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In an unexpected development CCUSD Superintendent Dave LaRose informed members of the Board of Education in closed session at Tuesday night's Board meeting that he will be stepping down from his position, effective at the end of the year. LaRose said his decision is a personal one and added that he is not leaving to take a position with another school district. "If the next chapter of my life was to be in a leadership role for a school district, there's no place I'd rather be than here in...
Dear CCUSD Families, On Tuesday evening I shared the following announcement with the members of the CCUSD School Board. Upon much reflection and deep consideration with my family, I have made the decision to resign as Superintendent for Culver City Unified School District effective June 30, 2016. I do not make this decision lightly. However, I am confident that the time is right for me – both personally and professionally– to take a thoughtful and intentional break from the work I have always believed I was called to do. To be clear, this is...
Monday, February 29 is the deadline for filing and paying your business license tax renewal. The tax can be paid in person at city hall, by mail of directly online. Mailed copies must be postmarked by Monday. If the tax is not paid by February 29 penalties begin to accrue at the rate of 20% per month up to a maximum of 100% after 5 months. To apply for a renewal online go to: https://www.culvercityselfservice.org/PayBL/ to make a payment online go to: https://collectpay.princ...
Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez will host Westside Family Health Center’s “I HEART WFHC” Fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 7 pm to 11 at the Bar And Garden Annex, 8558 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City. Ms. Rodriguez is a supporter of WFHC. "My family and I have a great deal of respect for the health services and community outreach that Westside Family Health Center provides,” she said. To learn more about WFHC visit www.wfhcenter.org....
Stefanie Vasseghi and Anthony Potgieter, Culver City High 2004 & 2006 alumni, are to be married. They were engaged November 2014 at Adare Manor Castle in Ireland. Mr. Potgieter is the son of Michael and Charmaine Potgieter. Ms. Vasseghi is the daughter of Norma and Mehran Vasseghi. The future bride recently graduated from Northeastern University with a Master of Science in Corporate Communications and is working in the motion picture industry. The future groom received a Bachelor of Arts from...
Despite what is being touted of late, let it never be said that there isn't diversity in filmmaking. And contrary to the "forced" diversity which many film festival directors, programmers and controlling guilds and academies are of late trying to force feed to the industry and public alike, the diversity I am seeing in many films is genuine, and reflects not only a diversity of issues and topics and performers in front of the camera, but directorial craftsmanship and artistry that rings true of...
In a landmark study that has never been done before, the city’s Finance Advisory Committee has issued a Benchmarking Study that compares Culver City to seven like cities in California in a wide variety of areas ranging from programs to finances. “The results were startling” said Göran Eriksson, who chairs the Committee and pushed for the study. For example, the study shows that according to FBI crime statistics Culver City has the highest crime rate among the cities studied in both violent crimes and property crimes (see pg 32 of the Study)...
In the third of a series of campaign BBQ's at local parks, the elecTiggs campaign announces it will be hosting a complimentary barbeque at El Marino Park, 5301 Berryman Ave, Culver City on Saturday, February 27 from noon until 4 pm. All are invited and encouraged to stop with an appetite for lunch and meet Culver City Council Candidate Marcus G. Tiggs. Tiggs' community involvement spans almost two decades. This includes more than 10 years of service on Fiesta Ballona Planning Committee and...
Elementary, Middle and High School students will question Culver City City Council candidates at a special "Ask 2 Know Kids Forum" on Wednesday, March 2 from 6:30 pm 8 pm. For nearly 25 years television personality Art Linkletter hosted a show where he interviewed children and shared their often surprising responses. Well, kids ask the darndest things too. There's a freedom from adult conventions that enables children to pose uniquely probing questions that can unsettle even professional politic...
In Feb. 2016, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) adopted an extended and revised emergency regulation to ensure that urban water conservation continues in 2016, as California faces its fifth consecutive year of severe drought. The State Water Board’s action maintains the current mandate to conserve 25 percent in urban water usage; however, now, local water agencies such as West Basin Municipal Water District that have developed drought-resilient water supplies can apply for a supply credit of up to eight percentage p...
Out by sweat, bathroom, metabolism, anxiety. In, you all know about. To my surprise, a speaker at a conference once started by totally changing his topic. Instead of addressing a legal subject, he told us to watch our weight. "You're all smart, you know what to do," he told us by not telling us. He credited us with being able to figure out how to do this. Then he gave us a five-second exercise to calm down. You can do this. Sit straight, look straight ahead. Take a deep breath, to a slow count...
As an Israeli citizen we unfortunately face a loss of loved ones on a regular basis. In my last visit to my country I experienced it personally when my precious 19-year-old cousin was stabbed in his kidney and carotid artery and died a few hours later. The grief, darkness and rage that controls your mind and spirit is unspeakable. In time it doesn't heal. The wound is still open. Hearing the phenomenal mindful words of Coach Monte Williams about the unexpected loss of his wife in an automobile...
The No. 14 UCLA women's basketball team will play their final two home games of the regular season this weekend when they host Arizona on Friday at 8 p.m. and No. 9 Arizona State on Sunday at 11 a.m. Both games will be played inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. The lady Bruins are 20-7 overall and 12-4 in the Pac-12. If they expect to stay in the top bracket of the Pac-12 and get a high seed in the upcoming Pac-12 Tournament they need to win one of the two games against the Arizona...
