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It's a look into history this week with the narrative feature THE SIEGE OF JADOTVILLE available on Netflix and, NO ASYLUM: THE UNTOLD CHAPTER OF ANNE FRANK'S STORY, now on various digital and VOD platforms. THE SIEGE OF JADOTVILLE Unknown to most is the story of the 1961 post-Colonial siege at Jadotville in The Congo in which Irish battalion A-Company held off a five day attack by 300-plus Katangese secessionists and mercenaries, and despite being out-manned and out-gunned, lost none of their...
The Los Angeles Rams gambled and lost on fake punt deep in their own territory late in the 4th quarter, turning the ball and the game over to the Buffalo Bills, 30-19, on a hot Sunday afternoon, October 9, 2016 before an anxious and slightly smaller crowd than the announced paid attendance of 83,679 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. "I wouldn't have called it if I didn't think it was going to work. That's how those things are. We practiced it all week, we had the look, and it didn't work....
It looks like New York-based Vornado Realty Trust is done with La La Land. The real estate investment trust is seeking a buyer for its last L.A. property, a 243,000-square-foot Class A office property at 800 Corporate Pointe in Culver City. The asking price is roughly $150 million, sources told The Real Deal. To read the entire story go to: http://therealdeal.com/la/2016/10/03/vornado-realty-trust-is-shopping-its-last-la-property-for-150m/...
The Culver City Arts District, a unique collection of art galleries, creative businesses, specialty retail and restaurants, will present Culver City Art Walk 2016 on October 8 from 2 pm to 6. The Art Walk event will be centered on Washington Boulevard between Helms and Fairfax Avenues and will celebrate the beginning of the fall art season with a free self-guided tour of art galleries exhibiting new and distinguished artists, musical and dance performances throughout the day at various venues, interactive experiences and special offerings at...
Recently some readers have asked me who’s going to win the World Series. I’ve given the matter some thought and come up with a reply. The World Series will be won by either the Cubs or someone else. I can’t name the someone else because it could be any of the teams who’ve qualified for the 2016 playoffs. Well, anyone but the Orioles because they were eliminated in the American League wild card game on Tuesday. My point is there isn’t a co-favorite this year. The Cubs were the vastly superior...
I just wonder what Mayor Clarke and Culver City are planning for Kirk Douglas’s 100th birthday this fall. I thought the September/October 2016 issue of The Saturday Evening Post was particularly interesting. Many foods contain chemicals similar to prescription drugs and can improve health. A delicious case in point is a semi-fat hard cheese made in Italy that research shows can lower blood pressure akin to the popular drug ENALAPRIL. According to a study published in the April issue of the J...
Congresswoman Karen Bass will be addressing the Culver City Democratic Club at its monthly General Meeting on Wednesday Oct. 12 in the Veterans Memorial Building, 4117 Overland Avenue Corner of Overland Avenue and Culver Blvd. This month the meeting will be held in the Garden Room instead of the Rotunda Room. The meeting will start at 7 pm....
The National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) has recognized Golden State Water Company as winner of its 2016 Management Innovation Award for pioneering a new way of engaging customers on water conservation through the "Collaborative Conservation Education Campaign." The award was presented on Monday, October 3 at the NAWC's Water Summit in San Diego. "We are honored to receive this prestigious award that celebrates innovation," said Robert Sprowls, president and CEO of Golden State Water....
Michael Goldfarb has been promoted to Vice President – Business Development at The Culver Studios, it was announced by Dave Mannix, General Manager. Goldfarb, who joined The Culver Studios' executive team in 2015 as Director of Business Development & Strategic Planning, expands his role at the iconic Culver City studio with key responsibilities to manage marketing and sales for studio facilities and services, lead development and marketing of digital media services, oversee community i...
The nation was abuzz last night but not with the Presidential Election. Clowns were invading cities across the country. Well they weren't exactly killer clowns (1988 movie was called Killer Klowns from Outer Space...yes it was dumb) but they started appearing across the country. Culver City was one of the places they called out on Facebook as to where they would be "invading." A photo of a clown in front of the Lindberg Park sign was obviously photo shopped to look like the clown was there but...
West Los Angeles College students, faculty and staff provided a warm welcome reception for Dr. James M. Limbaugh who was selected to be the college's new president, effective October 3, 2016. Limbaugh replaces the interim president Robert Sprague who will return to his long-term post as the vice president of Academic Affairs. Prior to joining West, President Limbaugh served as interim president at Oxnard College in the Ventura Community College District, where he is credited for his excellence i...
