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"How to Turn Your Blog into Bucks” is the seminar to be presented by Independent Writers of Southern California on Saturday, January 26, from 10:30 am to 1 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building, 4117 Overland Ave. (at Culver. Free parking; enter from Culver). There will be a morning of learning how to make money from your Blog (YES, as a writer … you absolutely should be blogging!). Blogs are big business. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to learn what blogging can do for your writing aspirations. Tammy Bleck, writer/ghostwriter for h...
MOVIE REVIEW: THE LAST STAND We got a taste with Expendables and then he left us salivating for more with Expendables 2, but now, with THE LAST STAND, it’s official - Arnold is back with a vengeance, proving that he is not at all expendable when it comes to movies and the action genre. Older, perhaps a bit wiser, and definitely a bit slower and more stunt cautious, Arnold Schwarzenegger slips into the character of Sheriff Ray Owens with the ease of a well-oiled trigger. In many ways, Ray O...
For January 7 through 14. Car Burglary: On January 7 at 5:55 pm a victim called the police department to report her 2012 Acura had been burglarized. The victim said she parked and locked her car in the 6300 block of Hetzler Road at 4:45 pm. When she returned at 5:30 pm, she discovered her rear passenger window smashed out and her property missing. Vandalism: On January 8 at 10:56 am a victim came to the police department to report his business had been vandalized. The victim said he locked and secured his business which is located in the 5800...
At the school board meeting on December 11 CCEF Executive Director Leslie Adler and music teachers Paul Witt (CCMS) and Tony Spano (CCHS) announced two extraordinary new grant awards from The Fineshriber Family Foundation. The first grant is for over $36,000, and demonstrates The Fineshriber Family Foundation’s continuing commitment to the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra program in our elementary schools. This program introduces youngsters to the joyful variety of musical elements, styles, forms, and instruments. Now in it’s sixth year at CCUSD sch...
New Culver Middle School Choir Prepares for Debut Encore, the new Culver City Middle School Show Choir, will give its first performances at 7 p.m. on Saturday, January, 26 and 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 27 at the Willows Community School Theater, 8520 Warner Drive, in Culver City. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door. Twenty-seven Culver City Middle School students chosen by audition comprise the ensemble, directed by Dane Morris, a young director/arranger who founded the award winning a capella group Sound Check at Chapman...
City Council Minute Meeting of January 14, 2013 At this meeting, the City Council: • Presented Certificates of Recognition to Distinguished Visitors from their Sister Cities. • Proclaimed Monday, January 21, 2013 as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the City of Culver City. • Received a Presentation from Southern California Edison Regarding the City's Obtaining Silver Status as a California Green Community. • Adopted a proposed Ordinance amending Title 17, Zoning, of the Culver City Municipal Code and the Culver City Zoning Map regarding Alter...
Acclaimed Actor Roger Guenveur Smith and Black Entertainment Television (BET) personality April Sutton will co-host Culver City’s 8th annual Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration, “Realizing the Dream, Living the Legacy.” The event will be on Saturday, January 19, at the Culver City Senior Center, 4095 Overland Avenue in Culver City. Famed Civil Rights activist and former Holman United Methodist Senior Pastor James L. Lawson will deliver the keynote address. The day-long celebration commemorating Dr. King will kick-off at noon. Refre...
5 Hostages Freed after Rape and Stabbing Culver City Police assisted the Los Angeles Police Department in setting up a perimeter following last Thursday night’s brazen robbery and hostage situation at the Nordstrom Rack in the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center that was reported just after 10 p.m. An employee of the store reportedly phoned her spouse in reporting the robbery. Officers observed a man come out of the store and then run back inside when he saw the police officers. The suspects e...
Barvona Abellera, a resident of Culver City and majoring in Sociology, was among 1,973 students from Tennessee State University who were named to the Fall 2012 Dean's List. The honor list names all students who have achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or higher in 12 or more semester units taken for a letter grade during the spring semester. With nearly 9,000 students, Tennessee State University is Nashville's only public university, and is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational, land-grant university offering 38 undergraduate, 22 graduate...
