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Patients at Southern California Hospital Culver City were evacuated Thursday as smoke filled multiple floors of the hospital. Firefighters were removing smoke from multiple floors after arriving shortly before 2 p.m. The Culver City was assisted by Los Angeles City fire department. Firefighters are currently checking the area for hazardous conditions, a Culver City fire official said in a statement, while patients were evacuated to the hospital's parking lot. Culver City Fire Department is advising everyone to avoid the area of Washington...
Dear CCUSD Community, I am writing with an important message regarding the recently filed lawsuit against CCUSD that has been noted throughout various media outlets. Let me open my comments with this heartfelt declaration –student safety is our top priority. Any action that could physically or emotionally harm a student is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in CCUSD. As you know, the law requires that we protect students' rights and confidentiality. We agree that in circumstances such as t...
Units of the Culver City Fire Department were dispatched at 7:35 pm Friday o a structure fire at 6050 Jefferson Blvd. which housed "Inner Gardens" garden supply company on the border of Culver City and Los Angeles. Upon arrival, units found a large fire in commercial building with LAFD units also arriving on scene. Culver City units assisted LAFD units with fire attack and due to the large volume of fire, and the roof collapsing the strategy was rapidly changed to a defensive fire attack due to...
The Los Angeles Sports Council has named Kings President and General Manager Dean Lombardi as the 2014 Sports Executive of the Year. Lombardi, the architect of the 2014 Stanley Cup Champions, will be honored during the 10th Annual LA Sports Awards, presented by Coca-Cola, on Sunday, March 15 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. A veteran of nearly 30 NHL seasons in the front office as an executive and a scout -- including the past eight with the Kings -- Lombardi has a well-earned reputation for being...
In its January meeting the Friends of Ballona Wetlands Board of Directors elected Jim Landry as its President. Landry succeeds Andy Henderson, who ended his term of successfully leading the Friends as it prepares to embark on the long awaited process of restoring the wetlands to a vibrant and healthy environment. Andy’s enthusiasm and dedication to supporting a robust environmental process with a positive impact to the wetlands will be continued. “I am honored to serve as President of the Friends of Ballona Wetlands,” Landry said. “The staff a...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor I was a young sportswriter, in my 20s when I joined the staff at the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. There was a UCLA background in my family. My brother had graduated from UCLA, and even though I tried to be an objective journalist Bob Boyd, the USC basketball coach, labeled me a Bruin. "We have to make you into a Trojan," he would say. "We can get a psychiatrist to help." It was all in good fun and it continued for many years. Regardless of how many objective...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist On March 3 we are electing candidates to the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. I have talked to Andra Hoffman and reviewed her background and experience. My following comments and opinions are strictly personal and not to be construed as a statement on behalf of this publication. I feel she would be a dynamic addition to the board. She has my vote. For the past 17 years she had taught at Glendale City College and is presently a...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter "... and keeps on ticking." Over the course of the past three years the Culver City High girls basketball team has attained that favorable standard. The Centaurs have won 32 consecutive Ocean League games after beating new-members Lawndale and El Segundo in the opening week of the 2015 league competition. The winning streak began with a league home-opener against Morningside High in January, 2012. Last Wednesday's road victory at Lawndale, considered a contender...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Russell Wilson or Tom Brady? The quarterback who plays best in Super Bowl 49 on Feb. 1 will likely lead his team to the NFL championship. Wilson, a third round draft choice who has proven to be a sensation, will try to lead his team to a second straight Super Bowl triumph. And, if necessary, he might guide the Seattle Seahawks to another miracle-like comeback as he did in the NFC championship game Jan. 18 over the stunned Green Bay Packers. Or perhaps it will be...
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter On January 23, Styx and their front-man, Tommy Shaw, along with James “JY” Young, Lawrence Gowan, Todd Sucherman and Ricky Phillips (along with the occasional surprise appearance by original bassist Chuck Panozzo) will be making a stop on their current concert tour at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. Styx has performed more live shows since ’99 than all of the previous years of its career combined. Two Super Bowl appearances, Pollstar Box Office chart...
