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Bravo and thank you to the Culver City Education Foundation (CCEF). I am a teacher with the CCUSD and as we enter our third week of school, I can honestly say that my daily work-load has become much more efficient due to a generous donation from the CCEF. The Middle School received several new Elmo projectors and LCD projectors for the Math, Science and Language departments. I was one of the many recipients and I had no idea how much of a time saver this new technology would be. My sixth grade Language Arts students are enjoying the benefits,...
My husband and I both work for organizations that support arts education in schools. When it came time for our son to go to school, we wanted be a part of a community that shared our commitment to making creativity and dance, music, theatre and the visual arts a part of the teaching and learning for their students. So we moved to Culver City. Because CCUSD is a district that supports teacher professional development in the arts, a district intertwined with their community arts organizations and a district with a support system like the Culver...
The Culver City Chamber of Commerce applauds Governor Jerry Brown’s signature of Senate Bill 1186 – a measure to protect California businesses from predatory legal action while improving access for members of the disabled community. With his signature, the measure is now California law. This bipartisan effort co-authored by Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Senator Bob Dutton (R-Inland Empire) becomes law immediately upon the Governor’s signature, as both houses of the Legislature passed the bill with overw...
Janet and I have seen the impact of the Culver City Education Foundation. We know firsthand the difference that it makes for our schools. Over many years the Education Foundation has continued to demonstrate it’s commitment to the students of CCUSD. Everyone who has made a contribution to the Education Foundation can proudly state that they have made a difference! Our association with CCUSD over the last 30 years continues as our family has two teachers and five grandchildren in the District who directly benefit by everyone’s par...
The 16 Los Angeles County Teachers of the Year were announced this week at a ceremony celebrating excellence in teaching. The list included Kari Fretham of the Culver City Unified School District, who has been teaching for 34 years. The 16 were selected from a field of 71 teachers who participated in the 31st Annual Los Angeles County Teachers of the Year competition. All participants had been recently selected as teacher of the year by their respective school districts The winning educators will serve as standard bearers for the teaching...
Kentwood Players will present its next Kentwood Kids Production, "Rockin' Robin Hood," a musical written by Scott Martin, directed by Samantha Barrios, produced by Drew Fitzsimmons and Melodie S. Rivers with Martin Feldman as musical director. Performances will take place on Saturdays, October 6, 13, and 20 at 11 am and 2 pm at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester . Sideburns and ducktails invade Sherwood Forest as Robin Hood, his Merry Men, and the Sheriff of Nottingham, along with lots of assorted peasants and...
The Culver City Friends of the Library will be having its annual MEMBERSHIP DRIVE, ICE CREAM SOCIAL and book sale on Saturday, Oct. 6 from 1 pm to 3:30. With every new or renewed membership (on the day of the event) you will get a free bowl of ice cream with all your favorite toppings. All others can purchase ice cream and toppings for $1. There will be a selection of slightly used children books for $1, children’s VHS video’s $1 each or four for $3 and coffee table books $2 to $5. The library is located at 4975 Overland Ave., Culver Cit...
Retired Lieutenant Richard “Dick” Heineman passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 15 in Culver City at the age of 75. A dedicated husband and consummate family man who never missed a gymnastics meet, baseball, football or soccer game, he leaves behind his cherished wife of 45 years, Kay, beloved children Joanne, Dennis and Rick, seven remarkable grandchildren and his extended family. A native California, Heineman was born on March 5, 1937 and raised in Beverly Hills and a resident of Culver City for 42 years, Dick honorably spent 35 yea...
Golden State Water Company (GSWC) is the main water supplier for Culver City. However, many Culver City residents and businesses west of the 405 Freeway receive their water from the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP). Culver City customers of LADWP are subject to penalties for over usage of water, but are not subject to LADWP’s restrictions pertaining to time of day or day of week for watering of lawns. Thus, Culver City residents are not impacted by the recent changes to LADWP’s ordinance governing water conservation. As alw...
City Council Receives Update Culver City residents have heard that West Nile Virus is active in the Culver City area. The unusually hot and muggy summer weather has triggered a rise in the positive indicators of the disease (dead birds, dead squirrels, sentinel flocks, and mosquitoes) compared to 2011. At Monday’s City Council meeting, at the request of Council member Jim Clarke, Elena Sweda Neff and Robert Saviskas of the Los Angeles County West Vector and Vector-Borne Disease Control D...
The 405 freeway will be closed Saturday and Sunday from the 10 freeway to the 101 due to demolition of the north side of the Mulholland Drive bridge. A year ago, when the south side of the bridge was demolished many motorists stayed home. Metro and Caltrans hopes the operation will go as smoothly this time....
Early in my sportswriting career several prominent coaches in different sports taught me a valuable lesson. They instructed their players and a few sportswriters to stop focusing on officiating. Their message was the calls even out over the long run, so concentrate on things you can control. I’ve accepted that theory through the years, and rarely in this column can you read very much about officiating. But today I’m devoting the entire column to that subject, so you know something major has occ...
‘Touchdown For Youth’ Coming This Month As part of its commitment to the Los Angeles area, the L.A. Sports Council Foundation and USC are once again teaming up on “Touchdown For Youth,” a charitable program that sends thousands of economically disadvantaged kids to a Trojans home football game each year. The program is funded through tax-deductible contributions from individuals and corporations. For each $30 donation, one child will attend the game; USC distributes the tickets to youth groups affiliated with the university’s athletic...
They Warm Up With a 51-0 Win The only thing that West Adams Prep provided the Culver City High football team with last Friday was a chance to have a glorified practice before the real test. Playing against a clearly overmatched team, the Centaurs won 51-0 to improve to 3-1. But the real barometer of how good Culver City is comes this Friday against Pac-5 Division powerhouse Bishop Amat. The Centaurs will travel to La Puente to take on the Lancers, ranked No. 15 in Southern California by the Los Angeles Times. Bishop Amat is 4-0-1 and one of...
Aug. 31- West Torrance 30, Culver 25 Sept. 7 - Culver 41, Peninsula 15 Sept. 14 – Culver 32, Redondo 27 Sept. 21 - Culver 51, West Adams 0 Sept. 28 – at Bishop Amat Oct. 5 – home vs. Hawthorne Oct. 12 – at Inglewood Oct. 19 – at Santa Monica Oct. 26 – at Morningside Nov. 2 – home vs. Beverly Hills...
Lakers guard Steve Blake suffered a puncture wound to his left foot after stepping on a spike strip in a parking lot, it was announced Monday. Blake will be prohibited from participating in any impact exercises for approximately three weeks and will miss workouts when the team opens training camp.. He is expected to back up starting guards Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash this season....
