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MOVIE REVIEW SPECIAL : Something for the “Mature” and the “Young” STRUCK BY LIGHTNING QUARTET Gone is the old rule of thumb that the “dog” movies of the year open in the first quarter and 2013 is living proof of that. With award winners and potential award winners going into wide release and some fantastic new films opening just in the first two weeks of the new year, 2013 is off to a great cinematic start and this week is no exception with STRUCK BY LIGHTNING and QUARTET. While STRUCK BY L...
January 7, 2013 City Clerk’s Office · Recruitments - Recruitment for the Finance Advisory Committee will close at 5 pm on Thursday, January 17. Also, the recruitment for the newly-formed Fiesta La Ballona Committee will be officially opened on Thursday, January 10. Information on both of these open recruitments can be found on the City’s website. Community Development Department · Tilden Terrace – The Tilden Terrace project continues to make good progress toward completion. The project is now 55.5% complete, with an expected completion date of...
Those who enjoy being outdoors and working with young people should consider applying for the California Conservation Corps' upcoming "Conservationist I" crew supervisor exam. Deadline for submitting applications is Friday, January 18. A state application (Form 678), available online, must be postmarked by that date. The Conservationist I most frequently serves as a crew supervisor for 10-15 corpsmembers, young men and women between the ages of 18 and 25. Crews work in both urban and rural areas on a wide variety of natural resource projects...
Free Income Tax Preparation and Family Services events will be hosted by Board of Equalization Chairman Jerome E. Horton and local elected officials throughout Los Angeles County during the next three months. Families and individuals will receive tax preparation assistance from trained and certified volunteers, as well as information on low cost and free medical services, job preparation assistance, food and nutrition service, discount telephone service, low-cost auto insurance, and more. These Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) events...
For January 1 to 7 Vandalism: On January 2 at 7:34 am a victim of vandalism called the police department to report his business had been vandalized. The business is located in the 5800 block of Washington Boulevard. On December 30, 2012 at 7 pm he locked and secured the location and there was no damage to the location. When he returned on January 2, 2013 at 7 am he discovered the vandalism. Burglary: On January 2 at 12:09 pm officers responded to the 10300 block of Jefferson Boulevard regarding a burglary investigation. The officers arrived...
Long-time Culver City resident Jerome “Jerry” Ackerman, an artist/designer and a driving force in the Mid-Century Modern art movement in California, will be the featured speaker at the Culver City Historical Society’s general meeting on Wednesday, January 16. The event, at the Veterans Memorial Building’s Multi-Purpose Room, 4117 Overland Avenue, will begin at 7 pm. Ackerman will discuss his life with his late wife and collaborator, Evelyn Ackerman, in conversation with gallery director Gerard Brien of Reform Gallery. The Ackermans’ works hav...
Applications are now being accepted for the Fiesta La Ballona Committee. The City Council formalized the Fiesta La Ballona Committee as a City Council appointed committee on December 10, 2012 to support the planning and promotion of Fiesta La Ballona, the annual City of Culver City event celebrating the diversity and heritage of the Heart of Screenland. Additional information about the event may be found at www.fiestalaballona.org. Interested persons are welcome to submit an application to the City Clerk’s Office no later than 5 pm on T...
In response to the needs of the Culver City community, Public Works Refuse and Recycling Division, California Recycles, Inc. and Exceptional Children’s Foundation have partnered to manage the safe removal of electronic equipment and divert it from the landfill. This program provides for residential and business customers to dispose of electronic waste for free. Please mark your calendars for this year’s scheduled Electronic Waste Roundup on the following Saturdays, January 12, 2013, May 11 2013 and September 14, 2013. Where: Exceptional Chi...
In a letter to the editor in your 12/27/12 issue my friend and neighbor, Neil Rubenstein, states that Culver City taxpayers are “getting hosed” by two former public employees of the city who are now drawing six-figure pensions. He calls upon the City Council to “get serious with pension reform’ and for Sacramento to forbid “pension spiking’ and to offer new employees 401K-type plans in place of defined benefit plans. However, he fails to mention four facts which militate against his conclusions. --The pensions at issue are defined benefits of...
Jack Stubbs, a resident of Culver City since 1951, died on December 22. Born in Missouri on March 17, 1926 Stubbs served his country in the Counter Intelligence unit of the United States Army. He was stationed in the Philippines during World War II. Following his service he worked for Douglas Aircraft and Hughes Aircraft and knew Howard Hughes personally when Hughes ran the company. He retired from Boeing. He traveled to all 50 states where he took many pictures and was and accomplished painter of the places he visited. He met his future wife M...
It has been in the back of the minds of fans and some in the media throughout the early part of the NBA season. It has been a problem magnified by recent developments. Now it’s out in the open. The Lakers are in danger of failing to qualify for the playoffs which they’ve dominated so often through the years. The franchise which has won 16 championships and acquired Dwight Howard and Steve Nash prior to this season is stumbling through one dismal defeat after another. The loss at home to Den...
The long National Hockey League lockout is close to ending after the sides reached a tentative agreement last week. The plan is to begin a 48-game schedule around January 19. The salary cap is expected to be $64 million. A Staples Center ceremony is planned for the defending champion Los Angeles Kings....
That was some basketball competition between Culver City and West Torrance Highs last week. The Culver boys played at home and despite an inspiring fourth quarter comeback lost a 51-50 decision. In defeat the Centaurs held the visitors to four points in the fourth quarter. The girls’ teams played at West Torrance and Culver City won, 50-47. The Culver girls, fresh from a tournament in Arizona, improved their record to 10-4. Ocean League play began Wednesday night and defending champion Santa M...
What happens when you take a true, touching, heart-wrenching story more than 50 years in the making, have Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope adapt it into script form and then cast Judi Dench as the title character? You get PHILOMENA. A story that touches the heart with love, laughter and humanity. Based on the 2009 book by former BBC correspondent, Martin Sixsmith, "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee", PHILOMENA is a sympathetic and often humorous telling of Philomena Lee and her 50 year search for her so...
