Sorted by date Results 426 - 450 of 1379
Culver City Businesses and Residents, The purpose of this letter is to address the pending decision which will be made by our Culver City Council members regarding the purchase of an Emergency Rescue Vehicle. An Emergency Rescue Vehicle (ERV) is an armored vehicle (commonly referred to as a "Bearcat") which can hold up to a dozen people, while protecting those inside from different types of firearms including high powered rifles. This type of vehicle is currently utilized by police departments...
The Culver City Woman's Club is sponsoring a "Unique Boutique" on Saturday, March 28 in the Rotunda Room of the Veteran's Memorial Building, 4117 Overland Ave, in Culver City, from 10:00am until 2:00pm. There will be a variety of vendors selling their unique wares for you or gifts for Mother's Day, graduations, birthdays, etc. Admission is free and there will be opportunity drawings held throughout the event, with prizes awarded every hour. All proceeds from the event will fund scholarships for graduating High School seniors. For further...
Gold, Silver and Bronze were up for the taking. The 2020 Culver City Invitational Track and Field Meet continued its growing success as 23 local high schools competed on a breaking sunny Saturday afternoon, March 7. Medals were awarded in 58 events at the Culver City High School track and surrounding athletic fields. Girls and boys varsity as well as frosh/soph athletes began the popular invitational at 10:00 a.m. with the 1600-meter events before capping it off in the afternoon with the...
Culver City Businesses and Residents, The purpose of this letter is to address the pending decision which will be made by our Culver City Council members regarding the purchase of an Emergency Rescue Vehicle. An Emergency Rescue Vehicle (ERV) is an armored vehicle (commonly referred to as a "Bearcat") which can hold up to a dozen people, while protecting those inside from different types of firearms including high powered rifles. This type of vehicle is currently utilized by police departments...
In the hotly-contested Second District Supervisor race, Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson will face State Senator Holly Mitchell in a runoff at the general election on November 3. Neither candidate garnered over 50% of the votes to avoid a runoff. Locally, Culver City Measure CC, which extends by 10 years the sales tax increase approved by the voters in 2012, passed with a whopping 75.03 percent voting yes and 24.9 percent rejecting the extension. With its passage, the sales tax will be...
Surrounded by her loving family in her home of 54 years, Dr. Wanda Wilson Boulgarides passed away peacefully on February 24th, 2020. A career educator, Wanda was a lifelong traveler and adventurer whose love of snorkeling the warm waters of the Pacific was surpassed only by her love for her family. A proud Texan, Wanda was born February 11th, 1931 to Wilbur and Bettye Wilson in Floyd County, Texas. She was raised on her father's farm in Plainview, Texas, until her high school years when she...
It's time once again to lace up the spikes, align the hurdles, rake the long jump pits, set up the padded pits for vaulting, line the fields for the throwing events, fire the starting pistols, hand off the relay batons and hand out the medals. This Saturday morning, March 7, the 2020 Culver City Invitational Track and Field Meet will showcase 20 local high school programs and some of the best athletic talent in the area beginning at 10:00 a.m. sharp at the Culver City High School track. Besides...
By Rob Aigner A great run into the CIF boy's division 4 soccer playoffs has ended the Culver City boys' soccer season in the CIF playoff semi-final game courtesy of Bellflower High School. The team lost a heartbreaker 2-1 on a corner kick in the waning seconds of added time, thus ending their season on Bellflower's home turf. The good news is that the Centaurs have not been past the second round in 21 years so making it to the semifinals this year was truly a monumental accomplishment for the sq...
The birds are singing and the flowers are blooming and that means its spring time. It also means 10 Culver City high school sports are in the starting blocks and are off to the races. Baseball, golf, boys and girls lacrosse, softball, swimming, boys tennis, boys and girls track and field and boys volleyball are looking to have winning seasons and make the playoffs. The bar of success has risen very high at Culver City. In the fall several teams made the playoffs and all five of the winter teams...
Both the boys' and girls' varsity soccer teams did what was necessary to earn a spot in the CIF playoffs which starts this week. The boys recovered from a challenging final week of January (2 ties and 1 loss) only to start February with two commanding performances and corresponding wins. First, they played Hawthorne on the road on February 3, and returned with a dominating 6-0 victory. The Centaurs scored in a multitude of ways and with a variety of players to get their season back on track....
High Five! It's been a very successful winter for Culver City High athletics this season. All five of the schools athletic programs for the 2019-20 Winter season have qualified for the CIF Playoffs. Girls water polo, girls soccer, boys soccer, girls basketball and boys basketball will begin post-season tournament action this week. Girls water polo, led by head coach Nestor Dordoni, Jr., travel to Oxnard this Tuesday to take on Rio Mesa High at 5:00 p.m. in Round 1 of the Division 5 Playoffs. The...
Observer Editor Mitch Chortkoff covered the Lakers for over 6 decades. He was called "Dean of the Laker Writers" by many of his colleagues. Mitch passed away in July of 2018, but he had written a lot about Kobe Bryant. He we are rerunning his column from the December 3, 2017 edition of the Culver City Observer as Kobe was about to retire. "Remember kid. There's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die." Art Lefleur as Babe Ruth in the movie "The Sandlot" It was...
