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At their year-end banquet last week, it was announced that the Culver High School Varsity Lacrosse players had received their due accolades from their opposing coaching staffs. Thomas Wilcox was named Ocean League Offensive Player of the Year. A very accurate shooter, Wilcox scored 59 goals with 13 assists and won 35 ground balls. Midfielder, Anthony Novo received Most Outstanding Player and Ray Sugiyama earned Defensive Player of the Year. Novo scored 22 goals, had 11 assists and won 30 ground...
Iconic Cars from Breaking Bad and Ghostbusters will be Featured. On May 11th, the annual Culver City Car Show hits the starting blocks for the 16th consecutive year. The 2019 show to be held at Culver City's Veteran's park with hundreds classic cars and hot rods from all over Southern California. This iconic local charity event also will feature a beer garden, a gourmet food truck court, car themed vendors, and non-stop live music from show stage throughout the day. The car show kicks off at...
The West Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors announced the Legislator of the Year awardees last week. This annual award recognizes legislators who have been instrumental in advancing the development and protection of reliable water supplies through legislation and advocacy in the past year. Last year was a special one for West Basin at the U.S. Capitol, as Congress officially passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2018. This bill included a modification to West Basin’s Harbor South Bay Water Recycling Project funding, i...
Services will be held for Elmer Hopper of Culver City on Wednesday, May 15th at Gates, Kingsley, Gates Funeral Home in Culver City. He Died on May 5. A celebration of his life will follow at the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum in Culver City. The service will be held from 12-1pm with open viewing until 4pm at Gates Kingsley. Address: 4220 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230 After funeral celebration begins at 5pm at Mayme A. Clayton Library located at 4130 Overland Ave, Culver City. Hopper...
WLAC Team: Junhee Lee, David Cortez, Brandi Williams, Edwin Gamez, Jose Valencia The West Los Angeles College Aviation Maintenance team again won top awards at the Annual Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC) presented by Snap-On Tools and the Aerospace Maintenance Council. The five-student team placed 2nd overall out of 29 school teams and took 1st place in five events. In the last four years, West has earned three top team placements. The contest, held in Atlanta, Georgia in April, brings...
Dear Editor: The difficulty of balancing the budgets of public school districts here in California, including the CCUSD’s is NOT teacher pension costs, as George Laase (April 25) would have you believe. The problem is the underfunding of public education in California. Period. California’s funding for education is far below that of all but seven states and is the number one cause of strains on public school budgets. In 2012-’13, per student funding in California was $7,518. Since then, funding has increased only 9% to $8,694 per student. Unfor...
There was no joy in Culver City High Baseball-land last Friday afternoon. The Centaurs suffered a tough 2-0 shutout loss at home to Sunny Hills High from Fullerton in first round of the 2019 CIF Division 4 Baseball Championships. Culver City qualified for the Southern Section Playoffs with a second place finish in the Ocean League while riding a five-game winning streak. The classic pitching duel with the Lancers turned on one inning. Though both teams threatened throughout the well-pitched...
Culver City High track and field is alive and well heading into this weekend’s CIF Track and Field Divisional Championship Finals. Saturday’s May 11 Finals, starting 1:00 p.m. at El Camino College in Torrance will feature at 14 total Centaurs from the girls and boys teams. Last Saturday during the CIF Divisional Prelims at Moorpark High School, senior sprinter Kayla Barnes qualified for four girls varsity and junior Mekhi Evans-bey qualified for three boys varsity Finals events. Both girls 4x100...
The rest of Major League Soccer is finally starting to counter LAFC's high-scoring offense with almost a third of the 2019 season already completed. Los Angeles Football Club still has the best record in league with 24 points despite an unexpected 0-0 draw at home with Chicago Fire SC last Saturday night. A match at Columbus Crew SC this weekend could restore their mojo. The Crew began the season near the top of the Eastern Conference standings with four wins, one tie and only one loss in their...
The No. 2 ranked UCLA softball team can clinch the top spot in the Pac-12 if they can win one or two games against visiting Arizona on Friday and Saturday. The Bruins are 19-2 in league play but Washington and Arizona are close behind at 17-4. The Bruins need a combination of things to happen this weekend to claim the league championship. Friday's game against the Wildcats starts at 5 p.m. and Saturday's game starts at 12 p.m. These will be the last regular games before the NCAA regional...
12 WSC Women and Men's Champion Track & Field teams from West Los Angeles College DeChanelle Govnes, WLAC triple and high-jumper and Westchester High School alumna Steven Ashby, WLAC long-jumper and Culver City High School alumnus Aria Calhoun, WLAC sprinter and Dorsey High School alumna West Los Angeles College captured both women and men's Western State Conference Track and Field Championships Friday at Moorpark College. This is the fourth-consecutive title for the women and the team's ninth...
The Observer recently visited ACTIVE BARBERS new "flagship" and was impressed. Great Energy. High quality traditional haircuts, Hot shaves w steams alongside the most modern styles at great prices in a casual environment. OPEN 7 DAYS, WALK INS ONLY "ACTIVE BARBERS IS A LIFESTYLE" ( company slogan) After enjoying popular success at the "Original", Active Barbers young locals and entrepreneurs Steven Moran and Robert Echiribel along with Culver City partner Salvador Valdivia expanded by opening a...
The 16th annual Culver City Car Show returns to Veteran's Park this Saturday. The show will run from 8am until 6pm. The opening ceremony will kick off the event at 10am followed at 10:30 by the Red Surf Band. The band hails from Manhattan Beach and are considered an American instrumental surf rock band. They have had an enduring impact on the development and continued voice of classic instrumental surf music. Christopher Ameruoso is up next at noon with his 'Swamp Rock Music,' Ggod old foot...
