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The Culver City Unified School District announced this week that it is mandating vaccines for all staff and eligible students, possibly becoming the first school district in California to issue such a requirement. "We will begin gathering vaccine status data immediately," said CCUSD Superintendent Quoc Tran. "The deadline for providing the proof of vaccine is Friday, November 19, to give everyone the opportunity to make their vaccine plans." Since only children 12 and older are currently...
Former Culver City resident Ted Sobel dives into sports and entertainment history with a book that touches the soul of baby boomers, sports enthusiasts of all ages and historical entertainment buffs. His book, 'Touching Greatness' tells a spectacular story of sports and entertainment through the eyes of one of the top sports journalists and broadcasters in Los Angeles history. Sobel credits his young years growing up in Culver City as a great foundation for his future success. He went to...
The Culver City Unified School District announced the hiring of Oscar Rodriguez, as Assistant Principal of Culver City High School; David Holley, as Assistant Principal of Culver City Middle School; Kana Nakagawa, as Assistant Principal of El Rincon and La Ballona Elementary Schools; Brian Raber, as Assistant Principal of Linwood E. Howe and Farragut Elementary Schools; and Mario Torres, as Assistant Principal of El Marino Language School. Holly, Nakagawa and Torres have already been approved...
The Culver City Unified School District CCUSD announced the hiring of Dr. Angela Elizondo Baxter as the District's new director of teaching and learning, effective immediately. Baxter has spent the past six years as principal at Willard IB Magnet Elementary School in the Pasadena Unified School District, where she increased African-American students reading at grade level by 21% in 2021 and was honored with the California Civic Learning Award of Distinction in 2019. Under her leadership, the...
Culver City's varsity football team is using passing league tournaments this summer to integrate some new players in their system after losing several key players to graduation last June. Some of the players that they need to replace are All-State quarterback Zevi Eckhaus, All-State wide receiver Amari Pait, All-League running back Ayinde Bankol, All-League linemen Dylan Nichols and Adrian Simon and All-League receiver Legend Waring. Those are just some of many talented seniors that graduated....
Culver CityBus has launched a new pilot program offering free rides to students in the Culver City Unified School District during the upcoming school year. This week, Culver City announced it is partnering with CCUSD to offer students unlimited rides at no cost on Culver CityBus, LA Metro bus and rail, and LADOT Dash. Additional transit agencies are being added to help kids ride transit for free, city officials said. Using the provided TAP card, students can ride for free to and from school, on...
The Culver City Woman's Club is hosting a sale of Clothing and Household items to raise money for a variety of local charities on Friday and Saturday, July 30 and 31. from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at 9516 Cattaraugus Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034. There will be all types of clothing in all sizes and functional, decorative, and fun household items for every part of your house. The Culver City Woman's Club is a non-profit philanthropic and social organization that supports a number of local charitable causes such as Meals on Wheels, Food Pantries,...
Students in the Culver City Unified School District will have the option to eat school meals for free in the upcoming school year, regardless of their family's income. Flush with an unexpected budget surplus, California announced on Monday it will offer free school meals to all 6.2 million public school students this fall. The undertaking will be the largest free student lunch program in the country, state officials said. CCUSD officials have not yet commented on the free lunch program. Many sch...
The girl's lacrosse team also picked up several post season honors when they placed seven Lady Centaurs on the All-Ocean League team. Senior goalie JoJo de la Trinidad was the Defensive Player of the Year after she recorded 131 saves on 224 shots on goal. Senior Valarie Garcia made the second All-League team scoring nine goals and recording 18 assists. Junior Larissa Andrick was placed on the first team after she scored 26 goals with 10 assists. Her twin sister Vanessa Andrick also made the...
The Culver City high school girls' basketball program started a new league during the pandemic shorten season in 2021 and that league put the Centaurs in unfamiliar territory. Going from the Ocean league to the Bay league this year made them realize they have work to do. For the past 10 years Culver City was the class of the Ocean league. They won 88 games and lost only 12. Their overall record from 2010-20 was 206-90. Their league records included four 10-0 seasons and three 9-1 seasons. They...
Former Culver City Mayor Jim B. Clarke has been named Chairman of Board of the Culver City Arts Foundation (Culver Arts). His tenure begins July 1. Clarke, who currently serves as Vice Chair, has played a pivotal role in the formation of the foundation when it spun off from the City of Culver City in 2018 and was established as an independent non-profit organization. Through Clarke's dedicated fundraising, Culver Arts has been able to support the Artist Laureate program with almost $18,000,...
Despite losing 15-8 in the CIF Division 2 Championship Final to battle tested St. Francis of La Canada a few weeks ago on the Culver City campus the city is still buzzing about a sport that is finally moving up the headline chart. Culver City lacrosse has been around for a long time but now it is in the spotlight. The crowd was electric during the championship game. Culver City's head coach, Casey Chabola felt the energy of the crowd. "I thought it was beyond my expectations, really. The amount...
