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The Culver City Sister City Committee invites all interested residents to attend a free “meet and greet” gathering on Sunday, March 19, from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. The event is honoring the visitors from our Sister City of Kaizuka, Japan, who will have run in the L.A. Marathon that morning. Former Culver City runners who have participated in Japan’s Senshu Marathon will also be in attendance. The evening will include dinner, beverages, live Taiko drum entertainment and more. R.S.V.P. to info@culvercitysistercity.org in order to obtain the address...
Les Misérables is the world's longest running musical - a true modern classic based on Victor Hugo's novel and featuring one of the most memorable scores of all time with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. The multi-award-winning Les Misérables is as groundbreaking today as it was when it first premiered in London in 1985. Epic, grand and uplifting, Les Misérables School Edition packs an emotional wallop that has thrilled audiences all over the world. This aut...
Last Tuesday the Culver City high school boys basketball team won their first round game in the California State Playoff against Crenshaw. The round one of the State Division III boys basketball tournament was another nail biting close game when Culver City beat Crenshaw 70-67, at Culver City inside the Del Goodyear gym. During the last few weeks the Centaurs have played one exhilarating game after another. Next up for the Centaurs is a date with Lincoln high school on Thursday, March 2, at home...
The publication will be distributed throughout Culver City, Santa Monica, and the Westside. View the vehicles. Hundreds of classic cars and hot rods will be on display at West L A College with thousands on hand to view the vehicles. Live music and gourmet food trucks....
Our global community has been shocked by the largest global crisis in a generation. COVID-19 has shown us the necessity of thinking ahead, but the next crises are already on their way. Climate change, species loss, pandemics and massive natural disasters might define the future - unless we do some- thing now. We have the solutions, both natural and technological... we just need the will. Reach thousands of Westside residents. We cover the communities of Santa Monica, Culver City, Westchester,...
The Culver City Observer welcomes Michelle Hyde. Michelle can be reached at michelle@culvercityobserver.com Please contact Michelle Hyde for Sales, Website and Accounting. Thank you Mike Penning for 25 years of dedication to the Culver City Observer and much success on your next adventure in life....
Good things happen to teams that play hard. That's what happened to Culver City high school's boys' varsity basketball team last week. Although they lost a 68-65 overtime game last Friday to Tesoro in the CIF semifinal game they still got an invitation to the big dance, the CIF State Playoffs. Their next game will be on the road next Tuesday or Wednesday. Call Culver City high school to find out the exact time, day, and location. Despite a 17-12 overall record the Centaurs use athleticism and...
It's time for Culver City High School baseball. The new look Centaurs are currently 3-3 and they are hoping to surprise some people with a new head coach and new star players but one thing remains the same. It's still one of the best looking high baseball stadiums in Southern California. Head coach Devaughn Wallace replaced long time head coach Rick Prieto last summer and Wallace is hoping to continue the winning tradition establish by Prieto. Wallace spoke to the media last Tuesday after his te...
Last night, the Black History Month Event in Culver City was a powerful and emotional celebration of Black joy, culture, and history. The event was hosted by Vice-Mayor Yasmine-Imani McMorrin, School Board Member Triston Ezidore, and Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove at a small business bookstore called Village Wells. The venue was transformed into an art gallery that showcased the incredible artwork of 18 Black high school students from Culver City Unified School District. The space was...
In recent months, there has been an epidemic of gun violence in California and throughout the nation. Why is this so? According to CNN, dated June 2, 2022, there are 393 million privately owned firearms in the United States. The population of the United States as of 2021 was 331.9 million. In other words, there are more firearms than people in the United States! In a study conducted by the American Journal of Public Health, dated November 2013, they stated, "We find a robust relationship between gun ownership and firearm homicide rates." What...
On Tuesday November 5, Culver City voters will go to the polls to elect a new President of the United State, United States Senator from California and will fill 5 city council seats. Running for re-election are Albert Vera, and Yasmine-Imani Morrin. Seeking to fill the empty seat are Denice Renteria, Nancy Barba and Jeannie Wisnosky Stehlin, who will be vying for the seat currently filled by being vacated by Göran Eriksson, who is barred from seeking a third consecutive term. In the contentious...
On February 25 from noon until 2p.m.the Culver City Rotary Club will be offering "Empty Bowls" as a fundraiser for Grace Diner. Empty Bowls events are held around the country to raise funds for local food charities and educate people about issues of poverty and hunger in their community. Culver City Rotary's Empty Bowls Project raises awareness for providing FOOD SECURITY for those in need, which is a significant problem in our local community. Food Banks and Food Programs are taxed each week...
On Wednesday, January 31, at approximately 8:29 pm, Culver City Police Officers, along with personnel from the Culver City Fire Department (CCFD) responded to Jefferson Boulevard west of Hetzler Road regarding a radio call of a solo vehicle traffic collision with occupants entrapped in the vehicle. Upon arrival, they located a Toyota Camry that had collided with a tree. Officers discovered a male adult driver, female adult front passenger, and male adult rear passenger entrapped within the vehic...
