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The Culver City High School Centaurs beat the Lawndale High Cardinals 32–27 Friday night. The Centaurs have won all 8 games this year and their league record stands at 3-0. For the full story read Sports Reporter Fred Altieri's story in this week's print edition of the Culver City Observer or online at www.culvercityobserver.com...
Culver City High successfully opened their 2019 Ocean League football campaign with a 47-7 win over rival Santa Monica High last Friday night at Santa Monica College. The undefeated Centaurs (6-0) immediately turned their attention to this Friday night, Oct. 11, when they host the defending league champion Lawndale High Cardinals. "Lawndale is the 3-time defending Ocean League Champs and coming off a CIF Championship and State Championship," said Culver City head coach, Jahmal Wright. "We set a...
Kamryn Stone, who once attended Culver City High School, was laid to rest on Saturday, Sept. 28, two weeks after he was killed by an unknown assailant. The homegoing service for Stone, who shot and killed during an altercation in a Rose Bowl parking lot hours after a college football game between the UCLA Bruins and Oklahoma Sooners on Sept. 14, took place at Greater Emmanuel Temple Church in Lynwood. Stone was an 18-year-old student at West Los Angeles College when he was gunned down as he tried to break up a fight in Parking Lot K of the...
It was business as usual for Culver City High football as they wrapped up their 2019 pre-league season at 5-0 with a methodical 60-14 win at Dorsey High on Friday night. The Centaurs will begin Ocean League action on the road at 7:00 p.m. this Friday night, October 4, against Santa Monica High. The game will be played at Santa Monica College. "We knew that Dorsey was under-matched a little bit so we came in with the mindset of just wanting to sharpen our tools and move forward to get better for...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Dennis J. Freeman Kamryn Stone, an 18-year-old student at West Los Angeles College, was shot and killed during an altercation in the parking lot of the Rose Bowl Stadium, hours after the UCLA-Oklahoma college football game had concluded. On its Facebook page, West Los Angeles College posted a tribute to the fallen student. “#WestLACollege sends our condolences to the family and friends of student Kamryn Stone who was killed Saturday outside of the Rose Bowl about three hours after the UCLA vs Oklahoma football game, according to a report b...
By Rebecca Rottenberg Age 17, Culver City High School Kids Scoop Reporter A fellow Culver City High School student Sarah Hager and I had the opportunity to attend a rally for Elizabeth Warren in Los Angeles. Held in the spacious halls of the Shrine Auditorium, the RSVPs were estimated at nine thousand, with countless more wandering in to catch the spectacle. The feeling in the room was energized yet intimate, with Warren's own grandson going up to the stage to announce raffle winners. Thanks to...
During my junior year of high school, I took AP Environmental Science and it changed my view on the amount of responsibility I have toward the condition of our planet. One thing my teacher always mentioned, is that for the AP Exam, on the FRQ, Free Response Question, if you can’t think of an answer, you can always write that “we can educate.” For example, if the question asks “How can we reduce the amount of smog in our metropolitan cities?” and a student can’t think of an answer, the best wa...
The Culver City Firefighters Association will hold their 2nd Annual Golf Classic on Monday, Nov. 18 at the prestigious and private Mountain Gate Country Club. The Culver City Firefighters Association is actively involved in the community through many fundraising events that allow us to support various non-profit organizations throughout our community including the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Movember Foundation, Revlon UCLA Breast Cancer Center, the Culver City High School Football Program and several others. The association is...
After a successful ascending 3-0 start to the 2019 football season on the road, Culver City High will entertain perennial power Palos Verdes Sea Kings, in the Centaurs' home opener this Friday, September 20. The defending CIF Division 7 champions are entering the contest on the heels of a convincing 56-28 victory over the Warren High Bears last Friday in Downey. Last season the Centaurs failed to hold onto a fourth quarter lead against the Sea Kings, giving up two touchdowns in the final...
Abel Lezcano, from Culver City, is a member of the Colgate University Class of 2020, has earned the spring 2019 Dean's Award with Distinction. Lezcano is a graduate of Culver City High School. Students who receive a term grade point average of 3.6 or higher while completing at least three courses during the spring 2019 semester earn the Dean's Award with Distinction. Colgate is a leading American university for students who want classes with rigor, faculty with passion, and confidence in knowing they will learn how to thrive in work and life....
