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The 11th Annual "Cruisin' Back to the 50's" Culver City Car Show will take place Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm in downtown Culver City. More than 400 classic cars and hot rods are expected to be on display, as well as vendors and musical performances scheduled throughout the day. Produced by the Culver City Exchange Club and sponsored by the City of Culver City, the Culver City Car Show will feature customized cars from George Barris, creator of the Batmobile, the Munsters' Koach, the Beverly...
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 9-9:45 am Open ceremonies – Barry Weiss, MC - National Anthem sung by Mallory Low; Introduction of Dignitaries & City Councilmembers, Welcome Speech by George Barris 10:00 - 10:45 am Entertainment – Boss Fink 11:15 - Noon Entertainment – 310 12:15 – 12:45 Pin-Up Contest 1:00 - 2:00 Entertainment – – Big Sandy and his Fly Rite Boys 2-3 pm Trophy Ceremonies 3:00 p.m. Announcement from Stage - Show is over - Thanks and see you next year...
Welcome Welcome to Cruisin' Back to the Fifties presented by the George Barris and the Exchange Club of Culver City. 2014 is the eleven edition for our annual celebration of the America's classic cars and street rods. As you stroll past this matchless collection of roadsters, muscle cars and timeless classics, we think you will agree, this year's show is the best one yet! Cruisin'Back to the Fifties wouldn't be possible without George Barris, the iconic designer of some of Hollywood's most...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Magic Johnson issued the following statement concerning rumors he might buy the Clippers. ´I am not going to buy the Clippers," he said. The NBA is attempting to force disgraced owner Donald Sterling to sell the team soon. Unlike Johnson, Oprah Winfrey has expressed interest and has two highly qualified partners....
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist If you are undecided as to whom you should vote for as Los Angeles County Sheriff, please consider Todd Rogers. Todd is an Assistant Sheriff and Vice Mayor of Lakewood. As sheriff he would restructure the department’s chain of command to ensure shorter spans of control and greater accountability, as well as immediate review of deputy-involved shootings, community policing and at-risk kids’ programs. Look at the website, www.rogers4sheriff.com, and vote for...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor What other news, what other developments could there be from the Clippers’ bizarre week as they await a deciding Game 7 of their opening round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors? Well, there is one more development. The New York Post reported that 80-year-old ousted Clipper owner Donald Sterling has been battling prostate cancer for several years. Most Clipper players and Coach Doc Rivers said they weren’t aware of the situation. “I hope it isn’t...
The Culver City Chamber Orchestra welcomes winners of the MTAC (WLA Branch). They were judged and will be awarded by performing with the Culver City Chamber Orchestra on Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 pm. The winners range from age 14-18 and they are Tristan Paradee, pianist; Christina Lee, pianist; Daniel Oh, cellist; Cassandra Carrasco, pianist; and Irene Yum, cellist. Please join us with conductor Arlette Cárdenes on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at Moss Theatre 3131 Olympic Blvd, Santa...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Centaur baseball continued to gather momentum as it took a two-game series from Inglewood High, 19-0 at home and 11-3 away, while extending its Ocean League unbeaten streak to four games. Actually it will be a six-game winning streak due to a two-game forfeiture by Culver City High's next scheduled opponent, Morningside High. The Centaurs are virtually 17-6 overall and 7-1 in league play. And the team has yet to play its best ball. Head coach Rick Prieto led...
The Republican Party County Central Committee 54th Assembly District Board meets every second Tuesday of the month. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday May 13, 2014 at Lenny's Deli, 2379 Westwood Blvd. from 7 pm - 9 pm. For further information contact: Tyler Koteskey ([email protected]) or call (323) 251-5682. The website is: www.cagop54thad.com...
Governor Jerry Brown has announced the appointment of Steven Kapp, 27, of Culver City, to the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities. Kapp has been a graduate student intern at the University of California, Los Angeles Tarjan Center since 2012, a guest lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles since 2011 and graduate student in the University's Department of Education since 2009. He was a research assistant at the University of California, Los Angeles Semel Institute...
