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Niko Vlahakis, who shares his giving spirit with the homeless, was recently named an ABC7 Cool Kid. "They think they're alone. I would like those people to feel like there are people who care and people who would love to see them get back on their feet and want to see them succeed," Vlahakis said. For years, Vlahakis and his family have been volunteering with the organization, The Giving Spirit. Among other activities they help assemble and distribute survival kits for the homeless. "I like...
The Culver City Garden Club will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, February 3 at 7 pm in the Garden Room of Veterans Building, 4117 Overland Ave. at Culver Blvd. The meeting is free and there is free parking around the site. The speaker will be Yvonne Savio, Volunteer Coordinator for the Master Gardener Program. She will give a presentation entitled "Huell Howser Garden Tour on Innovative Ways to Garden With Re-Purposed Items". There will also be refreshments, a raffle and a "Show, Tell & Ask table"....
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Last week Clippers coach Doc Rivers was considering making a trade that would bring his son, Austin Rivers to the team. He asked his wife what she thought of the idea. "Chris has been with me a long time and she said the same thing I was thinking," the coach told me. "If you think it will help the Clippers do it." The Clippers did it and it was a historic move. Never before in the NBA had a team had a head coach and his son on the same squad. One year the Denver...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist I must admit that prior to the Culver City Democratic Club endorsement meeting held on January 14 in the Veterans Auditorium Complex for Community College Board of Trustees, I was stumped. However, after listening to the candidates for Seat 7, I feel Joyce Burrell Garcia has the best qualifications, professional experience, formal training, platform and personal attributes of any of the candidates for this position. (As in past and future commentaries, my...
California¬¬¬ State Treasurer John Chiang announced the suspension of administrative fees for the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Loss Reserve Program, which allows California homeowners to finance energy and water efficiency projects through property assessment payments over a five-, 10- or 20-year period. "This popular program enables homeowners to finance energy-efficient windows, heating and air-conditioning systems, solar power and water conservation measures," Chiang said. "I hope that by cutting fees we will make it more af...
The Glaucoma Institute of Beverly Hills announces that January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness in America. The Glaucoma Institute of Beverly Hills believes it is our duty to educate the public about the effects of Glaucoma, the importance of early diagnosis for this often undetected and incurable, but controllable condition and the latest advances in diagnostic methods and treatment options. Michael S. Berlin, M.D., Director of the Glaucoma Institute of Beverly Hills, Professor of Clinical...
Sony Pictures Entertainment announces that Oscar(®) nominee Kristine Belson has been named President, Sony Pictures Animation (SPA). In her new role Belson will lead the development and production of original material as well as current and future franchises, focusing on creating an environment that nurtures animators and artists. She will report to Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group. Belson joins Sony Pictu...
The Social Justice and Mission Team of Culver-Palms United Methodist Church will be hosting a presentation and discussion about racial imbalance in U.S. prisons on Sunday, February 1, from noon until 2 p.m. Reverend Timothy Murphy, Executive Director of the group Progressive Christians Uniting, will address the questions of why the United States, with 5% of the world's population, has 25% of the world's prison population and why more than 60% of that group consists of African-American or...
Beverly Polokoff, 84, died Nov. 28, 2014. She was born May 3, 1930, to Morris and Fanny Polokoff in Kansas City. Beverly had an interesting and unique life, living in Culver City for the majority of her adult years. She had a long career in PR working for liberal politicians and many non-profits. She was a proud supporter of all aspects of human equality. Beverly was an early pioneer for women's rights and prominent voice to many who had none. Beverly will be missed by many, including her...
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter Neil Sedaka - singer, songwriter, composer, pianist, and author – will be performing at Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills as part of the KABC Legends Series on February 7. And living legend he is. There are just a few of the titles that can be used to describe Sedaka. His impressive 50-year career ranges from being one of the first teen pop sensations of the ‘50’s, a relevant songwriter who wrote songs for himself and other artists in the ‘60’s, to being a s...
Here are some highlights from the City Council meeting of January 26, 2015. At this meeting, the City Council: • Received a presentation from representatives of the Culver City Sister City, Inc. who recently visited Culver City's Sister City Iksan City, South Korea. • Presented a proclamation designating February as American Hearth Month and February 6, 2015 as "Go Red for Women Day." • Received and filed the Measure Y Sales Tax Status Report. • Approved an amendment to the Professional Services...
