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The audio/visual systems in the Mike Balkman Council Chambers are being upgraded. The project began on December 15 and is scheduled to be completed after a 15-week construction period. The city anticipates the project being completed by the end of March. During constructio, the Council Chambers are not available for use as a meeting location for the City Council and the four City Commissions. City Council meetings will be held in the Rotunda Room of the Veterans Memorial Building located at 4117...
"Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere" is the theme for Culver City's 10th Annual Celebration of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The day-long celebration will feature the film "Freedom Summer", directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Earl Nelson, Jr. Culver City's MLK celebration will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 17 at the Culver City Senior Center, 4095 Overland Avenue in Culver City. The event is free and open to the public. Other activities during Culver...
After spending nearly two years and 4,500 hours reviewing scientific research, New York's Department of Health concluded that fracking poses significant risks to human health and safety. With unprecedented deference to public health experts, New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo extended the state's moratorium on high-volume fracking operations. Fracking has been a concern of Culver City residents and officials for many years with meetings held regarding the safety of fracking under Culver City from...
By David W. Myers Contributing Editor Two local boys sponsored by the Culver City Elks will toe the free-throw line at Staples Center on Saturday, hoping to net their way into the finals of the Elks’ annual “Hoop Shoot” competition and have their names engraved on a placard inside the NBA’s Basketball Hall of Fame. John Matthews, age 11, and Michael Yang, 12, sank more than 20 of their allotted 25 shots during the preliminary round last month in the gym at the Boys and Girls Club in Venice....
Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City) announces plans to host the California Budget Priorities Forum | 2015 – Los Angeles | Culver City, a community public policy gathering on state budget priorities for the 54th Assembly District. The focus will be on the impact of proposed state spending on the cities of Los Angeles and Culver City in Fiscal Year 2015-2016 beginning July 1. The Budget Priorities Forum will be held on Saturday, January 24 from 9 am. to 1 pm at Susan Miller D...
Westside Neighborhood School announces the first of its speaker series events, featuring Dr. Wendy Mogel, is scheduled for January 21 from 7 pm to 9. She will then be available to sign books. Dr. Mogel is a clinical psychologist and author specializing in parenting. She’s a frequent guest on The Today Show and is regularly interviewed by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and NPR. A popular keynote speaker, she lectures widely at conferences and schools around the world. Currently she serves on the scientific a...
Three undergraduate students from Culver City made the 2014 Spring Dean's List at Arizona State University. Vita Dipolito, Devon Edwards and Jessica Hoffman received academic honors by making earning 12 or more graded semester hours during a semester in residence at ASU with a GPA of 3.50 or higher. A notation regarding Dean's List achievement appears on their unofficial transcript. Arizona State University is a major public educational institution, a premier research center and a leader in...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist The Mayor and the Police Chief should be on the Culver City television station talking about procedures with choke holds, tasers, shoot-to-kill policy, etc., etc., etc. Because of all the police allegedly murdering Afro-Americans we need cop cams to protect good cops and help get rid of the bad guys. Los Angeles and New York City are starting pilot programs. How many of us remember the Rodney King fiasco when all those law enforcement people beat the...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter The students and athletes at Culver City High are about to enjoy the benefits of the school's current renovation and installation projects as the final stages of the older athletic fields and a new multi-purpose game and practice field are completed in early 2015. This is the next major phase of infrastructure upgrades to the athletic program's facilities that began last year with the unveiling of Jerry Chabola stadium, the playing field and track complex....
Alina Kupchak, 15-year-old daughter of Lakers’ General Manager Mitch Kupchak and his wife, Claire, has died following a lengthy illness. The Kupchaks expressed their appreciation of well wishers but asked for privacy at this difficult time. The Clippers’ issued a press release expressing their regrets....
Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez, after consulting with the presidents of the nine LACCD schools and the LACCD Academic Senate, has selected the proposal from the West Los Angeles College Dental Hygiene program to submit for consideration for the state's historic baccalaureate degree pilot program. California State Senate Bill 850 authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to establish the program at no more than 15 community...
The annual meeting and installation dinner for the Culver City Friends of the Library will be held on Friday, January 16 in the Garden Room at Vets Memorial Building (4117 Overland Ave) at 6:15 pm. Dinner will include a variety of chili's and side dishes from Tubs Fine Chili, along with desserts from the Friends Board members. The cost is $30 which will help support the library remodeling project. You can RSVP to [email protected] or mail checks to CCFOL at 10733 Ranch Road, Culver City, CA 90230. In addition to good friends, good food and good...
The Los Angeles Sports Council has named Angels outfielder Mike Trout and Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw as the 2014 Sportsmen of the Year. Each player won the Most Valuable Player Award in their respective league, which is the first time an Angel and a Dodger have been so recognized in the same year. The pair will be honored during the 10th Annual LA Sports Awards, presented by Coca-Cola, which will be held on Sunday, March 15 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. The LA Sports Awards are presented...
• The Culver City Cultural Affairs Foundation presents architectureTALKS, a series of three architecture talks presented by internationally renowned professionals based in Culver City. Proceeds from the series’ ticket sales will benefit technical enhancements (lighting, sound, and projection equipment) for the Veterans Memorial Building Auditorium, with the intent of increasing public performances and film screenings at that venue. The first event is scheduled for January 25 and features awa...
A thoughtful film that places the past and its lingering effects on the present as told through feuding Appalachian families who can't or don't want to move forward in a 1970's backwoods North Carolina, THE WORLD MADE STRAIGHT is a microcosmic microscopic examination of introspection. Adapted from Ron Rash's 2006 novel by writer Shane Danielson and directed by David Burris, THE WORLD MADE STRAIGHT is a slow, methodical, atmospheric burn that celebrates the gravitas of performances from the likes...
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter The Clippers (23-12) failed their mid-term test on Monday by losing to the Atlanta Hawks (26-8), best record in the Eastern Conference, 107-98. The Hawks went 18-2 in the month of December. This contest was an indication of what the Clippers need to do to beat the top teams in the league, which has been their Achilles heel. They now have a 7-10 record against winning teams. Clippers team leader Chris Paul, gave praise to the Hawks after the game. "It is a...
For many years the Pac-10 champion and Big Ten champion capped a football season by playing in the Rose Bowl game. This time the conference’s best teams, Oregon and Ohio State, will also cap a season. But it won’t be in merely one of many bowl games, it will be in the first college football national championship game. Oregon has already conquered its Rose Bowl opponent, Florida State, 59-20 in the playoff semi-final. It now moves on to the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium in Arlington, Texas Monday, Jan....
The finger of God seems to have descended on Hollywood the past few years with a resurgence in the spectacle of the Old Testament and teaching of the New, on both the big and small screens. Perhaps a commentary on the world itself, perhaps as tool to give hope in desperate times, perhaps divine intervention, but we are none the worse for wear for the experiences given us by Roma Downey's "The Bible" and 'Son of God" or Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" and now, in perhaps the grandest spectacle yet, Rid...
