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Police are hunting for a suspect in the November 16 attack at Westfield Culver City. The alleged assault and subsequent robbery happened at 12:20 pm when a 90-year- old male who was seated in the food court of the shopping center had his gold chains ripped from his neck and was thrown to the ground. While the victim was on the ground the suspect took his wallet and fled on foot in an unknown direction. The victim was subsequently taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. The image...
Culver City Holiday Tree Lighting, the annual downtown event presented by the Downtown Business Association and the City of Culver City in Town Plaza, will take place on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 6 pm. The location is between the Culver Hotel and the ArcLight Cinemas. This year's event will celebrate Culver City's Centennial. The yearlong celebration will culminate in September 2017 when Culver City officially turns 100 years old. See Santa Claus arrive in his sleigh with an official escort courtesy...
Center Theatre Group will hold a memorial in honor of its Founding Artistic Director, Gordon Davidson, on Monday, January 9, 2017, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Ahmanson Theatre. The theatre will open at 7 p.m. The memorial will not be a ticketed event and will be open to the public. Additional details will be released at a later date. “Gordon Davidson was one of the most renowned and respected artistic directors in regional theatre, in part because he was one of the original founders of the entire concept,” said Center Theatre Group Art...
City Manager’s Office • Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony – On Thursday, December 1 at 6 pm join the City Council and the Culver City Downtown Business Association at the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. See Santa Claus as he makes a special visit, in honor of Culver City’s Centennial and 100th holiday season at this annual event. Downtown Culver City businesses will provide hot cider, hot cocoa, cookies and other festive treats. Enjoy performances by folk dancing groups and local choirs, as...
I went to Staples Center Saturday and Sunday nights. That’s no surprise since my job requires keeping up with the Lakers and Clippers. But the weekend had a special significance. The Chicago Bulls were in town. They’re not a great team but a good one. They’ve added free agent Dwayne Wade and I expected them to provide a test for the LA teams. Could they meet the challenge? The Clippers passed the Chicago test but the Lakers didn’t. The Bulls were tearing the Clippers apart early in the game bu...
The County of Los Angeles is planning a tax to fund drought planning, which will be introduced in an election after November 2016. When we get to Baltimore, Maryland we plan to see the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. Now that we have a new superintendent of schools, I would like to suggest year round classes, easing away from Japanese and pushing Chinese. What’s happening with the Takata air bag recall? Six months ago the Los Angeles Times mentioned eight automakers were recalling more t...
The Culver City Democratic Club will host a movie night at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, December 14 at 7 pm at the Culver City Veterans Memorial Building in the Rotunda Room, 4117 Overland Avenue, Corner of Overland Avenue and Culver Blvd. The movie showing is a Robert Greenwald Film on Koch Brothers “Exposed” with Bernie Sanders being interviewed. Meeting is free and all are welcome....
Culver City resident Renée De Palma and USC student Ilana Urman took first place in Newcomer American Smooth Fox Trot at the Claremont Showdown 2016 dancing for the USC Ballroom and Latin Dance Team. But this win for De Palma meant more than just the blue ribbon. Renée took up ballroom dancing as a method of overcoming her chronic pain from a serious freak crush injury to her legs in 2014. After a bleak medical diagnosis, Renée’s doctor gave her a short list of options for exercise and on that list was ballroom dancing. “The level of pain w...
Like many other students around the nation, nearly 100 students at West Los Angeles College participated in a protest walk during the lunch hour on Wednesday, November 16. The activity was coordinated by the college’s Associated Student Organization (ASO) in conjunction with student organizations at the other eight campuses that comprise the Los Angeles Community College District, of which West is a part. Several faculty and staff members accompanied the noisy but orderly procession that moved from the heart of the West campus to occupy the f...
The office of the Culver City Observer will be closed from Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 24 and reopen on Tuesday November 29. Regular business hours for the Observer are Tuesday through Friday from 9 am until 4:30 pm. The office is closed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. We can always be reached by email at: editor@culvercityobserver.com....
When you see those people at the top of their form, how do you think they got there? Do you wish you could sing like Streisand or play like LeBron James? Do you think Frank Sinatra had it easy because all he had to do was open his mouth? Perhaps you think Usain Bolt just woke up one day able to sprint faster than anyone in the world. Right on top of LeBron's website it says: Nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have. Ask Yo Yo Ma, arguably the world's greatest cellist....
Joe Resnick, a correspondent who covered Los Angeles sports for The Associated Press for more than three decades, died Sunday after a six-month struggle with cancer. He was 62. Resnick died at home under hospice care, according to close friend Ed Munson. A 1976 graduate of Emerson College, Resnick was a constant presence at all professional and college sports in the Los Angeles area. His first love was baseball and there weren't many Dodger or Angel games played without him being in the press...
While the USC Trojans will get ready to play Notre Dame on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the Coliseum they will also be keeping an eye on the results of the Colorado, Utah game on Saturday. After the Trojans beat UCLA 36-14 last Saturday at the Rose Bowl that other Pac-12 game on Saturday is very important to the Trojans. If Utah beats Colorado USC will be the South Division champs and they will play in the Pac-12 championship game. Both teams will end up with the same division record at 7-2 but...
Jared Goff's NFL quarterback debut showed promise but it took a very late hard hit as the Rams suffered a disheartening 14-10 loss to the visiting Miami Dolphins last Sunday. A rain-soaked Coliseum crowd once again was pleading in the final minutes for the defense to save the day. "It felt good. I think I'll start off with obviously very disappointed with the result there at the end, and how things turned out and how we felt the whole game and how in control we were," opened a solemn yet confide...
Culver City Families, We have never been more proud of our students. Culver Unified is, and must always be, a haven of diversity and opportunity for young people of all walks, talks, ages and aspirations – regardless of how you look, what your parents do for a living, or which language you speak. This election has not changed our values. And just as we have long set an example for other school districts to follow, we will continue to defend and preserve our students' safety and speech to no e...
