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Barbershop Ristorante Moves To Culver Barbershop, the successful pop-up restaurant by Chef Walter el Nagar (Michelin-starred La Botte) and partner Mario Vollera (Piccolo Venice), will relocate to Culver City on January 30. The new location will be at La Petite Crêperie, 3809 Grand View Boulevard, and operate through February 16. La Petite Crêperie, which traditionally serves French-style breakfast, lunch, and weekend brunch will be transformed into Barbershop Ristorante Italiano starting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday evenings. Keeping with hi...
Congratulations are in order for three California public high school students recently named as the winners of the third annual "Education for All" photography contest, a collaboration between the California Association of African-American Superintendents and Administrators (CAAASA) and Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP (F3). David Carter from the Culver City Unified School District and Ingrid Vazquez and Andrea Fairbanks, both of the Vista Unified School District, will each receive a $1,000 education award for their winning entries in the...
Loyola Marymount University has announced the students named to the Dean's List for the fall 2012 semester. Among them are several local students: • Angelica Cadiente, of Culver City • Bryan Campos, of Culver City • Max Osborne, of Culver City • Ana Perez, of Culver City • Caitlin Reback, of Culver City • Jessica Uribe, of Culver City Students named to the Dean's list have completed 15 semester hours at LMU and earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better. Additionally, a student must have completed all of his or her courses and...
The Lights are On At Culver Dog Park After 11 years of fundraising and working with the City of Culver City, The Friends of the Culver City Dog Park announce the culmination of their dreams – the dream to build a Dog Park in Culver City has been completed. Through a generous donation by Nantworks, the Boneyard’s new neighbor, the Dog Park now has security lights to illuminate the Park in the evenings. Dogs and their owners will be able to use the Park from dawn to 10 p.m. every day. “We are so happy to see this final piece of the puzzle fall...
The Culver City Garden Club will hold its next meeting on February 5, at 7 pm at Star Education, 10117 Jefferson Blvd., in Culver City [between Raintree and Duquesne]. The featured speaker will be Jim Hogue from Cal State Northridge, speaking on "Encouraging Beneficial Insects to Stay in Your Garden". There will also be a plant Show, Tell & Ask" and refreshments. The meeting is free and open to all....
The Pacific Art Guild will meet Wednesday, February 6 at 7 pm at the Community Room, Westchester Civic Center, 7166 Manchester Avenue, Westchester. Guests are welcome. The guest demonstrator for February will be David Wolfram, who graduated with distinction from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After working 22 years at Mattel, Inc., as a toy designer, he returned to his love for painting and will demonstrate painting a landscape in pastel. Info: Vickie Myers, President (310)322-5059...
What’s not to love when you’ve got Taylor Hackford behind the camera and Jason Statham, Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce, Clifton Collins Jr., Micah Hauptman, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez and Patti Lupone in front of it! Stepping into the action genre for the first time in his storied career, Hackford is charged with bringing the beloved Richard Stark (one of the pseudonyms for Donald E. Westlake) character of Parker to the big screen and, for the first time in film adaptation history of the boo...
Linwood E. Howe Elementary School and Culver City High were the spotlighted schools at the Culver City School Board’s first meeting of the New Year on January 22. Kim Indelicato, principal of Linwood E. Howe (or as it is familiarly known, Lin Howe), gave a presentation on her school as several students sat on the floor in front of the podium, all wearing Linwood E. Howe T-shirts. “We focus on a well-balanced approach…..a challenging, authentic, and nurturing environment,” said Indelic...
Senator Price Says ‘Make Consumers The Priority’ Senator Curren D. Price, Jr. (D-Culver City) appeared before the California Health Benefits Exchange Board on Thursday to urge the new state agency to promote awareness and benefits of the Affordable Care Act in communities of color, which will be one of their largest groups of consumers. As the Exchange rolls out its outreach plan, the Senator ensured the Board that his office will be closely monitoring their efforts, especially during this, their “Consumer Outreach and Education Phase...
Cornell University's Adriana Wong of Culver City has been placed on the Dean's List of the College of Arts and Sciences for Excellence in Scholarship for the fall 2012 semester. The College of Arts and Sciences is Cornell University's largest undergraduate college. It provides a high-quality liberal arts education to its own students, and its courses are also accessible to all other students at Cornell....
For January 14 through 21 Car Burglary: On January 14 at 3 pm a victim came to the police department to report her car had been burglarized. The victim said she parked and locked her 2011 Jeep in the 10700 block of Jefferson Boulevard at 1:30 pm. When she returned at 2:15 pm she discovered her property missing. Residential Burglary: On January 14 at 5:50 pm officers responded to the 6500 block of Green Valley Circle regarding a burglary investigation. The officers met with the victim who told them the following. She left her residence locked an...
