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One thing you can say about Culver City's fall 2021 varsity football team is they are not afraid of competition. For the third week in a row the 2-1 Centaurs will face a top ranked team. This week it's 4-0 Warren of Downey on Friday. Kick off is set for 7 p.m. inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium on the Culver City high school campus. "Each game is going to be tough," said long time Culver City assistant coach Cornell Myles after they beat Pasadena last Friday at home 43-34. "I am glad we are playin...
1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0): The defending Super Bowl champions overcame four turnovers in a come-from-behind victory. The Bucs will remain a Super Bowl favorite if they can keep their 44-year-old quarterback healthy. Next: -12.5 vs Atlanta Falcons - Sun, Sep. 19 – O/U 52 (ATS: 0-1 – O/U: 1-0) 2. Kansas City Chiefs (1-0): How tough is the AFC West? After the first week of play, all four AFC teams are tied at 1-0. The Chiefs are always going to be tough to beat as long as they have quarterback...
After taking a hiatus last year due to the Corona virus, the Culver City exchange Club will once again be putting on the popular Culver City Car Show on Saturday October 2. The show will be held at West Los Angeles College from 10am-6pm. The popular has over 400 cars on display and draws thousands of spectators. Admission is free. There will be a $5 charge to park your vehicle. Live music and a beer and wine garden will be included at the show. Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more...
The City of Culver City is updating its Housing Element which identifies and plans for its housing needs between 2021 and 2029 and still accepting input from the community prior to submitting the final version to the state October 1. In July, the city online on July 19 the first draft of its Housing Element, which it submitted to the state for review. City staff will provide a report to the City Council at is the September 27 meeting on the submittal and related information. As part of the...
The Culver City Exchange Club arranged a display of American Flags honoring the 13 U.S. Servicemembers who were killed protecting the evacuees at Hamid Karzai International airport on August 26. Eleven of the soldiers were Marines and one army soldier....
Los Angeles police have intensified their efforts to find a hit-and-run driver who killed a woman crossing a Playa del Rey street and injured her 3-year-old son over the weekend. Wendy Galdamez Palma, 33, of Downey, was struck and killed by a dark-colored Chevrolet Equinox around 10:30 p.m. Saturday while crossing Vista Del Mar to get to her vehicle, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Authorities believe the woman was cradling her son and tried to shield him from the crash. The boy suffered a broken leg and was taken to a local...
The California State Legislature has approved a bill which “will ensure cities and counties are adequately re-zoning to meet their housing needs.” AB 1398 – approved by the legislature last week – requires local agencies that fail to adopt a legally compliant housing element to properly rezone within one year to meet its affordable housing needs. “The housing element planning process is a key building block in the state’s policies to foster the production of affordable housing and address homelessness,” said Assembly member Richard Bloom...
Dear Editor: Patrick Meighan’s letter states that the submission of a resolution against the Elimination of R-1 Zoning to the Culver City Democratic club was “forced by a right-wing member”. I am that member. I am a Biden Democrat. This is part and parcel of the Exclusionary Politics practiced by the Exclusionary Upzoners who pretend to be progressive while promoting an elitist policy that will displace the middle class and people of color. They have fought hard to prevent full discussion on th...
Dear Editor, Last week, the membership of the Culver City Democratic Club voted on a housing resolution forced by a right-wing member which called for the continued exclusion of apartments and other more diverse and affordable multi-family housing options from the wealthiest and whitest neighboorhoods in Culver City… the neighborhoods currrently zoned for detached single homes only. I’m very pleased to report that the CCDC membership overwhelmingly rejected that resolution. As a progressive mem...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a nearly $200,000 grant to West Los Angeles College to pilot a computer-aided pre-calculus class with the goal of increasing the number of students who succeed in Calculus and qualify to enter science and technology career pathways. The grant award category was "Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions." According to the college's grant application, many community college students intending to major in science, techno...
Culver City, Calif.) – This week, officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced that Culver City High School's Vanessa Andrick has been named among approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit S...
This is a colored image of Perseverance's first cored-rock sample inside this titanium sample collection tube. Perseverance's First Cored Mars Rock in Sample Tube: Perseverance's first cored-rock sample is visible inside this titanium sample collection tube in this image taken on Sept. 6, 2021. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Full image and caption › The rock core is now enclosed in an airtight titanium sample tube, and will be available for retrieval in the future. NASA's Perseverance rover today c...
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 9, 2021)—The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (The Foundation) today announced that it has awarded $3.7 million in grants to 45 local organizations, including 22 Jewish nonprofits and 23 synagogues, as they recover from the pandemic. This represents both the largest amount and the greatest number of recipients ever awarded by The Foundation in a single grants cycle. Titled Reimagine Grants, the funding is in keeping with The Foundation’s comprehensive grants strategy developed in response to COVID-19. For the sec...
