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The Culver City Sister City Committee invites the public to attend a special dinner welcoming Mayor Fujihara from Culver’s Japanese Sister City, Kaizuka, on Monday, October 22 at the Grand Casino Restaurant, 3926 Main Street, Culver City. The cost is $24 per person and cocktails are at 7:30 pm with dinner being served at 8.. Entrée choices are short ribs with Argentina sausage and grilled fresh vegetable kabob or spinach ravioli with pink sauce. Mixed green salad, bread & butter, assorted petit pastries and coffee & tea will also be served. Pl...
Historical Society to Feature Ballona Creek Renaissance The Culver City Historical Society (CCHS) will feature Jim Lamm, president of the Ballona Creek Renaissance (BCR) at its general meeting on Wednesday, October 17 at 7 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Building’s Multi-Purpose Room, 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City. Lamm will narrate a virtual tour of the creek in his presentation, “Connecting Creek and Community, Ballona Creek and its Watershed---Past, Present and Future,” a multifaceted story about people, places, and processes that will...
A perfect blend of creativity, technology, artistry and heart, FRANKENWEENIE is a love story about a boy and his dog that began some 50 years ago. It’s also a love story about the magic of moviemaking and yes, even, a love story about Burbank, California. FRANKENWEENIE comes from Tim Burton’s heart and is brilliantly brought to the big screen thanks to the filmmaking tools in his creative arsenal. As a young boy, Burton had a dog to whom he was very attached. Sadly, he was told that the dog suf...
Culver City Joins More Than 2,800 Police Departments and Municipalities on Leading Police Auction Site Property Room.com (www.PropertyRoom.com), the auction site known for making police auctions available to a nationwide audience, has signed on with the Culver City Police Department. The site conducts online auctions from the law enforcement agency’s forfeited, seized, found or surplus items, which often end up collecting dust in the property rooms of law enforcement agencies and city municipalities. The Culver City Police Department joins m...
September 28, 2012 City Manager’s Office · Measure Y - Despite the City’s best efforts, since the 2008 recession, Culver City has lost $4.5 million in state funding, an additional $6 million in local revenues, and $40 million annually through Sacramento’s elimination of local redevelopment agencies, leaving the City unable to fund essential public services at the levels necessary to meet current and future needs. · · Additionally, at a time when revenues were declining, the City was experiencing an increase in expenses. This situation is not u...
Do the ships the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria bring back fond memories from elementary school American history lessons? It was in 1492 when a young Italian explorer named Cristoforo Colombo and his crew of 120 departed from Palos de la Frontera, setting out on a long journey in search of a route to India, seeking an edge in the growing and competitive spice trade industry, but instead accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. This Monday, October 8, marks 520 years since the eager explorer first...
Culver-Palms United Methodist Church will celebrate World Communion Sunday starting at 10 a.m. on October 7. Immediately following the service, attendees are invited to enjoy a complimentary international food festival. Cuisine from foreign lands such Tonga, Korea, The Philippines, France and other countries will be served on the patio. In addition, Sol Adventures, a youth drumming group, will supply music. . Culver-Palms United Methodist Church is located at 4464 Sepulveda Blvd. (3 blocks south of Culver Blvd.), Culver City. Phone: (310)...
: Curren Price has decided to enter the race for LA City Council District 9. “I am very familiar with the opportunities and obstacles that exist in this district, almost one-third of which is in the 26th Senate District, which I now represent,” said Price. “The exciting job opportunities and developments associated with L.A. Live, Farmers Field and USC are tempered with the other realities of District 9, including high unemployment, struggling schools and the lack of clean and affordable housing. “I am running for this office to offer leaders...
Kentwood Players was founded by the late Arky and Jan Marcom, Elizabeth Thornberg and Betty Francis in December 1949, and performs out of the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue. In 2009-2010, the group celebrated its 60th anniversary season during which the musical, "Li'l Abner” was presented The production was directed and choreographed by Victoria Miller and produced by Susan Goldman Weisbarth, and both went on to win the group’s Marcom Masque Awards as Best Director and Best Producer for the season. Director Dan Guntzelman’s award-win...
As a veteran I proudly salute Marcus Tiggs for his "A Different Look at Measure Y" (Aug. 23-29 2012 issue of Culver City Observer). I have received requested public documents from our City Hall and Sacramento and, much to my surprise, I discovered the following: 1. In 2010 we had nine retirees who each received monthly pension checks of over $10,000. 2. As of this Spring it was 24 retirees each getting over $10,000 per month. 3. Presently our little city of 40,000 has over 550 retirees getting a total of well over $1,500,000 per month. 4. In...
