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Cello Lands At Boulevard Music They say sometimes even miracles take a little time. When his most prized possession was stolen 16 years ago when his car was broken into in broad daylight while parked for five minutes in front of a West Hollywood temple to drop off music to the pianist, Vagehayraken Hayrikyan was devastated to find his 220-year-old cello missing from the back seat. Hayrikyan said the right car window had been smashed and when he looked in the back seat, his cherished cello was...
It now looks certain that there will be at least four summer music concerts at City Hall courtyard this summer—and possibly more than four, if funding becomes available. On Monday night the City Council passed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Boulevard Music to produce a minimum of four shows during the 2012 summer months for the Culver City Boulevard Music Festival. The Council had struggled with the issue of funding the music festival since the news came that the Culver City R...
El Marino’s “Walk ’N Roll Wednesday,” Improves Health El Marino Language Immersion Elementary School is among the leaders academically in the Culver City Community — uniquely offering both Spanish and Japanese Language Immersion Programs — and now the school can boast providing healthy lifestyle choices for its students, too. Along with offering a healthier menu in the cafeteria and fresh vegetables in its home-grown garden, El Marino now celebrates monthly Walk ’N Roll Wednesdays. The first Wednesday of each month, students, parents, and...
Long an admirer of Tyler Perry and his works (with a few exceptions), I was curious to see what he would bring us with GOOD DEEDS, a film in which Perry sheds his usual onscreen persona of Madea and her over-the-top hilarity, and presents us with a man who, as I have come to learn, is the closest thing to Perry himself that we have ever seen. My curiosity is well-rewarded as GOOD DEEDS soars with emotion and is without a doubt, the best work that Tyler Perry has done to date; and by work, this...
The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) and the California Tax Education Council (CTEC) remind the 65 percent of California taxpayers who use a paid tax preparer to be cautious when choosing a professional. CTEC and FTB partner to educate taxpayers about tax preparers’ legal responsibilities, and to make sure preparers are complying with the law. CTEC is a nonprofit corporation that registers individuals who assist or prepare returns for a fee and are not licensed Certified Public Accountants (CPA), Enrolled Agents (EA), or attorneys. CTEC was founded u...
Debbie Hamme of the ACE classified union threatened legal action against the District in 2011 that resulted in the District taking control of the one-year old LinHowe booster program away from parents. Those parent-funded employees became employees of the district and... members of Ms. Hamme’s union. She gave a written demand to bargain to the District on Friday over the fate of the adjunct program at El Marino that has been successfully run by a model parent-district partnership for 25 years. Ms. Hamme's recent defense of her actions (Feb 1...
Meghan Sahli-Wells recently won prized endorsements from Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Culver City Democratic Club, LA County Democratic Party, National Women’s Political Caucus Los Angeles Westside, and Southern California Americans for Democratic Action. For the City Council election in April. "As the City’s representative on the Board of Supervisors, I know the issues facing Culver City and its people, and I know Meghan Sahli-Wells will work tirelessly for the betterment of the City and the benefit of its people,” said Los Angeles County Su...
Senator Curren D. Price, Jr., (D-Culver City) has introduced , Senate Bill 1185, legislation relating to the establishment of a state interagency task force on the underground economy - the Centralized Intelligence Partnership Act. The objective of this legislation is to tackle piracy, business fraud and the state’s expanding underground economy, which ranges from the sale of stolen or counterfeit products to the exploitation of victims of human trafficking SB 1185 would create the Centralized Intelligence Partnership (CIP), a multiagency task...
The spring 2012 edition of the Culver City Living leisure services brochure is now available online through the Culver City website at www.culvercity.org/CulverCityLiving. You can check out the latest brochure to learn more about the wide variety of programs and activities being offered for all ages. Please call (310) 253-6650 for more information....
Culver Baseball Begins With Two Wins Coach Rick Prieto’s highly regarded Culver City High baseball team has started its season with two victories. The Centaurs defeated Venice, 10-3 and Roosevelt, 7-0 last week. The Centaurs, who won three playoff games last season, are the only Ocean League team in the initial 2012 CIF division rankings. They’re No. 4....
Ryan Braun spoke eloquently for 30 minutes last week, explaining how he had been falsely accused of taking illegal substances that would have resulted in a 50-game suspension. He was passionate about his innocence and quite believable. What a story this has been, the National League’s Most Valuable Player with a spotless past shockingly thrust into the spotlight of an ugly mess. Now his guilty verdict has been overturned, the first time since drug testing became a part of major league b...
Willows School Basketball Team Wins Championship The Willows Community School announces that The Willows Wolves Boys A Basketball Team has won the Pacific Basin League Boys A Division Championship. The team, which had an undefeated regular season, stormed through the playoffs winning all three playoff games to earn the league championship. Leading the team to victory was Coach Rahim Muhammad and Willows Athletic Director, Marc Weiss. A crowd of more than 300 Willows fans gathered in the Windward School gymnasium to cheer the team as they...
Into The Torrent Sea, A Staged Reading Of The Lost Journal Of Grace O'Malley, The Pirate Queen Of Connaught will be performed on March 4, 11, 18 and 25 at 2 pm at the FanaticSalon Theater, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd., Culver City by Sandra Caruso. Parking: (SW corner of Sawtelle and Venice, park behind theater or on street) This is the true story of Grace O'Malley, a female Irish pirate from the 1500's on her journey to meet with her enemy, Queen Elizabeth. The two women work out a deal which allows Grace to remain a pirate. This journey takes place...