I love celebrating birthdays. Do you like to celebrate yours? Some people love birthdays. They look forward to their birthday and wake up feeling happy. There are also people who don’t rejoice on their birthday; for them, it’s not a day they want to mark. They just want to get past it. I’ve seen that some of the people who don’t like birthdays haven’t really had a lot of happy birthday experiences. I once learned that a person dear to me didn’t expect any joy on her birthday. So I ordered a s...
Dear Editor: Culver City is an ethical desert due to lack of state-mandated ethics training and City Attorney Carol Schwab’s lax attitude toward ethics. In matters involving factual determinations the City Council is legally required to be a “reasonably impartial, noninvolved reviewer.” Politics and common law bias—“an interest … of such importance [] that it could have influenced [] judgment”—are verboten. At the September 12, 2016 City Council meeting, after presenting indisputable pr...
The first ever Culver City High – Dorsey High football game lived up to the hype. The Centaurs ultimately lost to the visiting Dons, 35-31 in a highly-spirited, physically-punishing, speed-infused battle on Friday night, September 30 at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The 2016 inaugural battle was decided when a Culver winning-drive was cut short by a fourth down interception at the goal line with time running out. Dorsey proceeded to use its imposing size and matching speed to methodically march d...
The USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins play important Pac-12 football games Saturday. The 2-3 Trojans are at home against the 4-1 and No. 21 Colorado Buffalos at the Coliseum at 1 p.m. The 3-2 Bruins face the 2-3 Arizona State Sun Devils on the road at 7:30 p.m. The quarterbacks on both of the local teams are playing well right now. Red-shirt USC freshman, Sam Darnold threw for 352 yards and three touchdowns last week in a victory over Arizona State and UCLA signal caller, Josh Rosen completed 20...
The Los Angeles Rams' defense got its third consecutive save of the early 2016 NFL season but more impressively may be the impact the team's 3-1 start is having on their new generation of Southern California fans. The Rams beat the Arizona Cardinals, 17-13, on Sunday afternoon, October 2. The Rams rallied from behind for the second consecutive game on the road, this time at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. For the third consecutive game their defense prevented the...
The USC women's volleyball team won itsr third match in a row against Arizona State last Wednesday at the Galen Center on the USC campus. They will battle the University of Arizona on Friday in another tough Pac-12 match at 7 p.m. Their 3-1 win over Arizona State marked the 1000th win for the Trojan women's volleyball program. USC was led by its outstanding freshman outside hitter Khalia Lanier who recorded her eighth double-double of the season. She had 22 kills and 11 digs. Other Trojans that...
The Los Angeles Sparks will play the Minnesota Lynx in the 206 WNBA Finals starting Sunday October 9, in Minnesota at 12 p.m. at the Target Center. Game 2 will also be played in Minnesota at 5 p.m. and Games 3 and 4 will take place in Los Angeles. Game 3 will be played at USC's Galen Center on Friday, October 14, at 6 p.m. and Game 4, if necessary will take place at Staples Center on Sunday, October 16, at 5:30 p.m. To reach the finals the Sparks beat the Chicago Sky 3-1 in a best-of five-game...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor If you've read this column over the years you probably know I traveled with the Lakers for a long time and got to know Chick Hearn very well. We frequently sat together on plane rides and I had the pleasure of knowing his wife, Marge, too. I haven't known Vin Scully as well because I didn't travel with the Dodgers but we became friends through a lot of conversations in the Dodger Stadium press box. The Lakers began flying charter many years ago but they used to...
We all know the name Edward Snowden. A former CIA employee and contractor to various U.S. government agencies and its sub-contractors, Snowden turned the world upside down in May 2013 when he leaked classified information to journalists, Glenn Greenwald and Ewan MacAskill, and documentarian Laura Poitras, exposing the high level of global surveillance being perpetrated by the NSA and others with the knowledge and support of the United States and European governments. During a "covert" operation...
In a day and age where kids are losing the innocence of childhood and the idea of myth, fantasy, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Mother Goose and storks at frighteningly early ages, it's refreshing to see co-directors Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland deliver a story that stops that clock and reverses it, reinvigorating the centuries old "the stork brought you" story while redefining the definition of family for a new generation. Seriously people, does a 3 or 4 year old child reaaaallly need...