The bitterly divided City Council this week voted 3-2 to adopt an anti-camping ordinance, which allows only bedding and pillows for people sleeping on streets. The dissenting votes were cast by Vice Mayor Yasmine Ismani-McMorrin and Councilmember Freddy Puza, who blasted the ordinance as unnecessary and cruel. The new ordinance – very similar to Santa Monica’s antic-camping law – does not take effect until several goals are met by Culver City over the next few months. According to city officials, these goals include the opening of 73 new units...
The Lady Centaurs basketball season ended last Wednesday night when a very good Leuzinger team beat Culver City 60-35 in the CIF quarter-finals at Culver City. They finished the season with a record of 23-7 overall and 6-4 in the Bay league. They placed third in league play behind Redondo Union and Santa Monica. Leuzinger is one of the best teams in Southern California and they were at the top of their game against the Centaurs. They used their height and speed to over power Culver City....
It's a question that most people around the world have been asking for years, with evidence considered for the answer becoming more and more grim. Print circulation had dropped 30 percent in the last 30 years, and the number of newspaper employees has declined by 50 percent in the last 15 years. In those same years, newspaper advertising shrank to less than 20 percent of what it was in 2005. As a result, it's no wonder two thirds of the counties in the United States today have no daily newspaper...
Centaur second baseman Marcos McVey stays focused and completes the double play against Leuzinger last Saturday in their season opener. They won that game game 24-2 but lost their game last Tuesday to North Torrance 3-2. Their next home game is Tuesday against Hawthorne at 3:15 p.m....
And you thought the Super Bowl was exciting. The Culver City high school boys basketball team played one of the most exciting games in school history when they beat Windward 57-55 last Tuesday inside the Del Goodyear gym on the Culver City campus. The boisterous crowd stormed the court after junior forward Achebe Thompson made a layup as the horn sounded to end the game. Hollywood could not have written a better script. "It felt really good," said Thompson outside the locker room right after...
Today, Abundant Housing LA is releasing a map of housing element quality in Los Angeles County. The map, which scores cities based on our assessment of their housing element, HCD certification, past performance with housing production, and the prevalence of single family housing, represents the culmination of years of advocacy and work with local advocates and policymakers to plan for housing growth in a fair, sustainable way. Moving forward, these housing elements promise to guide the Los...
On February 14th, the Culver City Unified School District's board of education voted unanimously in favor of the Black Student Achievement Plan Resolution. The resolution aims to address opportunity gaps that have long hindered African American/Black students in the school district. The resolution acknowledges the school district's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and the need to ensure that all students develop strong academic knowledge, skills, and dispositions to prepare them...
Casting has been set for the West Coast premiere of the revised production of playwright Anna Deavere Smith’s transformative “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,” coming to Los Angeles at Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum March 8 through April 9, and opening March 15. The cast of the new take of “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” features an ensemble of actors including Hugo Armstrong, Lovensky Jean-Baptiste, Lisa Reneé Pitts, Jeanne Sakata, and Sabina Zúñiga Varela. “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” draws on more than 300 interviews with politicians...
Natural wine bar, Evil Twin, recently opened its doors to Angelenos, offering a curated, international collection of bottles paired with an imaginative, French-influenced menu. Nestled on the corner of Washington Blvd & Centinela Avenue sharing an expanded space with widely-recognized and respected sister concept, Hotcakes Bakes, Evil Twin is Culver City's new neighborhood go-to for natural wines, small plates, comedy shows, and a furthered sense of community. Spearheaded by Dylan Weiss and...
Singer/multi-instrumentalist John Orr, aka The Last Domino, has just released the music video for his new lounge-punk single, "Paperweight". The video, directed by Priscilla Runion, shows Orr assuming all instrumental positions as well as conveying a spectrum of emotions following the end of a toxic relationship. Also featured in the video are three local dancers who often perform at Scarlet Lady Saloon in Culver City. Harlequin Curio plays dual roles as the lead dancer and ex-girlfriend of the...
Culver City resident Christopher Greenspan has been appointed Vice President of Asset Management for Goldrich Kest, one of Southern California's largest privately owned real estate investors, developers, asset and property managers, announced Managing Director of Investments Richard Hawthorne. In that capacity, he will be responsible for overseeing the optimization of the company's portfolio and will lead an 11 member team who will work collaboratively with other departments to ensure that Goldr...
WHAT: County of Los Angeles residents will have the opportunity to safely dispose of household hazardous waste such as antifreeze, unused pharmaceuticals, car batteries, used motor oil, paint, pesticides, home-generated sharps waste such as hypodermic needles, pen needles, syringes, lancets, and intravenous needles, universal waste including household batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, and electronic waste (e-waste) such as TVs and monitors, computers, VCRs, stereos, and cell phones at the next free Countywide Household Hazardous Waste Collect...
