Articles from the September 7, 2017 edition


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  • Special Baseball Clinic by UCLA Head Coach John Savage at Culver City High School

    Sep 7, 2017

    The Playa Vista Orioles baseball academy will conduct a very special instructional clinic at the Culver City High School baseball field, with UCLA Head Coach John Savage as the featured guest instructional speaker, on Saturday, September 16, from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The event is designed for high energy and accomplished youth baseball players, from 11 to 13 years of age, and pre-registration is recommended, as there is only a limited number of participants that will be accepted via online...

  • Culver To Host Baseball Clinic Featuring UCLA Coach

    Sep 7, 2017

    The Playa Vista Orioles baseball academy will conduct a very special instructional clinic at the Culver City High School baseball field, with UCLA Head Coach John Savage as the featured guest instructional speaker, on Saturday, September 16, from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The event is designed for high energy and accomplished youth baseball players, from 11 to 13 years of age, and pre-registration is recommended, as there is only a limited number of participants that will be accepted via online...

  • Friends Of The Health Center Honor One Of Their Own

    Sep 7, 2017

    The Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center recently honored Board Member Pat Levinson, Special Projects, at a Dodger Baseball themed barbecue at the home of Dr. Sarah Carpenter, President. Pat, a retired educator, has been actively involved with the Friends group since 1997. In the past she has served as president and treasurer, organized fundraisers, provided community outreach, and always stepped in when needed. Working with last year’s honoree, Treasurer Sue Mitchell, she is mindful of the budgetary requirements to run the n...

  • Schedule For Jewish New Year

    Sep 7, 2017

    The Jewish New Year 5778 begins at Sunset on September 20. Please join us for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur services at the Double Tree Hotel. Click on the Holiday tab to view the full Schedule: http://www.jewishcc.com Rosh Hashanah commemorates the sixth day of Creation; the day when Adam and Eve were created. Our birth is like G-d saying the world needs you and we pledge New Year resolutions to continue our job to make this world a better place.And when words fail to communicate our deepest heartfelt feelings, we take a Shofar, whose simple...

  • Lakers Fined $500,000 For TamperingNBA Takes This Offense Seriously

    Mitch Chortkoff|Sep 7, 2017

    When I heard the NBA was going to investigate the Indiana Pacers’ claim that the Lakers had tampered with one of their players, Paul George I thought it was a weak case. My reasoning was that George, who grew up in Southern California, has been telling everyone for the last year or two that he intended to sign with the Lakers when his contract expires in 2018. What could the Lakers add to that? But when the NBA announced last Thursday that they have fined the Lakers $500,000 I listened c...

  • 2017 Women in Business Honorees Named

    Sep 7, 2017

    The Women in Business Council of the Culver City Chamber of Commerce announces the four honorees of the 2017 Women In Business Awards that will be presented October 26 at a luncheon at the Doubletree by Hilton LA Westside. Akasha Richmond, owner and Innovator Honoree of Akasha Restaurant, Bakery and Bar as well as the new AR Cucina, Italian restaurant was an early innovator in downtown Culver City along with her business partner and husband Alan Shulman. Akasha, a well-known chef prior to opening her first restaurant In Culver City, has...

  • The Culver Studios & Lin Howe Boosters Create New Butterfly Garden

    Mailee Johnson|Sep 7, 2017

    Summers in LA can get quite hot. Especially with asphalt that traps and contains heat, its not that pleasant. And at Lin Howe, and with the Culver Studios help, they realized this problem. With enough funding, Lin Howe transformed their asphalt patch into a beautiful butterfly garden. I went to the Culver Hotel to discuss with the main builders and minds behind the whole project, whom are: Michael Goldfarb (and all of Culver Studios), Jen Conlon (A Landscape Architect who donated her talent to create this garden), and the Lin Howes Boosters...

  • Another Upstairs Downstairs?

    Carole Bell|Sep 7, 2017

    It's time for a couple of lyrical, and not so, anniversaries. The time was sensational. A half-century ago, The Beatles released their seminal Sgt. Pepper album, shaking up rock music and culture. The album won four Grammy's, was number one for 15 weeks, and ranked number one in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".A peek at making the album, "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond," features John Lennon (in extreme close-up) explaining the group, with...

  • Coffee Prices on the Rise

    Neil Rubenstein|Sep 7, 2017

    According to the New York Post, Wells Fargo’s reputation took another hit on Friday, April 22, 2017 when the bank admitted its practice of opening phony customer accounts started back in 2002 not in 2009 as first reported. For all you coffee drinkers keep your eyes peeled on the food store circulars, because coffee futures in New York driven by worldwide crop gluts touched a ten year low recently. Don’t get the person with the gavel upset; a judge said VW was guilty of deliberate and mas...

  • Culver Begins Football Season With Impressive Win

    Fred Altieri|Sep 7, 2017

    The only thing missing was a fireworks show to end the action-packed performance. 2017 Culver City High football got off to an explosive start as the Centaurs' offensive machine dominated visiting West High of Torrance 58-27 before a very spirited and satisfied home crowd on Friday, September 1 at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The defending Ocean League champions continued right where they left off last season in terms of a high-flying offense when the Centaurs averaged more than 42 points per game....

