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The past twelve months have been a challenge for everyone, including the student athletes at Culver City High School and the organization that supports them, the Booster Club. Centaur teams left the field of play in March 2020 and the wildly popular Casino Night event was canceled as well. Fast forward to today with the Corona virus situation improving, Centaur student athletes have begun training and games are on the schedule. How can you support them now you ask? You can join the Booster Club...
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For sure, the only constant is change. COVID-19 certainly proved that. We never completed last year's Intergenerational Writers Workshop because of the shutdown. I saw its theme as dealing with three questions: "Who am I? How do I see myself? How do others see me?" We were delving into concepts of community and identity when the pandemic hit. The workshop is an annual collaboration that takes place on several Wednesday mornings during the first quarter of the year. It started in 2010 between...
Culver City police has seized 82 lbs. of Methamphetamine and loaded weapons during a traffic stop in Fox Hills, authorities announced on Tuesday. At approximately 7:30 p.m. on March 9, police officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near Slauson Avenue and Buckingham Parkway. After contacting the two occupants, officers developed cause to search the vehicle, the Culver City Police Department said in a press release. Inside the vehicle, the officers found 1 loaded and illegally possessed as...
The French parent company of Westfield Culver City is planning to sell off most of its U.S. malls by next year. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield's (URW), based in Paris, has announced it would massively trim down its US presence by 2022 to tackle long-term debt problems amid the financial fallout of coronavirus lockdowns. "At the end of the day, the exposure to the US will be minimal, if not zero," the group's new chief executive, Jean-Marie Tritant, said in a call to journalists. URW had gross...
Dear editor, Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic shutting down the United States, it's time for our leaders in Washington to put aside partisan bickering and do something to help. President Biden's American Rescue Plan to stop coronavirus and deal with the pandemic's impact on our nation does just that. And the American people agree. Real American unity is more than about politicians agreeing on a piece of legislation – it's about getting vaccines in arms, safely reopening schools for i...
Dear editor, In his first few months as Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell has given us a preview of how Republicans will behave for the next four years. They will use every tool at their disposal, like the filibuster, to cling to power and stop progress. They used it to block civil rights legislation in the 60s. They used it to block background checks for gun sales in 2013. And they'll use it to block EVERYTHING Democrats want to do in 2021. Republicans have changed the rules to entrench...
Dear editor, No one wants to be back in the classroom more than educators. Nothing would make me happier than to welcome every one of my students back to my classrooms in a way that keeps us all safe. But as California struggles to deal with constant and unpredictable changes to control the pandemic, a phased-in approach that responds to local conditions and transmission rates is the only responsible return to in-person instruction. To reopen schools the state must ensure all in person...
The West Basin Municipal Water District announced a new contactless delivery program to provide qualified District residents with free rain barrels worth approximately $100 per unit. The 55-gallon eco-friendly rain barrels help residents collect rainwater to use for landscaping and reduce urban runoff into local storm drains. One rain barrel can save up to 620 gallons per year. This year, 1,000 free rain barrels will be available for direct delivery to eligible homes. To register for a rain...
A 43-year-old man died the City after he fell at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, Los Angeles fire officials reported. The Los Angeles Fire Department dispatched rescue units at about 1:18 p.m. near 12000 S. Vista Del Mar. "Despite bystander CPR and continued care by 47 LAFD responders, including LAFD Paramedics and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) personnel specially trained, equipped and certified to perform confined space rescues, the worker sustained severe trauma from the fall and was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim’s name w...
As part of Sister Cities International's annual Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS), the Culver City Sister City Committee is requesting entries from our local youth to submit in six different categories of the nationwide competition. The theme for this year's competition is "United in Hope", highlighting the importance of citizen diplomacy and the innovative ways in which citizen diplomats can achieve peace through people-to-people interactions. The winner in each category will receive...
If you are celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, remember to do so responsibly by having a plan to get home safely. This St. Patrick’s Day (March 17), the Culver City Police Department will have additional officers on patrol from 4 p.m. to 11p.m., looking for drivers suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. "If drinking is part of your plans this St. Patrick’s Day, plan on designating a sober driver or finding another safe way home," Acting Police Chief Cid said. "Don’t make a poor choice and allow yourself to mix alcohol...
With a new league there will be new challenges for the Culver City varsity, junior varsity and freshmen football teams. The Bay League figures to be slightly more competitive than the Ocean League that the team played in for many years. Mira Costa, Peninsula, Palos Verdes, Redondo Union and Santa Monica are now their opponents. The good news for the varsity team is their team is loaded with a bevy of talented seniors. "We have been blessed to have a lot of seniors this year," said Culver City...
There are four preseason games remaining on the 2021 UCLA Bruins softball schedule before the team begins to defend its 2019 PAC-12 title on Friday, March 19. After the Bruins beat U.C. San Diego, 7-1, last Tuesday afternoon, March 9, to improve its season record to 11-1, they are scheduled to play consecutive doubleheaders this Thursday and Friday, March 11 and 12, against U.C. Santa Barbara and UNLV, respectively. The defending National Champions have to be satisfied with their comfortable...
