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I read with interest Teacher Salaries By State, https://www.payscale.com/teacher-salaries-by-state. According to the website California’s teachers are at the top of the list and are making almost seven percent more than second place Massachusetts and over 30 percent more than Ohio in 10th place. The question should be how do our students rank in academic achievement? Top Ten K-12 Teacher Salaries by State States Amounts 1. California $70,394 2. Massachusetts $65,894 3. New York $64,583 4. V...
The City Council held a formal meeting Tuesday night at the senior center to review proposals to replace the building that formerly housed AMVETS, the community garden, the scout house and the paddle tennis courts. The city evicted AMVETS from their long-term home last year. Four of the five council members were present with except for Vice Mayor Goran Eriksson who reportedly was out of town. The meeting was videotaped but was not available live as it would have been at the council chambers. No public comments were allowed on the item on the...
Dennis J Freeman It was erroneously reported that the incident last Saturday at the Westfield Culver City Mall was related to a shooting that had customers fleeing the shopping center in droves. It turns out that the spectacle that took place was a result of two individuals getting into a fight that escalated when their colleagues got involved. Culver City Police Capt. Jason Sims said the department had received a phone call about a disturbance at the mall in which officers were dispatched and...
Wyoming defensive back Allen Smith faces felony gun charges after he allegedly pointed an unloaded handgun at two people last week, according to the Casper Star Tribune. Wyoming head coach Craig Bohl announced an indefinite suspension yesterday for the freshman defensive back from Culver City High. From the Star Tribune: "According to an affidavit filed with the court, a Laramie police officer was dispatched around 11:46 p.m. Thursday to help the University of Wyoming Police Department...
A recently formed group called “Protect Culver City” gave notice of intent to the City Council proposing amendments to Culver City Municipal Code, relating to a prohibition on passing of rent control without a vote of the people. The proposed amendments are as follows: Section 1. Statement of Findings and Purposes (a) The City Council of Culver City, California has passed an urgency ordinance establishing rent control at 3% per year because they believe that there is going to be an increase of 5,749 new employees to the local job market ove...
Hall of fame football coach Bill Parcells once said that, "You lose with potential. You win with performance." The 2019 Los Angeles Chargers are a team full of potential. But to this point, the performance has been lacking. For the fifth straight season, the Chargers have started the season with a losing record after their first three games, losing to the Houston Texans 27-20 on Sunday at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. The loss dropped the Chargers to 1-2 for the season. The Chargers star...
The Chargers are 1-2 and they face the 0-3 Miami Dolphins on Sunday on the road at 10 a.m. Are the first three weeks of the season any indication that the Chargers are not the same team as they were last year? They dropped to 1-2 after their second straight loss to the Houston Texans last Sunday at home. What's missing? One of their best receivers from last year is playing for the Raiders, but the key missing part to complete the Charger puzzle may be running back Melvin Gordon. Gordon is not a...
Vonda Joan Beaird was born March 18, 1938, in Los Angeles, California to Wayne and Katherine (Kay). She was a raven-haired beauty from the start. Opting to drop "Vonda" in favor of "Joan" almost immediately once given the choice, those who loved her knew her as "Joni." What a force! After surviving a near-fatal automobile accident that should have taken her from us long ago, Joni was reared in a Christian home and served the Lord from a young age, giving her testimony to those who would hear...
Five matches ago Carlos Vela was replaced in the 66th minute after rallying LAFC to a 3-3 draw against rival L.A. Galaxy in El Traffico 5. The emotional letdown that immediately engulfed Banc of California Stadium was very evident. That Sunday, LAFC lost its season-long mojo over the rest of Major League Soccer... And the team has yet to recover. With three matches remaining in the regular season LAFC will soon find out if they can secure the MLS Supporters' Shield for best league record. They h...
The mark of a good team is to win games even if you are not at your best. That's been the story of the Rams so far this year. They are 3-0 and they face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at the Coliseum at 1 p.m. Next week they travel to Seattle for a Thursday night game at 5:15 p.m., and they return home to face San Francisco Sunday, Oct. 13 at 1 p.m. With over 20 new players on their roster, the Rams continue to get the job done under the leadership of head coach Sean McVay and a group of...
Last Friday night clearly established Culver City High as a legitimate football power. Quarterback Zevi Eckhaus drove an 8-yard stake through the heart of formidable Palos Verdes High in double overtime. A dash and dive into the end zone gave the Centaurs a 55-52 victory in the wild rematch at Jerry Chabola Stadium. "That was a big statement game for us," said Eckhaus. "A lot of people questioned how good we were going to be just because we lost 32 seniors from last year. I think it showed that...
Seven musical acts that you don't want to miss are landing at The Canyon Clubs in October 2019. On the 18th in Agoura Hills and the 19th in Montclair, Martha Davis & The Motels will take the stage. One of LA's original new wave bands, they scored big with hits including "Only the Lonely," "Suddenly Last Summer," "Danger," among many others. They gathered up two gold albums with Davis on lead vocals and also doing some songwriting. She won Best Performance in a Music Video at the American Music...
In an exclusive report by Amanda N'Duka with deadline.com comes the report that in an effort to refine its operations with a global focus, Sony Pictures' Worldwide Partnerships group has tapped Andre Seddoh as Senior Vice President of International Partnerships, where he will oversee all international promotional partnership efforts for the studio. In addition, Tine Hansen has been hired as the Director of APAC Marketing Partnerships, a position that reports to Seddoh and oversees partnerships...
Five musical acts that you don't want to miss are landing at The Canyon Club. On September 1, the British Invasion invades The Rose in Pasadena with Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone. At the age of 15, Noone achieved international fame as the lead singer of the legendary sixties pop band, singing hits like "I'm Into Something Good," "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter," "There's a Kind of Hush," "Listen People," and his anthem "I'm Henry VIII, I Am," among many others. Ultimately, Herm...
Nearly two weeks after West Los Angeles college student Kamryn Stone was shot and killed in a Rose Bowl Stadium parking lot, police still have not made any arrests related to the homicide. Stone, a former Culver City High student and Westchester High school graduate, was shot along with another man after a reported altercation several hours after the UCLA Bruins played the Oklahoma Sooners at the Rose Bowl in a college football game. According to CBSLA, Stone reportedly was working as part of a clean-up crew for Cynthia’s Cleaning Company. I...
12 NFL Power Rankings - Week 4 1. New England Patriots (3-0): The Antonio Brown experiment is over and now the Pats can move forward with their very good roster. The Patriots are 7-2 favorites among Las Vegas oddsmakers to win the Super Bowl and are 6-5 favorites to win the AFC Championship. Next: -7 at Buffalo Bills - Sun, Sep. 29 2. Kansas City Chiefs (3-0): Quarterback Patrick Mahomes is on a pace to throw for over 6,000 yards, which has never been done before. Just 20 games into his career...
And the 2019 Supporters Shield for the best team in Major League Soccer goes to... Los Angeles Football Club! In only its second season as an MLS franchise, LAFC has earned its first major hardware to fill the Black and Gold trophy case... and certainly not its last. LAFC now commands home field advantage throughout the MLS Cup Playoffs beginning in mid-October. "The first trophy for this club, I'm proud of all of us. It was great that we could do it here," said elated LAFC head coach Bob...