Three high school students from Culver City have been chosen to participate in the 17th annual GRAMMY Camp® program., operated by the GRAMMY Museum. Carter Long-Coffee, Allyn Matheson and Jasani Pitts will be among 81 talented high school students from 67 U.S. cities who will take part in the annual summer camp. All Time Low, Echosmith, and The War and Treaty will be this year's guest artists at the camp; they will discuss their career paths and help students prepare for the music industry. The signature music industry camp for high school stud...
On the last day of sports competition for Culver City high school the boys and girls track and field teams continued to keep Culver City high school in the Southern California sports spot light. From the award-winning football team to the CIF finalist boy's lacrosse team the Centaurs maintained athletic excellence during the pandemic shorten sports season in 2021. Last Saturday at the CIF Southern Section Division 2 Track and Field championship finals held at Moorpark high school Culver City pla...
Culver City's dream lacrosse season came to a disappointing end last Tuesday on the Culver City high school campus when La Canada St. Francis out lasted the Centaurs, 15-8 in the Division 2 CIF championship game. It was a hard-fought game played on a chilly June night. Talk about June Gloom. The Centaurs entered the championship game with high expectations having won their first three CIF playoff games 21-0 against El Dorado, 17-3 against Redondo Union and 8-5 against Aliso Niguel. Against St....
The pandemic can not stop the Culver City varsity sports machine. It keeps rolling along. During the past week seven Culver City teams played and ran in the prestigious CIF playoffs. Baseball, boys' basketball, boys' and girls' lacrosse, girls' softball and boys' and girls' track and field teams tried to keep the Culver City name alive in Southern California high school sports world. Last Saturday the girls' lacrosse team lost to Murrieta Mesa 13-9 on the road and last Tuesday the boys'...
When someone says you are the best, that puts a lot of pressure on that team. Just ask the Lakers and Dodgers. The Culver City boys' lacrosse team hopes to prove everyone right when they start the CIF playoffs at home Friday at 6 p.m. against El Dorado from Placentia. The Centaurs are the No. 2 seeded team in Division 2. They are 16-2 overall and 8-0 in the Ocean league. They outscored their league opponents 127-6. "This is the best team in Culver City history. We knew how good this years team...
For many years Culver City high school basketball has been an average program. While other sports have won league and CIF Championships the basketball program has struggled at times but the last fours year the Centaurs have raised the bar. Last Wednesday the varsity team started their quest to make a deep CIF playoff run in a very tough Division 2A when they played Simi Valley. Their next game is Friday on the road against the winner of the Hilcrest versus JW North game. The Centaurs finished th...
The Culver City Education Foundation kicked off its 40th anniversary year celebration with a successful "drive in" fundraiser on May 1 that raised $55,000. More than 100 families watched a special screening of Steven Spielberg's classic film "E.T.," at a pop-up drive in movie theater held in a parking lot on the West Los Angeles College campus. "Watching E.T. was a great way to celebrate our anniversary for many reasons including that one of the scenes in the movie was actually shot at Culver...
Culver City athletic department and teams are some of the bests in Southern California. For the past 50 years the Centaurs have produced competitive and championship teams in almost every sport. During the past 10 years league championships have become routine and add to that Culver City's several CIF team championships and individual CIF champions in track and field. What makes a good athletic department? School administrators, an attentive athletic director, good coaches but probably the most...
The USC Trojans came into Westwood last Sunday and dominated the UCLA Bruins in their annual dual meet. The Bruins men dropped the baton in the 400-meter relay in one of the first races on the track and from there it was all downhill for what use to be one of the top track and filed programs in the nation. The Trojan men won 114-42 and the Lady Trojans defeated the Bruins 93-70. On the way to the victories the Trojans set several meet records and one school. One meet record that was set has a...
Culver City high school football team has some of the best coaches in Southern California and one of them is their strength and conditioning and wide receiver coach Michael Hooper. Hooper is a former Culver City star football player who was a three starter at defensive back from 2000-2002. After making the ALL-CIF team as a senior he played college football for San Jose State and after graduating from San Jose he played in the Arena Football League for the Stockton Lighting. Having a...
The past twelve months have been a challenge for everyone, including the student athletes at Culver City High School and the organization that supports them, the Booster Club. Centaur teams left the field of play in March 2020 and the wildly popular Casino Night event was canceled as well. Fast forward to today with the Corona virus situation improving, Centaur student athletes have begun training and games are on the schedule. How can you support them now you ask? You can join the Booster Club for the coolest socially-distanced community...
It’s hard enough being a teenager navigating the bridge between childhood and adulthood while acclimating to a pandemic, school shutdowns, remote learning, and all the attendant anxiety of these surreal times without also having to cope with the emotional stress, stigma, and financial impact of a family member’s incarceration. Nearly three million children in this country have at least one parent in prison, jail, or detention, and author and prison rights activist Amy Friedman knows how tho...
The entertainment world had Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. The sports world has Tom Brady and Michael Jordan, and Culver City high school has Zevi Eckhaus. Obviously is not logical to compare a Culver City a high school athlete to some of the world's greatest but greatness is greatness at any level. For those of us who have witnessed his extraordinary talents the last three years we saw a junior Drew Brees. During this past season that ended a few weeks ago Eckhaus broke the school career...