I’m responding to your coverage of events that occurred at Culver City High School in December 2013, and were reported to school officials and police in January 2014. Your report seems to be based on allegations made in a recent lawsuit brought against the Culver City Unified School District on behalf of a female former student. At a meeting on Friday, January 22 with CCUSD leadership, Lt. Jason Simms of the Culver City Police Department (CCPD) said that three sexual assaults occurred on c...
On Wednesday, February 4 and February 16 at 6 pm, all are invited to learn more about the important role In-Home Support Services Provider (IHSS Providers) play in health care and the free, three-month training program offered at West Los Angeles College. West is located near Jefferson at 9000 Overland, Culver City. More details on the information sessions can be found at www.WLAC.edu/Allied-Health/Index.aspx or call (310) 287-7226. IHSS Providers are a non-licensed healthcare workers who...
By David W. Myers, Contributing Editor Leonard "Lenny" Rubien, a decorated Army Air Force veteran of World War II and longtime resident of Culver City' Sunkist Park community, has passed away. He was 94. Rubien died peacefully in his sleep earlier this month at the Westside's Vista Del Sol Care Center, where he was recuperating from a fall. His family was at his side. Rubien was born in 1920 in Melrose, Mass., the younger of two boys. His father was a goldsmith and his mother was a homemaker....
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter The practical simplicity of Ocean League scheduling insures that the Culver City High girls and boys basketball team seasons synchronize once league play begins. The girls are usually scheduled to play at 6 p.m. and the boys immediately follow at 7:30 every Wednesday and Friday throughout the league season. Their victories synched up for the first time this year on Friday, Jan. 23, as both teams won at Hawthorne High... both in tightly fought contests. The...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor All right, you win, we surrender. Those words often come from battlefields. Today, they appear to be coming from the Lakers. When Kobe Bryant underwent surgery Wednesday to repair a torn rotator cuff the Lakers adopted a plan for the upcoming months and most likely the rest of the season. Instead of fielding a lineup they’d likely put on the court in a bid for a playoff berth they’re featuring a group of inexperienced players they’re hoping to develop for the f...
It’s a wild weekend on the big and small screens this weekend with the Super Bowl on tv and some powerhouse films opening in the theatres. On the heels of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act come two films focused on racial divide. The one, BLACK OR WHITE, written and directed by Mike Binder and starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer with an Oscar-worthy turn by Anthony Mackie, approaches the issue from the perspective of child custody and two loving grandparents - one White and o...
Anyone who knows me or who has read any of my reviews or interviews over the past few decades knows of my admiration and affection for action films, stunt work, Jason Statham and director Simon West. Put all of those ingredients together, and toss in a screenplay by William Goldman, and I'm in. Needless to say, you can imagine my excitement for WILD CARD as it not only blends all of these elements in this slick, as-to-be-expected reflective and brooding crime drama, but minimizes the action...
STRANGE MUSIC is music to my heart! Think an animated "Moulin Rouge!" that embraces the George Lucas ideals of dark & light, finding beauty and love in the darkest places, experiencing incredible new worlds, and all set in another kind of galaxy far, far away, this one comprised of The Fairy Kingdom and The Dark Forest. Yes. George Lucas. The man behind the mythical worlds of The Fairy Kingdom and The Dark Forest (also the man behind The Empire and The Force) has a soft side, an animated side,...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter A Culver City High School student has filed a lawsuit against the Culver City Unified School District in regard to sexual abuse that she allegedly suffered from members of the high school football team in December, 2013. In the suit, filed on January 14 in Los Angeles Superior Court, the girl, known in the suit as "A.S." charges that in December 2013, when she was a 14-year old freshman, she was abused on the high school campus "multiple times between the...
Based on a true story, with a script by Eric J. Adams, director Deon Taylor explores the dividing lines of race, family and the hate that fuels those lines with an intensity that at times is almost overwhelming with explosive emotion with SUPREMACY. Garrett Tully, a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, had just been released from the maximum security Pelican Bay State Prison not 15 hours earlier when he kills a state trooper. Now a fugitive and on the run, with the help of Doreen, a friend to the...
