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By Dennis J. Freeman Observer Reporter The Culver Steps broke ground in November of 2017. Today, the mix-use development, backed by Hackman Capital Partners, stands as a completed project that have drawn rave reviews. In June 2018, The Culver Steps, featuring 75,000 feet of office space and 40,000 feet of retail area, was on the receiving end of an honor at the Los Angeles Architectural Awards. "We're thrilled to be among such an innovative and prestigious group of winners," said Mike Racine,...
Lili Lipsic age 7 Kid Scoop Media Correspondent I was really excited when my mom asked me if I wanted to go to Washington DC with my friend, Lila, so we could be reporters for Kids Scoop Media. Our job was to report on the Easter Egg Roll at the White House. It isn't on Easter- it's the day after Easter. I was excited to go to the house where Abraham Lincoln had lived and get to be a reporter. We got to Washington a few days before the Egg Roll. At one the places we went, the Smithsonian...
I really don’t know why but it seems the City of Culver City, in my opinion, treats Fox Hills residents as stepchildren. The latest insult concerns the Voting Center scheduled to be up and running for the 2020 election. Fox Hills was not included even though it’s a very dense area with the highest minority population in our town and one of the largest Black population by percentage in Los Angeles County. Fox Hills has nearly 3,000 housing units and approximately twice that number of res...
A lot of things are going right for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019. They have the best record (60-32) in the major leagues. Cody Bellinger is having a MVP season. Their pitching rotation is very good. The All-Star break stopped their three game losing streak. They had several walk-off plays that helped them win games and they survived the July 5 earthquake that had Dodger Stadium swaying like palm trees in the wind. Despite losing their last three games against San Diego they Dodgers still...
The Los Angeles Clippers have finally arrived. The Clippers have been fighting for relevancy in a city where the Los Angeles Lakers legacy has completely dominated the professional basketball scene. On late Friday night, NBA Superstar Kawhi Leonard decided to officially come home and become a Clipper. Leonard ended up signing a max contract with the Clippers after they acquired Paul George from the Thunder in exchange for five first-round selections, two pick swaps, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and...
And it may only get better. Midway past the 2019 MLS season, Los Angeles Football Club is seriously threatening a number of league standards. Reiterating that effort is LAFC captain and forward Carlos Vela leading the charge while moving the needle closer to his quest for the league's MVP and Golden Boot awards. Last week, LAFC continued its storied run by trouncing Sporting Kansas City, 5-1, on the road. They returned to Banc of California Stadium to thrash the Vancouver Whitecaps, 6-1 on...
Despite the 2019-20 school year not starting until late August, Culver City High baseball players continue to workout throughout the summer. The players participate in travel and summer programs while others prepare for upcoming high school Fall Ball and later CIF Ocean League ball in the Spring. Over the past four years a number of Culver City baseball players have tried out, developed and competed in the Playa Vista Orioles baseball program and training camps. The program was designed for...
Alvin T Reif, husband of Dottie Reif, passed away June 15, 2019 after a long battle with COPD and dementia. He had been a patient at Bella Vista Transitional Care Center in SLO for the past nine months. Al was born in Pittsburg Pennsylvania and moved when he was 5 years old to Culver City area where he went to school and college in southern Calif. During his college years, he was awarded several trophies for track and field. After college, he joined the US Airforce. He was discharged after four years of service, then he began his teaching...
Victoria Chavez of Culver City, CA, graduated this spring from Ohio Wesleyan University. Chavez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree . Keynote speaker and 1966 OWU graduate Diane Y. Petersen, M.D., encouraged the Class of 2019 to "seek and discover your purpose, know what makes your heart sing, and move in that direction." A retired head-and-neck surgeon, Petersen made history in 1965, when she became the first African American woman in the nation to be initiated into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. "Of course, a lot has changed since the 1960s, th...
Vielmetter Gallery has announced the relocation of their Culver City location to downtown Los Angeles from its current location in Culver City’s Art District. “With the opening of two additional exhibition spaces in our downtown location, Vielmetter Los Angeles is expanding the gallery in downtown Los Angeles to 24,000 square feet of exhibition space. We are closing the Culver City space as of July 6 and will be open by appointment until July 30,” announced the gallery’s owner Susanne Vielmetter on their website. The current 8,000 square...
The Marina del Rey Symphony has announced its summer lineup of concerts held a t Burton Chase Park in the marina. Thursdays-Free The free concerts start at 7:00PM First up on Thursday, July 11 will be Opera at the Shore with stage performances and selections from Puccini's "La Bohème" followed by a live screening and performance of a new score by Craig Safan to the 1925 silent movie, "The Phantom of the Opera." Followed on Thursday, July 25 with Sights, Sounds & Dance in America. The Symphony teams again with the Nancy Dobbs Owen Dance Troupe...
A man is renting more than a dozen vans to homeless people and residents are fed up with it, saying the vans are taking up space and most of them leave large amounts of trash after they move, reports Angie Crouch at KNBC. People who live in a Venice Beach neighborhood allege that someone is renting vans to homeless people as temporary overnight lodging. KNBC reported 3 vans on Riviera and Grand in Venice, were registered to one man locals call the "vanlord." Residents say he rents them out for a...
The Santa Monica Chorus, newly crowned Regional Champions, is turning 70 this year! To celebrate 70 years of women's a cappella singing with Sweet Adelines International, Santa Monica Chorus is hosting a night filled with music through the years. ‘City of Stars’ will be held at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. The show will feature women’s 4-part barbershop a cappella music from the year the chorus began their chapter in 1949 to music that we all know and love now. The show will also spotlight chorus quartets Gotta Sing!, Vixen, Troub...
Three concerts that you don't want to miss are landing at The Canyon Club. On July 20, The Fab Four, will take the stage at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank. If you close your eyes and listen to The Fab Four sing a Beatles song, you will think that the boys from Liverpool had transported themselves back from the '60's. That's how accurate and authentic their sound is – arguably the world's best Beatles tribute band. They will even bring along their own "Ed Sullivan" to introduce and interact w...
If ever I need to remind myself that we are a compassionate, committed, and very connected species, all I have to do is participate in an American Cancer Society event such as the Baldwin Hills Relay for Life, as I did on Saturday, June 22nd at Yvonne B. Burke Athletic Field on Fairfax in Los Angeles, Los Angeles. I did laps proudly and very, very gratefully, sporting my blue Event Leadership T-shirt and purple-ribboned survivor medal. (November 11th will mark the 28th anniversary of my...
