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A three week ordeal is over for the family of a missing 15-year-old girl from Mar Vista. She was recovered by the Los Angeles Police Department from a home in Culver City. Samuel Robert Duran Jr., 33, was arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping the girl and is now behind bars at Los Angeles County Jail. His bail has been set at $8 million. The girl went missing on March 24, shortly after she had gone for a walk at Mar Vista Recreation Center. She lived in the 11200 block of Westminster Avenue....
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter On Monday night the City Council considered changing Culver City's elections to a mail-only voting system. However, the voting-by-mail idea was strongly voted down by four out of five council members. The issue had been placed on the agenda by council member Jim Clarke, who thought that since absentee ballots account for a large percentage of the total vote, the actual voting system ought to be changed to reflect that situation. But Clarke stood alone in...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter In what may be a major step in the direction of controlling environmental hazards from the Inglewood Oil Field, Culver City has approved the appointment of the firm BonTerra Psomas as environmental consultant for preparing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Inglewood Oil Field Specific Plan Project. The appointment was voted on at the April 13 council meeting. The consultant was chosen, according to Culver City Attorney Carol Schwab, from a field...
Culver City was hit by a 3.5-magnitude earthquake Sunday night, hours after a smaller temblor 2.5 temblor struck according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit about one mile southeast of Baldwin Hills and View Park-Windsor Hills. Despite fears that the quakes were caused by drilling in the Inglewood oil fields USGS seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones tweeted that the temblor was at a depth of about six miles, "The focal mechanism matches the Newport-Inglewood fault which was producing EQs long...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter Tennis anyone?! That's the question the 2015 Culver City High boys tennis team is asking this season as they have rolled out to a 10-1 preseason record leading into league play. The winning pace surpasses any the school has seen for the program in awhile. More impressively, the wins have been over the renowned South Bay schools, non-league teams the Centaurs have had little to no success against in the past. The team began Ocean League play this week by hosting pe...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Major League baseball has announced it won’t investigate the Josh Hamilton case, and that means the Angels are stuck with his sizeable contract for this season. Recovering from a relapse of substance abuse, Hamilton probably won’t help the Angels much this season even though the Angels signed him for five years for $125 million which includes $23 million for this season. In all the years I’ve been a sportswriter I’ve seen teams often back their players, asking...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist Jerry King, a World War II veteran and member of the Jewish War Veterans (“JWV”) for over 65 years, will be honored by the French government for his heroic wartime exploits and will receive the Legion of Honor award. The presentation ceremony will be held on May 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the U.S.S. Iowa now anchored in San Pedro. All are welcome to attend and admission to the battleship is free. King has held every position in Culver City JWV Post 617 and...
The Culver City Senior Center will be hosting a Spring Boutique on Friday, May 1 from 9:30 am to 1pm at the senior center located at 4095 Overland Avenue. Photography, Jewelry, Ceramics, Art, Hand-knits & More. All items hand crafted. Free parking is available across the street at the Veterans Building....
El Rincon Elementary, Culver City’s only public S.T.E.M. elementary school, will celebrate its roots with the Science Rocks Fair and Festival on Friday, April 24 from 2 pm to 8. This community event will be open to the public and will feature live interactive displays, make and take booths, science-focused activities and food and entertainment. The event, which was previously a science fair, has now expanded to include science projects from El Rincon students fifth grade students, as well as select fifth grade students at Culver City Unified S...
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter It was the final regular season game for the Los Angeles Kings, a team that was eliminated from playoff contention, but they came out and ended the season with a bang by beating the San Jose Sharks, 4-1, in front of a sold-out Staples Center at noon on Saturday...the NBC nationally-televised game-of-the-week. The Kings became the first defending Cup champion to fail to qualify for the playoffs since the 2006-07 Carolina Hurricanes. And the Sharks ended its...
Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton has named Sanford Panitch as President of International Film & Television. Panitch comes to SPE after serving as president of Fox International Productions, a division of 20th Century Fox. "Sanford is a talented and strategic senior executive with an exceptional career working with a wide range of international productions and talent," said Lynton. "There is tremendous growth potential in the international and local language markets, and we are thrilled to have someone with Sanford's experience join our...
Members of the Culver City Rotary Club, will be checking in race participants and hosting Culver City's Healthy Family and YMCA Health Kids Day 5K RUN/WALK On April 26 from 9 am to 1 pm at West Los Angeles College . Culver City Rotary is also providing an IN & OUT Burger truck for hungry race participants. People can REGISTER ONLINE: http://bit.ly19651QT or www.culvercity.org Proceeds from the race will benefit Culver/Palms YMCA, the local Teen Center, and Boy Scouts of America programs....
