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A 33-year-old man was killed and his eight-year-old son was injured on Saturday when a car, allegedly stolen in Santa Monica, crashed into a vehicle driven by the victim. The car was being pursued by Culver City Police at the time of the crash. The victim, Jorge Banda, was pronounced dead at the scene. His son was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The chase and subsequent crash started at approximately 11 am as officers from the Culver City Police Department...
The Culver City Centaurs football team beat North Torrance High School by the score of 37 to 14. The Centaurs lead at the end of every quarter. For the full story watch for Fred Altieri's full story this week....
The Los Angeles Rams defied the odds as they held on to beat the Seattle Seahawks, 9-3, before 91,046 fans celebrating their successful return debut to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, September 18, a place they last called home 37 years ago. The Rams defense came through in clutch situations including a fumble recovery by Alec Ogletree with Seattle marching in the last minute to secure the game. Greg Zuerlein kicked three field goals for all nine of Los Angeles' points. He kicked a...
The Friends of Ballona Wetlands invites you and your family to help keep our coast clean by removing trash from Ballona Creek and invasive plants from the saltmarsh/dunes on Saturday, September 17 from 9 am to noon. Meet at 303 Culver Boulevard, Playa del Rey. (Entrance & parking lot located behind Alkali Water/Gordon’s Market) Gloves, tools, water and snacks provided. Don’t forget your reusable water bottle There will be a Free Prize Drawing For more information or to register, contact us at: (310) 306-5994 or info@ballonafriends.org *Gr...
Walk With A Doc/Culver City, Saturday, September 17 at 8:45 a,m at Veterans Park, 41 17 Overland, near the tennis courts. Dr. Sarah Carpenter, Pediatrician and volunteer at the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center, will discuss the gut micro biome and "the multitudes inside of us" and then lead the group on a walk through the neighborhood. A warm up with Culver Palms YMCA trainer Brandon Webb precedes the talk. This event is free and open to those seeking to improve their health. The mission is to...
Last Wednesday the Culver City Education Foundation sponsored The Soul, Science & Culture of Hope presented by Kids at Hope founder Rick Miller and featuring award-winning author, screenwriter and poet Antwone Fisher. Hundreds of parents, educators and community members listened as Miller explained the science supporting the Kids at Hope approach. Research shows that the most important factor in a child's success is that child's sense of hope- the ability to envision success at life's four...
As Harry Culver once said, “All roads lead to Culver City”. No matter what road you’re traveling, we invite business owners, neighbors and Friends to join us as we kick off the centennial year, with the first of many exciting events to come. Opening Ceremonies for the Culver City Centennial Saturday, September 24, 2016 9:00 a.m. – Community Parade. We want to showcase all the great organizations and businesses that make Culver City such a great place to live, work, learn and play. We will gather at Veterans Park (behind Veterans Auditor...
The Los Angeles D-Fenders have named Coby Karl as head coach, it was announced by team President/CEO Joey Buss and General Manager Nick Mazzella. Karl will replace Casey Owens, who takes over as an assistant coach and advance scout on the Los Angeles Lakers staff. Karl returns to the D-Fenders organization after appearing in 17 games for the team during the 2007-08 season while on assignment from the Lakers. On February 19, 2008, Karl became the second player in NBA Development League history to play in an NBADL and NBA game in the same day,...
All of us have heard on the radio or seen on television or read in the newspaper about law enforcement agencies doing bad things to good people. How many instances have there been when police and/or the court and/or the laboratory did something so evil that an innocent person spent as much as 10 or 15 or even 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit? Not here in Culver City!!! Personally, I would rather not have more efficiency in the police department if it meant punishing those who...
As part of the One Book, One City program for the Culver City Centennial the Friends of the Library are pleased to announce that in addition to the appearance by Stewart O'Nan, author of West of Sunset on Saturday, October 15, a second author visit is scheduled. Lesley M.M. Blume, author of Everybody Behaves Badly, will be at the Culver City Julian Dixon Library on Thursday, September 29 at 6 p.m. to discuss her book. Everybody Behaves Badly is a non-fiction look at Ernest Hemingway and the writing of his novel, The Sun Also Rises. The close...
America's Longest Running Burger Contest Names Indonesian Satay Burger Winner Of The 26th Annual Sutter Home Build a Better Burger(R) Recipe Contest Sara Broomer Wows Judges with Mouthwatering Recipe, Takes Home $25,000 Grand Prize ST. HELENA, Calif.Newswire/ -- Sutter Home Family Vineyards has crowned Sara Broomer of Culver City the Grand Prize Winner of its annual Build a Better Burger(R) Recipe Contest, an American institution since 1990. The winning recipe dazzled the esteemed panel of culinary judges with its spice-infused burger and...
Most college fairs look to unite high school seniors with the colleges and universities they plan to attend the following fall, but in Culver City, the focus is one reminding students of all ages that they should be thinking about college. "We want to reinforce the idea that even as kindergartners, our students are thinking about college," said Superintendent Josh Arnold. "It's never too early promote the college-going culture for all kids, so it was great to see students of all ages,...
