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The Culver City High Centaur baseball team swept the Ocean 2016 League when they shutout Beverly Hills High 3-0 on a sunny Thursday afternoon, May 12 at La Cienega Park. The Centaurs have a perfect 10-0 league and the season championship as well. Nolan Martinez started the game and pitched five innings for his fifth league victory this season. Martinez with 10 strikeouts, fanned over half of the Beverly batters he faced while allowing only one hit and three baserunners. Max Sterner threw two...
The Cardinals flew into Dodger Stadium for a three-game series this past weekend and were only able to salvage one win against their National League rivals. When Cardinals center-fielder Randal Grichuk robbed Howie Kendrick of a homer by leaping up and snatching the ball as it was going over the center-field wall in the first inning of the first game of the series, things seemed to be looking good for the Cardinals. But then, things went south for the Redbirds as they lost the first two games...
The man who was killed when his scooter went out of control in Culver City was publicly identified by the coroner's office Sunday. Culver City Police closed Overland Avenue in both directions between Maytime Lane and Sawtelle Boulevard during the investigation. James C. Slezak, 43, of Los Angeles, died at the scene. The accident happened near the entrance to West Los Angeles College on Overland Avenue near Freshman Drive. Culver City Police reported that Slezak was traveling south on Overland...
Audrey Stephens, Director of the Office of Child Development (OCD), is retiring at the end of this school year, after 32 years with CCUSD. To mark and remember her incredible influence on the OCD program, a plaque has been installed at that location. The plaque exemplifies what Audrey was maybe most passionate about – the safety of her students, especially as they moved through the tight confines of the OCD parking lot. Audrey took it upon herself over the years to create the safety path (...
The Verdi Chorus, a jewel of the opera scene in Los Angeles, will take the stage with their spring concerts entitled Italian Passions on May 21 and 22. Italian Passions is an appropriate title for their program because they'll be performing chorale masterpieces from three titans of Italian Opera, Italian composers: Verdi, Donizetti and Puccini. And three gifted internationally-known soloists will be appearing: tenor Todd Wilander, baritone Babatunde Akinboboye (a former Verdi Chorus member),...
When the Metro Expo Line to Santa Monica opens on May 20 Metro riders will be able to enjoy low cost parking at three stations - Expo/Sepulveda, Expo/Bundy and 17th St/SMC - as part of a new parking fee program. The two-year pilot program will be evaluated every three month. The fees will help regulate the expected high demand for parking spaces. Monthly permit parking for 221 parking spaces at the three stations will go on sale Sunday, May 15 at www.lametroparking.net. Those with permit...
The 13th Annual Culver City Car Show was a rousing success despite two major changes. First, the passing of Car Legend George Barris "The King of Kustomizers" who was a perennial figure at the show named after him. Second, the weather, each year the visitors are subject to the hottest day in spring. This year however the organizers were concerned about a rainout. The clouds gathered and dumped rain on other parts of the Southland but the show was spared with little more than a morning drizzle...
Dear Editor, Last Saturday night the Culver City Education Foundation hosted its annual Tribute to the Stars gala. It was hosted at the iconic Culver Studios lot. As always, it was a fantastic event, where the Culver City community came together in support of our kids and the fantastic education programs at CCUSD. The Culver Studios, under its new ownership, jumped right in to support CCEF and the school district. We could not be more grateful to have them as a partner, and thankful for their...
The pre-preseason is now officially shining on the Southern California pro football community as the Los Angles Rams held their rookie minicamp on Friday and Saturday, May 6 – 7, at the Residence Inn River Ridge in Oxnard. The Rams' coaching staff put the six NFL draftees, 19 signed rookie free agents and a couple of tryout players through a number of drills, exercises and stretches at the two-football field playing facility. The weather conditions were ideal as the Ram coaching staff kept t...
Karina Baker won the Gilman International Scholarship for the summer term. This program aims to diversify study abroad participants and awards up to $5,000 for undergraduates. Baker, of Culver City, an international and global studies major in the College of Liberal Arts, will study in India. "RIT students are global leaders in their disciplines," said James Myers, associate provost for International Education and Global Programs. "They want to be part of the conversation, part of solutions to...
