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Rams Head Coach Sean McVay announced today that his 18-member coaching staff is complete. “We have a great group of talented coaches that I’m very excited to work with this year,” McVay said. “They have a vast array of experiences and the qualities we are looking for as we build this staff. Their unique insight to the game will collectively make this team better as we prepare for the 2017 season.” McVay previously announced Wade Phillips as defensive coordinator on January 19. Joining him as co...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Magic Johnson is returning to the Lakers as an advisor to top executive Jeanie Buss. The announcement was made on Thursday and Johnson's duties will include meeting with coaches, evaluating the team's roster and advising on all player and business decisions. Johnson's success as a player and a businessman is likely to result in highly favorable publicity for the Lakers, who are on the verge of failing to make The NBA playoffs for a fifth straight season. But his...
Elisabeth Chu stood tall and confidently spelled the word T-H-R-O-M-B-O-S-I-S to take home the 12th Annual Culver City Unified School District Spelling Bee title on January 30 at Linwood E. Howe Elementary School. The fourth grader from Farragut Elementary School finished atop 23 other spellers – four students from each of the district's five elementary schools and Culver City Middle School competed. Chu also took home a first-place trophy and a $200 cash prize courtesy of The Fineshriber Family...
Mars. Long a dream of mankind (and especially Buzz Aldrin) is for man to go to Mars. Not just with land rovers and satellites sending images back to Earth, but to walk upon and colonize. NASA and other space agencies have now long been working toward that very goal. Tests done on space shuttle missions, on the International Space Station, and now the "Twins" experiment with astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly, are all yielding results that will further the realization of the Mars dream. Hollywood, a...
The Culver City Democratic Club will hold its monthly meeting on February 8 in the Veterans Memorial Building Rotunda Room 4117 Overland Avenue, Corner of Overland and Culver Blvd. Meetings are free with refreshments. Starts at 7 pm Having three candidates who will be running for Community College Board of Trustees they have already been endorsed by the (LACDP) Los Angeles County Democratic Party. They are for District #2 Steve Veres, District #4 Dallas Fowler and District #6 Gabriel Buelna. On Sunday Feb. 19 the club will be holding its...
Smart And Spicy "I try to have fun," he told me, when I asked about the cowboy hat and the train whistles. I'd watched Guido Lamell, Music Director/ Conductor of the Santa Monica Symphony, wearing a Stetson while conducting Rodeo. I'd laughed as he blew a train whistle for comic effect during a concert. I'd been amused while he advised his audience, referring to a specific musical piece on the program, "If you have to leave to relieve yourself, do it during this piece; you won't miss much." If y...
Screenland 5K The City is cosponsoring the Screenland 5K, which will take place the morning of Sunday, February 26 throughout downtown Culver City. This Centennial related event is open to the public. Please visit www.screenland5K.com for more information and check out some important information about ways to volunteer and navigate Culver CityBus services in found this report. Culver City Business Ribbon Cutting Mayor Jim B. Clarke and Council Members Meghan Sahli-Wells and Göran Eriksson...
It's a box office bonanza at the movies this weekend with not just an eclectic slate of new releases, but award-worthy films, among them the film is without a doubt the best picture of the year. Outstanding is a documentary from Otto Bell which tells the story of Aisholpan, a young Mongolian girl who follows her dream and breaks the centuries-old glass ceiling of her culture, soaring as THE EAGLE HUNTRESS. Don't be surprised to see this on the Oscar short list for Best Documentary Feature this...
For the next two seasons the LA Chargers will be playing in their temporary home in Carson while the Rams' new stadium is being built in Inglewood. This is not just a short-sighted remedy. The NFL owners will be watching closely how the 30,000 seat StubHub stadium is run. If the Chargers' organization can make a nice profit out of this smaller "pocket-sized stadium," this may intrigue the NFL to re-think its idea that every new stadium it builds has to cost billions of dollars. Pro football is...
Editor’s note: Alan Tapley is the parent of two female swimmers, ages 12 and 14. Over the past eight years he has been with them at hundreds of meets and practices. He has had countless conversations with swimmers about what they would like the public to know about their pursuit of this grueling sport. 1) Yes, we want to go to the Olympics someday. Yes, we know that the odds are a million to one. But swimmers are goal oriented. 2) At big meets we wear a special suit called a technical suit that is five sizes too small, cost over $300, and l...
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) advised that cold weather over the past month is resulting in increased natural gas use and higher bills. The company issued tips to help Southern Californians save money on their natural gas bills this winter. SoCalGas calculates that a typical residential bill will go from about $67 in December to about $117 in January, or about $50 higher. Colder weather, which began in late December and was frequent through most of January, is the main reason. About $45 of the typical $50 increase is due to customers...
