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The National Basketball Association announces that 162 players -- 117 from colleges/post-graduate institutions and 45 international players - have filed as early entry candidates for the 2016 NBA Draft presented by State Farm. Players wishing to enter the 2016 NBA Draft were required to submit a letter to the NBA to be received no later than Sunday, April 24. Players who have applied for early entry have the right to withdraw their names from consideration for the Draft by notifying the NBA of their decision in writing no later than 5 p.m. ET...
It was a dogfight to the end of the regular season between the Kings and the Ducks for first place in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference, with the Ducks barely reigning victorious by one point. That meant that the Kings were to play the Sharks, their fierce rival, in the first round of the playoffs. The Sharks made it very difficult by stealing the first two games on the Kings’ home ice, taking away home-ice advantage. The Kings won the next game in San Jose, but the Sharks would g...
Men - Listen up! Women do not expect perfection. Just give women a chance... Every woman can relate to this: You meet a man and you just try to get past the things that bother you because he has all the other things. He has everything, let's say, but there's just one negative. Would you let that stop you? It's a problem for anyone looking for love, not just women. Let's say the guy has all the essential parts of the package, but there's one little thing that bothers you. But it bothers you. Woul...
The 2016 Ocean League baseball championship won't be determined for a few more weeks. Regardless, the Culver City High Centaurs are playing as if the title belongs to them after sweeping El Segundo High 6-1 on the road Tuesday, April 19 and 6-0 in a home game two days later. The Centaurs, who suffered two losses to the Eagles last season, are now 4-0 in league this season with six games remaining. Their overall record stands at 12-7 and are currently riding a six-game winning streak following a...
When the Clippers lost to the Portland Trail Blazers Wednesday night in Staples Center they became one defeat away from having their once-promising season come to an end. Trailing three games to two in the best-of-seven first round NBA playoff series the Clippers needed to win both remaining games. The deadline has arrived for this week’s Observer. Whether or not the Clippers were eliminated will be reported in next week’s paper. After Chris Paul and Blake Griffin were injured in Game 4 Mon...
Gregg Popovich has coached the San Antonio Spurs for 18 years and the Spurs have made the playoffs every year. RC Buford is the general manager. Buford and Popovich work extremely well together. They annually bring in another good player to support their longtime stars. This is a model franchise. The Lakers used to be a model franchise. They won the NBA championship 16 times. Players left other teams to join them. This was a prized destination. But today we see that three coaches have been...
The Culver City Julian Dixon Library will be hosting an Edible Book Festival on Saturday, May 14 at 1:30 p.m. You can make a “book” for the contest, or just admire the entries and vote for your favorite. Bring your edible book on Saturday, May 14, between 1 and 1:30 p.m. From 1:30 pm to 230. You may admire the displays and vote for your favorite. At 2:30 prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Most Humorous, Most Creative, Best Kids’ Book Portrayal, Most Delicious-looking, Most Inspired, People’s Choice, and Best Depiction of “Wes...
Sahli-Wells, Small and Eriksson Are Sworn In By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher Two new councilmembers, Thomas Small and Goran Eriksson were sworn in along with returning councilmember Mehaul O'Leary to a packed house in the Mike Balkman Council Chambers on Monday night. The new council elected Jim Clarke as Mayor and Jeff Cooper as Vice Mayor. Mayor Clarke had Sacramento Superior Court Judge David Abbott serve as his installing offer. Abbott and Clarke attended the same high school and...
On April 25 the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors presented awards to 15 grand prize and honorable mention student winners as part of the District’s annual Water is Life Student Art Contest. More than 300 entries were submitted this year from public and private schools throughout West Basin’s service area. Winning artwork was chosen based on the creativity of students’ portrayal of water conservation messages coupled with their artistic skills. One grand prize each was awarded in the elementary, middle and h...
Culver City Planning Commissioner Scott Wyant is home after having brain surgery on a tumor that doctors found. Wyant went to the hospital last week after feeling light headed and dizzy. An MRI confirmed the tumor earlier this week. Wyant was an unsuccessful candidate for city council earlier this month and had announced his plans to run again in 2018....
