Articles from the May 8, 2014 edition
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The 11th Annual "Cruisin' Back to the 50's" Culver City Car Show
The 11th Annual "Cruisin' Back to the 50's" Culver City Car Show will take place Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm in downtown Culver City. More than 400 classic cars and hot rods are expected to be on...
Schedule of Events - Culver City Car Show
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 9-9:45 am Open ceremonies – Barry Weiss, MC - National Anthem sung by Mallory Low; Introduction of Dignitaries & City Councilmembers, Welcome Speech by George Barris 10:00 - 10:45 am Entertainment – Boss Fink 11:15 - Noon...
Car Show Welcome Message
Welcome Welcome to Cruisin' Back to the Fifties presented by the George Barris and the Exchange Club of Culver City. 2014 is the eleven edition for our annual celebration of the America's classic...
Magic Denies He'll Buy Clippers
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Magic Johnson issued the following statement concerning rumors he might buy the Clippers. ´I am not going to buy the Clippers," he said. The NBA is attempting to...
Rogers Gets Support For Sheriff
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist If you are undecided as to whom you should vote for as Los Angeles County Sheriff, please consider Todd Rogers. Todd is an Assistant Sheriff and Vice Mayor of...
Clippers' Sterling Has Cancer
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor What other news, what other developments could there be from the Clippers’ bizarre week as they await a deciding Game 7 of their opening round playoff series...
Culver Chamber Orchestra Presents
The Culver City Chamber Orchestra welcomes winners of the MTAC (WLA Branch). They were judged and will be awarded by performing with the Culver City Chamber Orchestra on Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 pm....
Centaurs Increase Winning Streak
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Centaur baseball continued to gather momentum as it took a two-game series from Inglewood High, 19-0 at home and 11-3 away, while extending its Ocean League unbeaten...
Republican Party 54th A.D. To Meet
The Republican Party County Central Committee 54th Assembly District Board meets every second Tuesday of the month. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday May 13, 2014 at Lenny's Deli, 2379...
Governor Appoints Culver's Kapp To Council on Developmental Disabilities
Governor Jerry Brown has announced the appointment of Steven Kapp, 27, of Culver City, to the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities. Kapp has been a graduate student intern at the...
La Ballona Named a California Distinguished School
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has announced that La Ballona Elementary School is one of 424 exemplary California public elementary schools selected as a 2014 California...
STERLING PLANS TO SUE NBA FOR $1.7 BILLION
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Donald Sterling has been confrontational during his 33 years as the Clippers' owner so it isn't surprising that he isn't taking his lifetime suspension without a...
California Chrome: Kentucky Derby Champion
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter What a horse. What a team. And California bred. California Chrome's magical mystery tour intensified as the three-year old wonder horse thoroughly electrified and...
Verdi Chorus Scores Again
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter Anne Marie Ketchum, Music Director and Founding Artistic Director for The Verdi Chorus (now Frank and Merle Strauss Artistic Director), pulled out all the stops...
Rescue Warms Heart of Mom's Daughter
Hello, Enclosed, please find my mother’s account of her “rescue” by Selena Andrade. Selena is a middle school age girl from my mom’s Braddock Drive neighborhood. My mother, who is almost 89...
MOVIE REVIEW: The Immigrant
Directed by James Gray and co-written with Ric Menello, THE IMMIGRANT is a film that is not to be missed and is, quite honestly, the best work of Gray's career thus far and will be difficult to top....
MOVIE REVIEW: Legends of OZ: Dorothy's Return
From the moment that L. Frank Baum put pen to paper back in 1900 and swept that first generation of collective and individual imaginations up into a Kansas twister, the stories of Dorothy Gale, her...
Child Abductor Strike Again, Twice
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher While Culver City Police cannot confirm the suspect is the same man who attempted to kidnap a Culver City Middle school girl last week all the signs point to the...
Master Gunnery Sgt Lopez Returns Home
Local resident Master Gunnery Sergeant ( MGySgt) D. Lopez, daughter of Josefina Zamora Lopez, has returned home after 30 years of faithful service in the United States Marine Corps. Her daughter...
MOVIE REVIEW: The Quiet Ones
by debbie lynn elias Hammer Films is iconic when it comes to the history of film and horror films in particular. Thanks to a steady stream of B-movies with stunning production values, talents like...
MOVIE REVIEW: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America and company are back with what is undisputably the best script and most well told and constructed story of any super hero movie to date - CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER. With a...