The Culver City High School Centaurs beat Waren High School of Downey by a score of 56 - 28 Friday night. It was the third non-conference game of the new season that Culver City has won. Read the full story in this week's Culver City Observer by Sports Reporter Fred Altieri or online at www.culvercityobserver.com...
The beautiful South Bay hills in the Palos Verdes Peninsula has some terrific views of Los Angeles. In this semi-rural setting, it almost seems like the last place you would look to find a football game between two 2018 playoff schools. But that was the setting when the Culver City Centaurs brought their offensive juggernaut to Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. On Friday afternoon, Zevi Eckhaus completed 23 of 27 passes for 474 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Culver City Centaurs to an...
Gerhardt Walther Riedel, 95, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, at Avalon Health Care in San Andreas of natural causes. He was born on April 30, 1924, in Hankow, China, to Erhard and Carmelia Riedel, where his father worked as a Lutheran missionary, one of the first in China. Gerhardt ("Gary") was the fifth of eight siblings, and the family moved back to Orange County, Calif., when he was a young teenager. Gary served in the Merchant Marines as a Second Lieutenant during World War II, in...
Culver City High School Defeated Peninsula High Friday night by a score of 60-21. Culver faces Warren High School at an away game in Downey this Friday Read the full story by Sports Reporter Fred Altieri in this week's Culver City Observer or online at www.culvercityobserver.com...
Late August means one thing at Culver City High School... Centaur football is back. Last season's CIF Division 7 Champions began the 2019 season with a 56-36 road win at West High in Torrance last Friday night, Aug. 30. This Friday, they venture a few miles further south to Rolling Hills Estates to take on the Peninsula High Panthers. The Centaurs have had success against Peninsula over the past decade, winning eight of nine games while scoring over 40 points in every single contest except for...
UCLA and USC football teams go into their respective games on Saturday with a lot of questions marks. The main questions are can USC win with a backup quarterback and can UCLA get their first win after looking like the same team that won only three games last year? UCLA will face San Diego State at the Rose Bowl on Saturday at 1:15 p.m. and USC will open their Pac-12 season when they play Stanford at 7:30 p.m. at the United Airlines Field at the Memorial Coliseum. UCLA 's 24-14 loss to...
Dear Editor: To judge from Mr. George Laase’s August 22nd commentary, “CCUSD Salaries Skyrocket,” he has three worrisome concerns. First: He worries that the District spends too much on the salaries of its employees. But this seems not to be so worrisome: The 2019-’20 Proposed Budget of the CCUSD projects spending 85% of restricted and unrestricted funds for salaries and benefits for certificated teaching faculty and classified non-teaching staff. For unrestricted funds only, the total for the...
The Lucky Duckies are back! The Lucky Ducky Swim will again be at the Fiesta La Ballona, Saturday, August 24, and Sunday, August 25. At 3:00 pm on Sunday, August 25, the rubber ducks will "swim" across the Culver City Plunge. There will be a number of Lucky Ducky winners. The top prize is $500 with the second prize of two tickets to a Dodgers game and more prizes to be announced at a later date. The proceeds from the Lucky Ducky Swim will benefit Culver City children and youth programs. The...
Nine Culver City High School students and two chaperones, sponsored by the Culver City Sister City Committee (CCSCC), visited our sister city, Iksan, South Korea and surrounding areas from Saturday, July 27 to Wednesday, August 7, 2019. Culver City Students were placed with nine Iksan students and their families, who welcomed them into their homes. Iksan students study English and American students were given brief Korean language instruction prior to the trip. With this knowledge students were able to successfully communicate, resulting in...
Defending CIF Division 7 Football Champion Culver City High is currently preparing for the 2019 season, beginning next Friday, August 30. They romped to their second title last November, beating San Jacinto High on the road, 61-21. With many of the players returning under 10-year head coach Jahmal Wright, the Centaurs eagerly look for a repeat performance this season. Culver City will play five non-league games before they settle into Ocean League action for their last five of the regular season...
The Culver City Fiesta La Ballona will be held August 23-25, 2019 at Veterans Memorial Park which is located at 4117 Overland Avenue. This spectacular summer festival features live performances, carnival rides and games, a beer and wine garden, food trucks and a food court, and a vendor village showcasing local groups and artisan wares. New this year are "Plunge Into Fiesta" at the Culver City Municipal Plunge, Silent Disco at the Entertainment Tent, Imagine: Zero Waste World's sustainability...
