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By David W. Myers Contributing Editor The Culver City Elks Lodge has given a check for more than $6,000 to the California-Hawaii Elks Association to help provide vision-screening and physical therapy to children with a broad range of disabilities. The contribution increases the amount of money the two-state group has raised through the annual fund-raising effort to over $100 million since the yearly drives began in the 1950s. Donations from Elk members in the two states totaled more than $2.5 million in the fiscal year that recently ended....
I wanted to add my concerns to Cary Anderson's regarding following the rules where it regards traffic incursion into the residential neighborhoods. For myself, it is not a matter of a rare instance of an organization holding a charitable event that brings outside traffic into my neighborhood. My block has had permit parking since 1982. The hours for enforcement were expanded about 15 years to match the hours of continued outside incursion. After all of these years I continue to request Parking Enforcement several times a week because drivers fe...
City Manager’sUpdate June 8, 2012 City Manager’s Office Community Development Department • Chipotle Mexican Grill – Plans have been approved for a new restaurant located at 4114 Sepulveda Boulevard. • Continental Development Group - Plans have been approved for construction of building B, a new commercial building (core/shell only), located at 4130 Sepulveda Boulevard. • Westfield Culver City - A permit has been issued to Olive Garden, a new restaurant located in the mall. • Sony Pictures Entertainment – Plans have been approved for a...
Workshop Yields Angry Feedback Outside Culver City Hall on Tuesday evening protesters carried signs and cars honked at the protesters in support. The signs had slogans like “Ban Fracking Now” and “Frack Off.” Someone dressed as a skeleton carried a sign that read “I (Heart) Fracking.” When the doors of City Hall opened, people flooded into the Mike Balkman Chambers, filling the auditorium to standing room only. All this for a state-organized but locally hosted workshop to gauge the public sent...
Culver City High senior pitcher Tyler Mark has been named Ocean League Player of the Year. Mark, who made all-league in four straight seasons, led the Centaurs to a 10-0 league record, the first time in school history a Culver High baseball team has gone undefeated in league games. Mark had a 9-2 record and 2.13 ERA. He was also a prolific hitter, batting .338. Also named to the all-league first team were Culver’s Brian Ibarra, Jon Kocker, Skyler Blocker and freshman Jay Steiner. Adrian Perez a...
The Culver City High football team annually prepares for its upcoming season by participating in summer passing tournaments. Although tackling isn’t permitted, coaches learn about their players, particularly passers and receivers who are getting their timing together in the seven against seven competition. In the Pierce College Tournament Culver City defeated Oaks Christian, 34-18 as sophomore Steve Funches threw two touchdown passes to Julio Wilson and Tahj Mines had an interception. Culver then defeated Grant, 44-28 as Funches threw six t...
Fuller Guided Championship Teams Former Culver City High football coach Fred Fuller died last weekend. In the recent past he had undergone cancer surgery. Fuller had three children who attended Culver City High, two sons and a daughter. Both sons played football. He is survived by his wife, Cris, a former teacher at Farragut and Culver Middle School. Fuller coached championship Culver freshmen football teams from 1970 to 1978 and became the varsity head coach in 1979. His initial Culver varsity...
Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa announced today that Metro will officially open to the public both the Culver City Station and the Farmdale Station along the recently opened Metro Expo Line on Wednesday, June 20 at noon. In addition, it was announced that patrons boarding trains at both the Farmdale and Culver City Station will receive free passes to use the Expo Line on June 20. “The opening of the Culver City and Farmdale stations completes the first phase of the Expo line, connecting Angelenos from...
Meeting Scheduled About Fracking What is “fracking?” According to the Oxford English Dictionary, hydraulic fracturing is “the forcing open of fissures in subterranean rocks by introducing liquid at high pressure, especially to extract oil or gas.” Fracking is a term commonly used for this process. While fracturing of rock occurs naturally, induced hydraulic fracturing has been used in oil extraction for about 60 years. Proponents say fracking is safe when conducted under regulations and that the...
May 25, 2012 • Kaiser Foundation Hospitals – Plans have submitted for a tenant improvement for "Occupational Health Services" located at 12001 Washington Boulevard. • Sony Pictures – Plans have been approved to fabricate and erect a 188 foot diameter Rainbow arch. The sculpture includes: two concrete foundations, a structural steel arch, aluminum art panels, intermediate framing to support the aluminum art panels located at 10202 Washington Boulevard. • Clive Wilkinson Architects - is relocatin...
In evaluating Culver City High baseball in 2012 Coach Rick Prieto says “it was a good season.” Despite being eliminated in the second playoff round by Paramount High the Centaurs had of their best seasons ever. They went undefeated in the Ocean League for the first time in school history, reversed last year’s final week pair of losses to similarly unbeaten Santa Monica and shut out their first round playoff opponent, Eastside of Lancaster. In discussing Culver’s 3-0 loss to Paramount, a team th...
Following up on his job’s “Prep for Success” workshop held last month, Senator Curren D. Price, Jr. (D-Culver city) will host a Small Business “Prep for Primes” Forum on Saturday, June 2 from 100 a.m. to 1 p.m. at West Los Angeles College-Fine Arts Complex, located at 9000 Overland Ave, Culver City. The “Prep for Primes” Forum is the second in a series of events designed specifically to increase the employability of Los Angeles residents and expand the list of qualified job applicants, including contractors, for local employers. The forum, in p...