  • Dodger Organization Joins Players in Supporting Hurricane Harvey Efforts

    Sep 7, 2017

    The Los Angeles Dodgers have provided their support to the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Houston through both a $100,000 donation to the Houston Food Bank and by contributing 5,000 fleece blankets to the Dream Center in Texas to be distributed to the flood victims. Additionally, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) will contribute the proceeds from its in-game 50/50 raffle on Wednesday, Sept. 6 also in support of the Houston Food Bank. Dodger fans are encouraged to visit houstonfoodbank.org/dodgers to join us in this effort. On...

  • Kroenke Family Donates $1 Million To Red Cross

    Sep 7, 2017

    STAN, ANN, WHITNEY and JOSH KROENKE, on behalf of their sports organizations and business entities including the LA Rams are donating $1 million to Red Cross relief efforts in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. Our family’s thoughts are with all those affected by Hurricane Harvey, said Ann Walton Kroenke. The Red Cross is working around the clock in very challenging conditions in Texas to help people impacted by Hurricane Harvey, said Gail McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross. We couldn’t do it without the...

  • LA Chargers Will Debut At Denver

    Bill Seals|Sep 7, 2017

    The LA Chargers ended the 2017 preseason on Thursday Night at San Francisco, losing 23-13 to the 49ers. In a game with very little at stake other than some roster spots, neither team played their starters and both teams were just happy to get the preseason over with and move on to the regular season. Cardale Jones completed 18 of 24 passes for 158 yards and one interception and finally led the Chargers on a scoring drive (two fieldgoals). But five Charger turnovers ended up resulting in an easy...

  • Colts To Test Rams In Opening Game Sunday

    Fred Altieri|Sep 7, 2017

    Ready of not, the Sean McVay era is about to begin for the Los Angeles Rams. The team will host the Indianapolis Colts Sunday afternoon, September 10, at the Coliseum to open the 2017 NFL season. Rams Head Coach McVay and his coaching staff will be compelled to quickly instill a winning attitude and record due after a dismal 4-12 season under the previous coaching regime. The Rams finished the preseason with a 2-2 record after losing at Green Bay, 24-10, last Thursday. The game's only...

  • No. 6 USC Will Battle No. 14 Stanford on Saturday

    Steve Finley|Sep 7, 2017

    The Los Angeles Coliseum has been a place where a lot of great football games have been played. When No. 6 USC clashes with No. 14 Stanford on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the Coliseum, it figures to be another one of those games that has Pac-12 and national implications. Both teams are 1-0 and both teams have great football tradition. USC’s 49-21 win over Western Michigan last Saturday was a good test for the Trojans. Although the name Western Michigan does not scare a lot of people, they are a v...

  • Don't Let This Happen To Culver City

    Suzanne DeBenedittis|Sep 7, 2017

    Let's not expose Culver City to possibly becoming another disaster like San Bruno or Porter Ranch. Inadequate regulations and private interests have too often gotten in the way of protecting people's rights. Fortunately we in Culver City will soon have the opportunity to protect what we hold dear. Culver City is soon coming out with a draft of environmental impacts (EIR) on proposed regulations for oil and gas (O&G) exploration and production on the oil field in our City. Our quality of life will be impacted by the resulting regulations. We...

  • Sports World Mourns And Contributes To Houston

    Mitch Chortkoff|Sep 7, 2017

    In doing my job I attend a lot of games and talk to a lot of people. Sometimes I hear folks say professional athletes make too much money It’s true that some of them make a lot more than star players of the past. This many million, that many million. It seems like an awful, awful lot, But then something tragic happens and they pitch in. Consider the current flooding damage in Houston from Hurricane Harvey and contributions from the sports world. Leslie Alexander, owner of the Houston Rockets, p...

  • UCLA Football Wins One For The Ages

    Steve Finley|Sep 7, 2017

    UCLA's 45-44 thrilling comeback win over Texas A&M last Sunday at the Rose Bowl was a game that defied all logical explanations when it comes to making a sports comeback. What made it so hard to believe was that the Bruins were so bad in the first have and so good in the second half. They were down 38 to 10 at half time and even some of UCLA's most devoted fans were so discouraged that they started to leave the Rose Bowl. UCLA appeared to be sleep walking in the first half and they continued to...

  • Vince Motyl Dies

    Sep 7, 2017

    Long time Culver City resident Vince Motyl passed away today, Wednesday, at 2;30 this afternoon at Cedars Sinai Hospital. He had undergone surgery earlier in the week. Vince was a city commissioner on the civil Service Commission and an active member of CERT. he had been active in the community for decades. More on Vince's life and death as information becomes available,...

  • Services For Mary Jane Thomas, 81

    Sep 7, 2017

    MARY JANE THOMAS née Beaver age 81 died peacefully on August 23, 2017 in Culver City. She was born July 2, 1936 in Pittsburgh. She was predeceased by her parents John E. Beaver and Katherine McLaughlin Beaver, sister Helen Sobieray, and her beloved son Dylan Thomas. Mary Jane graduated from South Hills High School and received her BA from Mount Mercy College in Pittsburgh. She worked as a social worker in Pittsburgh before moving to California. She attended Santa Monica College to obtain her...

  • Vince Motyl Dies

    Sep 7, 2017

    Long time Culver City resident Vince Motyl passed away on Wednesday, at 2;30 this afternoon at Cedars Sinai Hospital He had undergone surgery earlier in the week Vince was a city commissioner on the civil Service Commission and an active member of CERT. he had been active in the community for decades. More on Vince's life and death and services as information becomes available.,...

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