Though they have worked hand-in-glove for years, the Culver City Unified School District and the Culver City Education Foundation now have a new agreement that solidifies the relationship between the two and outlines a path for future success. Approved by the Board of Education and the CCEF Board of Trustees, the agreement outlines a methodology for fundraising and calls for periodic updates between the two organizations. The agreement also outlines advocacy guidelines that will keep the Educati...
On April 15 more than 100 Sony Pictures Entertainment volunteers participated in Sony Global Volunteer Day, an annual event in which Sony employees around the world give back to their communities. This year the volunteers took their shovels, paint brushes, and elbow grease to Linwood E. Howe Elementary School in Culver City to complete several projects, including: painting seven new murals, improving the school's butterfly garden and constructing new benches and picnic tables. "We are so pleased...
Artist Rosita Gottlieb Zucker, a one-time resident of Culver City, has died at age 85. She was best known for images inspired by rainforest conservation in her native Costa Rica. Rosita painted professionally for more than 50 years and mastered the art of painting with the spatula, the artist's knife. Her first exhibition was at the National Art Institute in Panama City in 1963. Over the years she exhibited in galleries worldwide, including Mexico City, Tel Aviv, London, San Francisco, Taipei, the Los Angeles area, and San Jose, Costa Rica....
I can hardly wait the two years until our Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas is term-limited out of office. Perhaps before 2018 comes Mark will try to have the voters pass legislation to extend his “contract” with the people by four years. Folks, we have the very best candidate for 2nd District Board of Supervisors warming up in the bullpen. It’s our very own State Senator Holly Mitchell. She is tough, she is honest, she is for the people and, don’t forget, it was her bill that Go...
Samuel Beckett’s classic “Endgame” opens Sunday, May 1 at 6:30 p.m. at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Directed by Alan Mandell, performances for “Endgame” will continue through May 22. (Previews began on April 24.) Mandell (“Waiting for Godot,” “The Price” and “The Cherry Orchard” all at the Mark Taper Forum) will also perform in this production at the Douglas alongside Barry McGovern (“I’ll Go On” at the Douglas; “Waiting for Godot” at the Taper), Anne Gee Byrd (“The Wood Demon” and “The First Picture Show...
"With the first pick in the 2016 NFL Draft the Los Angeles Rams select Jared Goff, quarterback, California," announced National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell today. The Rams are banking on Goff to be the face of the franchise for the next decade. The team traded away six draft choices to the Tennessee Titans two weeks ago to move from the #15 pick up to the top spot in this year's draft. Goff in an ESPN interview immediately following the announcement: "It was well worth the wait....
When I wrote Anatomy Of A Disaster four years ago I had no intention of repeating it the next season. But readers were so fed up with the Lakers’ demise they requested it. Then we had last season, 21 wins and 61 losses, the worst record in the franchise’s history. And now this. Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse it did. The Lakers lost for the 62nd time last week, climaxing their worst season in the franchise’s 68-year existence. It was also their 11th straight loss to the Clipper...
Who remembers the movie "Lost Horizon" that came out in 1937 starring Ronald Colman, directed by Frank Capra, and based on a novel by James Hilton? It introduced us to Shangri-La, a mystical, harmonious valley in the Himalayas, an earthly paradise hidden away from the outside world. Welcome to Culver City's version, the Jackson Market at 4065 Jackson Avenue between Braddock Drive and Culver Boulevard, (jacksonmarketanddeli.com), an unexpected delight tucked away on a residential street. This...
Life in a Dodger baseball uniform for Maury Wills came full circle a few weeks ago when the Los Angeles Dodgers broke from Spring Training camp at their Camelback Ranch-Glendale facility in Phoenix for the 2016 Major League Baseball season. "I've been in the game for many years now. It's time that I play a little golf and enjoy quality time with my wife Carla. That says it all," said Wills who recently made an announcement that this was to be his last spring training as the Dodgers bunting...
