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By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist Can anyone come up with America’s best small town? If you said Apex, North Carolina you are the winner of 100 gallons of gasoline, redeemable only at your Mohawk gas station. Apex is a town of 42,150 with a median home price of $243,125, with the property tax averaging $2,448 and the unemployment rate 3.9%. You might be wondering about California cities, so at number 43 in the nation is La Palma and at 49 is Walnut. If I were younger I’d pack up and mov...
The Culver City Woman’s Club is pleased to have Nancy Lee perform Western music at the first meeting of the club year on Monday, September 14. A Culver City native, Nancy’s first singing appearance was at age 15 at a Culver City Fire Department sponsored Boy Scout Pancake Breakfast with her father, Jim Gilbert, a former Culver City Fire Captain and a group of firefighters. She continued singing, becoming a fan of Western music. Nancy has since performed throughout California and Montana and was nominated for several awards by the Western Mus...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Everyone knew UCLA had a premier quarterback recruit in Josh Rosen. He’s 6-foot-4 with a very strong arm and he threw 100 touchdown passes at St. John Bosco High in Bellflower. But he’s also a freshman and Coach Jim Mora Jr. hadn’t announced who would start Saturday’s opening game against Virginia Tech. Maybe Rosen, maybe the more experienced Jerry Neuheisel. There’s no doubt now who’ll start the second game and a whole lot more. To say Rosen was sensational...
"The Object Lesson," created and performed by Geoff Sobelle and directed by David Neumann, opened Wednesday, September 9 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Performances continue through October 4. Actor-illusionist-inventor Sobelle ("all wear bowlers" and "Elephant Room") returns to the Douglas and transforms the space into an epic storage facility of gargantuan proportion. Boxes are stacked to the ceiling and audiences are free to roam and poke through the clutter in this immersive...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter Culver City High opened the 2015 football season with a hard-fought loss to West Torrance High, 22-0 before a very lively home crowd spirited on by the Centaur cheer team, dance team and marching band at Jerry Chabola Stadium on a balmy summer evening, Friday, September 4. Culver is starting a new era with a talented sophomore quarterback at the helm to compliment its perennially impressive defense. This combination gave more than a silver lining of hope for the...
Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center, in partnership with local law enforcement agencies, encourages community members to participate in the 10th “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day” on Saturday, September 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the medical center. This program provides local residents with an opportunity to safely and easily dispose of expired, unwanted, or unused medicines. A pharmacist will also be available for consultation and there will be a free drive-thru drop-off service for unused, unwanted medications. “Ev...
Walk with a Doc resumes on Saturday, September 19. We have been invited to tour The Culver Studios at 9336 W. Washington Boulevard, Culver City. Entry will be from Ince Boulevard at Gate #2.Julie Lugo Cerra, our Culver City Historian, will lead a group through this famous studio. Group Warm ups start at 8:45 am and the tour/walk at 9 am. We are limited to 50 walkers for the Culver Studios tour. Please e-mail Dr. Jeffrey Penso at jpenso@g.ucla.edu as soon as possible to reserve a space or spaces for this event....
In an effort to help restaurants and food service facilities save water during this time of serious drought, West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) is expanding the Cash for Kitchens Program, one of its many free water conservation programs for businesses in its service area. This free program is available throughout Culver City, Malibu, West Hollywood, some unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and South Bay cities. The Cash for Kitchens Program provides tools to reduce overhead costs, such as free water efficiency devices,...
The NBA Board of Governors has unanimously approved changes to playoff seeding and qualification procedures effective with the 2015-16 season. As part of the modifications, the eight playoff teams in each conference will be seeded in order of their regular-season record. Most recently, every division winner was guaranteed a top four seed in its respective conference. Last season Portland was an example of a team receiving a higher seed than teams with a better regular season record. The Board also approved changes to tiebreak criteria for...
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter If Josh Rosen first game as the UCLA starting quarterback is any indication, the freshman signal caller may be headed in a direction that we have never seen at UCLA. He looked better than former Bruin and Super Bowl champion quarterback Troy Aikman. Last Saturday at the Rose Bowl Rosen completed 28 out of 35 passes for 351 yards for three touchdowns with no interceptions. From his first pass to the last every one of his passes appeared to be right on target like Aikman use to do when he was in Westwood. Bruin...
The Oscar race just got real with the release of Oren Moverman’s TIME OUT OF MIND. Boasting a tour de force performance by Richard Gere that is arguably the finest of his career, and one which should potentially garner him a Best Actor nomination, and unparalleled cinematography by Bobby Bukowski, TIME OUT OF MIND should be assured not only recognition comes awards time, but secure a place in the annals of cinematic excellence. TIME OUT OF MIND is masterful. George is lost; lost to society and l...
A resident of Culver City for more than 20 years, Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Tiggs (Ret.) announced today his candidacy for the 2016 Culver City Council. Tiggs' dedication to Culver City and community involvement spans almost two decades. A member of the Fiesta Ballona Planning Committee (Vice-Chair 2015) for over 10 years, eight years of service as a former Culver City Planning Commissioner, and volunteering for various local organizations. Tiggs is also a practicing bankruptcy lawyer and...