The Culver City Education Foundation (CCEF) All For 1 campaign has been running full force for over a month. All for 1 is designed to bring in funds at the beginning of the school year so that the Foundation can be ready to donate to the programs our schools need most, when they need it most. When directing AFO donations, CCEF wants to be responsive to community concerns. The survey we conducted last June was a part of that process. On the basis of that input, All For 1 funding this year will be targeted at math, science, technology and the...
On Saturday, October 13 Culver City residents will be blanketing the city, handing out flyers detailing the benefits of Measure Y. Mayor Andy Weissman, current and former Culver City council members, current and former CCUSD Board of Education members, teachers, students, senior citizens, members of the Culver City Chamber of Commerce, off duty public safety and civilian employees, and perhaps even your own neighbors will be “pounding the pavement” in effort to get the word out, . On November 6,. while you are helping to choose our Cou...
The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund, founded in memory of the world-renowned voice of Dio, Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell, will host its second Awards Gala on Halloween night, Wednesday, October 31 at the Avalon nightclub in Hollywood. Awards will be presented to seven distinguished honorees for their contributions to spreading awareness of Fund’s important work. A privately funded 501C3 charity organization dedicated to cancer prevention, research and education, the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund has a...
Culver City High Girls Volleyball will benefit from a car wash on Saturday Oct. 6 from 10 am to 4 pm in front of Culver City High School. The suggested donation is $7 for one car or two cars for $12. There will be a plethora of snacks, treats, finger-foods, coffee, tea, water, etc. for waiting participants. There will also be about 40 parents helping with the activities. Culver City High has three Girls Volleyball teams, Frosh/Soph, Junior Varsity, and Varsity, coached by Joe Manzo. There are approximately 40 girls on all of the girls VB teams...
At Least For Now The idea of a citizens’ advisory committee on fracking-the controversial technique of accessing oil from rock via water pressure-was discussed by the City Council at its Monday night meeting-but the Council declined at this time to create such a committee. Meghan Sahli-Wells was the sole Council member in favor of forming a citizens’ committee. Noting that she had served on several similar committees and found them to be useful tools for getting information on issues, she sta...
Held on the third Thursday of October each year, and this year falling on October 18, the Great California ShakeOut is the largest preparedness event in U.S. history. It encourages and reminds everyone that as Californians who live in a place where earthquakes are an inevitable part of California’s future we must do all we can to prepare and learn to act quickly to ensure that a disaster such as an earthquake, does not become a catastrophe. On October 20 you have two opportunities to practice preparedness. You can participate in the C...
“Krapp’s Last Tape,” Samuel Beckett’s searing meditation on the choices made in a lifetime, directed by the Gate Theatre Dublin’s Director, Michael Colgan, opens at the Center Theatre Group/ Kirk Doulgas Theatre October 10 at 8 p.m. The Gate Theatre Dublin’s production has one preview on October 9 at 8 p.m.; performances continue through November 4. “Krapp’s Last Tape” takes place on Krapp’s 69th birthday, when he continues his ritual of making a tape recording of his thoughts about the year just passed and listening to his taped thoughts on y...
Cantalini’s in Playa Del Rey celebrated the Grand Opening of their new Express Restaurant in Mar Vista on Monday. Supporters came out to welcome Cantalini’s as it opened its doors at the corner of Washington Place and McLaughlin. Cantalini’s especially acknowledges Mike Bonin, Chief of Staff and Nate Kaplan and Len Nguyen, Field Deputies from Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl’s Office who made a very special presentation. Local support came from the Mar Vista Community Council and the Mar Vista Neighbors Association, the Venice...
Centaurs Flub Chances In Defeat In only its second matchup against a team from the CIF-Southern Section’s highest division, the Culver City High football team had every opportunity to pull off a big upset. Instead, the Centaurs beat themselves as much as —or maybe even more than — Bishop Amat did. The Centaurs certainly had their chances last Friday against the Pac-5 Division Lancers, but despite having the football inside the Bishop Amat 20-yard line the first three times they had the ball, they came away with zero points. Eventually the m...
Aug. 31- West Torrance 30, Culver 25 Sept. 7 - Culver 41, Peninsula 15 Sept. 14 – Culver 32, Redondo 27 Sept. 21 - Culver 51, West Adams 0 Sept. 28 – Bishop Amat 31, Culver 7 Oct 7=WIN Culver City 21 Palos Verdes 18 Oct. 5 – home vs. Hawthorne Oct. 12 – at Inglewood Oct. 19 – at Santa Monica Oct. 26 – at Morningside Nov. 2 – home vs. Beverly Hills...
Well, they made it exciting anyway. The Dodgers won six straight games before losing to the Giants, 4-3 Tuesday night to fall out of playoff contention. The Angels made a gallant late season rush, only to be eliminated when the Oakland Athletics, a team in their same division, did even more spectacular things and took the playoff berth the Angels sought. Both the Dodgers and Angels waited too long to make their serious runs and that’s what they should think about this winter. But let’s go bac...
