Articles from the November 15, 2018 edition


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  • Centaurs Beat Millikan in Second Round of Playoffs

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporer|Nov 15, 2018

    Back at it. Culver City High advanced to the CIF Football Playoffs Semifinal round for the second consecutive year as they held off stubborn Millikan High, 43-30, on its well-worn dirt field, complete with dim lights and old-school sawed-off goal posts. It took one half of Friday night football for the Centaurs to adjust their bearings in Long Beach... then the jets kicked in. Culver City High's offense heated up in the second half running back Joshua Ford, wide receivers Kevin McGuire, Jamal...

  • 2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 10

    Bill Seals - Fred Altieri, Sports Reporters|Nov 15, 2018

    11 NFL Power Rankings - Week 10 1. New Orleans Saints (8-1) - The Saints have signed wide receiver Brandon Marshall, to replace Dez Bryant, who suffered a season-ending Achilles injury. Marshall needs thirty more receptions to reach 1,000 in his career. He has never played on a playoff team. Next: -9 vs Philadelphia Eagles - Sun, Nov. 18 2. Kansas City Chiefs (9-1) - The Chiefs play the Rams in Los Angeles on Monday Night in a game that is not only a preview of a possible super bowl matchup,...

  • NFL Moves Rams-Chiefs Game to Coliseum!

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Nov 15, 2018

    The NFL has called an audible and so the 2018 Game of the Year is coming to Los Angeles this Monday night! Due to player safety the NFL has decided to move this coming Monday Night Football game between the Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs. The game was scheduled to be played at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City but due to poor field conditions resulting from recent soccer matches and music concerts the urgent change was inevitable. The NFL just released this statement at 1:46 p.m. PST: "The...

  • Exhibit Features L.A. Bridges and Artisans

    Nov 15, 2018

    Prints by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry are featured at the L.A. Bridges and Artisans exhibit at West Los Angeles College running now through January 31, 2019. A free public reception will be held Wednesday, November 21 in the college's Fine Arts Gallery adjacent to the parking structure from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Gehry is currently overseeing the L.A. River restoration project including the reinstallation of the historic downtown Los Angeles 6th Street bridge. "I thought it would be w...

  • Culver Hosts #1 Seed Northview in Divisional Semis

    Greg Goodyear, Special to the Observer|Nov 15, 2018

    Culver City hosts the Northview Vikings, 12-0, and the number 1 seeded team in CIF Division 7. This will be a huge challenge for the Centaurs, the Vikings being a cross between the hard charging Palos Verdes Sea Kings and the tough Lawndale Cardinals, the only teams to have defeated the Cents this season. They have the discipline and size of Palos Verdes and the athleticism of Lawndale. The Vikings have been so dominating this season that until last Friday night’s game verses Warren, the closest anyone had come to them was 18 points. In last F...

  • Shooting Suspect Arrested

    Stephen Hadland, Observer Publisher|Nov 15, 2018

    On Friday November 16, arrest and search warrants were executed which resulted in the arrest of a male juvenile suspect. The arrest was the culmination of an investigation into the shooting at the Studio Village Shopping Center near the Jefferson Post office. On Sunday October 11 at approximately 3:50pm, Culver City Police Department officers responded to a radio call of a shooting that had just occurred in the parking lot of the Studio Village Shopping Center, located at 10900 Jefferson Blvd....

  • Centaurs Face San Jacinto Tigers

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Nov 15, 2018

    T-Minus one and counting. For only the third time in school history Culver City High has reached the CIF Football Playoff Finals. The Centaurs put the finishing touches on previously top-ranked Northview High, 40-14, in the Division 7 Semifinal match. The 11-2 Centaurs will travel to the desert to take on San Jacinto High (12-1) on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. for the CIF Southern Section Championship. "A very big win for us. We've been working towards this goal all season. After getting to that point...