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Dr. Kim Indelicato, principal at Linwood E. Howe Elementary School, withdrew her resignation shortly after resigning due to an undisclosed dispute with the school district. The undisclosed dispute produced a plethora of parents and teachers on Monday at the school and a packed house at the school board meeting held in the council chambers at city hall. According to reports the support received on Monday by parents and students made the principal reverse her decision to resign. While most...
Two concerts that you don't want to miss are landing at The Rose in Pasadena and the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills in the month of June. On June 16 at The Rose, the esteemed Canadian folk-music legend Gordon Lightfoot, with 50 years in the music business, will be treating his adoring fans to his poetic songwriting and vocal excellence. He resides with some very exclusive company atop the list of all-time greats having recorded 20 albums with five Grammy nominations. His songs, airing regularly for...
During the 1016 Presidential Campaign then candidate Donald Trump dismissed the Global Warming saying "it's called weather folks." Today the reaction from Democrats in the House of Representatives was swift and furious.Culver City's representative in the house, Karen Bass was quick to respond saying, "Climate change denial makes us look backwards on the world's stage and shackles generations to an uninhabitable planet."She went on to blast the President saying, "I can't say I'm surprised, given...
Ezykel Audinette, 19, allegedly robbed two Culver City youths of their cell phones on Tuesday. He claimed to have a gun. The robbery happened while the boys were walking along the side of the Ballona Creek near Overland Avenue.. Based on a detailed description by the victims Audinette was arrested Tuesday for allegedly robbing the boys. According to Culver City Police, Detective Ivan Hernandez followed up on leads and identified Audinette as the suspect. Audinette was taken into custody about...
A bicycle theft in Culver City on Wednesday led police to a makeshift "chop shop" and arrest of a suspect, police said. Police went to the Culver City Julian Dixon Library, 4975 Overland Ave., around 2 p.m. to investigate a report of a bike theft. When officers checked the area, they located the stolen bicycle with a suspect in a homeless encampment under a bridge in the area of Ballona Creek and Centinela Avenue. "A search of the encampment revealed that it was being used as a makeshift...
he summer 2017 session is just around the corner! Don't miss out on enrolling in the swim lessons, fun and enriching Recreation Classes, or unique summer camps such as YSE Youth Sports Camp, Coast 2 Coast Irish Soccer Camp, The Skateside Skate Camp, and many more! Resident registration starts Saturday, May 20. Non-resident registration starts Saturday, May 27. Please visit http://www.culvercity.org/live/community-neighborhood/parks-recreation-culture/recreational-activities for more information...
he Culver City Symphony Orchestra concludes its 2016-17 Season with aconcert, Sounds of Downtown, Saturday, June 10 at 7:30 pm., with the orchestra returning to the intimate and beautiful Kirk Douglas Theatre, Downtown Culver City, 9820 Washington. There is free parking underneath City Hall, behind the theatre, entrance from Duquesne. Americans, and Music From (The Time Of) HamiltonFounding Father Alexander Hamilton (Jan. 11, 1757-Jul. 12, 1804), was acontemporary of the two Classical Period...
Santa Monica’s New Roads School has been honored with five nominations for the acclaimed Jerry Herman Awards for its Spring 2017 middle and high school musical, In the Heights. These nominations recognize the New Roads production as one of the best secondary school musical theater productions in Los Angeles. New Roads’ nominations include:Best ProductionBest Supporting Actress – Julia Malinow (Daniela)“No Small Parts” Award – Caleb McGee (Piragua Guy)Best Staging and ChoreographyBest Musical Direction The Jerry Herman Awards celebra...
The prospect ofan openly gay, boxer-drag queen in a closeted Alaskan town seems doubtful. Seems doubtful, that is, until one steps into the world ofDzAlaska Is a Dragdz, written and directed by Shaz Bennett. Reckoning two (seemingly contrary) halves of flamboyancy, Bennett overlooks surface differences to connect boxing and drag performance for their core commonality: audacity. Relating bold swings to fierce shimmies and more, DzAlaska Is a Dragdz comments on self-identity and human relationships. Bennett weaves a narrative both admirably origi...
As part of the spectacular events surrounding Culver City’s 2017 Centennial Celebration Wescom Credit Union presents the 2017 Culver City Centennial Westside Food & Wine Festival which will serve up tastes of amazing food, wines and spirits to raise money for Backpacks for Kids program, on Sunday, July 2 from 4:30 pm to 8. (VIP 4 p.m.) at the Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles Westside in Culver City. Delicious tastes from some of Culver City, Mar Vista, Venice and West Los Angeles’ popular restaurants and chefs are paired with tastings of win...
The Culver City Short Term Rental Owners Association (CCSTROA) has been formed in response to the city council “putting together a Council subcommittee to examine short-term rentals”.“We want to educate the public and the Council subcommittee of the benefits that short-term rentals bring to the community and businesses of Culver City”, states Robert Zirgulis, president of Short Term Rental Owners Association of Culver City (STROACC).Short -term rentals are a valuable asset in a community’s tourism portfolio, providing diversity in accommodation...
Innovative firms have moved into the properties that once housed the aerospace empire of Howard Hughes, creating internet marketing opportunities for Playa Vista and Silicon Beach businesses. Services that support the residences and local economy in Playa Vista and Silicon Beach neighborhoods will require area-specific website domain names to flourish, according to John Kubota, an outdoor media agency owner. Auto, employment, entertainment, financial, health care, legal, media, real estate, restaurants, goods, and technology businesses, for...
