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There were “Kings” and “Queens” and “Celebrations” and awards at the Verdi Chorus’ 30th anniversary Spring concerts this past weekend at First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica. During the concert, founding director Anne Marie Ketchum was presented with two certificates for all her accomplishments and devotion to the chorus and bringing beautiful music to the city for 30 years. One was from LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and was presented to Ms. Ketchum by president emeritus and...
Christina Aceves a resident of Culver City, has been honored at Champlain College's annual awards dinner for the Division of Communication and Creative Media. Aceves, a senior majoring in Game Design, received the Distinguished Community Member Game Design Award. The annual dinner, which took place at the Champlain College Gymnasium recognized outstanding students and their achievements throughout the Division of Communication and Creative Media. Since 1878, Champlain College has provided career-focused education to students from its hilltop...
Zesty Salsa For Cinco de Mayo It was the little army of 2000 that could. This Sunday, May 5, 2013 commemorates the 151st battle anniversary south of the border, the Battle of Puebla. Often mistaken as Mexican Independence Day, Cinco de Mayo was the Battle of Puebla fought on May 5, 1862 near the city of Puebla, Mexico. In what seemed impossible at the time, Cinco de Mayo marks the unlikely victory of Texas-born General Ignacio Zaragoza’s poorly trained loyal army of 2000 against the invading Fre...
Despite The Economy Some Make Money By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist Have you noticed even in the worst economic downturn in 70 years there are people making a fortune over the misfortunes of others? For example, those who bought the Dow Jones 30 stocks on Valentine's Day 2009 are smiling all the way to the bank with the doubling or tripling of their net worth. Then there are others who didn't have glaucoma, cataracts or macular degeneration and started in 2010 buying real estate. At about...
April 23 through 30 Theft from a building On April 23 at 2:30 p.m. a victim came to the police department to report his phone was stolen. The victim said he was in the 10900 block of Washington Blvd. at 9:15 a.m. and left his phone in the company’s restroom and when he returned a few minutes later his phone was missing. Vandalism On April 25 at 2:20 p.m. officers responded to the 9000 block of Lindblade St. regarding a vandalism investigation. The officers met with the reporting party who told them he saw a co-worker throw an object out of a v...
With over 9 films opening this weekend, suffice it to say there is definitely something for everyone. From thoughtful reflective films that meld the lives of a father and son like “Greetings From Tim Buckley” to the observations of family fracture through the eyes of a child in “What Maisie Knew” to the documentary feel/student film look of “Generation Um”, quiet little indies may be taking a supporting role to the week’s tent-pole blockbuster IRON MAN 3, but in many ways, are superlative s...
Business Education Group Recognizes CCUSD Schools The California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) has named six CCUSD schools among the 2,108 public schools in California to receive the title of 2012 Honor Roll school. Schools receiving this distinction from the California business community have demonstrated consistent high levels of student academic achievement, improvement in achievement levels over time and reduction in achievement gaps among student populations. The CBEE Honor Roll is comprised of “Star Schools" Award (871 s...
Senator Curren D. Price, Jr. (D-Culver City) has authored legislation that would transfer all investigators and their staff from the Medical Board of California (MBC) to the Department of Justice (DOJ) where they would work in coordination with prosecutors in the Attorney’s General (AG) office. SB 304, co-authored with Assemblymember Richard Gordon, seeks to streamline the investigation and prosecution of physicians suspected of medical misconduct. “We are calling for a major reform of the MBC by transferring the MBC’s investigators into the D...
