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By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter A Culver City woman, who was hiking in Mount San Jacinto State Park on Saturday and met with an injury, was rescued by the collaborative efforts of the California Highway Patrol and the State Parks rescue team. Todd Friedman, a State Parks ranger and spokesman for the park, said that at about 4 p.m., a call was received about an injured hiker at Wellman's Divide. A State Parks rescue team was assembled, consisting of one ranger and four State Park Aides. One...
Culver CityBus Line 6 and rapid 6 will be on detour, beginning 9:00 pm Friday, July 25 – 6:00 am Monday, July 28th, 2014, between the LAX Transit Center and the Metro Green Line Station due to the bridge demolition project at the intersection of Century Blvd/Aviation Blvd. Please allow enough time in your commute for service delays. The following Line 6 bus stops will be temporarily discontinued: Northbound Century Blvd/Aviation Blvd Century Blvd/International Rd Airport Blvd/Century Blvd S...
Assembly Member Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City) will seek public testimony from health, mental health and law enforcement experts to examine protocols and procedures for law enforcement interactions with mentally ill residents when he co-chairs the Assembly Joint Hearing of the Select Committee on Mental & Behavioral Health and Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment on Tuesday, July 29 at 10:00 a.m. at Southern Missionary Baptist Church, 4678 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles....
The Venice Japanese Community Center presented scholarship winner at the 2014 Nisei Week Court during the annual VJCC Summer Festival on June 21. VJCC President Hiro Harada presented $600 scholarships to four outstanding high school graduates including three from Culver City High School Logan Kim plans to attend UCLA. Her parents are Vickie and Nobbie Kim. Kelli Tademaru plans to attend USC. Her parents are Arlene and Dave Tademaru. Kelsey Ueda plans to attend UCLA. She is the daughter of Julia and Dean Ueda....
The public is invited to join the fun on July 30 from 6:30-8:30pm to experience Master Mentalist Carl Christman from Hollywood's famous Magic Castle. This is not a TV show. Carl Christman will actually be "in the house" at the Culver Hotel to entertain members of the Culver City Rotary Club and community participants with his psychic powers. A popular entertainer around the country, Christman is appearing at the first "5th Wednesday" Rotary meeting; the club normally meets at noon on Wednesdays...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist With states decriminalizing marijuana and scaling back 1970s-era drug laws, admissions to state prisons have fallen from 689,536 in 2006 to 553,843 in 2012. New York has closed 24 prison facilities since 2011. I sure hope none of the 165,200 employees who received Wall Street bonuses totaling 26.7 billion in 2013 get a rupture taking their checks to the bank. Recently I went through the file folder labeled Culver City Court and would you believe I found a...
By Fred Altieri Observer Sports Reporter Culver City High will have two new Ocean League opponents to contend with for the approaching athletic school year due to league realignments within the South Bay Athletic Association: El Segundo High and Lawndale High. And that means only one thing... across the board the competition just got tougher. Opportunely, it's the shot in arm the Ocean League needed as it seeks to improve upon its recent resurgent athletic success within the CIF Southern...
By Beth Lindly Special to the Observer Local theatre troupe Kentwood Players' production of "Sordid Lives," a dark comedy penned by Del Shores, is a familiar, enjoyable piece of theatre. It unfolds like something I might have performed in high school, albeit more swear-filled. The acting was good in some parts. But this play's strengths don't lie in its artistry. "Lives" is ultimately a work revolving around themes of family and community, and every aspect of the production contributes to them....
The public is invited to join the fun on July 30 from 6:30-8:30pm to experience Master Mentalist Carl Christman from Hollywood's famous Magic Castle. This is not a TV show. Carl Christman will actually be "in the house" at the Culver Hotel to entertain members of the Culver City Rotary Club and community participants with his psychic powers. A popular entertainer around the country, Christman is appearing at the first "5th Wednesday" Rotary meeting; the club normally meets at noon on Wednesdays...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter After considering whether to have blind passengers pay a fare equivalent to disabled fare on Culver City busses, the City Council on July 14 decided to retain free bus rides for blind passengers while still charging 35 cents for disabled, Medicare, and senior bus fares. The issue was raised after a disabled rider protested the policy of free rides for blind bus riders while people with other disabilities had to pay. The protester suggested to the city that...
By Fred Altieri Observer Sports Reporter Part 2 of 2. Part 1 appeared in last week's Culver City Observer. Both Part 1 and Part 2 are available for viewing online at www.culvercityobserver.com The school's student sports medicine trainers won the CIF competition for the second year in a row at the Southern Section Championships at St. Francis High School. Marcos White does an unbelievable job. He's our head trainer in charge of all of our teams. He runs the student training program during the...
Mitch Chortkoff Is recovering from surgery His column will return soon...
The Culver City Senior and Social Services Division will host a CarFit event on Saturday, July 26th from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Culver City Senior Center. CarFit is an educational program that offers older adults the opportunity to check how well their personal vehicles "fit" them. At a CarFit event, a team of trained technicians and/or health professionals work with each participant to ensure they "fit" their vehicle properly for maximum comfort and safety. A CarFit check takes...
Culver City Summer Camp, in conjunction with NFL Play 60, the National Football League program to promote exercise through 60 minutes of fitness had their punt pass and kick day on Wednesday, July 2. USC standout and 2 time Super Bowl Champion Rod Martin was on hand to speak to the campers about the importance of education, commitment and exercise. Martin was a USC All American Linebacker before being drafted by the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. While a Raider, Rod was selected an All Pro 4...
Terrorist group Boko Haram made headlines last April when its members kidnapped 276 female students from a government school in Northern Nigeria. The Islamic Jihadist and terrorist organization claimed the abduction, promising to enslave the missing girls. It was not the first time that Boko Haram hit the Northern parts of Nigeria and Cameroon. In fact, the group started its criminal operations on September 7, 2010, when 50 gunmen broke into a prison in the Nigerian city of Bauchi and freed 721 prisoners that later became terrorists. And despit...
Dusty delivers! He dives, he swoops, he scoops, soaring into our hearts again! PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE may be the epitome of the Disney themes of "friendship first" and "lend a helping hand", not to mention second chances, as aerial racing legend Dusty Crophopper takes his place in history as a SEAT (Single Engine Air Tanker) joining the other brave members of the Piston Peak Air Attack Team in their battle of wildfires in the Southwest/West United States. With returning old friends and new...
