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Let me share with you an email from our Congresswoman the Honorable and much respected Karen Bass. Washington, today, Representative Karen Bass (D-California) Ranking Member of the House Africa Subcommittee, applauded the passage of the African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Millennium Challenge Act (MCA) Modernization Act, which passed by a unanimous voice vote on the House Floor. The Bill, introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-California), will make AGOA more...
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud) and Martyn Stanbridge (C.S. Lewis) are a dynamic duo as they rocket the two-man show concept to the next dimension during the presentation of off-Broadway hit Freud's Last Session at the Odyssey Theatre. Three weeks before Freud died of mouth cancer (a sixteen year fight) in 1939, he invited Lewis - a respected author, Oxford professor and a fundamentalist Christian - to his home for an adversarial debate about their beliefs in...
Antonio (Tony) Barreto, Jr., long-time Culver City resident and retired judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, passed away in the loving presence of his family on January 15, 2018, after suffering a heart attack. He was 66. Tony was born on February 14, 1951, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the son of Portuguese immigrants, and moved to Hollywood with his parents Antonio and Maria and sister Margaret two years later. He attended Hollywood High School and graduated from UCLA in 1973 with a...
For those served by Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, it could be said that the January 23, 2018 bimonthly visit from The CC Strummers, the ukulele group headed by Cali Rose who teaches two classes a week at the Culver City Senior Center and can be reached at info@calirose.com, was just what the doctor ordered. Participating with her were Ed Daniel, Mollie Wine, Ann Cooper, Barbara Kernochan and Michael Kohan. Their rehearsed consisted of "Carpool Ukulele" in Kohan's van as they drove north on...
It was a cliffhanger with the thrilling sequel already scheduled in two weeks time. Culver City High girls basketball practically buried themselves into a deep hole at home but managed to claw their way back for a two-point nail-biting victory over Beverly Hills High, 48-46. The victory gave the Centaurs sole possession of first place in the Ocean League with a 5-0 record. Two nights later Culver easily took care of the visiting El Segundo High Eagles, 62-27. After a close first quarter the...
Home sweet home. Culver City High is flying high and in sole possession of first place in Ocean League boys basketball. After a gut-checking 71-69 victory over visiting league-power Beverly Hills High on January 24 the Centaurs used a balanced attack to shut down the visiting El Segundo High Eagles, 74-38, two nights later to consolidate their 6-0 league record. The Centaurs relied on the dominating play from their two big men and strong team support to smother a late Beverly rally in the 2018...
The UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans basketball teams will battle each other Friday, Saturday and Monday. The women will play Friday night and Monday night. The men will clash on Saturday afternoon. All three Pac-12 games will have league implications. The women’s game on Friday will start at 8 p.m. and will be played at Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. Their Monday contest will be play at the Galen Center on the USC campus at 6 p.m. The men’s game will start at 3 p.m. and UCLA will be the...
The Academy of Music and Performing Arts at Hamilton High School will present the classic musical Guys and Dolls, for ten performances from February 1 through 17. One of the premier performing arts programs in the Los Angeles area, Hamilton's musical theater program won a total of 17 awards and 30 nominations last year, including Outstanding Production and Best Youth Orchestra from the John Raitt Awards for Youth (JRAY) and National Youth Arts Awards (NYA). The beloved musical Guys and Dolls...
Betty Chiyoko Shinmoto (92-year-old), long time resident of Culver City and co-owner of Southern California Nursery (closed in 1999), lost her battle with Alzheimer's disease on Sunday, December 10, 2017. The longest goodbye peacefully ended with her three children at her bedside. The family takes comfort in knowing that she is no longer suffering and is back to herself in a better place with her husband and soulmate Tony Tsuneo Shinmoto. She is survived by; daughters, Julie Shinmoto (Cary)...
Betty June Dumbauld, 97, passed peacefully away on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, at her home in Florence. She was born on Aug. 28, 1920, in St. Joseph, Mo., to Mrs. Elaine Marie Lannic and Mr. Willard Prindle. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, James Samuel Dumbauld in 2007. They were married on Nov. 20, 1943, in Los Angeles. Betty was beloved by her large family and many friends. She is survived by her daughters: Diane Elaine Harris and her husband Jim, of Newburgh, Ind.; and Jivan Joti...
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Vice President Elana Wien Awarded Wexner Field Fellowship ------------- _________________________________________________________ The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (The Foundation) announces that Elana Wien, vice president of its Center for Designed Philanthropy, has been awarded a Wexner Field Fellowship. The prestigious fellowship is awarded by The Wexner Foundation and was developed in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation. The...
The City of San Diego delivered for the PGA Tour once again. It took six playoff holes and an extra day for Jason Day to win the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, San Diego. Even better news for the Tour and more importantly for the fans was the encouraging return of Tiger Woods, who played pain-free for the first time since anyone could last remember. Day birdied the par-5 18th hole on the South Course to outlast Alex Noren and win his second title at one of...