DAX LLC, which is headquartered in Culver City, and its parent company Sample Digital Holdings LLC announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for "a system and method for media content collaboration throughout the media production process." The decision broads its previous patent No. 7,660,416 granted in 2010. The new patent, issued as U.S. Patent No. 8,218,764, covers the DAX media workflow platform that offers a suite of applications, including Digital Dailies® and iDailies®, which optimize the b...
The Exposition Construction Authority invites the public to a construction and design update community meeting for Phase 2 of the Expo Line project. Stakeholders will receive information on upcoming construction activities and timelines. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the Crossroads School Community Room, 1715 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, starting at 6:30 pm. A second session is planned for Wednesday, Jan. 30 at Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services Gymnasium, 3200 Motor Ave., also at 6:30 pm. The format will include a...
John Jorgenson, known as The U.S. Ambassador of Gypsy Jazz, and his Quintet, will perform at Boulevard Music in Culver City on January 27. Jorgenson has previously performed at the Culver City Music Festival in the City Hall Courtyard. Jorgenson has earned a reputation as a world-class musician and guitarist and has collaborated with the likes of Elton John, Luciano Pavarotti, Bonnie Raitt and Bob Dylan. Touring in support of two new releases, this latest creative cycle sees this legendary musician exploring new elements of world music,...
Culver City Police Department responded to a call at a home in the 3900 block of Van Buren Place Saturday night. The resident, a woman, told officers her son was under the influence of drugs and was destroying furniture in the home. The suspect refused to cooperate with the officers and had to be forcibly removed from the premises. The man allegedly kicked at the Culver City Police Officers as they handcuffed him, but then stopped fighting the officers after he was handcuffed. Officers summoned paramedics. The man was transported to a nearby...
The Culver City Fire Department and Police Department responded recently to a shooting on Green Valley Circle in the Fox Hills area of Culver City. Initial reports indicate the victim committed suicide. It was the first reported suicide in Culver City this year. Last year there were four reported suicides. In December a man committed suicide by jumping off the roof of the parking structure at the Kaiser Permanente facility on West Washington Blvd. In March, the body of Valerie Nash was found in her home in the 3600 block of Keystone Avenue....
The struggle continued for the Culver City High boy’s basketball team as it lost its first two Ocean League games last week, bringing their overall record to 4-12. Culver lost to Morningside, 46-40 and to defending champion Santa Monica, 78-52 in the Vikings’ gym. “We don’t have tremendous size but we did a good job of getting the ball to our post players,” said Santa Monica coach James Hecht. “I didn’t think we played an exceptional game but when I looked at the scoreboard I kept seeing we were far ahead.” Santa Monica led by 42-21 after thr...
Centaurs' Young Makes All-CIF Again Culver City High defensive lineman Deon Young has been named all-CIF for the second straight year. Young is a 285-pound senior who has made a non-binding verbal commitment to Northern Arizona. Teammates Julius Wilson and Stanley Norman were also named all-CIF. Norman is the first sophomore in school history to earn that honor. Young was named Ocean League defensive player of the year. The league’s offensive player of the year was Santa Monica receiver Jason K...
It’s been a terrible year for USC sports fans. The football team that was rated No. 1 at the start of the season slipped so far it wasn’t even rated at the finish. And it was lethargic in a Sun Bowl defeat. There was speculation about the job status of Coach Lane Kiffin but so far he hasn’t been replaced. But basketball coach Kevin O’Neill isn’t as fortunate. In the middle of his fourth season with the Trojans O’Neill was fired this week. The Trojans won their last game but that merely ende...
Ex-Centaur Chooses New College Former Culver City High football star Terrence Hayward has left Washington State and will transfer to Northern Alabama. Hayward, a cornerback, was a key member of the highly successful 2007 Centaur squad....