Celebrate with The Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center on its 30th anniversary at their annual fundraiser on Saturday, February 29. The theme of the gala is Cheers to 30 Years and will be held at the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina Del Rey. The event begins 5:30 p.m. with appetizers, raffle, no host bar, and music by Ronnie Jayne. Dinner follows with a program, and a live auction led by MC Mike Cohen. The cost is $125 per person prior to February 19, or $135 at the door. All proceeds go to the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center located on...
This coming week is going to be a busy one for Culver City High school bus drivers. Every team, this winter season has made their CIF SS Division playoff. The Girls' Water Polo team finished second in Ocean League at 4-2 and 13-12-1 overall. They will travel north to Oxnard to play the Pacific View League second place finisher, Rio Mesa (19-9-0) (8-2) on Tuesday February 11 at 5:00 pm. The Boys Varsity Basketball team finished third in the Ocean League at 7-3. They will start their Division 2A...
I have been a sports writer in the City of Los Angles for over 45 years. I have interviewed and covered some of the greatest athletes in the world. I started writing sports when I was a student at UCLA during John Wooden days so my introduction into the sports writing world started with greatness but Kobe Bryant redefined greatness. Bryant, his 13 year old daughter Gianna and seven other passengers died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas last Sunday morning. They were on their way to a girls'...
By Rob Aigner Special to the Observer Soccer is one of the rare sports to allow games to end in a tie and that's exactly what the No. 7 ranked in CIF Division 4 Culver City High School Boys Varsity team earned last Friday against rival Santa Monica. That result gives the Centaurs, who are 9-3-2 overall and 5-0-1 in the Ocean league, a slim half game lead over the Eagles of El Segunda setting up an epic battle on January 31st at 3pm in an away match for Culver City. El Segundo is the defending...
Culver City high school's football program has been successful for many years and especially the last few years. The football team has reached three consecutive CIF semifinal games and they won the CIF championship last year. During that time many great players have played inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium on the Culver City campus. One of those players is Alex Smith. Last Wednesday Smith played for the University of Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. "It feels great," said Smith at the Lawry's Beef...
The Culver City Jewish War Veterans Post 617 mentioned in a recent newsletter the USS Arizona is in a bad state of repair and will remain closed indefinite. Have you ever head of Cloud Break Communities? Well, neither have I; they claim to have affordable Housing at every location, Supportive Housing Developments and continual partnerships with area non-profits. VASH/Vouchers accepted, utilities included, kitchens available in studio/one bedroom units, priority leasing to qualified homeless vete...
Culver City high girls soccer is only week away to start defending the Ocean League title and go for a three-peat of consecutive league championships. The team is currently 7-3-1 as they open the league season at 3:00 p.m., this Wednesday, January 8, at Santa Monica High. Last season under head coach Pete Bartlett, they finished tied for first with Beverly Hills High with a 7-2-1 league record and were 17-8-4 overall. The Centaur girls capped off their non-league season with a 2-0 shutout over...
Dear Observer, In 'Drone Program Receives High Marks' (Dec. 19-25, 2019 p. 1) Mr. Hadland writes: 'One written card objected to the program as drones are being purchased from a company that provides weapons to the military.' I am the author of that card, but Mr. Hadland seriously distorts my remarks. They appear in full below. Dear Council and Public, I am profoundly opposed to the CCPD drone program for many reasons. The one I wish to highlight tonight is that CCPD chose to purchase this...
When someone mentions Culver City high school water polo or swimming you have to quickly refer to the Dordoni family. That name has been synonymous with water sports at Culver City high school for the past 35 years and this season is just like the previous 35, a Dordoni is the head coach of the boys and girls water polo teams. Nestor Dondoni Sr. started the tradition and now Nestor Jr. continues to give the teams at Culver City excellent coaching and wisdom. The girls' water polo team is current...
The exciting part of the football playoffs, at every level, is that the playoffs are single elimination games. This can lead to some stunning upsets, and this season in the CIF football playoffs have been no exception. In a clash of two distinct offensive styles, the Swordsmen from St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs upset the Culver City Centaurs, 14-10. For St. Paul, the victory propels them to a Section 5 Division Championship match-up at home against Aquinas High School of San...
Turn out the Friday Night lights... there was no joy at Culver City High School last Friday as the 2019 football season came to an abrupt end. The previously undefeated Centaurs were upset by St. Paul High at home, 14-10, in the CIF Division 5 Semifinals match at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The game was a throwback to days of yore when running games dominated and scores were low. The Swordsmen (12-1) employed a power rushing game plan and stuck with it. The Centaurs (12-1) entered the game as one of...
By Nadeem Kazuhiro Wagle Culver City KidScoop Media Correspondent Age 7 Today was the best day ever because I got to interview Dav Pilkey. I am seven years old, and I am in the second grade. Dav Pilkey is the author and illustrator of Dogman, Mighty Robot, and Captain Underpants. I love to read Captain Underpants and Dogman. I have not read Mighty Robot yet. My favorite book is Dogman For Whom the Ball Rolls. This was the first time I interviewed someone. I was nervous and scared and excited whe...
The Culver City High School Centaurs were defeated in the third round of the CIF playoffs Friday night losing to St. Paul 14-10 ending their season. The Centaurs had won the first twelve games of the season, most by wide margins. For the complete story read Sports Reporter Fred Altieri's story in this week's Culver City observer or online at www.culvercityobserver.com...