The summer is approaching quickly—be sure that your home isn’t wasting energy. Update your home to become more energy efficient before you crank the AC. Through the Home Upgrade rebate program you can inexpensively update your home, and save money in the long run. The Home Upgrade program is implemented by The Energy Network; a non-profit focused on energy savings in California, and supported through statewide energy efficiency funds. Home Upgrade is unique in that it emphases a “whole house” approach to home energy efficiency. Rather than fo...
Here are some highlights from the Finance Advisory Committee meeting of April 8, 2015: At this meeting, the Finance Advisory Committee: • Continued discussion/report from the Special Event Sponsorship Policy Review Ad Hoc Subcommittee to May 11, 2015. • Discussed the Budget Benchmarking Study; reviewed Subcommittee benchmark program data; discussed report outline and analysis draft; and continued discussion to May 11, 2015. • Received a report from the CFO on the Status of Housing Progr...
Estel Reed, a 68 year resident of Culver City, died April 4 at the age of 94. Estel raised three children and was a quintessential mid-century homemaker for her family, including husband Westel "Wes" Reed who passed away in 2000. Estel was born in 1921 on a farm in northwest Missouri and grew up during the Great Depression with her twin sister and two brothers. After graduating a local high school, she journeyed to California before WWII along with her high school sweetheart and was married...
Santa Monica 'my-waste'™ mobile app puts reuse and recycling collection information on your smartphone. Easy-to-find information when and where you want it. If you are one of the growing number of people who have a smartphone or tablet you can download a City of Santa Monica App that puts recycling, special waste collection details and more at your fingertips. Called ‘my-waste’™, the app lets mobile device users download the full range of information that is normally on the City’s Resource Recovery & Recycling website including residents...
Antioch University Los Angeles (AULA) welcomes new member Wren T. Brown, to its board of trustees. The notable actor, producer and director will serve an initial three-year term on the 16-member board. “I'm honored to serve on the board of trustees with such a dedicated group of men and women” said Brown. “I look forward to helping to further AULA's mission on campus and in the greater community.” A lifelong Los Angeles resident, Brown grew up in a family with deep theatrical roots. His career in film, television and theater spans three d...
The Culver City Woman’s Club will have an ice cream social on April 25 from 1 pm to 3 at 4464 Sepulveda Blvd. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children from three to 12 and no fee for three and under. All proceeds will benefit charities supported by the Woman’s Club....
Come celebrate Planet Earth with all your senses! The fantastic eco-friendly folks at STAR Education are throwing their annual Children’s Earth Day Extravaganza in the only way they know how...HUGE! GREEN! AND FOR ALL AGES! This mega celebration will feature lively music, celebrities, eco-themed games, exotic food, creative crafts, prizes, face painting, and more -nothing in Los Angeles can compare to this event! More than 40,000 people attended last year’s LA Times’ “Best Earth Day Pick” and LA Parent Magazine’s “Best Children’s Ea...
By Sandra Coopersmith Features Writer Sit idly by? Never! For Jewish World Watch ("JWW"), a hands-on leader in the fight against genocide and mass atrocities and one that has raised more than $12.5 million for relief and development projects impacting tens of thousands of people in Sudan and Congo, indifference is clearly not an option. Founded in 2004, JWW, which represents 375,000 people across the United States, has grown into a national coalition that includes temples, schools, churches,...
On Monday, January 26 at about 6:15 pm the suspect entered the Zales Jewelry Store inside the Westfield Culver City Mall and asked to see a diamond ring. After the clerk removed the ring from the display case the suspect displayed a hand gun that was in his waistband, grabbed the ring, and threatened to shoot the clerk if she moved. The suspect then reached over the counter and stole three additional diamond rings before leaving the store. The total value of all four rings is approximately...
On Saturday, April 25 join Ballona Creek Renaissance (BCR) and the Office of LA City Councilman Mike Bonin-CD11 at a Earth Week Ballona Creek Cleanup from 9 am to noon. Meet at Centinela Ave at Milton St., Los Angeles in Del Rey between Culver Blvd. and the I-90/Marina Freeway. In case of rain, the date changes to Saturday, May 9. BCR welcomes the partnership and hands-on participation of LA City Councilman Mike Bonin's office and Culver City High School's BCR Club. BCR conducts Zero Waste...
No one brings inspirational real life stories to film like Disney, especially when those stories center around sports. Be it horses, baseball, football or any other sport, you know you will be moved, you will be inspired, you will be entertained, but more importantly, you will learn something about a person or lives well lived and hard fought, about overcoming odds and finding that "winning spirit." And then there's Kevin Costner. With the recent "3 Days to Kill", "Draft Day", "Black or White"...