The Culver City High baseball season, one of the most memorable in school history, is over. The Centaurs lost their second round CIF playoff game, 3-0 to Paramount High Tuesday afternoon. Last year Culver eliminated Paramount in the second playoff round. Both of the Centaurs’ playoff games resulted in shutouts. Culver defeated Eastside of Lancaster, 1-0 in the first round. Rick Prieto had one the better teams in his long reign as the Centaurs’ coach. Culver finished with a 20-9 record. The tea...
City Manager’s Update May 11 Community Development Department • Westfield Culver City – Tenant Improvements have been completed at the following stores: Extreme Pizza, Things Remembered, Old Navy, Fashion Traffic, FootLocker/Champs Sports, Angl, Inc. Permits have been issued to the following stores: Footaction, Inc., Ulta Beauty, Finish Line, Café Creole. A permit has been issued to Belkin International, Inc., for a new kiosk in the mall. • EBAY - Plans have been approved for a tenant improvement located at 10451 Jefferson Boulevard. • Sugar...
Airport Marina Ford and Ford Motor Company have partnered to help raise money in support of Culver City High as part of Ford’s Drive One 4 UR School program. Culver City community members helped raise over $5,000 for Culver City High by test driving Ford vehicles and hosting a car wash during the event. Airport Marina Ford worked with Culver City High to host the one-day event lat the school. More than 200 people test drove Ford vehicles and for every test drive Airport Marina Ford donated $20 to the local school to help fund programs that h...
Another all day book sale with thousands of titles to choose from will be available on Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm at the Julian Dixon Culver City Library. Most books are $1. Volunteers are needed. Setup starts at 7:30 a.m. and breaking the sale down begins at 2:30 pm. Volunteers can sign up for the first shift, 7:30am to11:30 or the second shift, 11:30 am to -3:30 pm. (Pizza lunch included!) or stay all day. High School students and Scouts can receive community service credit. Email info@ccfol.org if you have questions or want to volunteer...
As the Ocean League champion, Culver City High will begin the CIF baseball playoffs in a home game Friday at 3 pm. The Centaurs will host an opponent to be determined following a wild card round earlier in the week. By defeating defending champion Santa Monica, 7-6 and 1-0 last week the Centaurs completed a 10-0 league season. It’s the first time in school history Culver City has gone undefeated in the league. In the final league game Jay Steiner pitched the shutout. Culver had six hits, i...
After running a very active campaign, which included a combination of riding her bicycle and mobilizing a precinct walk around the community in order to meet residents, the seasoned advocate for healthy environmental practices and a responsive government, Meghan Sahli-Wells became a member of the Culver City Council in the April 10 election. It was her second attempt. She had lost by 32 votes in 2010. “Riding my bike and walking helped target the most likely voters, and allowed me to meet new p...
Congressmember Karen Bass (D-Calif.) announced the winner from the 33rd Congressional District office’s 2012 Congressional Art Competition, “An Artistic Discovery”. Michelle Bac, the winner and student at Culver City High, will have her artwork, “A Face” displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year as well as have an opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in a recognition ceremony with Members of Congress, other art competition winners from around the country and additional special guests. “I’d like to congratulate...
The busiest week of the high school baseball season is underway for the Culver City Centaurs. Due to a rainout last week, a makeup game this week and a Saturday tournament game Coach Rick Prieto’s team will play four times – and right in the midst of a league championship showdown with Santa Monica the following week. On Tuesday Culver hosted Morningside. On Thursday culver will play at Morningside. On Friday Culver will make up the rained out game at Inglewood. On Saturday Culver will com...
Public School 612 will replace Fraiche Restaurant in downtown Culver City. Fraiche which was once named “one of the 10 best new restaurants in the United States,” has suffered in recent years with the loss of Chef Jason Travi and Thierry Perez, both partners in the restaurant and the ill-timed expansion into Santa Monica when the owners opened a second location. Public School is a modern craft beer pub and restaurant and is operated by Grill Concepts LLC which owns the Daily Grill. It currently...
Sara Murphy of Culver City High has won an Award of Merit (second place) in the State PTA Reflections competition for her music composition. She was competing against all California high school students who entered this National Arts Competition. The National PTA Reflections Program is an arts recognition and achievement program for students. The Reflections Program provides opportunities for students to express themselves creatively and to receive positive recognition for original works of art inspired by a pre-selected theme, while...
AVPA Art Students Tour, “In Wonderland….” at LA County Museum of Art It’s the best time of the year for AVPA Art’s five high school interns at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Emily Wood, Edna Vogel, Marilyn Liu, Michelle Bac, and Azalie Welsh have all been working on designing their own interactive tours for the past few months, focusing on an special exhibition of surrealist art created by women artists from Mexico and the United States. Now that April is upon us, the Culver City students are leading groups of high school and middle sc...
There will be a Culver City High Tennis Team Garage Sale this Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm. The sale will be held in the parking lot in front of the Culver City Middle School at 4601 Elenda Street. Many items from over 40 families including kitchenware, clothes, electronics, games, toys, books, decorative household goods and more will be available. All proceeds support local sports for students at the high school....
While I may not be a Steve Harvey fan per se, I am a fan of all things funny, especially when funny comes in the form of a great ensemble cast, well told organically unfolding intertwining stories and characters, and all packaged as a gem of a film shot in, of all places, the Heart of Screenland - Culver City. And this is exactly what director Tim Story gives us with THINK LIKE A MAN - a funny, funny film filled with heart and laughter. Based on Steve Harvey’s best-selling comedic advice book ...
