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Services former Mayor and councilman Steve Rose will be held this Wednesday, March 7 at 11:00 a.m. at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles. A Celebration of Life will follow at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 6161 W. Centinela Avenue, Culver City. Rose died at his home on Monday after a short battle with cancer....
The Observer has just learned that former Culver City Mayor and Councilman Steven Rose died Monday March 5 after a short battle with leukemia. Rose was President & CEO of the Culver City Chamber of Commerce for 30 years. Rose recently retired because he was turning 70 and had a desire to travel amongst other activities. Shortly after his retirement he learn he was suffering from an aggressive form of leukemia. The Observer will have more information as it becomes available...
Culver City High was rewarded with a first round home-seed draw in the 2018 California State Girls Basketball Division 3 Championship tournament based on its 25-6 season record and reaching the semifinal round in the recent CIF Division 3AA Championships. The Centaurs will host Carson High at 7:00 p.m. this Wednesday, March 7, in Del Goodyear Gymnasium. The Colts won the 2018 CIFLACS Division I Girls Basketball Playoff Championship last Saturday, beating Legacy High 75-63. Carson (20-12...
Freshman pitcher Adrian Montenegro pitched six shutout innings allowing just one hit and senior Bobby Capa came in and pitched a perfect 1-2-3 seventh inning, striking out two in relief to close out the game. The Centaurs scored six runs on six hits. Mason Le and Joaquin Hines each went 2 for 3 with a double and a stolen base. Le scored twice along with Hines, Bobby Capa, Andrew Olmeda and James Roque each scoring once. The Centuars are 3-1 early in the preseason. After graduating 10 seniors...
On Wednesday February 28 at approximately 2pm the Culver City Police Department received a call of a student making threats at Culver City High School. Given the attacks on students and teachers around the country CCPD was quick to react. The School Resource Officer immediately responded along with Patrol Officers and Detectives. CCPD personnel met with School Staff and learned that students had overheard threats being made by a fellow student. During the course of the investigation the student...
The City of Ventura was the end of the road for Culver City High boys basketball in 2018. The Centaurs never found their traction as they lost 80-61 to Buena High in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 3A Playoffs last Tuesday night, February 20. Trailing 18-12 after the first quarter the Centaurs responded with 22 points in the second. The only problem was the Bulldogs also scoring 22 points in the quarter to lead at half, 40-34. Yet Culver City had to feel good trailing by o...
Fracking near you. The largest urban oil Field in the U.S. is in “Our backyard” and may be posing dangerous threats to your health and safety! Now’s the time to weigh in our Culver City’s plan to allow drilling 30 new wells & fracking within the Culver City limits. Health effects include: Respiratory disease & asthma, heart disease, leukemia, lung & other cancers, adverse birth outcomes, endocrine disruption, cognitive disorders, neurological problems and premature death. Seismic effects...
The Culver City High girls basketball team's quest to win its second CIF Southern Section Basketball title unfortunately came to an abrupt end in the City of Downey on Saturday night, February 24. The Centaurs suffered a heartbreaking 63-59 overtime loss to the Warren High Bears in the semifinal round of the Division 3AA Playoffs. "One of the toughest losses...," said Culver Head Coach Julian Anderson. "We had the ball with three seconds to go and tried to take advantage of a miscue by their...
The Culver City High School Girls Water Polo team (20-9) held on to beat a tough Valencia (20-13) team 4-3 to win their first CIF Championship last Saturday at the William Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine, CA....
The Culver City Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying two burglary suspects who burglarized a house in the studio estates section of Culver City last Saturday night. According to Culver City Police the suspects entered the home at approximately 6:30 pm. The first suspect knocked on the front. Two minutes later, the second suspect entered the residence from the bathroom window. The first suspect then entered the living room, grabbed an iPad and a laptop and placed it in...
A lot of interesting basketball will be played in the NBA this season. We don’t know who the champion will be. If you like the sport you have months of entertainment coming up. But another subject has become very important. With LeBron James breaking records a lot of attention has begun to go his way with fans wondering where he’s going to play next season. You see, LeBron crushed some long-standing records last weekend and he’s reached that super duper place of all-time great. Lebron belongs to...
Here are few things you may not know about Daniel Lee, who is running for City Council. Here’s what you may know: You may know that he’s very knowledgeable about matters pertaining to the Inglewood Oil Field, as well as gas and oil production in general, including the health and safety risks to which we Culver City residents are exposed. But did you know that he visited a CA State Assembly person and advocated for policy solutions? I was there, and I was so impressed by ideas—his ideas-- that...
Spectrum Networks announced it has secured an agreement with KTLA5 to broadcast five Dodgers games on Tribune Broadcasting's Los Angeles television station. The simulcast schedule on KTLA5 will include two Friday night games and three Saturday games, beginning with SportsNet LA's first Dodgers broadcast of the season on Friday, March 30 vs. the San Francisco Giants at 7:10 pm. On Saturday, April 7 the Dodgers will face the Giants for their first weekend matinee game of the season, simulcast...
Charlton Ellzey of Culver City was named to the fall 2017 President's List at Mississippi College. MC releases the president's list after the close of fall and spring semesters each academic year. To be eligible for the President's List a student must maintain a 4.0 grade point average, based on a 4.0 system. The student must take a full course load of at least 12 semester hours of undergraduate credit with all academic courses impacting their grade point average. Mississippi College,...
Disney Channel star Joshua Rush and Celebrity DJ Young 1 will co-moderate the forum. 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 politicians. Disney Channel star Joshua Rush and Celebrity DJ Young 1 will co-moderate the for...
Jean Sparks, 88 of Montezuma, Iowa passed away Thursday morning, February 22, 2018 at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Venca Jean Sparks, the daughter of Roy and Mary (Marean) Shoesmith, was born on May 17, 1929 west of Guthrie Center. Jean was raised on a family farm near Guthrie Center and then lived in Guthrie Center before moving to Des Moines following the death of her mother. Jean was a 1947 graduate of North High School in Des Moines. Following high school Jean worked for American...
Join Paula Wilson as she reads her favorite storytime books. Fun arts and crafts project to follow. Admission is Free! Culver City Julian Dixon Library 4975 Overland Ave., Culver City, 90230 Culver City Friends of the Library www.ccfol.org (310) 559-1676. For ADA accommodation, call (310) 830-0231 (voice) or (310) 830-4532 (TTY) Monday-Friday at least 6 days prior to...
Steve Dunwoody, the self-proclaimed progressive candidate announced his intention to focus on winning the June 5th regular election to fill a full term as the Assembly member from the 54th District instead of the April special election. He failed to qualify for the April ballot after several signatures on his nominating papers were disqualified leaving him one signature short. He still intends to participate in the April 3rd special election, to elect someone to complete the unfinished term...