Neil Thomas Massie, age 78, passed away peacefully in Danbury Connecticut of natural causes. Neil was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the oldest child of Philip Edwin and Gladys Ruth (Semler) Massie and had five siblings, Kate, Ann, Jane, Hugh and Raechel. His father’s service in WWII led the family on frequent relocations before settling in their permanent home in Culver City, California. Neil was a good big brother and was there for his family when needed. Neil loved playing and singing music and learned to play guitar in his early t...
A big win for the LAFC against Real Salt Lake injected a jolt of joy throughout the Banc of California Stadium last Sunday, as the LAFC snagged three points in a 3-2 victory. It took only 20 seconds for the rain and cascade of water, beer, and cheers to emanate from LAFC's support section, the 3252. Cristian "Chicho" Arango, the Columbian striker, got things started with the fastest score in club history, beating the previous record of 85 seconds set by Eduard Atuesta earlier this season. In the...
Culver City high school has been involved in some of the biggest sports stories in Southern California in the last two weeks. Last week former Lakers star Michael Cooper was hired to coach the boys' basketball team and this week former Centaur football player Donte Williams was named the interim coach of the USC football team. Cooper, who is one of the best defensive players in NBA history will take over a team that won the Bay league last season. In his NBA career he made eight All-Defensive...
The Los Angeles Chargers knew going into the 2021 season that the AFC West was a strong division and very competitive. They would need to get off to a fast start. For the third consecutive season, the Chargers have opened the season with a victory, defeating the Washington Football Team, 20-16 at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. Unfortunately for the Chargers, the AFC West also had a strong Week 1 showing with all the teams winning their openers, so the Chargers are tied for first place with...
Rams All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey hit the nail on the head while addressing the media following the Los Angeles Rams impressive 2021 opening season 34-14 win over the Chicago Bears: "His command, his swag, like everything was great. That's like a debut that probably should go down in history. Just the way he played... It's just a debut that was nice." Matthew Stafford's highly anticipated debut as quarterback of the Rams was even better than advertised. Not only did he electrify the 70,455...
The UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans face tough competition this Saturday when they play two good teams. USC will travel to Pullman Washington to play Washington State at 12:30 p.m. and UCLA plays a late 7:45 p.m. game against Fresno State at the Rose Bowl. Both teams need to win. USC needs to start the post Clay Helton era off with a bang to show they can still play like a top 25 team despite the firing of their head coach last Monday. Their new interim head coach is hoping the change will...
Friday night football at Cuvler City High is always showtime and the 2021 season home opener was no different. The Centaurs spotted visiting Pasadena High a 28-17 lead going into halftime. Undaunted, they proceeded to blitz the Bulldog defense with four touchdowns in the second half to win 43-34, with the Centaurs defense yielding one lone score late in the fourth quarter. "It was a great win," said head coach Jahmal Wright. "I thought we made it a little tougher than it should have been. But...
Culver City Observer Feature Writer, Sandra Coopersmith, who is a member of the Green Team, will be covering this event that also includes the communities of Culver City, Ladera Heights, View Park, Windsor Hills, Crenshaw, and Leimert Park. Masks and social distancing protocols are recommended....
Three-time Emmy winner Bradley Whitford ("The Handmaid's Tale," "The West Wing," "Get Out," "The Post") will play the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the magical new interpretation of Charles Dickens' timeless story, "A Christmas Carol." Adapted by Tony Award winner Jack Thorne ("Harry Potter and the Cursed Child") and originally directed and conceived by Tony Award winner Matthew Warchus ("Matilda"), "A Christmas Carol" comes to the Ahmanson Theatre November 30, 2021 through January 1, 2022....
By Jack Simon Culver City police have arrested two people on attempted murder charges and one man on accessory charges in connection with an ambush shooting last month. One of the suspects was apparently shot by the victim and ended up in a local hospital, according to Culver City Police Department. The shooting occurred around 2:40 a.m. on August 24 in the area of Mentone Ave. and Culver Blvd., said CCPD in a press release. Witnesses told police that they heard gunshots and saw a black man drop a handgun in the street. “Moments later, a d...
Staff and Wire Services 9/9/21: Crime has been an ongoing issue in the Fairfax area during the pandemic. LA was shocked by a videotaped armed robbery of three diners sitting outside a cafe on Melrose near Fairfax. One man has been arrested in an armed robbery. He is also suspected in a series of other crimes, the LAPD said. The incident took place just before 5 p.m. at the La Creme Cafe at 7376 Melrose Avenue. It was filmed by surveillance video, which is unusually clear. Two men wearing masks and hoodies, brandished a gun at three people...
By Jack Simon, Observer Staff Writer The City of Malibu’s petition to split the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District into two separate districts received a major boost from county officials this week. Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) has recommended that Malibu’s petition move forward to the next phase, even though it “does not sufficiently meet” some of financial conditions required for evaluation and approval, according to a newly-released county report. Next Saturday, September 18, LACOE Committee on School Distric...
