Articles from the April 25, 2012 edition


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  • Fraiche to Close

    Stephen Hadland, Observer Publisher|Apr 25, 2012

    Public School 612 will replace Fraiche Restaurant in downtown Culver City. Fraiche which was once named “one of the 10 best new restaurants in the United States,” has suffered in recent years with the loss of Chef Jason Travi and Thierry Perez, both partners in the restaurant and the ill-timed expansion into Santa Monica when the owners opened a second location. Public School is a modern craft beer pub and restaurant and is operated by Grill Concepts LLC which owns the Daily Grill. It currently...

  • Spring Birthdays

    Apr 25, 2012

    Springing into spring birthday wishes are Mike Cohen, Vivian Lesny, Judy Scott, Tony Chiabaudo, Virginia Jones, Bob Wassertheur, both Hans and Barbara Matzel, Marilyn Freiden Clark, Valerie Sulkin, Jane Korenich, Bernice Mathison, Beverly Polokoff, Carly Priebe, Joanne Morrissey, Frank Keister, Joel Peck, Jim Harrold, Marguerite Phillips, Margaret Lowe, Michael Perea, Raymier Simon, Norma Wood, Alexis Tantau, Gwen Villavaso, Jessica Weaver, Diana Hrabowecki, Suresh Tyagi, Rocio Lara, Will Seiden, Michelle Jermansen, Anna Reynoza, Carlos...

  • Lakers' World Peace Suspended

    Mitch Chortkoff, Sports Editor|Apr 25, 2012

    The Lakers’ player known as Metta World Peace, who changed his name from Ron Artest, won’t be eligible to play in the team’s next seven games. The NBA showed its displeasure with World Peace by handing him a harsh suspension which includes playoff games for a vicious elbow to the face of Oklahoma City’s James Harden Sunday at Staples center. In many cases the NBA suspends players for the first few games of the next season but doesn’t include the playoffs. The Lakers conclude the regular s...

  • Ibarra's One-Hitter Highlights Centaurs' Sweep

    Mitch Chortkoff, Sports Editor|Apr 25, 2012

    One more strike and Brian Ibarra would have had a no-hitter on April 19. However, with a 1-2 count a Hawthorne High batter singled and the Culver City High righthander settled for a one-hitter in a 5-1 victory. After the single Jay Steiner came in to get the final out. However, Ibarra’s performance highlighted a grand week for the Centaurs, who had defeated Hawthorne, 13-1 two days earlier. As a result Culver City stayed even with defending Ocean League champion Santa Monica, which also has a 4...

  • Movie Review: The Raven

    Debbie Lynn Elias|Apr 25, 2012

    To paraphrase Edgar Allan Poe's own descriptive terms in The Tell-Tale Heart, what many may mistake for my own madness is but over-acuteness of the senses when it comes to THE RAVEN. In a phrase, A MASTERPIECE! Thanks to an inventive, intriguing and intricately twisting script courtesy of scribes Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare, which is exquisitely showcased and brought to life by director James McTeigue, fact meets fiction during the last days of Poe’s life as he becomes embroiled in a...