Articles from the April 21, 2016 edition
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Vote Tally Confirms Council Winners
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher With the counting of more than 1,000 mail-in and provisional ballots, the numbers for each candidate went up but the final result did not change, Meghan...
L.A. Rams Focus on Offense in 2016 NFL Draft
It was well worth the wait. The 2016 NFL Draft officially ended today, April 30, with the Los Angeles Rams selecting six players over the past three days of the proceedings. The Rams' six picks...
MOVIE REVIEW: ELVIS & NIXON
You've seen the pictures. I've seen the pictures. The whole world has seen the pictures. And "the pictures" remain to this day the most requested images in the National Archives. What pictures, you...
CC Math Olympiads Tour JPL on Pie-day
A guided tour of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) was specially arranged for the 46 Culver City mathletes who participated in this year's Linwood E. Howe Los Angeles Countywide 4th and 5th Grade Math...
Poll Dancing in Culver City
When I was a little girl, my mother would take me into the voting booth with her. There'd be three or four people sitting at a table with voter lists. We called them "Cake Ladies". Every election,...
Disney On Ice Arrives This Month
Audiences will discover endless riches when an extraordinary lineup of stories from the Disney Vault come to life for the ultimate Disney animation celebration with the delightful production, Disney On Ice presents Treasure Trove – Presented by S...
Bakersfield Business Conference Is Coming Up
Can you believe somebody in an Orange County courthouse tampered with office records? With a little whiteout and an eraser, cases were bargained down by lawyers who never represented the “guilty.” The...
Pet Expo Returns
Celebrating more than 25 years of promoting responsible pet care, animal entertainment and debuting the newest pet trends and products, the 26th annual America’s Family Pet Expo returns Friday, April 22 to Sunday, April 24 to the OC Fair & Event C...
Rubin Appointed to Earthquake Panel
Susan Rubin, 58, of Playa Vista, has been appointed to the California Earthquake Authority Advisory Panel. Rubin has been chief operating officer and general counsel at the Los Angeles Biomedical...
Culver Biochemistry Student Pursues Passion, Earns Scholarship
Ifeh Akano remembers the moment she decided to pursue her love of math and science. It was in her freshman year during a general chemistry for physical science and engineering course. "I just loved...
Linwood E. Howe Elementary School Receives Gold Ribbon Designation
Linwood E. Howe Elementary School has been named a Gold Ribbon School by the California Department of Education. The Gold Ribbon Awards recognize California schools that have made gains in...
Injuries Have Hampered USC Baseball Season
Injuries in the USC baseball’s pitching rotation has put the Trojans behind the eight ball which has created a losing record overall, 16-19 and in the Pac-12, 5-7. If the pitching staff can get healthy over the next month USC is capable of r...
Culver Baseball Wins First Two League Games
The 2016 Culver City High baseball team is off to a 2-0 start in Ocean League action by sweeping Lawndale High in the season opening home-and-away series, 10-1 and 3-1. The Centaurs continued their...
Culver's Jacob Weiner Chooses Hawaii Pacific
Jacob Weiner, a senior at Culver City High, has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Hawaii Pacific University on an academic and athletic scholarship starting in Fall 2016. Jacob has lived...
The Clippers Feel A Sense Of Urgency
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor After the Clippers won their first two playoff games this week Chris Paul had his mind on what happened in last season's playoffs. "Considering how last season ended...
MOVIE REVIEW - Criminal
How can anyone pass up a Kevin Costner film where his character of Jerico Stewart reads like a combination of that in "Mr. Brooks" and "3 Days to Kill"? Then toss in Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman, Gal...