I'm standing in the sun eating "Cabo Chips" ("Made with REAL ingredients" "Ground and uniquely crafted" "Cut & cooked in small batches.") when a man I don't know well walks up to me. "I lost my girl," he says. I rack my brain. I know him; we've talked. I know his wife and son. His wife May, and I had several conversations; we went to a market together once. Did they have a daughter? He said it again. "I lost my girl." I tried to think. "Are you talking about May?" I asked. "Yes, my girl's...
With Mike Trout going on the disabled list for 6-8 weeks the Angels' chances of making the playoffs this season are dim. The 25-year-old outfielder has been American League MVP twice, including last season and runnerup three times in his five major league years. This season he was hitting .337 and led the American League in walks. Trout suffered a torn ligament in his left thumb on a stolen base attempt Sunday against the Miami Marlins. He had a choice of how to deal with the injury and elected...
The defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs couldn’t score a run in their first two games of a series last weekend against the Dodgers. So I went to Dodger Stadium Sunday trying to learn what was going on. Well, to be honest I went to see which superb pitcher, Clayton Kershaw or Jon Lester would prevail. Neither one was having a good day. Kershaw, in fact, gave up four home runs. But I enjoyed the day because the Dodgers won, 9-4 the 47,000 fans had a good time and most of the crowd was i...
The UCLA softball program hopes to continue its post season success this weekend at the College World Series in Oklahoma City starting with the game they played on Thursday, June 1 against Louisiana State University (LSU). Check your local listings or the Bruin website to find out when their next game will be played. The Bruins are currently 5-0 in the post season and that includes victories over Lehigh, San Jose State and Cal State Fullerton in the Regionals and two wins over the University of...
What an upset. After being awarded the 2021 Super Bowl, LA has been moved back a year due to complications of our recent storm. Last week the 2021 game was awarded to Tampa and the LA Super Bowl game in the new Rams stadium in Inglewood was changed to 2022. With the delay the Rams will play their regular season home games in the Coliseum for the third straight season and the Chargers will get an extra year in the Stub Hub stadium in Carson. There’s an NFL rule that a new stadium must be o...
The Jeffrey Foundation and its “Circle of Love” Committee held its 45thAnniversary Dinner on May 11. The event took place at The Olympic Collection located at 11301 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles. More than 140 guests attended. Music and entertainment were provided by songstress Bonnie Bowden and Peter Marshall, Star of Television. Event MC was Christine Devine, award-winning newscaster from Channel 11 Fox News. “Circle of Love” committee Joanna Kermani, Suz Landay, Beverly Cohen, Mara New, Poppy Paulos, Linda Schwartz, Elaine Dupont...
Wesleyan University student Griffin Deary of Culver City (formerly of Brentwood School) was recognized this spring with the Horgan Prize. Established by the Department of English in honor of Paul Horgan, professor emeritus and writer-in-residence, it is awarded to the student who has written the best short story of the year. Wesleyan University is a private, non-sectarian liberal arts university in Middletown, Conn. Founded in 1831, Wesleyan offers its 3,000 undergraduatesand 200 graduate students a demanding educational environment...
Emily Schnider, a resident of Culver City, has been named to the Emerson College Dean's List for the Spring 2017 semester. Schnider is majoring in Writing, Lit and Publishing. The requirement to make Emerson's Dean's List is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher. Located in Boston, opposite the historic Boston Common and in the heart of the city's Theatre District, Emerson College educates individuals who will solve problems and change the world through engaged leadership in communication and the arts, a mission informed by liberal learning....
Let's understand what's really going on. Presidential elections in the U.S., for years now, haven't been about candidates' personalities. As I said in a 2008 debate before London's prestigious Harkness Fellows, U.S. elections are about the role of the government in people's lives. It's not Republican glee we're seeing about cuts for needy children, medical research, health care; I suspect many Republicans actually feel awful about gutting arts and environment funding. People who can't have it al...
Perhaps you just know a member of the family or a friend who would like to be in law enforcement. Well, tell that lucky person to gas up his/her car and drive to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office in Florence, Arizona where there are 65 vacant positions. If you or your friends or your family could not come up with the money to get a second opinion on the DNA then expect to spend a long, long, long time locked up. For example, a man is suing two months in a sexual assault case because of a DNA m...
UCLA stars Lonzo Ball and T.J. Leaf have decided to leave college to go into the NBA. And both are likely to be drafted quickly next month. Ike Anigbogu, a reserve center, is leaving too and is expected to be drafted in the middle of the first round. But the Bruins haven’t lost all the players who had announced they were departing. Junior center Thomas Welsh and sophomore guard Aaron Holiday withdrew their names from the NBA list last week. UCLA, which reached the Sweet 16 round in the NCAA T...
The Culver City High 2017 varsity baseball season finally came to an end roughly 170 miles up the scenic Pacific Coast Highway on Thursday, May 18, in Santa Maria, located in northwest Santa Barbara County. The Centaurs lost 2-1 to the highly ranked Righetti High Warriors in a CIF Division 3 Playoff game. Culver rallied for one run in the seventh inning but came up short against Warrior ace Matt Sauer. Righetti scored both of its runs in the second inning off of Centaur starter Eli Saucedo who...
Joseph Calleja, the Grammy-nominated Maltese tenor, traveled to the Broad Stage in Santa Monica and showed the audience why he has one of the very best voices in opera right now as he celebrated the musical life of Mario Lanza with a full orchestra led by Maestro Jader Bignamini.Blessed with a golden-age voice, he is compared to famous singers from earlier eras like Jussi Bjorling and Enrico Caruso. He has quickly become one of the most acclaimed and sought-after tenors today and has made...