It’s Unanimous: Curry Named NBA MVP The Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, who led the team to the best regular-season record in NBA history, has won the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the second year in a row. He’s the first unanimous winner in the award’s 61-season history. Curry, the 11th player to win back-to-back MVP awards, joins Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Steve Nash as the only guards to earn the honor in consecutive seasons. Curry swept all 131 first-place votes (1,310 points), including 130 from a panel of sportsw...
The Bruins and Trojans are in Seattle this weekend for the very competitive Pac-12 Track and Field Championships on Saturday and Sunday. The men and women teams from both schools are hoping to bring home at least two first place trophies but Oregon will be hard to beat. Leading the way for the Trojan women will be sprinter Tynia Gaither. She will try to win the 100 and 200 meters and be a part of the winning 400 meter relay team. For the USC men Adoree’ Jackson hopes to win the long jump, 100 m...
UCLA and USC will continue their rivalry in baseball this weekend when the Bruins host the Trojans in a three game series starting tonight at 7 pm inside Jackie Robinson Stadium on the Veterans campus in West Los Angeles. The stadium is located a few blocks west of the Westwood campus on Sepulveda, a block north of Wilshire Blvd. The Bruins are 23-23 at press time and their Pac-12 conference record stands at 10-11. They continue their home stand against the Trojans on Saturday at 7 p.m. and...
The Aviation Mechanics team from West Los Angeles College placed second in the School Category in the recent 2016 National Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC) in Dallas. This marks the third win for West which also placed in the top three in 2014 and 2015. Fifty-one American and international teams representing schools, commercial aircraft, the military, and general aviation competed in 25 different timed events. "As team captain, I was honored being selected to lead the team to compete...
West Los Angeles College is offering great programs for children and youth this summer including a new Career Discovery Academy that is COMPLETELY FREE. The free Academy is for youth entering grades 8 through 12 in Fall 2016. Sessions are two or three weeks long and include Computer Science / Robotics, Science, Health Care, Business / Entrepreneurism, Film Production, and Preparing for that First Job. There is also a Math / English / Study Skills Boot Camp and Saturday-only computer courses....
The Clippers blew a 3-1 series lead and lost a year ago in the NBA playoffs. They had a 2-0 lead this time and lost after their two biggest stars, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, were injured and ruled out of further play. If you’re a Clipper fan you prefer to focus on the 53 regular season wins rather than the playoff losses. But wherever you stand you’re probably curious about what the Clippers are going to do this summer “We have a lot of free agents,” said Coach Doc Rivers. “That’s where we ha...
By Shea Cunningham, CCSUD Sustainability Program Coordinator [Photos: (1) CCHS Food Waste Audit Team, (2) Recycled art event] In honor of Earth Day, all 10 of Culver City Unified School District's school sites participated in the first annual District-wide recycling competition during the week of April 18-22. The goal was to be the school that reduced the most landfill waste, and produced the cleanest recycling and compost streams. At the majority of the schools, student leaders, key staff and p...
Not kidding. I rode it. It's great. 9am on a 61 degree morning Metro Expo Culver City Station The train to Santa Monica felt like it had always been there. You know when a piece of furniture looks right after you tried it in a few places? That's how this train felt. Of course it's there. Hasn't it always been? It was mind-boggling when I first heard you could go from downtown LA to Santa Monica by train. It defeats the very LA-ness of LA; everyone knows it's hard to get around here. Not...
Why am I not surprised that the Massachusetts Senate wants to increase the tax on flavored cigars and flavored smoking tobacco? What’s next? If you are planning a surprise party for the leader of the Culver City Chamber of Commerce, Steve Rose, you will probably find him in Las Vegas. That’s right – May 17-19 will be the Grow Your Company Conference with speakers including Blake Mycoskie from Toms, Jillian Michaels from Empowered Media, Tony Hsieh from Zappos, Alexis Ohanian from Reddit and Chin...
As part of the celebrations for the opening of the Expo Line to Santa Monica on Friday, May 20, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will offer free rides on Friday and Saturday and will hold station celebrations on Saturday, May 21. The free ride will be on the entire Expo Line, from 7th St/Metro Center to Downtown Santa Monica. On Friday, free rides will begin at noon and will continue until the close of service. On Saturday, May 21, the free rides will start...
