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This coming week is going to be a busy one for Culver City High school bus drivers. Every team, this winter season has made their CIF SS Division playoff. The Girls' Water Polo team finished second in Ocean League at 4-2 and 13-12-1 overall. They will travel north to Oxnard to play the Pacific View League second place finisher, Rio Mesa (19-9-0) (8-2) on Tuesday February 11 at 5:00 pm. The Boys Varsity Basketball team finished third in the Ocean League at 7-3. They will start their Division 2A...
Joshua Immanuel Ebow, 30, of Los Angeles a former delivery driver pleaded not guilty Monday to charges stemming from a series of alleged hate crime attacks on men in Culver City, West Los Angeles and Inglewood. Ebow, allegedly committed the crimes because he perceived the victims to be gay or members of the LGBTQ community, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Ebow, who has remained jailed at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in lieu of $135,000 bail since his Jan. 3 a...
A Culver City man was sentenced Friday to three life prison terms without the possibility of parole for killing his 67-year-old father and two other men the same day. Juan Roberto Saucedo, 39, pleaded no contest to murdering his father, Robert, and trying to kill his father’s girlfriend in Culver City on Sept. 3, 2017. He pleaded guilty to the subsequent killings of Jesus Estevez Martinez, 27, and Arturo Canela Pulido, 47, in Lennox, and the attempted murder of another man, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Sau...
While most high school students were out enjoying the spectacular Southern California last weekend, a group of 15 students from St. Bernard joined volunteers from Clark Construction and ARUP to beautify their Playa del Rey campus. The students, all seniors in good standing attendance and grade-wise, helped a team of volunteers from Clark Construction and ARUP paint benches, clean and power-wash the school's concrete areas, remove leaves and conduct a variety of other beautification efforts....
Movie legend and philanthropist Kirk Douglas passed away today Wednesday February 5. "Center Theatre Group is saddened by the passing of this truly great man," Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie said today. "Kirk Douglas was a star in every way – in his art, his love for his family and country, and his tremendous philanthropy. "Kirk always said theatre was his first love," said Ritchie, "and you could see that in his face as he sat front and center on opening nights. As t...
MidDAY At Grace concert Returns on Thursday, February 13 at 12pm. San Francisco and LA Opera soprano, Tammy Jenkins and pianist, Robert Turner in their program commemorating African American Heritage Month The audience is welcome to join for all or any part of the program. beautiful community outreach event to benefit the Harmony Project bringing music to underserved children. Many in Culver City will remember Tammy and her glorious voice when she sang as a Ringer with the Temple Akiba High Holy Days and Grace Choirs. Everyone is welcome to...
By Rob Aigner Sports Reporter The Varsity Girls soccer team battled till the end on senior night last Friday against El Segundo. The Centaurs not only needed a win to keep them in the middle of a battle to make the playoffs but also in an effort to send 10 graduating players off their home turf for the last time with a victory. It was a hard-fought game from the start and Culver City scored first with a shot by Senior Jordan Weiss. The squad couldn't hold on to their slim lead when a goal was...
By Rob Aigner Sports Reporter What a difference seven days can make. The Culver City boys soccer team started the week of January 27th undefeated in league play with a 5-0-1 record and in complete control of their destiny to win the Ocean League. Unfortunately, they ended it with their second straight double over time tie (ending 0-0) this time against a very defensive Lawndale team and then a painful 3-1 loss to new league leader El Segundo last Friday. Their record is now 5 wins, 2 ties and 1...
The San Francisco 49ers had just taken a 10-point lead on a one-yard touchdown run by Raheem Mostert. The score had been setup by the first interception of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the postseason. Down by 10 early in the 4th quarter, the Kansas City Chiefs were in the process of putting a scoring drive together to close the gap, but Mahomes threw his second interception of the game. If the game had ended at this point, 49er quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo might have been...
After considering the candidates running in the election for Los Angeles County Supervisor, 2nd District, the Sierra Club is proud to endorse State Senator Holly Mitchell. She also received the endorsement of two other environmental groups, the California League of Conservation Voters and Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters.) According to the club's press release, Mitchell's responses to their questionnaire showed real knowledge of and commitment to the environmental issues facing the...
West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) announced the schedule of its public outreach programs for 2020, which include the return of its popular Lunch and Learn class series, Water 101 class and free Saturday public tours of its Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility (ECLWRF) in El Segundo. The Water Education Center (WEC), located at the ECLWRF, was closed to the public during its renovations since early 2018 and is now reopen to the public. It is expected to attract over 20,000...
It's still hard for the Lakers and the rest of the basketball world to move forward after the death of Kobe Bryant of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and eight other people on January 26, but like they say in the entertainment world, "the show must go on." After a moving tribute to Kobe last Friday night at the Staples Center before the game against Portland, the Lakers tried to get back to work on the basketball court. They lost that game but the game seems incidental. "It's hard to put into words,"...
The Culver City Democratic Club will hold its next meeting on Wednesday February 12. The speaker will be from Black Lives Matter. The meeting will be held at the Veteran's Memorial Building, 4117 Overland Ave., at the corner of Overland and Culver. Our business meeting will begin at 7 pm. The program begins at 8 pm. You can visit the Culver City Democratic Club online at www.CulverCityDemocraticClub.com and on Facebook....
Two Ocean League games this week will determine when and where the Culver City High girls basketball team will be playing when the CIF Division 2A Basketball Playoffs begin next week. The Centaurs are currently in second place with a 6-2 record, two games behind league leader Santa Monica High who is undefeated at 8-0. Last week the girls solidified their second place standing as they overwhelmed Lawndale High, 77-19, at home on Wednesday, January 29. Two nights later they traveled to El...