The NFL announced the awarding of 44 additional compensatory draft picks to various NFL teams. Both the Los Angeles Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams were awarded additional compensatory draft picks, with the Chargers receiving a 3rd round pick (97th overall) and the Rams awarded three additional picks, two in the 3rd round (101 & 104 overall), and a 4th round pick (142nd overall). NFL compensatory picks are awarded to NFL teams who lost high value unrestricted free agents the prior year. The...
The Los Angeles Chargers have decided and informed tight end Hunter Henry that they will not apply the franchise tag to Henry, which will allow him to become an unrestricted free agent and sign with any NFL team. The franchise tag is a designation a team can apply to a player scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent. The tag binds the player to the team for one year if certain conditions are met. But the franchise tag is expensive. Last season, Henry played under the franchise tag and...
Assemblywoman Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles) cruised to an easy victory on Tuesday night after capturing more than two-thirds of the vote in a special election to fill the vacant 30th Senate District seat. Semi-official returns show Kamlager with 67.7% of the vote in the seven-candidate field, surpassing the majority needed to avoid a runoff. Her closest opponent and fellow Democrat, Culver City Vice Mayor Daniel Lee, had just 13.5%. Kamlager, who won re-election for the 54th Assembly District...
The Los Angeles Dodgers today released the following statement: “Over the last year, there has been a sharp increase in violence and hate crimes against Asian-Americans across the United States. This bigotry and hatred has no place in our society and to be clear, the Dodger organization condemns this widespread xenophobic violence and intolerance. Such bullying is nothing short of cowardice.” “Besides Jackie Robinson, the Dodgers have a legacy of pioneering Asian All-Star players like Hideo Nomo (Japan), Chan-Ho Park (Korea), and Hong-...
While the police were investigating a robbery near the Metro Train station, a 32 year old homeless dude jumped on top of a detectives unmarked police vehicle, poured gas on it, and set it on fire. The incident on February 25th surprised even officers for its brazen disregard for the consequences. The press release from SMPD's public information officer Lt. Rudy Flores follows: The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has filed charges on George Joosten, a 32-year-old white male, for lighting a police vehicle on fire. On February 25,...
By Alyssa Erdley Santa Monica's Elementary Schools Prepare Cautiously for a Phased-In 'Reopening' of 1-2 Days of In-Person Instruction Per Week Starting March 15 Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District reached an agreement with the teachers' union to 'reopen' the elementary schools with a target date of March 15. Reopening does not mean a full-on return to in-person instruction, however. Each site will have its own plan. According to Gail Pinsker, district spokesman, "schools are starting with one or two days a week" for the two weeks prece...
Los Angeles Unified schools will begin allowing students ages 13 and older to participate in outdoor sports competitions, officials announced Wednesday. Superintendent Austin Beutner said Wednesday that under Los Angeles County Department of Public Health guidelines, LAUSD will resume the following athletic activities for their respective seasons: cross country, football, water polo, baseball, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming/diving, tennis, track and field and traditional game day cheer. All activities will be held outdoors and...
A 150-foot piece of PCH that fell into the Pacific Ocean in early February 2021 is now under repair. Cal Trans hopes to reopen the road just south of Big Sur by the end of Summer. For now, travelers must turn around when they reach the gaping hole – there's no bypass in that remote stretch of road. The repairs are expected to cost about $11 million. The crews must come from both Monterey and San Luis Obispo county, a drive of over an hour to the site....
Drivers for delivery apps such as Postmates, Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash, Instacart are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines. "Workers supporting restaurant dining, table service, carryout and quick-serve food operations, including food preparation, carryout and delivery employees, may receive vaccinations at county-run food and agriculture-only MegaPODS this week on Tuesday and Thursday," writes the Los Angeles County Public Health Dept.. Eligible workers must show California drivers licenses...
Fitness companies Beachbody LLC and Myx Fitness LLC will go public through a three-way merger with a blank-check firm affiliated with former TikTok chief Kevin Mayer, valuing the combined entity at around $2.9 billion. Founded in 1998 by Carl Daikeler and Jon Congdon, Santa Monica-based Beachbody has over 3 million subscribers and offers more than 2,700 on demand videos, its website showed. Beachbody said on Wednesday that on-demand, interactive cycling provider Myx will become a part of the...
"I've been watching college volleyball for a while now and it's frustrating seeing them play cause we're not able to," Danet said. "We're not able to play the season and have the experience needed for college." "It's been a little bit annoying considering I've been working hard all this quarantine and then we just keep getting cancelled, it's just frustrating," Graham told FoxLA. Brad Graham, Caleb's dad, and a part of the "Let Them Play" movement, says the Governor has no medical evidence to...