On a deeper, personal level, I don’t like how Colin Kaepernick is using his stardom for social protest. That said, most of us don’t like to have someone else hold a mirror up to us to show our flaws. And in doing so, Kaepernick is trying to prod us into doing something we would rather not acknowledge or even think about. Most of us tend to protect ourselves by looking past the everyday societal reflections we encounter without ever stopping and really looking at them--mostly out of fear of how we will see ourselves. So, we go on with our daily...
Dear Editor: We won. We exposed the ineptitude, incompetence and lack of ethics of the Culver City City Council. We exposed that, in Culver City, influence peddling trumps reason and justice. Ken Smith, a prominent member of Grace Church, has given new meaning to the phrase, “Ask and You Shall Receive.” We exposed Smith’s business, social and political relationships with former City Council member Andrew Weissman that Weissman conveniently forgot to mention. Apparently, in Culver City, bias greases the wheels of progress. That is, progr...
The USC and UCLA football teams are preparing for something very important. USC will play Stanford Saturday. UCLA will play Stanford the following Saturday. Last year Stanford beat USC, then beat USC again in the Pac-12 Conference championship game. Stanford has been the Pac-12 champion in three of the last four years and has Heisman Trophy runnerup Christian McCaffrey returning. Stanford has beaten UCLA for eight straight years, including a 56-35 rout last season. So, although UCLA will be...
It was good ol' fashioned home cooking and plenty of offensive firepower for Culver City High Football on Friday, September 9, at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The Centaurs rolled up 35 first quarter points on the visiting Torrance High Tartars and cruised to a 49-14 victory in their 2016 home opener. The Centaurs racked up a whopping 711 total yards on offense under the direction of quarterback Jonathan Martin, the rushing of Brandon Oum and Kevin McGuire and the receiving of Charles Ross, McGuire,...
UCLA and USC play important road games Saturday after winning their home openers last Saturday. The Bruins beat UNLV 42-21 and the Trojans exhausted Utah State 45-7. Both teams will need to be at their best when UCLA travels to Utah to face BYU and USC has a date on the Farm when the play No. 7 Stanford in Palo Alto. Stanford is led by consensus All-American, last season’s Rose Bowl Offensive Player of the Game Christian McCaffrey. He ran for 2,019 yards last year and became the first player i...
You wouldn't wish a game like this on your worst enemy... unless of course you're the San Francisco 49ers and you've just humiliated the new Los Angeles Rams 28-0. It happened in the 49ers' home-opener at Levi's Stadium during the second featured match of Monday Night Football. The Rams looked like a team that never made it out of the locker room except during the pregame warmups to check out the windier and cooler conditions. Their virtual absence also helped the 49ers look like a legitimate...
The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA will end their regular season against San Antonio tonight (Friday) at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. The Sparks are 25-8 and securely in second place going into the eight-team playoffs. After the Olympic break the Sparks had some problems recapturing their winning ways. Last Tuesday they looked like the team that set WNBA and Sparks records before the Olympic break. They beat a good Phoenix Mercury team 90-85. Against the...
The Sydney Kronenthal Trust recently donated $20,000 for scholarships to the West Los Angeles College Foundation. Kronenthal, former Director of Human Services for Culver City, was an active and popular figure in the city he served for over 50 years. He died at age 92 in October of 2015. According to trustee Dana Ginsburg, Kronenthal was an early supporter of West Los Angeles College. He served on the board of the college foundation for many years, including a two-year stint as its chairman....
There is more than light between oceans in this latest film from writer/director Derek Cianfrance. There are tears, lots and lots of tears, and the tidal swirling of emotions both on screen and in the audience as Cianfrance pulls on every heartstring known to mankind and then some, with this adaptation of Australian author M.L. Stedman's 2010 bestseller. The richness of the story swells and surges to life thanks not only to exquisitely strong and impressive visuals, but complex enigmatic...
Holy mother of God! You won't believe your eyes and ears when you watch BAD MOMS! It's moms-behaving-badly in this raunchy, riotous ridiculum of side-splitting hilarity. And although not a perfect film, it is the perfect antidote for a case of the mid-summer doldrums or whatever ails you. Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn star as our seemingly less than perfect "bad" moms - Amy, Kiki and Carla, respectively - who are trying to do it all but sometimes fall a bit short, while Christina...
Culver 33, West Torrance 34 Culver 47, Torrance 14 Culver 37. North Torrance 14 September 23 Culver at University 30 Dorsey at Culver October 7 El Segundo at Culver 14 Culver at Lawndale 21 Culver at Hawthorne 28 Santa Monica at Culver November 4 at Beverly Hills Then CIF playoffs...
. . . . . . . . . . Results: Game 1 - West Torrance 34 - Culver City 33 (Loss) Game 2 - Culver City 49 - Torrance 14 (Win) Game 3 - Culver City 37 - North Torrance 14 (Win) . Remaining Schedule: September 23 Culver City at University 30 Dorsey at Culver City . October 7 El Segundo at Culver City 14 Culver City at Lawndale 21 Culver City at Hawthorne 28 Santa Monica at Culver City . November 4 Culver City at Beverly Hills 11 CIF Playoffs...
