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Urging the city, property owners and residents to come together to focus on breathing new life into the Fox Hills area, a panel of commercial, retail and residential brokers said the time is now for Fox Hills during the Culver City Chamber of Commerce's Fox Hills 2.0 event on March 3 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles-Westside. "The city needs to create a plan and get going, otherwise those tenants will go elsewhere, like El Segundo," said Steve Kolsky of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank....
Arthur Langley Jr. was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Arthur and Margaret (Bailey) Langley. In 1950 the family moved to Los Angeles, where he was among the first graduating class at Culver City High. He joined the United States Marines upon graduation and is a veteran of the Korean War. He became a United States citizen in 1956. He met his wife, Carol Ann (Nelson) Langley, at their workplace and after their marriage on July 2, 1960, in Las Vegas, they settled down in Culver City where...
A favorite isn't always the winner – as the Sprint Fan Vote's history suggests. In the last 10 seasons, fans have voted 10 different drivers into the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race™ at Charlotte Motor Speedway, including names like Danica Patrick, Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt Jr. You never know who will win. That's what makes voting so important. Polls are open for the 2015 Sprint Fan Vote – and unpredictability will take center stage until the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday, May 16. Fan...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor The Lakers and New York Knicks are the richest franchises in the NBA, but this season they’re two of the worst teams. The Knicks arrived at Staples Center last Thursday with the least wins, only 12. The Lakers were the fourth worst with 17. The game was originally scheduled to be shown on national television but, as expected, was taken off the list. What happened was the Knicks won, 101-94 and Lakers coach Byron Scott called his team selfish. He also said the L...
The Observer has hired two cartoonists and their work will appear in this week's edition. James Ville is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. His love for art began when he was four years old drawing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. As an adult, he continued to draw heroes for both children and adults alike. From book covers to children's books, most of his work is done from home where he can be close to his wife and three children. He is currently adapting a book by Bryan Davis...
Assembly Member Sebastian Ridley-Thomas today announces he is co-hosting a series of three events for young professional women leaders and graduate students in Los Angeles to use Women's History Month "to engage up-and-coming next generation women in the 54th Assembly District's who are certain to make a difference in their own right in the years ahead." Ridley-Thomas said, "I am bringing together some of the Greater Los Angeles area's most impactful women to celebrate "Women Making History" at...
Dear editor, Back in January 2015, the school board voted to go along with Superintendent LaRose’s mid-year recommendation to raise district salaries another two percent- across-the-board. This latest raise brings the employees’ accumulative salary gains to over 15% since Mr. LaRose was hired—back in 2011. This two-percent, district-wide increase was not peanuts. It increased the district’s total cost for employing its current staff by over a million dollars annually. At the school board’s...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter In baseball a no-hitter is always special. But it's even more remarkable when it occurs in a team's season home opener. Better yet, this actually happened immediately following the dedication ceremony for the newly reconstructed baseball field at Culver City High on Wednesday, March 11. Senior pitcher Jay Sterner allowed no hits in seven innings as the Centaurs beat local rival Venice High, 6-0. Senior catcher David Ko was behind the plate and the Culver fielders...
By Bosmat Eynav Sports Columnist David Blatt was born on May 22, 1959. He grew up in the town of Framingham, Boston, Completed a degree in English literature at Princeton University. During his studies he played as a guard under legendary coach Pete Carril. Blatt had great success as coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel and won the Euro Cup League five times. Blatt was also the coach of the Russian national team in the years 2006-2012 and led it to its first and historic European championship. His...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist Recently I had the pleasure of discussing the 30-year career and retirement of my good friend, Chief Christopher Sellers. From January 1984 until June 2014, the former Fire Chief worked as a Firefighter/Paramedic, Engineer, Fire Captain, CMS Coordinator, Battalion Chief and Assistant Fire Chief, being promoted to Fire Chief in December 2009. Along the way he acquired various professional affiliations and received numerous certificates from the California...
