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In this market of thin inventory and properties being snapped up swiftly with multiple bidders, one of the biggest challenges facing move up, or trade down sellers (empty nesters) is how to compete in a very aggressive market with other buyers. Sellers with plenty of equity in their home, but who need to utilize that equity to make their next purchase (i.e.; make the purchase contingent upon the sale of their current home) face not being able to make the move at all because sellers are incredibl...
Culver City Walk With A Doc began when Mayor Jeff Cooper asked Pediatrician Jeffrey Penso to start a walk in Culver City. Penso had recently heard of the Walk With A Doc program being sponsored by Los Angeles County Medical Association and he was inspired to bring this program to Culver City. Ours begins with warm-up and stretching preceding a brief health talk and subsequent walk through the nearby neighborhood. January 2014 was the first in the monthly series. Walk With A Doc was created by an...
In an effort to join the battle against childhood cancer, the MOMS Club of Culver City West will host an Alex's Lemonade Stand on Saturday, April 26 from 11 am to2 pm at 5389 Dobson Way (the corner of Dobson Way and Jefferson Blvd). The MOMS Club of Culver City West chose Alex's Lemonade Stand to be the beneficiary of their annual service project because they felt it was a worthy cause to contribute to. Service Project Coordinator Amy Kaplan is personally acquainted with a family whose son was d...
The Culver City Symphony Orchestra continues its 2013-14 Season with the concert: For Young Musicians. The concert is Saturday, April 26 at 8pm at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave. CCSO continues its support of young musicians by featuring two young Winners from its Parness Concerto Competition: Aileen Chung, Age 14, Violin, and Yu Chao Weng, Age 16, Violin. The orchestra works are Mendelossohn's brooding masterwork inspired by Scottish islands, and Beethoven's Ode to Nature....
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor A year ago, when the Lakers completed one of the most disappointing seasons in franchise history, I wrote Anatomy of a Disaster and had no intention of following with another similar article. But throughout this season, the worst since the Lakers moved here in 1960 from Minneapolis, readers have frequently requested Part 2 of this story. So here it is. It was bad enough last season when Kobe Bryant averaged 45 minutes a game down the stretch trying to get the Lak...
It has been proven that neighborhoods and communities that prepare together are more likely to recover and survive a disaster then those that don’t. In celebration of Earthquake Preparedness Month, here’s an example of one community that is doing just that, Lindberg Park. About four years ago residents of Lindberg Park Neighborhood Watch decided that they needed to develop a community-based disaster program. They began by developing a disaster committee and then identifying what they thought would be most needed in their community. The fir...
The Senate Business, Professions and Consumer Protections Committee passed Senator Holly J. Mitchell's (D-Culver City) bill to protect patients signing up for medical credit cards offered by their medical providers. SB 1256 requires physicians who offer medical credit cards to provide written clarification of the financing arrangement between the patient and the bank or lender, and prohibits physicians from offering the card while the patient is under general anesthesia. "A patient offered a...
The Culver City Fire Department will be opening its doors to the public on Saturday, May 10 for their annual Fire Service Day Celebration. The event will take place during The Culver City Car Show and take place at Fire Station #1, located at 9600 Culver Boulevard in Downtown Culver City. Station tours will be offered, displays of fire equipment and apparatus. Culver City Fire Department will be offering some fun stuff for the kids, and its Firefighters Association will be cooking pancakes (9...
Rehearsals have begun for the world premiere of Kimber Lee's "different words for the same thing," which begins previews May 4 at the Center Theatre Group / Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Opening night is May 11 and performances run through June 1, 2014. Directed by Center Theatre Group Associate Artistic Director Neel Keller (who directed The Nether at the Douglas last season), "different words for the same thing" features acclaimed stage and screen actors Sam Anderson (Blackbird at...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Culver City High baseball opened its 2014 Ocean League season with their biggest offensive thrust to date last Tuesday as they ventured to the Beverly Hills High home field at La Cienega Park and routed them 14-0. It was a reversal of fortune two days later as the Normans visited the Culver campus and beat the Centaurs 2-1, ruining their league home-opener as well as the inauguration of the team's brand new scoreboard courtesy of Grey Block Pizza. Culver is now...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist For those who are familiar with the terms par, eagle, birdie and tee, you just know the lead paragraph is something about golf. And you would be right. Golf began over 200 years ago in Scotland at Saint Andrews. Now here is the big question: What is the only thing that hasn’t changed in two centuries? If you said, “Women cannot play at Saint Andrews,” you win!!! Later this year members will vote whether ladies can tee off. I just dusted my old bugle and soon...