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter The Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks met for the third time this season in the always much-anticipated “Freeway” rivalry at Staples Center on Saturday. But before the game, another much-anticipated ceremony took place. 2014 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Rob Blake, former great Kings defenseman and current assistant general manager, had his #4 jersey retired and raised to the rafters, joining Vachon, Robitaille, Dionne, Taylor, and Gretzky. Originally dra...
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter The Clippers failed another mid-term exam on Friday. This time, the “professor” was league superstar LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers who ended up with 32 points and 11 rebounds to lead his team to victory, 126-121. LeBron’s “assistant professor” Kyrie Irving ended up with a team-best 37 points and also put on a show much to the dismay of the Clippers fans. This contest was again an indication of what the Clippers need to do to beat the top teams in...
A Winter's Concert Saturday, January 31, 8 PM Earlier this month a full moon alighted over the Tower of Veterans Memorial Auditorium, where the orchestra will perform for the next concert. While there is howling at the moon, applause at the concert will suffice. Frank Fetta-Conductor and Director Musical Matthew Ennis- Saxophone An unique concert of music for string orchestra paired with a saxophone. Veterans Memorial Auditorium 4117 Overland Ave. at Culver Blvd. Culver City, CA 90231 Free parking, entrances from Culver Blvd....
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher A group claiming to be the "Progressive Slate" Swept the caucus election to represent the 54th Assembly District at the upcoming Democratic State Convention. Seven men and seven women were elected out of a field of 39 prospective delegates. Elected were Tom Camarella, Max Kanin, Nyabingi Kuti, Fred MacFarlane, Stephen Murray, Mark Ridley-Thomas, David Mielke, Suzanne De Benedittis, Lilian Carter, Denise Collier. Mary Beth Fielder, Jacquelynn Hawthorne,...
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher Kevin Lachoff was installed as the 2015 Chair of the Culver City Board of Directors last week at the Chamber's annual installation along with the newly elected board members. Lachoff, a broker with the commercial real estate firm of Newmark, Grubb, Knight and Frank, is a lifelong Westside resident who graduated from Beverly Hills High School. He was accompanied at the ceremony by his wife Michele Serra Lachoff. Coming off a year that shown a major increase...
I was one of the lucky few press who, several months ago, was treated to some early clips of NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB. My appetite for more was quickly whetted on seeing just brief glimpses of Sir Ben Kingsley and Rami Malek in all their royal glory, Ben Stiller as history's best friend Larry Daley, and that pee-happy capuchin Dexter (aka Crystal the Monkey). Now having seen the film in its entirety, I can honestly say that my enthusiasm and delight for NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM:...
Transportation Department • Line 7 Extension to the Hayden Tract – Culver CityBus began its Line 7 extension service to the Hayden Tract on Monday, January 12. The extension to the Hayden Tract runs approximately every 30 minutes at peak times only, between the hours of 5:54 am to 9:18 am and 3:28 pm to 7:28 pm. There are two stops in the Hayden Tract that people can use to take Line 7, and they are located at Hayden Avenue/Warner Drive and Higuera Street/Eastham Drive. Additionally, for tho...
Although in limited release, an indie gem that requires mention, and your attention, is LITTLE ACCIDENTS. Written and directed by Sara Colangelo, LITTLE ACCIDENTS is a very profound and thought-provoking character study, as well as study of the human condition, focused within the microcosm of reality in a West Virginia coal mining town. If LITTLE ACCIDENTS doesn't show the true chain of life and how everything intersects with everything else, how one ripple in a pond can change the entire flow...
By LaShon Rayford, Linwood Howe Parent & Executive Assistant – Human Resources CCUSD Sailing requires the courage to Explore, Dream and Discover. The students of Linwood E. Howe Elementary School are doing just that. As the strong winds propel their ship to move forward, the Vikings are adjusting their sails, leaving the harbor and navigating toward a new destination ... The Linwood E. Howe Sailing to Success College and Career Program. "The program is designed to expose and encourage our K-5 f...
Aileen Connolly of Culver City has been named to the 2014 fall semester Dean's List at Ohio Wesleyan University. To qualify for Dean's List recognition, Ohio Wesleyan students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale in all applicable classes. Founded in 1842, Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the nation's premier liberal arts universities. Its 1,750 students represent 46 U.S. states and territories and 43 countries. Learn more at www.owu.edu....