By John Nachbar City Manager Community Development • Airport Marina Ford/Honda – A permit has been issued for three new auto service buildings at 6002 Centinela Avenue. • 76 Station – A permit has been issued for demolition of an existing commercial structure and construction of new 2,676 square foot commercial food mart at 10638 Culver Boulevard. • Leslie’s Pool Supply – Plans have been approved for a 2,326 square foot tenant improvement at 10814 Jefferson Boulevard. • Grillant – Plans have be...
Assembly Member Sebastian Ridley-Thomas announces he is co-hosting three events for young professional women leaders and graduate students in Los Angeles to use Women's History Month "to engage up-and-coming next generation women in the 54th Assembly District's who are certain to make a difference in their own right in the years ahead." Ridley-Thomas said, "I am bringing together some of the Greater Los Angeles area's most impactful women to celebrate "Women Making History" at a series of three...
Geoffrey Baum, President of the Board of Governors for the California Community Colleges announced that the West Los Angeles College proposal to offer a Bachelor's degree in dental hygiene has officially been approved. West is one of only a handful of California Community Colleges, and the only one in the Los Angeles Basin, now approved to offer a Bachelor's degree in a specific area under California State Senate Bill 850. The college received initial approval in January with 14 others. Vice...
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Music Director Jeffrey Kahane served as musical “tour guide” for LACO’s annual “Discover” program, which this season featured a special one-night-only exploration of Mozart’s incomparable and deeply moving Requiem in D minor at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena. For this performance, Kahane enlisted the services of four very capable soloists: Alison King, soprano; Emily Fons, alto; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Aubrey Allicock, b...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Within a few days last week two well-known men from the local sports scene passed away. Last Friday death claimed Joe McDonnell, who covered sports for four decades, primarily on various radio stations. He was known as The Big Nasty and teamed with Doug Krikorian on an especially popular show. McDonnell lost considerable weight and seemed to be doing well. His death shocked many friends and ESPN radio had a two-hour tribute to him, hosted by Jeff Biggs. Haley, a...
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher The graveside services were held last Sunday morning for Ken Ruben at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Commerce. Ruben, a train buff and longtime advocate for public transportation, passed away on Thursday morning, March 12. Ruben was 72. Ari Noonan of thefrontpageonline.com said it best: "He is gone. "A man who never held public office, never was prominent in commerce, never accumulated the most remote form of wealth but rose to the perch of being one of Culver...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter The sun was up, the weather was hot and so was the Culver City High track and field team on Saturday, March 14 for the annual Culver City Invitational held on the track and field inside Jerry Chabola Stadium. If the Centaur performances are a sign of things to come it's going to be a very good year for the program headed by Jahmal Wright, also the boys sprint and relay coach. The Centaurs' main competitors for the early season event were Cleveland High, Marymount...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Culver City's Department of Motor Vehicles is having a problem that many DMVs around Southern California are also having-exceptionally long lines and slow service. Since January 2, 2015, when the new law took effect that allows undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses, the volume of applicants has increased considerably. The DMV expects nearly 1.5 million undocumented immigrants to apply over the next few years. During the first three days...
Center Theatre Group is hosting an open casting call for the four student members of the Dead Leaders Club and supporting roles in Alexis Scheer's "Our Dear Dead Dr Holds Open Casting Call Lord" at Center Theatre Group / Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City playing August 20 through September 17, 2023, which is produced in association with IAMA Theatre Company. The casting call will be held by Center Theatre Group, IAMA Theatre Company, and production casting director Jordan Bass at Atwater...
The Biden Administration today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making investments, including from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, in watershed infrastructure to help communities recover from and prepare for natural disasters. USDA is investing $265 million through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in 28 Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) infrastructure projects in 16 states impacted by extreme weather events. These projects include streambank...
The Culver City City Council vote was three to two to approve Culver City Police Department’s contract for an Automated License Plate Reading system at the council meeting on May2. Similar to the ALPR system already being used in all the downtown parking garages, but this system will be focused on car traffic using the public streets. Lt. Andrew Bellante, from the Culver City Police Department made the presentation to the council, stressed that the “cameras are placed on public roadways, and not on private property, and that facial rec...