In the first effort this year to address the environmental concerns associated with fracking, a bill by Senators Holly J. Mitchell (D-Culver City) and Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), which would impose a moratorium on the practice in California, has passed out of the Senate's Natural Resources and Water Committee. SB 1132 would halt hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" -- the infusion under high pressure of chemicals, sand and water underground to release oil or natural gas – until state-sponsored r...
Center Theatre Group has recently received a $600,000 grant from The James Irvine Foundation to help support CTG's new and innovative community-based arts engagement programs. CTG will work with Jerry Quickley as well as with Kinan Valdez and members of El Teatro Campesino on two separate projects that will increase opportunities for the African American and Latino residents of Leimert Park, Montebello and Boyle Heights to participate in the arts. "We are grateful to the Irvine Foundation for...
Kentwood Players proudly presents Agatha Christie's "THE HOLLOW" from May 16 to June 21 for a six-week run on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm with Sunday matinees at 2 at the Westchester Playhouse. The production is directed by George Kondreck and produced by Arlene Cohen and Sheldon Cohen by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Agatha Christie's "THE HOLLOW" is a 1951 play by the famed crime writer, based on her 1946 book of the same name. The action takes place in the garden room of Sir...
SB 899, introduced by California State Senator Holly J. Mitchell (D-Culver City) to repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule in the CalWORKs program, has moved passed its first legislative hurdle. On a party line vote of 3 – 2, the Senate Human Services Committee voted to send the bill forward for further legislative action. CalWORKs benefits are normally based, in part, on the number of family members in a household and their living costs. However when a child is born into a family that is a...
Culver City resident Darrell Fusaro, author of What If Godzilla Just Wanted a Hug?, has been trying to find peace amidst the mystery surrounding the murder of his grandfather James Fusaro for decades. James Fusaro, a union official was found dead in his Passaic, NJ, office on New Year's Day 1970 after apparently having been beaten and stabbed. Who did this, and why, has never been determined. In the immediate aftermath of his murder and as the sensational news about it rose to fever pitch, the...
Zoe Celine Fisch of Culver City was named to the Dean's List for the fall 2013 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Fisch is enrolled in the university's College of Arts & Sciences. To qualify for the Dean's List in the College of Arts & Sciences, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.6 or above and be enrolled in at least 14 graded units. Washington University is counted among the world's leaders in teaching and research, and it draws students and faculty to St....
Last week’s Commentary by Observer Columnist Neil Rubenstein was in error. Two of the founder’s names were incorrect. They should have read Diane Netzel and Dale Jones. The Observer regrets the error....
While there are many moments in which I was hoping to transcend the experience of screening TRANSCENDENCE, long after the credits rolled and I had left the theater, this freshman directorial effort by award-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister would not leave by thoughts. Screenwriter Jack Paglen tackles thematic issues of morality and mortality, humanity, ethical responsibilities, artificial intelligence, sentient beings, self-awareness, reasoning and in a large sense, taking the "God...
The Culver City Police Department in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Agency is hosting a drop off point. The purpose of this National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is to provide a venue for persons who want to dispose of unwanted and unused prescription drugs. All you have to do is drive by and drop off the unwanted prescription drugs and no questions asked. The event will take place on April 26 from 10 am until 2 pm in front of the Culver City Police Department located at 4040 Duquesne...
Art Sherman and California Chrome is the best emerging sports story of 2014. It is poetic justice that their successful unveiling has blossomed out of the ashes of Hollywood Park Racetrack's sad and undeserved death on Dec. 22, 2013. Sherman trains thoroughbred racehorses and California Chrome is his lead horse. The chemistry between the 77-year old veteran trainer and the three-year old colt is undeniable. So far their relationship has been flushed in spades. What started out with a handshake...
City Council Announces the Appointment of Assistant Chief Scott Bixby as Interim Police Chief At a Special City Council meeting of April 9, 2014, Culver City Mayor Jeff Cooper, speaking on behalf of the City Council, announced the City Council’s appointment of “The City Council unanimously supported Assistant Chief Bixby’s appointment as Interim Chief” said Mayor Cooper. “After growing up here in Culver City and decades of proud and distinguished service in the Police Department, the City Coun...