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has announced that La Ballona Elementary School is one of 424 exemplary California public elementary schools selected as a 2014 California Distinguished School. "This is a prestigious honor that recognizes the hard work and dedication of Principal Jennifer Slabbinck, her talented team and all the students and parents at La Ballona," said CCUSD Superintendent Dave LaRose. "We are very proud of and thankful for how the staff, students and...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Donald Sterling has been confrontational during his 33 years as the Clippers' owner so it isn't surprising that he isn't taking his lifetime suspension without a fight. Sterling has a $1.7 billion lawsuit against the NBA in mind after he was banned for life by NBA commissioner Adam Silver. He is considering several major law firms. Sterling's advisors aren't disputing the fact that Sterling's comments were racial but they are disputing the fact the tape he made...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter What a horse. What a team. And California bred. California Chrome's magical mystery tour intensified as the three-year old wonder horse thoroughly electrified and wooed the horseracing world and beyond by winning the 140th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in his own superlative style and ridden in brilliant fashion by jockey Victor Espinoza on Saturday, May 3. The enchanted chestnut-colored colt contrasted by the elegant white markings on his face and all four...
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter Anne Marie Ketchum, Music Director and Founding Artistic Director for The Verdi Chorus (now Frank and Merle Strauss Artistic Director), pulled out all the stops for their Spring performances this past Saturday and Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica. To kick-off their 31st season of presenting glorious choruses, arias and ensembles from grand opera, Ms. Ketchum decided on an all Italian program entitled AMORE ITALIANO and chose...
Hello, Enclosed, please find my mother’s account of her “rescue” by Selena Andrade. Selena is a middle school age girl from my mom’s Braddock Drive neighborhood. My mother, who is almost 89 years old, had been in her garden smelling the roses when she tripped and fell and broke her hip. When Selena walked by and noticed my mother lying on the ground, half-hidden by shrubbery and unable to move, she used her cell phone to call for help. It was late in the day and if Selena hadn’t responded...
Directed by James Gray and co-written with Ric Menello, THE IMMIGRANT is a film that is not to be missed and is, quite honestly, the best work of Gray's career thus far and will be difficult to top. Steeped in the rich immigration history of America in the early 20th Century, THE IMMIGRANT is set in 1921 New York where it revolves around the story of a young Polish Catholic immigrant named Ewa Cybulski, as she tries to navigate the treacherous American waters filled with corrupt officials,...
From the moment that L. Frank Baum put pen to paper back in 1900 and swept that first generation of collective and individual imaginations up into a Kansas twister, the stories of Dorothy Gale, her little dog Toto, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Woodsman and the Land of Oz have dazzled and delighted young and old alike for more than 100 years. Baum himself penned a total of 14 Oz stories as well as a play before MGM and Judy Garland dropped in on an eye-popping Technicolor Oz. Since...
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher While Culver City Police cannot confirm the suspect is the same man who attempted to kidnap a Culver City Middle school girl last week all the signs point to the same individual. He struck again twice this week. On Tuesday at 7:15pm, a 16 year old female was walking home from school in the area of Overland Ave. and Virginia Ave., a Male White/Hispanic Adult, short brown hair, and facial hair, driving a green four door vehicle, pulled alongside of her. The...
Local resident Master Gunnery Sergeant ( MGySgt) D. Lopez, daughter of Josefina Zamora Lopez, has returned home after 30 years of faithful service in the United States Marine Corps. Her daughter Veronica Lopez is among many of the friends and family who traveled from various parts of the country and overseas to wish one of "Americas finest" fair winds and following seas. Among the honored guest, assembly member Rockey Chaves will present Master Gunnery Sergeant D. Lopez with a Legion of Merit,...
by debbie lynn elias Hammer Films is iconic when it comes to the history of film and horror films in particular. Thanks to a steady stream of B-movies with stunning production values, talents like Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing became household names. Revived and reinvigorated in the 21st Century, Hammer has been the name behind such recent hits as “The Woman In Black” starring Daniel Radcliffe and the Matt Reeves directed “Let Me In” adapted from the Swedish smash “Let the Right One In....
Captain America and company are back with what is undisputably the best script and most well told and constructed story of any super hero movie to date - CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER. With a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley and the film now helmed by newcomers to the Marvel world, Anthony and Joe Russo, the bar of excellence is elevated to astronomical levels that future writers and directors in not only the Marvel universe, but others, will be hard pressed to equal...