The rebirth of the composure and character was defined for Culver City High girls basketball on Saturday night, February 20, at Del Goodyear Gymnasium. The Centaurs rallied from behind to upset Long Beach power Millikan High, 72-69 in the second Round of the 2016 CIF Division 1AA Playoffs. Kailey Tooke, Culver's leading scorer for the past two seasons, had her finest game as a Centaur. It wasn't that she scored an unprecedented 46 points or dominated the backboards, it was her manner and...
Last week at the NBA trading deadline the Clippers acquired 6-foot-9 forward Jeff Green from Memphis. It is being viewed as a trade that will help the Clippers because they’re finally replacing Matt Barnes, who they sent away at the start of the season. I’ve written that the Clippers made a mistake in trading Barnes because he was both a reliable shooter from the corner and a tenacious defender. When opponents concentrated their defense on Blake Griffin and Chris Paul, Barnes would go to one...
There shouldn’t be a question in anyone’s mind that for all the right reasons I feel Marcus Tiggs can bring a new common sense approach to our City Council. Transparency in local government needs to make a comeback. Another breath of fresh air is Meghan Sahli-Wells, who has countless new ideas to move the city along. We need strong women who can take charge and make improvements as necessary. It has been 65 years since Earl Lloyd became the first African American to play in the National Bas...
The No. 14 UCLA women's basketball team will play their final two home games of the regular season this weekend when they host Arizona on Friday at 8 p.m. and No. 9 Arizona State on Sunday at 11 a.m. Both games will be played inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. The lady Bruins are 20-7 overall and 12-4 in the Pac-12. If they expect to stay in the top bracket of the Pac-12 and get a high seed in the upcoming Pac-12 Tournament they need to win one of the two games against the Arizona...
The USC men’s basketball team has come to that NCAA fork in the road. If they win least four or five more games they will make the NCAA Tournament. If they lose four or five games their tournament dreams will probably disappear. They lost their first home game of the year last Sunday, to Utah 80-69. Utah was led by its 7-foot center Jakob Poeltl from Vienna, Austria. He dominated the Trojans in the paint. USC is now 15-1 at home. “I am proud of the team’s effort,” said USC head coach Andy Enfield after the loss to Utah. “Our effort level is...
The cast is set and rehearsals are underway for the West Coast premiere of Sheila Callaghan's madcap new play "Women Laughing Alone With Salad," opening March 13 at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Directed by Neel Keller and choreographed by Ken Roht, previews for "Women Laughing Alone With Salad" begin March 6 and performances continue through April 3. The cast includes Lisa Banes ("Gone Girl," the film; "Present Laughter," Broadway) Nora Kirkpatrick (founding...
Congresswoman, 37th Congressional District In 2005 The Economist introduced a new term into our political lexicon: Dog whistle politics. It is the act of “putting out a message that, like a high-pitched dog-whistle, is only fully audible to those at whom it is directly aimed.” Even before he announced his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States last year, Donald Trump was working on perfecting his dog-whistle rhetoric to call out to racists in the United States. In 2011, Donald Trump crowned himself king of the birther movement whe...
On Friday the 12th, I had a very special adventure with my dad. Me and my dad went to LAX airport to see President Obama and his jet, Air Force One. We went with a group called Kid Scoop Media. We had to wait for a long time. While we waited we met two bomb-sniffing dogs, Officer Jerry and Officer Nori. We also met the President's secret service limo driver. He showed us the inside of the bullet-proof limousine. Even the window glass is bullet proof! Finally, five helicopters flew in and landed...
The Culver City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors endorsed small business owner and Chair of the City’s Financial Advisory Committee Göran Eriksson, former two term Planning Commissioner Marcus Tiggs and small business owner and Planning Commissioner Scott Wyant for the three open seats in the April 12 municipal City Council election. The Board of Directors met immediately after a public “Meet the Candidates Forum” at the Courtyard by Marriott to decide which candidates to endorse for this critical election. Colette Moore, Chair of the Ch...
The Culver City Democratic Club last week overwhelmingly endorsed candidates Meghan Sahli-Wells, Thomas Small and Daniel Lee for the three open seats on the Culver City Council. The endorsement, voted by Club members, immediately followed a forum during which all Democratic candidates responded to questions about their experience and perspectives. The previous evening, the Los Angeles Democratic Party endorsed the same three candidates for the Council seats. The three were endorsed on the first...
The impressive list of people and organizations endorsing Meghan Sahli-Wells' re-election to the Culver City Council continues growing with each passing week as candidates enter the final two months of the campaign. Sahli-Wells has received endorsements from the Sierra Club and the LA League of Conservation Voters, which also endorsed her original bid for City Council in 2012. Both organizations continue to be impressed by Sahli-Wells' consistent environmental record. "Councilmember Meghan...
The kid in me fell in love with Panda Po back in 2008 when "Kung Fu Panda" was released. Charming, funny and filled with action and antics led to pure entertainment, while introducing us to what have become beloved characters premised on a goose named Mr. Ping raising an abandoned young Panda named Po. Wonderful thematics and messaging about family and friends. When "Kung Fu Panda 2" rolled around in 2011, I watched it with my two younger nephews, with the 5-year old writing his own review of...
