Articles from the July 3, 2014 edition
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Winners of 2013-2014 Marcom Masque Awards
Kentwood Players, the community theater group based at the Westchester Playhouse, was founded in December 1949 by Jan and Arky Marcom. At the end of each season, all Kentwood Players members in good...
Ford's Filling Station Shuttered
With the planned opening of Ford's Filling Station inside the J.W. Marriott in downtown Los Angeles Ford's Filling Station abruptly closed its doors on Sunday night. It was ten years ago Ben Ford...
Learn How Dogs Teach Humans
Adopt & Shop, at the corner of Sepulveda and Culver, will host a book signing on Sat., July 12 at 1 p.m. Award-winning author Larry Kay will present his new book, Life's A Bark, describing ways dogs...
City Seeks To Honor Those Who Help the Disabled
Culver City Council and the Culver City Disability Advisory Committee, through the Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department, would like to honor one individual and one business during activit...
Culver Students Make Ithaca College Dean's List
Eric Mitchell of Culver City was named to Dean's List in Ithaca College's School of Humanities and Sciences for the spring 2014 semester. Martha Fisher of Culver City (90230) was named to Dean's List...
How Times Have Changed
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist I was scanning a California history book and came across Hong Yeng Chang. The State Supreme Court in 1800 denied Chang’s application to practice law because of t...
Fab Four Celebrate Beatles 50th
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter During the season-opening concert on Saturday at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank, I closed my eyes and listened to The Fab Four sing a Beatles song and thought...
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents LEGENDS
Behold the living legends! Children of All Ages will believe in the unbelievable with the all-new circus spectacular, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents LEGENDS, coming to the Los...
Westside Leaders Outraged Over Israeli Teenagers' Deaths
By Beth Lindly Special to the Observer The recent deaths of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers have not only impacted the players on the world's stage, but also locally. Eyal Yifrach, 16, Gilad Shaar,...
Culver City High Athletics Year in Review
By Fred Altieri Observer Sports Reporter Part 1 of 2. Part 2 will appear in next week's edition of the Culver City Observer Tom Salter is entering for his third year as athletic director for Culver...
Truck Series Team Penalized For Breaking Rules
The No. 51 team that competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has been penalized for a rules infraction discovered in post-race inspection June 26 at Kentucky Speedway. The infraction is a P2 level penalty and violates Section 20B-12.8.1...
City Dips Into Reserves Again
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter The hazards involved in examining the finances of Culver City were avoided on June 23 when the City Council, without much ado, approved the 2014-2015 budget....
Rockets Red Glare Over Culver City
The annual Fourth of July Fireworks show will be held at West L.A. College for the first time this year Last year, for the first time in 47 consecutive celebrations of our nation's birthday, the...
CCPD Urges Safety During Fourth of July
The Culver City Police and Fire Departments want to remind residents and visitors that the best way to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with family and friends is by attending the professional...
City Manager's Report
By John Nachbar City Manager • 4th of July Fireworks Show – The Culver City Exchange Club’s annual 4th of July Fireworks Show will resume at West Los Angeles College on the evening of Friday, July...
Summer Music Festival Returns
Boulevard Music presents 6 free concerts on Thursday evenings at 7pm from July 10 through August 14 in the palm-lined courtyard of Culver City City Hall. Curated by producer Gary Mandell, Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival offers s...
Kentwood Players Presents Sordid Lives
Kentwood Players will present “Sordid Lives” by Del Shores from July 11 to August 16 for a six-week run on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm with Sunday matinees at 2pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester. The pro...
4TH Annual Quaker State "400" Results
Sparta, KY - June 28, 2014 1.5-Mile Oval 267 Laps - 400.5 Miles Purse: $5,111,347 ________________________________________ Fin Str Car Series Bonus Driver Leader Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Points Points Rating Winnings Status Times Laps 1 1 2 Brad...
Current NASCAR Point Standings
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 16 Driver Points Wins 1 - Jeff Gordon 618 (1) 2 - Jimmie Johnson 594 (3) 3 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 594 (2) 4 - Brad Keselowski 560 (2) 5 - Matt Kenseth 555 (0) 6 - Carl Edwards 536 (2) 7 - Joey Logano 519 (2) 8 - Ryan Newman...
MOVIE REVIEW: Snowpiercer
Adapted for the screen by Kelly Masterson and Bong Joon-Ho from the French graphic novel "Le Transpercenegie" and directed by Bong Joon-Ho, SNOWPIERCER is a post-apocalyptic thriller. Earth is frozen...
Historical Society to Discuss Creation of Culver High
Can it be 60 plus years since the first class graduated from Culver City High School in 1953? Yes, the class often called "the first class in and the first class out" is the topic for the next...
MOVIE REVIEW:Think Like a
When we last saw the gang back in 2012, they were hanging out in downtown Culver City, shooting hoops, hitting Happy Hour at Rush Street and wrecking havoc and hilarity at every turn in "Think Like A...
Culver City Little League Pitches Hard-Fought Season
Culver City Little League Pitches Hard-Fought Season This season, the Culver City Little League 9-10 year old All Star team showed the city, and themselves, what they could do. They started out with...
Dodgers Win With Kershaw Shutout
Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers pitching ace and arguably "the best pitcher in the world" according to teammate Matt Kemp, finished off the Cardinals on Sunday by hurling 13 strikeouts in seven innings...