January 22, 2013 City Clerk’s Office · Recruitments - The application period for the Finance Advisory Committee closed on January 17. There were 23 applications. The City Council is expected to consider appointments at a meeting in February. Community Development Department · Irving Place – The project is approximately 49% complete and should be complete in May 2013. West side of the building: Abraxis Bioscience at 9920 Jefferson Boulevard, "front" remodel of building on Jefferson Blvd.: The uphill side of the new "rear" building: · Tilden...
Detective Ryan Thompson, 33, a 10-year veteran of the Culver City Police Department was arrested early Monday morning in Nashville. Culver City Police confirm the arrest. Ryan and a fellow CCPD officer were in Music City to pick up a prisoner at the Metro jail. WKRN-TV News in Nashville reported Ryan was charged with public intoxication after he was escorted out of Bailey's Irish Pub on Lower Broadway. The arrest report said, Thompson was "banging on the front window" after he was forced to leave. He then "walked into the back door of the...
The City received 24 applications for six seats on the newly- formed Finance Advisory Committee. Three seats will be residents of the city and three will be business owners regardless of their residency. The applicants include a former city treasurer, three former Chairmen of the Culver City Chamber of Commerce, a former Councilmember and Mayor, once current and one former planning commissioner and the Publisher of the Culver City Observer. The committee was formed as part of the city sales tax increase passed by voters in November to advise...
The $75 winner of the "name each of the 50 governors and the amount of his/her annual salary" contest is Efrem Violin. I bet all those who participated were amazed that the average yearly income without benefits is $128,000, or $10,677 per month. As of July 31, 2012 our city had 25 retirees who receive over $10,000 per month (UNBELIEVABLE): Cerris Black, $15,079.61; Craig Bloor, $11,255.96; Donald Ruetz, $11,524.57; Elwin Cooke, $12,511.00; Henry Davies, $14,338.48; Jeffrey Eastman, $15,321.50; John Montanio, $11,031.26; Mary Chang,...
LA Clippers Are Finding Out Observer Editor When the Los Angeles Clippers built a training facility on the Westside four years ago they were happy with the location. “Most of our players live within 10 minutes,” said team spokesman Joe Safety. “It’ going to be really convenient.” It is, but there’s one hitch. The site at 6951 South Centinela Ave. between Jefferson and Sepulveda originally had a Culver City address with the city’s 90230 zip code. With the emergence of Playa Vista, that changed...
By Bosmat Eynav Sports Columnist One recent night after a Lakers game a panel on the post-game Time-Warner television show discussed the fact Dwight Howard smiles a lot. It was mentioned that previous great Lakers centers Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O’Neal were more serious. I guess in this season when the Lakers are struggling everything is open for discussion. What is all the fuss about Howard’s smile? Why can’t people let him be? Now all this talk has wiped the smile off Dwight’s face. Are you all satisfied? Claims...
Hockey Returns; Kings Enjoy Ceremony, Not Game It was a big day for the Los Angeles Kings at noon on Saturday. They opened up the shortened 48-game 2012-13 NHL season, received their long-awaited championship rings on-ice, and finally got to raise their first Stanley Cup championship banner to the rafters at Staples Center. All while the coveted Lord Stanley’s Cup was on display at center ice during the pre-game ceremony hosted by Bob Miller, Kings long-time play-by-play announcer. There was a...
The way the Culver City High boy’s basketball team has been going in a 5-14 season any victory was most welcomed. The Centaurs, who had lost their first three Ocean League games, won for the first time last Friday night when visiting Hawthorne forfeited in a game scheduled for the Culver gym. Hawthorne was involved in a brawl with Morningside in its previous game. Four players were ejected and drew an automatic one-game suspension, leaving them unable to play against Culver City. Hawthorne p...
Baseball and softball tryouts for boys and girls interested in playing in the Culver City Little League will be held this Saturday and Sunday. All players who want to join must attend at least one of the tryouts, unless they are ill or have another valid excuse, a Little League official said. Hours of the tryouts at Bill Botts Field, 9710 Jefferson Blvd., vary based on the age of the youngster and experience. A full schedule can be found at the league’s web site, www.culvercitylittleleague.org, or kids and their parents can get the i...
While concentrating on the Lakers and Clippers the last few months I didn’t see many of UCLA’s basketball games. So, when UCLA played Oregon Saturday for the Pac-12 Conference lead I watched carefully. It was a day to form opinions about a Bruin team that got off to an embarrassing start this season but then went on an impressive winning streak. How good is UCLA? Unfortunately, the Bruins lost to Oregon, 76-67, and were crushed on the backboards. The outcome confirmed what I had thought abo...
The West Los Angeles College women’s basketball team is having an outstanding season with 11 wins in 16 games. Last week the team went to Santa Monica College and emerged with a tense 56-51 victory....
