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With the holidays just around the corner, many of us will be spending the coming weeks shopping for that PERFECT gift for our loved ones and family. And as we at Adopt & Shop know, our four-legged furry friends are truly a part of the family too! We are excited to share some of our favorite gift items for dogs and cats this holiday season, and promise they will keep their tails wagging and make their holiday wishes come true. For your canine companions, an Adopt & Shop favorite is the Planet...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist What are you doing on Dec. 10, 2014 at 7 p.m.? My friend, your friend, our friend, the very Honorable Judge Hal Cherness will speak to the Culver City Democratic Club in the Rotunda Room of the Veterans Memorial Building. Judge Cherness helped start the club in the early 1950s as a supporter of Adlai Stevenson when he ran against Dwight D. Eisenhower for president. Everyone is invited to attend. My dad used to tell me, when traveling throughout our great cou...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Reserve guard Xavier Henry is the latest in a long line of Laker players who have been injured in the last two seasons. Henry suffered a ruptured left Achilles tendon in practice last week. The Lakers announced he will be out for the rest of the season. Henry was far more successful last season than this one. Coach Byron Scott gave Henry limited playing time and said he was trying to see if Henry could regain his form of last season. The Lakers didn’t i...
Three of BSA Troop 113's original members were guests of honor at the troop's 60th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, November 15. Each spoke fondly of their scouting experiences. Woody Wilk and Steve Larkin were founding members of the troop in 1954 and Lloyd Sutton joined shortly afterward. They are Culver City High Class of 1961 graduates. Wilk retired after 25 years as a sports publicist. He remarked on how the values of the Greatest Generation (WWII folks) coincide with scouting's...
Three of BSA Troop 113's original members were guests of honor at the troop's 60th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, November 15. Each spoke fondly of their scouting experiences. Woody Wilk and Steve Larkin were founding members of the troop in 1954 and Lloyd Sutton joined shortly afterward. They are Culver City High Class of 1961 graduates. Wilk retired after 25 years as a sports publicist. He remarked on how the values of the Greatest Generation (WWII folks) coincide with scouting's...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor The joke in the Staples Center press room a few weeks ago was that new Clippers owner Steve Ballmer had called a meeting of the players. And he told them “if you don’t start playing better I’m going to sell the team back to Donald Sterling.” Well, no need for that anymore. The Clippers, who got off to a slow start this season, went on the road in the last week of November and did better than any Clippers team in history had ever done – six wins in seven gam...
Using the power of running to teach girls they can do anything, Girls on the Run LA County will hold its annual Fall 5K celebration run at Dockweiler Beach in Playa Del Rey on Sunday, Dec. 7 beginning at 7:30 am. A record-setting 600 girls will be there, joined by an additional 800 supporters including volunteer coaches, family members, community members and race volunteers. Peyton List, star of Disney's hit TV show Jessie, is scheduled to participate. She is a longtime enthusiast and comes to...
This holiday season community residents and businesses are invited to celebrate the holidays at a special fundraiser luncheon to benefit Camp Pendleton U.S. Marines and their families. Presented annually by the Culver City Rotary Club, this holiday luncheon is famous for the "Bill Winn Ribs," a long-honored Rotary tradition to serve smoked ribs, along with turkey, ham, salads and deserts. Gifts of toys and/or gift cards will be collected and donated for the families of Camp Pendleton Marines....
In recognition of his career achievements as a champion driver, team owner and philanthropist, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was named the recipient of the 2014 NMPA Myers Brothers Award, a prestigious accolade recognizing those who have made outstanding contributions to the sport of stock car racing. "This doesn't even seem real," said an emotional Earnhardt after receiving the honor at the 2014 NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Awards Luncheon held at Wynn Las Vegas. "The truth is obviously I'm extremely...
Retired Judge Harold I Cherness, a member of the Culver City Democratic Club since 1953, will be speaking at the monthly meeting of the Culver City Democratic Club on Wednesday, December 10 at 7 pm. The event will be in the Rotunda Room of the Veteran's Memorial Building, 4117 Overland Avenue in Culver City. Judge Cherness will be speaking on the history of the Culver City Democratic Club. For information, contact Darryl Cherness at 310-839-0953....