State Democratic Party Endorses Sydney Kamlager 54th Assembly District Election Tuesday, April 3 Democrat Sydney Kamlager has won her party’s state delegate endorsement in the 54th Assembly District for the Tuesday, April 3, 2018 Special Election and June 5 Primary Election Ms. Kamlager said “I’m extremely grateful for the support I’ve received from 54th Assembly District California Democratic Party delegates who cast their votes for me during this past weekend’s candidate endorsement balloting.” Mark Gonzales, chair, Los Angeles County Demo...
Culver City Mayor Jeff Cooper and City Council Member Goran Eriksson have announced their endorsement of candidate Marcus Tiggs for City Council in the upcoming election. Tiggs, a graduate of Pepperdine University and the UWLA School of Law, specializes in bankruptcy cases representing debtors, creditors and trustees, including litigation and appeals before District Court and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and a combat veteran, and is extremely...
West Los Angeles College invites the community to honor Black History Month at the Black Matters exhibition running throughout February. Admission is free. A public reception, also free, will be held Thursday, February 8 in the college Fine Arts Gallery adjacent to the parking structure from 5 pm to 8. The exhibit will display the works of 11 prominent and outstanding black artists including Charles Mingus III, Fred Eversley, Holley Tempo, June Edmonds and local Culver City artist Pamela Smith...
WLAC Women's Basketball Team On Winning Streak CURRENTLY LEADING THE WSC-SOUTH By Destine Gibson, Student Intern West Los Angeles College's women's basketball team defeated Pierce College 100- 41 Saturday, January 27 at the WLAC gym. The Wildcats' 18-4 record is their first winning season since 2008-09. The Wildcats leaped to a 35-9 advantage by the end of the first quarter and maintained their strong lead, while the Brahmas could not close the gap by more than 23 points. Freshman guards Daija...
Kent Seeberger, a native of Culver City, has been named to the University of Iowa's Dean's List for the 2017 fall semester. Undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the Tippie College of Business who achieve a grade point average of 3.50 or higher on 12 semester hours or more of UI graded course work during a given semester or summer session and who have no semester hours of I (incomplete) or O (no grade reported) during the same...
SoCalGas Smart Thermostat Program Offers Customers Up to $75 in Incentives to Conserve Natural Gas this Winter Customers with ecobee or Nest smart thermostats are eligible to participate in this new natural gas conservation program Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) is offering customers up to $75 in incentives to participate in its Smart Thermostat Program. The program is designed to help households that have purchased, installed and registered an ecobee or Nest smart thermostat conserve natural gas for home heating this winter. “Smart t...
The Dodgers announce that the following players will be joining the club as non-roster invitees at 2018 Spring Training: Pitchers: LHP Manny Banuelos RHP Joe Broussard RHP Daniel Corcino RHP CC Lee RHP Mark Lowe LHP Brian Moran RHP Zach Neal RHP Yaisel Sierra LHP/RHP Pat Venditte Catchers: Keibert Ruiz Will Smith Shawn Zarraga Infielders: Matt Beaty Drew Jackson Max Muncy Jake Peter Edwin Rios Donovan Solano Outfielders: Yusniel Diaz DJ Peters Henry Ramos Travis Taijeron...
Laughter echoed off the walls of the Wende Museum Saturday night as a packed crowd enjoyed two comedians performing at a fundraiser for Daniel Lee's Culver City Council campaign. The event also featured rousing speeches by the candidate and by Culver City Council Member Meghan Sahli-Wells, who stressed the importance of having Mr. Lee on the Council in order to pass items that are critically important to protecting the people and environment of Culver City. Lee's campaign was in high spirits at...
The only thing worse than crashing your self-driving car into a wall or another car is crashing into a police car or fire engine. Well it happened Monday morning to Culver City Engine 42. The engine was struck by a Tesla flying along at 65 mph. The fire crew was working a motorcycle down call on the 405 Freeway Monday morning. There were "amazingly" no injuries however the firefighters on the scene commented that it "scared the heck out of them." The driver reports the Tesla S was on autopilot...
Wednesday morning the 7-11 store at the corner of Washington and LA Cienega Blvds was robbed. The suspect had stolen several cases of beer and the store clerk was attempting to apprehend him. As the suspect ran towards an awaiting vehicle, another suspect opened fire on the clerk from inside the vehicle, striking the clerk in the leg. The clerk was transported to UCLA Medical Center, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and later released. Culver City Police Detectives...
I expected the fan reaction after the Clippers traded Blake Griffin the other day. The people weren’t happy. They didn’t want to lose a popular player and big-time scorer. But after being around the NBA for nearly 50 years I’ve learned a lot about surprising trades. Factoring in everything I often realize that management had a good plan. This could really work. And let me tell you why. Griffin has missed 99 games in the last four years with injuries, as players get older and injuries occur...
