Protect Backroom Deal With Developer

by Vic Otten

Vice Chair, Angeles Chapter Legal Committee

Members of the Board of Directors of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Horseman’s Association have quietly teamed up with a developer to turn some of the last remaining open space on the PV Peninsula—space that potentially contains a Native American burial ground and 3,000-yearold artifacts—into a new private golf course and expensive homes. Local ...

Metropolitan News-Enterprise
Monday, July 16, 2007
PERSPECTIVES (Column)
Was a Judge Entitled to TV Blackout of City Council Testimony?
By ROGER M. GRACE

The Los Angeles Superior Court case of Willett v. City of Torrance, unnoticed except by a South Bay newspaper, appears to be headed for settlement, but meaty questions raised in connection with that litigation linger. Chief among them is how much secrecy a judge should be afforded when vindicating personal interests in public proceedings.

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