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According to reports in both the Los Angeles Times and thefrontpageonline.com, Planet Granite has canceled their lease on the now closed Culver City Ice Arena. The report also asserts the lease can cancelation was mutually agreed upon by Planet Granite and the property owners. The new lessee suffered a triple blow which began with a public storm over the closing of the popular ice rink which had served the community for over 50 years. This was followed by a concern that major environmental...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter For a short time Monday night it looked like the third time might be a charm for the supporters of the Culver City Ice Arena. With the item once again on the agenda as an information item, the "zealots" were out in full force, packing the Council chamber and offering their pleas to the City Council to "do something" to save the 52-year old arena and ice rink. The almost-salvation came during public comment when Shannon Takahashi, a member of the family that...
The Culver City Chamber Orchestra announces its next concert on Sunday, March 16 at 4 p.m. at Culver Palms Methodist Church, 4464 Sepulveda Blvd. At 3 p.m. there will be a kid friendly, hands-on demonstration of the string instrument family featuring soloists. Tickets are now available through the web page ccchamberorchestra.com or by calling (310) 397-2490. MasterCard and Visa are accepted. With conductors Andres Cárdenes and Arlette Cárdenes, featured soloists Marco Valentin Cárdenes, Pi...
Those of you who attended, or have children who attended Culver schools will recognize the name Sandy Segal. Sandy was the school nurse at the secondary sites in the District from 1974 until her retirement in 2005. For more than 40 years she cared for the physical and emotional needs of students. The Culver City Youth Health Center located on the grounds of the Middle School and High School would not exist without Sandy. In recognition of her dedication to the well-being of our children, her...
Loyola Marymount University has announced the students named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2013 semester. Among them are nine students from Culver City: Michael Barreto, Sarah Kowalski, Steven McPherson, Brooke O'Neal, Ana Perez, Nicole Powell, Elise Robert, Mariana Ugalde and Dillan Wheeler 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...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist Sebastian, Sebastian, Sebastian, please get in touch with me and tell me if it is true. There is a vicious and mean-spirited rumor saying you appointed Scott Malsin your field representative. We all realize you just got elected to the California State Assembly two months ago from the 54th District, and as a rookie it is very easy to screw up. That's why you, a greenhorn, could easily be the laughingstock of the Assembly Members in Sacramento and the voters...
The Culver City Symphony Orchestra continues its 2013-14 Season with, A Winter's Concert on Saturday, February 22 at 8 pm at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Avenue. Frank Fetta is the Conductor/Music Director. CCSO historically programmed unusual, out-of-the-way works, and remains true-to-form. It is not often one hears in one concert separate concertos for viola and bass, performed by two young soloists from our Parness Concerto Competition: Benjamin Chilton, Viola, is the First...
Car Burglary: On January 28at 7 am a victim called the police department to report her 2013 Ford truck was burglarized. The victim said she parked and locked her truck in the 6100 block of Centinela Avenue on January 27 at 9:30 pm. When she returned the next morning at 6:30 am she discovered her tailgate opened and her property missing. Vandalism: On January 28 at 9 am a victim called to report unknown suspect(s) had vandalized his business. The victim said his locked and secured his business...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter It wasn't the kind of Senior Night ending the Culver City High boys basketball team had dreamt about. The team was on the verge of having staged an against-all-odds comeback when Wes Dixon buried a clutch three-pointer from the left corner that tied the score at 77-77 with 7.3 seconds left in regulation. The Centaurs clearly had the momentum on their home court in Del Goodyear Gymnasium as their fans went wild in celebration. But the tides were not with them as...
Miriam L. Erlick of Culver City has been named to second honors on the Clark University Dean's List. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the Fall 2013 semester. To be eligible for second honors, students must have a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.79, of a maximum of 4.3. Since its founding in 1887, Clark University in Worcester, Mass., has a history of challenging convention. Clark's students, faculty and alumni embody the Clark motto: Challenge convention....
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Senior Night was fittingly special for the Culver City High girls basketball team as it captured the Ocean League championship while cruising in the second half over Hawthorne High, 61-41. It was the Centaurs' third straight league title and the girls have won 29 straight league games. They play their last league game of the season this Thursday, February 13, at Beverly Hills High, the last team to beat them in league. The Centaur girls took a 23-12 first quarte...
