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By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter The Culver City Expo Line station was closed for almost two hours on Tuesday, due to a security threat involving what police called "a suspicious package" on the station platform. According to Lieutenant Allen Azran of the Culver City Police a call came in at about 2:50 p.m. regarding the package. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department was alerted and closed the station with assistance from the Culver City Police, who diverted traffic from the area. The...
Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe announced the County's Safe Surrender Program celebrated success for the first time this year with the report of a safely surrendered newborn baby girl. This most recent safe surrender occurred on January 4, 2014 at a hospital in Culver City. Knabe did not name the hospital in his press release. As is standard practice, the newborn is in protective custody and will be placed with families approved for adoption by the Department of Children and Family Servi...
Culver City Mayor Jeff Cooper, who is seeking re-election to a seat on the Culver City Council in the April, 2014 election, officially filed his re-election papers last week at City Hall and launched his new campaign website: http://www.cooperforcouncil.com. Cooper becomes the second candidate to file papers following Councilman Jim Clarke who filed the previous week. Before filing his official papers, Cooper met with supporters at The Conservancy and told them his top goal will be to continue...
The Culver City Historical Society's installation of officers will take place on Wednesday evening, January 15 at Sony Pictures Plaza Atrium Museum from 6:30 pm to 8:30. The 2014-2016 officers will be: Michelle Bernardin, president, Tami Eskridge, 1st VP, Development, Julie Lugo Cerra, 2nd VP, Museum, Hope Parrish and Dennis Parrish, 3rd VP Programs, Adrienne Bernardin, Secretary, and Linda Forman, Treasurer. Mayor Jeffrey Cooper will act as the installing officer. An Hors d'oeuvres Reception...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist A big thank you to Culver City council member and former Coast Guardsman Jim Clarke for the following: The Veterans History Project was created by Congress in 2000 to collect, preserve and make accessible personal accounts of American war veterans. The project goal is to ensure that future generations hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. Veterans from World War I, Word War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War,...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Fans of the Culver City High girls basketball team know that the team played in the 2013 CIF State Basketball Championships last season while compiling a record 24 wins under the tutelage of Julian Anderson and his staff. The girls can no longer can fly under the radar. Despite the team losing its top player and leader from last year due to graduation and the fact they are now a marked date on their opponents' calendar, the girls have quietly embarked on their...
Culver CityBus will be revising schedules beginning Monday January 6. The schedule changes will affect Lines 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7. Line 4 will resume service into West LA College during the winter session (beginning of January to beginning of February. Every year) and expand the existing summer session schedule (which will also be used for the winter session) to include a few bus trips from Monday through Thursday that presently go into the College during regular fall and spring semesters, to...
Councilmember Jim Clarke ended the year by becoming the first candidate for a seat on the City Council to file his official forms with the City Clerk on December 31. Surrounded by supporters, he went through the many documents with the City Clerk Martin Cole and his assistant Jeremy Green to assure everything was in order. Everyone held their breath when Cole asked Clarke if he was sure he wanted his name on the ballot as a candidate for City Council. A resounding cheer went up when Jim replied...
January The Culver City Cultural Affairs Commission held a "town hall" meeting on January 8, with speakers from city staff, representatives from local museums and arts organizations, and members of the public all weighing in on plans for the arts in Culver City. The Culver City Fire Department and Police Department responded to a shooting on Green Valley Circle in the Fox Hills area of Culver City. Initial reports indicated that the victim committed suicide. It was the first reported suicide in...
Bill Reider, General Manager of the DoubleTree by Hilton LA Westside, has been elected Chair of the Culver City Chamber of Commerce for the 2014 year. Reider, has served as GM for seven years, leading the hotel through its successful rebranding to a DoubleTree property of more than 360 rooms. Reider will lead an Executive Committee made up of Kevin Lachoff, Chair-Elect of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, commercial brokers; Immediate Past Chair Michael Hamill of Grandview National Inc; Vice-Chairs...
A ribbon cutting was held by the Culver City Chamber of Commerce at the recent grand opening of House of Fitness in the Culver Crossroads Center on Sepulveda and Washington. House of Fitness is a premier training facility. They offer programs for all levels of personal training....
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor The Lakers announced that Kobe Bryant will be out for six weeks with a broken bone in his left leg. Doctor Robert Klapper, ESPN radio’s medical expert with a distinguished reputation in his field, told listeners that because the injury is on a lower extremity Kobe won’t be able to train during the six weeks to get back into playing shape. Most likely, then, the Lakers can expect to be without the Kobe they’ve come to rely on for probably two months. Well, two mon...
When several National Football League coaching openings became available last week UCLA's Jim Mora Jr. was prominently mentioned. His response was to say thanks but no thanks. Mora has concluded two spectacular years at UCLA. There were nine victories last season and 10 this season. UCLA beat USC both years. The Bruins routed Virginia Tech, 42-12 in last week's Sun Bowl, scoring 28 points in the fourth quarter. Mora said he's not one to hop onto a new job. He likes it here. And he's building som...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 2 of Fed Altieri’s interview with Maury Wills at Westfield, Culver City during the Dodgers’ recent Holiday Tour) Maury Wills: “The players we looked up to and the players we wanted to be like were these older guys that played on Sundays who called themselves semi-pro. I don’t know why semi-pro, they didn’t get paid. “They had mixed-matched uniforms on, argyle socks under the stirrups. If they didn’t get too drunk on Saturday night...
(EDITOR'S NOTE: When all-time great Maury Wills appeared at Westfield, Culver City with the Dodgers' recent Holiday Tour the Observer's Fred Altieri was there to interview him. This is the first of two parts. By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Maury Wills was born to be a Los Angeles Dodger. Eighty One years later he is still a Dodger, as sharp and as alert as during the 1960's when he altered the fundamentals of major league baseball with his speed and prowess on the base paths. Wills recently...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Go south along Sepulveda Boulevard in Culver City and eventually, where the street turns southwest, you will pass Sorrento Market. The Italian-style deli and market has just marked its 50th anniversary as a Culver City institution. Users on web pages such as Yelp and Plus.Google give Sorrento rave reviews. A typical comment (from Jasmine Cameron on Google) "One of the best sandwiches in Culver City and the price ($5.00) is even better!" Katherine Vera is the...
"I'll Go On" by Samuel Beckett opens Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City Previews of the Gate Theatre production are January 10 and 11. A celebrated interpreter of Beckett, Barry McGovern is known to Los Angeles audiences for his performance as Vladimir in the acclaimed 2012 production of "Waiting for Godot" at the Mark Taper Forum (LADCC Awards, Best Revival and Best Ensemble; Ovation Award Best Production and Best Ensemble). "I'll Go On," which i...
Thanks to a special double feature of fun next week (not to mention some strict review embargoes currently in place), I start off the first full week of 2014 with an early review of REASONABLE DOUBT, a riveting legal thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson and Dominic Cooper that is available now on VOD and in theatres next week, plus, THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL, the sophomore directorial efforts of a keenly executed psychological coming-of-age thriller compliments of writer/director Francesca...