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter Centaur basketball fans... we have a liftoff. It's T+5 and counting for the Culver City High girls basketball team as they have successfully completed stage one of the 2014-15 season by beating View Park High, 56-47, in the championship game of the Inaugural Culver City / St. Mary's Tip-Off Classic on November 29 at home in Del Goodyear Gymnasium. The Centaurs won all five of their tournament games in six days with relative ease though View Park gave them a slight...
The Culver City Police Department has been awarded a $133,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a year-long program of special enforcements and public awareness efforts to prevent traffic related deaths and injuries. The Culver City Police Department will use the funding as part of the city's ongoing commitment to keep its roadways safe and improve the quality of life through both enforcement and education. "We at the Culver City Police Department take great pride and...
Kevin Lee Villaros of Culver City died on November 28 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Kevin and his brothers made nation headlines when he and his three brothers were born on June 1, 1968. The second of the quadruplets, Kevin enjoyed fishing and loved watching his Dallas Cowboys play football. A family man, he is survived by his wife Tammy and two daughters Amanda and Audrey. He is also survived by two of his quadruplet brothers Stephen and Gary, his sister Stephanie and his...
Disney On Ice presents Let's Celebrate comes to Los Angeles, Orange County, Inland Empire and Long Beach bringing more than 50 Disney characters from 16 beloved Disney stories together in the Southland for one party on ice. This fun-filled show features a magical montage of celebrations, holidays and festivals from around the globe set to a blend of contemporary music and favorite Disney songs, playing in the Southland from December 10, 2014 to January 4, 2015. You can join Mickey Mouse and...
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter Legendary folk rock band "America" featuring the highly-talented harmonizing of duo Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley will be making a stop on their tour at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on December 7. Formed in 1970, their recording success has continued to delight audiences by performing over 100 shows per year. Their anthem is "Horse With No Name," but also are known for "Ventura Highway," "Sister Golden Hair," "Tin Man," "Daisy Jane," "Lonely...
downtown, originally wrapped in 2004 with images of the surrounding landscape, were restored this week by artist Joshua Callaghan. The artist will install three remaining vinyl panels in two weeks, once restoration is complete. The replacement vinyl wraps feature updated high resolution images of the surrounding landscape. An additional three utility boxes along Culver Boulevard (adjacent to Parcel B) were also included in the restoration. Both the artist and the “Almost Invisible Boxes” pub...
By Sandra Coopersmith Features Writer If you've never been the victim of a scam, you have yet another reason to be very, very grateful this Thanksgiving. Scams abound, and events such as the Nov. 12 Senior Fraud and Elder Abuse Awareness Program held at the National Council of Jewish Women/Los Angeles on Fairfax provided valuable tips that were conveyed with humorous impact by Adrienne Omansky's Stop Senior Scams Acting Program. The seven skits illustrating typical scams, as set forth in last...
(Part 1 of 2) By Sandra Coopersmith Features Writer We've all heard the saying, "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." If former child actor Adrienne Omansky and her Stop Senior Scams Acting Program have their way, seniors, who represent 30% of scam victims, will avoid getting fooled any of the time. Omansky, an adult education teacher for Los Angeles Unified School District for 37 years, originated...
As has become crystal clear over the past several years, DreamWorks Animation more than gives Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar a run for their money when it comes to animated features. With it's own distinctive styling of rich, vibrant colors like those seen in "The Croods" or "Turbo", character and background design are drawn with a slightly skewed shaping and outlining that have a touchstone quality to Saturday morning cartoons, while action and adventure is non-stop, high octane, high...
The Culver City Police Department is Seeking Information on an elder abuse assault suspect. On Saturday November 22 at about 1:45 PM, the suspect, who was riding a Culver City Bus with a female associate, became involved in an argument with an elderly male rider. After arguing with the man for a few seconds, the suspect stood up and repeatedly punched the man several times in the head and face. As a result of the attack, the victim was transported to a local hospital with non life threatening...