NASCAR has announced a new championship format that will put greater emphasis on winning races all season long, expands the current Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field to 16 drivers, and implements a new round-by-round advancement format that ultimately will reward a battle-tested, worthy champion. "We have arrived at a format that makes every race matter even more, diminishes points racing, puts a premium on winning races and concludes with a best-of-the-best, first-to-the-finish line showdow...
By Sandra Coopersmith Features Writer French lesson for today: "À tout seigneur, tout honneur" (honor to whom honor is due). "I just did what I had to do," said Technical Sergeant Murray Codman, a member of Jewish War Veterans of America, Culver City Post 617 and possessor of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with Five Oak Leaf Clusters, the Presidential Unit Citation, the EAME Campaign Medal and various other campaign medals. On Jan. 30 that impressive collection gained yet...
In an email sent to Renee DeAngelis on January 9 by Planet Granite Owner/Founder Micky Lloyd he called the Culver Ice Arena supporters "zealots." He was congratulating her and comments, "Let's remember we are dealing with the zealots here and there is only so much energy reacting is worth. We probably won't win them over and even if they back off they won't climb." DeAngelis is identified as Director of Operations/Owner on the company's website....
LONGTIMERS: Culver City Lions Dick Sharpe (at left), a 35-year member, and Lu Rivas, a 25-year member, display certificates and International Lions Club chevrons for their distinguished years of service....
Four City Council candidates spoke about their positions on a number of issues at a candidates' forum held at the Culver City Senior Center on February 5. The candidates included incumbents Jim Clarke and Jeff Cooper, newcomer Christopher Patrick King, and frequent City Council and School Board candidate Gary Abrams. Sharon Hyland-Elstein, new president of the Culver City Senior Center Association, introduced the candidates to an audience of seniors during the lunchtime hour at the Center, and...
Steve Hadland, the Culver City Observer's publisher, was the featured speaker at Culver City's Rotary Club on January 22. Here he is receiving a "donation certificate" from Rotary president Christopher P. King. The certificate signifies that a donation to Culver City Rotary's Foundation will be made in Hadland's name to benefit various schools and programs for Culver City youth....
City Manager’s Office • 2014 General Municipal Election (April 8, 2014): The City Clerk’s Office maintains a website with up-to-the-minute information about the upcoming election. That webpage can be accessed here: https://www.culvercity.org/en/Government/CityClerk/ElectionInformation.aspx Transportation Department • Tokyo Gas Visits Culver City Transportation: On January 9 the Equipment Maintenance & Fleet Services Division hosted a Japanese delegation at the Transportation Department. The del...
On Sunday, February 16 Christopher Patrick King and Kirsten Bell will join Japanese marathoners from our sister city, Kaizuka, Japan, other runners from other cities in Osaka Prefecture, and guest runners from their sister cities, in the 21st Senshu International Marathon. Culver City Sister City Committee has sent runners since its inception to commemorate the opening of the Kansai Airport near Kaizuka. All runners CCSCC have selected have completed marathons in under four hours and ten minutes. In March Culver City Sister City Committee will...
Senator Holly J. Mitchell (D-Culver City) has introduced a bill to allow courts to authorize law enforcement officials to use wiretaps when investigating or prosecuting the trafficking of minors. During a press conference held at the state Capitol to call for concerted state and county efforts to combat the illegal exploitation of youths for sex and labor, Senator Mitchell emphasized the need for more effective policing to apprehend and convict suspected perpetrators. "Our children are simply no...
Culver City Police report that an unidentified 60-year-old woman was attacked at Westfield Culver City on Monday. Police believe the two girls were nine and 16 years old and were not armed. The victim was walking to her car in the parking lots when the girls allegedly struck her from behind, knocking her to the pavement and then stole her purse and merchandise she had purchased. The suspects were last seen running southbound on Sepulveda Boulevard....
At the February 10 Culver City Council meeting, the council made clear that it intends to proceed with the decommissioning of the ice at the Culver Ice Arena as quickly as possible, due the city’s stated liability concerns arising from the safety inspection it ordered by outside experts. Prior to the discovery of the 1962 code variance document limiting the use of the property to an ice rink, the public safety issue enabled the council to take a safe position that did not cast them as the bad g...
Making this the jolliest holiday of the year, SAVING MR. BANKS is, quite frankly, practically perfect in every way. Based on the true account of the making of "Mary Poppins", SAVING MR. BANKS is the story behind the story; the battle of wills between studio titan Walt Disney and literary titan P.L. Travers as the man behind the mouse fought to fulfill a promise to his daughters, a promise to bring to life on the big screen the beloved story of the nanny with the bottomless carpetbag and talking...
