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The Culver City Police Department has stationed a patrol car at the now closed Culver City Ice Arena. According to the Police Department the units are stationed there pending arrangements being made by the property owner and operators of the rink. A police official said that closed commercial buildings are targets for vandals and squatters and with the chemicals inside the building the department did not want to take any chances on and accidental release of chemicals into the community....
The following is a press release issued by the Culver City Chamber: While the closure of the Culver City Ice Arena has been a polarizing and emotional issue for many in the city, the Culver City Chamber of Commerce supports the on-going efforts of the City to bring all the parties to the table and making the site safe. "At its core, we all recognize that this is a negotiation between two private parties - the property owner and his tenant," said Chamber President and CEO Steven J. Rose. "But we also recognize that the City has an obligation to...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Defying the odds, the Culver City High boys basketball team has made the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Despite losing their final six Ocean League contests, most of them in the last agonizing minutes of each game, the playoff committee felt the Centaurs earned an invitation. And for added respect, the committee rewarded the team a favorable matchup against a 14th seeded team. Head coach Adam Eskridge gave a rundown on what he learned this past Sunday...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Let the games begin. Having taken care of business during the regular season the Culver City High girls basketball team began preparing this week for the CIF Southern Section playoffs. The team will host a Division 2AA first round match with Elsinore High from the Sunbelt League this Saturday night at 7 p.m. in Del Goodyear Gymnasium. The Centaur girls were given an indifferent seventh seed despite having swept the Ocean League for the third year in a row. Last...
The Culver City Sister City Committee will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first ever sister city relationship formed by our city fathers in 1964. Culver City and the city of Uruapan, Mexico in the state of Michoacán formalized the relationship by signing documents on February 24, 1964. To commemorate this occasion, the Culver City Sister City Committee is inviting the public to attend a reception on Tuesday, February 24, at City Hall. Culver City Council members will attend, as will...
City Clerk’s Office • Opening of Application Period for Culver City Commission, Committee and Board Appointments – The City Council has created a number of Commissions, Committees, and Boards to engage members of the Culver City Community in their government.There are vacancies on the Parks and Recreation Commission (1), Committee on Homelessness (1), Landlord-Tenant Mediation Board (1 Tenant, 1 Member at Large), and the Fiesta la Ballona Committee (1). Applications for currently vacant offic...
Navy Seaman Mark Baldovino, son of Benito C. and Erlinda Guzman and sister of Michelle Guzman of Los Angeles,recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Baldovino is a 2010 graduate of culver City High. During the eight-week program he completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also...
On January 28 the Culver City School Board awarded certificates to students who created art based on the theme Believe, Dream, Inspire. The art competition is sponsored by the National PTA. Students were judged at each school then the first place winners in each category were judged again at the Culver City Council level and the first place winners at Council were judged at the 33rd District PTA level. Winners in each category are as follows: Culver City Council Winners Primary Visual Arts – Min...
Westside Neighborhood School announces the introduction of the Little Kids Rock program into its elementary music curriculum. The Little Kids Rock program helps revitalize music in the classrooms by providing an innovative program for teachers that includes free music lessons "aimed to engage and excite young students." The Little Kids Rock method of teaching is progressive, involving immersion techniques similar to learning a language. Through the program students are encouraged to learn by...
Katie Back, a native of Culver City, is among the 232 high-achieving students from Whittier College who made the Fall 2013 Dean's List. Undergraduate students are awarded Dean's List honors if he or she earns a 3.70 grade point average (GPA) while completing a full-time course load (12 units) in the fall and spring terms. Founded by Quakers in 1887, Whittier College is an independent, four-year college offering a traditional liberal arts program integrated with both professional and...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist I see State Senator Rod Wright is awaiting sentencing by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kennedy. This will allow Gardena Assembly Member Bradford to move up. Now comes the icing on the cake. Could Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas be looking at going to Washington, D.C.? Everybody knows Congressmen are not term limited and therefore it's a juicy plum of a job. May I suggest our friend Maxine Waters just might retire in four years . . . hmmm . . . and then . ....
Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas strongly urged young adults, senior citizens and families with children to sign up for affordable healthcare coverage at Covered California's health insurance enrollment event at West Los Angeles College last Saturday. Assemblymember Ridley-Thomas said, "Now is the time to get the health insurance that you and your family members need. Neither you nor your children can be turned down if you have a pre-existing medical condition. Covered California can help...
The Culver City Parks, Recreation and Community Services will consider a recommendation to the City Council regarding designating a Dog Path on the Sidewalk/Walkway within Veterans' Memorial Park that connects the Culver Boulevard parking lot to Barman Avenue at the meeting on Tuesday March 4. The Commission is seeking community input on allowing members of the public to walk dogs on leashes through Veterans' Memorial Park on the sidewalk/walkway within the Park located behind the Veterans' Memo...
Joshua Plottel of Culver City has been named to the Dean's List at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York for the fall 2013 semester. The Dean's List recognizes full-time students who maintain grade-point averages of a minimum of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0 and have no grades below "C." Plottel studies Physics. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1824, is the nation's oldest technological research university....
The following is a press release issued by the Culver City Chamber: While the closure of the Culver City Ice Arena has been a polarizing and emotional issue for many in the city, the Culver City Chamber of Commerce supports the on-going efforts of the City to bring all the parties to the table and making the site safe. "At its core, we all recognize that this is a negotiation between two private parties - the property owner and his tenant," said Chamber President and CEO Steven J. Rose. "But we...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor When Jim Fregosi died last week I was jolted into a trip down memory lane. I was fresh out of college in 1963 and had an ambition to become a sportswriter. I sent out resumes and received a call from Bud Furillo, sports editor of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. We set up an interview. He seemed to like the articles I had included from the college newspaper but he was a no-nonsense kind of guy. "I have a position for you but I know it isn't what you want," he...
Center Theatre Group welcomes the Latino Theater Company to the Kirk Douglas Theatre for a special reading of "Hope: Part II of A Mexican Trilogy" by Evelina Fernández on Saturday, March 1 at 1 pm.. Developed with the Latino Theater Company and directed by José Luis Valenzuela, "Hope" will be performed as a part of DouglasPlus in the Douglas' rehearsal space, Upstairs@KDT. "Hope: Part II of A Mexican Trilogy" is the second of three related plays produced by Latino Theater Company – "Faith: Par...
An opportunity to learn more about Covered California and get assistance with enrolling in a health insurance plan arrives on Saturday, February 22 at the Fine Arts Complex at West Los Angeles College - 9000 Overland Avenue (near Jefferson) in Culver City. Free parking for the event, running from noon to 3 pm, will be available in the South Parking Structure next to the Fine Arts Complex. Covered California is part of the Federal Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare). Through Covered...
The Culver City Police Department stationed a patrol car at the now closed Culver City Ice Arena. According to the Police Department the units are stationed there pending arrangements being made by the property owner and operators of the rink. A police official said that closed commercial buildings are targets for vandals and squatters and with the chemicals inside the building the department did not want to take any chances of an accidental release of chemicals into the comm...
With love and lust filling the air this Valentine's weekend, what better way to celebrate than with a fresh and funny romantic comedy that I like to describe as "raunchy likeable vulgarity." Without a doubt the funniest film of the year, Kevin Hart and Regina Hall make you laugh till you cry, or pee your pants, while Michael Ealy just steals your heart. ABOUT LAST NIGHT melds the hysterical outrageous comedy stylings of Hart and Hall with the warmth and tenderness of Ealy and Joy Bryant, all...
In my job as a real estate agent I often find myself talking to buyers who are considering somewhere on the westside to live. They are often not too familiar with all the nuances of the different cities and neighborhoods. When the conversation comes around to Culver City and Culver City Schools, it's the "local" and "small" features I spend some time discussing. I talk about how residents can feel they can make a difference in their community. This is somewhat more challenging if you happen to...
