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Democratic Club Plans School Board Endorsements The Culver City Democratic Club General Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11, will feature a forum for Democratic candidates for the Culver City School Board election. The school board election will be held on Tuesday, Nov.5, to determine three seats on the school board. The following Democratic candidates have been invited to the forum: Steven Mark Levin, Kathy Paspalis, Karlo Silbiger, Vernon L. Taylor, Claudia Vizcarra and Robert Zirgulis. Each candidate will make an opening statement followed by a...
Dear Editor: Should we support union endorsements? Is anyone surprised by the candidates the Culver City Federation of Teachers and the Assn. of Classified Employees are supporting? True to form the CCUSD unions once again back the newest candidates who know the least about the district finances and operations. We already knew Karlo would be a favorite (he and Nancy cannot vote NO on anything the Union supports). The bulletin announcing the selection states: ”The union slate is a by Coupon Companion Plugin" href="http://www....
Teachers Endorse Silbiger, Vizcarra, Taylor The Culver City Federation of Teachers (CCFT) and the Association of Classified Employees (ACE) have endorsed the following candidates for CCUSD school board: Karlo Silbiger, Claudia Vizcarra, and Vernon Taylor. The unions interviewed all seven candidates prior to making endorsements. (Robert Zirgulis was out of the country, but sent a representative to the interview) In the past, the organizations interviewed and endorsed separately. This year they interviewed together----but still endorsed on our...
City Manager's Update August 30, 2013 City Manager’s Office • EarthFest 2013 – The 8th Annual EarthFest 2013 will be held on September 28 at West Los Angeles College. EarthFest LA is produced by California Greenworks, Inc. in partnership with West. The intent is to raise the level of awareness about environmental protection, conservation and pollution prevention. The overall goal of the event is to teach the public about sustainable ways to live green and how to reduce negative impacts to our environment. California Greenworks is a non-profit o...
Rosh Hashanah Is Here Happy New Year 5774. Rosh Hashanah begins on Wednesday evening, September 4 (Light Candles at 6:58 pm). The last time it was this early in the year was in 1899. Our family wishes you and yours a happy, healthy and sweet new year. Rabbi Yossi and Sara Greisman We invite you to join us for the High Holidays at the Double Tree Hotel. Sept. 5 and 6 at 10 am. SHOFAR at 11:30. YOM KIPPUR schedule and more info: http://www.jewishcc.com/4.0.htm There is no charge - feel free to invite others - your donation is appreciated: Donate...
Can Rivers Deliver a Clippers’ Championship? This is new territory for all of us. Frankly, getting used to it is quite an adjustment. The Clippers were laughed at or merely ignored for as long as I can remember, with the exception being an occasional season. The Lakers won 16 NBA championships and ruled Los Angeles. Now a season is approaching where the Clippers appear to have not only the better team but a better-functioning organization. But in true Clipper fashion, a first round playoff e...
First Opponent: West Torrance Culver City is expected to have a difficult task in its season opener Friday night. West Torrance defeated Culver last season in a high=scoring, entertaining game. The coaching staff believes it has another highly representative team. ALSO ON THE WESTSIDE SANTA MONICA Culver’s primary challenger in the Ocean League has a new quarterback as it begins the season at Redondo Friday night. Redondo began its season last Friday with a 49-12 win over North Torrance. Santa M...
Meet The Culver Football Players (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 2 of an interview with Jahmal Wright, Culver City High head football coach) The players have been optimistic all summer. We have a lot of brand new starters and they’re getting their opportunity to be on the field. But we’re excited and they’re excited as well. We’re coming off a year where we graduated eight starters on defense. We have a new group that we’re grooming and are excited about the group as a whole. We’re fast. We’re p...
Culver Football Schedule September 6 home vs.West Torrance 13 at Peninsula 20 home vs. Redondo 27 at Paramount October 4 home vs. Bishop Amat 11 at Hawthorne 18 home vs. Inglewood 25 home vs. Santa Monica November 1 home vs. Morningside 8 at Beverly Hills...
Puig, Greinke Spark Dodgers Viva Puig! On Sunday, since it was Cuban Heritage Day at Dodger Stadium, right-fielder Yasiel Puig decided not to disappoint his fellow Cuban fans. He delivered a game-winning, tiebreaking, solo home run – his 14th of the season - in the sixth inning to hand the Dodgers a 2-1 win and a three-game sweep of the Padres. To make it even more special, Puig delivered the homer on the first pitch, something he is known to do. Since his debut on June 3, he’s batting .350 wit...
