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On March 14 students from Culver City High School, Culver Park High School and Culver City Middle School will participate in a nationwide walkout to voice their opinions about gun violence and honor the victims of the Parkland shooting. At 10 a.m. students will congregate on the CCHS football field to rally and deliver speeches expressing their views on the issue. The demonstration will end promptly at 11 a.m., and students will return to class. Inspired by the protests organized by the...
Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, a longtime resident of Culver City who represented the area as the Speaker of the California State Assembly, has announced his endorsement of business owner, Civil Service Commissioner and lifelong Culver City resident Albert Vera for Culver City Council. "I'm urging everyone in Culver City to vote for Albert Vera on April 10," Wesson said. "Al Vera is the type of man who knows how to get things done. He's the type of man who puts 'we' first ......
On Wednesday February 28 at approximately 2pm the Culver City Police Department received a call of a student making threats at Culver City High School. Given the attacks on students and teachers around the country CCPD was quick to react. The School Resource Officer immediately responded along with Patrol Officers and Detectives. CCPD personnel met with School Staff and learned that students had overheard threats being made by a fellow student. During the course of the investigation the student...
The Culver City High School Girls Water Polo team (20-9) held on to beat a tough Valencia (20-13) team 4-3 to win their first CIF Championship last Saturday at the William Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine, CA....
Disney Channel star Joshua Rush and Celebrity DJ Young 1 will co-moderate the forum. For nearly 25 years television personality Art Linkletter hosted a show where he interviewed children and shared their often-surprising responses. Well, kids ask the darndest things too. There's a freedom from adult conventions that enables children to pose uniquely probing questions that can unsettle even professional politicians. Disney Channel star Joshua Rush and Celebrity DJ Young 1 will co-moderate the for...
Jean Sparks, 88 of Montezuma, Iowa passed away Thursday morning, February 22, 2018 at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Venca Jean Sparks, the daughter of Roy and Mary (Marean) Shoesmith, was born on May 17, 1929 west of Guthrie Center. Jean was raised on a family farm near Guthrie Center and then lived in Guthrie Center before moving to Des Moines following the death of her mother. Jean was a 1947 graduate of North High School in Des Moines. Following high school Jean worked for American...
: Yesterday I was quite shocked to see my name and the amount of pension that I receive from the State Teacher’s Retirement System published in your paper. Neil Rubenstein has written an article that lists the Culver City Board of Education Pensioners’ amounts. He goes on to add an article about Long Beach that could cause the city finances to go in the red next year due to all the pensions they give out. I would like to explain to him and to your readers the difference between city pensions and...
In a Commentary in the Observer’s February 8 & 14 edition, George Laase criticizes the Culver City School District for its five-year plan to raise our children’s teachers’ salaries only to the LA County median salary? What? These teachers don’t deserve to earn what the average teacher in LA County makes? This, despite the fact that Culver’s schools are better by far than most others in the state. Mr. Laase bemoans both the retirements of veteran teachers while at the same time bemoaning the cost...
Culver City High boys basketball captured the 2018 Ocean League championship last Tuesday, February 6 when they defeated archrival Santa Monica High, 78-67, at Del Goodyear Gymnasium. It was the first league title for the Centaurs in decades. However, the Culver boys bid to go undefeated in league was denied as they lost at Beverly Hills High, 56-53, two nights later. Culver City finished with a 9-1 league record. Beverly Hills ended in second place at 8-2, Santa Monica in third at 9-1, El Segun...
Recapturing the girls basketball Ocean League title was a bittersweet affair for Culver City High. The Centaurs were undefeated and in sole possession of first place before losing a tough road grind to Beverly Hills High, 48-46, in the final league game of the season. The loss left the Culver girls tied with Beverly for the 2018 league championship, each finishing with a 9-1 record. Coincidentally, Culver beat Beverly weeks earlier by the same score. In that game they rallied to beat the...
The Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center will honor Councilman Jim Clarke at their annual fundraiser on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at a private venue in Marina Del Rey. For information on the location please contact Sarah Carpenter at 310-837-3734. This year the theme is Let Their Dreams Sail. Mr. Clarke's dedicated support and advocacy of the Health Center helps make it possible to meet the goals of maintaining and improving the health of Culver City students. Jim has been on the...
Gabriel Hachigian, 90, died February 3, 2018, at his home in Culver City. Born in Chicago on August 23, 1927, Gabriel attended Crane Technical High School where he graduated with distinction. He entered the U.S Army in 1946 and was honorably discharged in 1947. In 1948, across a crowded room, he met Jule Torosian of South Milwaukee and they were married a year later in February 1949. Gabriel, a lifelong Bruin, graduated from UCLA in 1951 with a degree in Theater Arts and later earned a degree in Engineering from USC. For nearly 40 years...
LOS ANGELES – Democratic Party candidate Sydney Kamlager today announced she has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood Los Angeles (PPLA). Ms. Kamlager said, "I'm very proud to be the only candidate in the race for the 54th Assembly District to have the support and endorsement of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles. PPLA's success locally has defined and shaped the health service offerings that provide necessary support for a woman's right to choose. PPLA staff have provided Los Angeles area women a...
Culver City High girls basketball beat a very tough Crossroads School team, 66-50, at home on Thursday night, February 15 to advance to Round 2 of the 2018 CIF Southern Section Division 3AA Playoffs. The Centaurs will now "host" the South Pasadena High Tigers, who advanced by defeating Chino High, 56-53, in their first round game. The Culver girls were originally scheduled to travel to South Pasadena High for the game this Saturday night. However, reportedly there was not a certified basketball...
Tom Lloyd of Culver City may be onto something to provide affordable temporary housing for the homeless and for victims of disasters, a proliferation of which have occurred locally in California as well as in Texas, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, etc. A few years ago, he and friend were discussing the difficulties faced by returning military vets trying to reintegrate into civilian life. Given the shortage of housing everywhere, temporary housing would be a vital asset in smoothing...
In 2012 board members were bamboozled by the local teachers union and its own administrative-insider and teacher-advocate, Superintendent David La Rose--into agreeing to a five-year plan to raise teacher salaries to the LA County median salary. The cost of this long-term program, at the time, was unknown because there was really no way to know how much the other LA County unified school districts were going to increase their own teachers’ salaries over the next five years. But, I guess, not knowing the cost, it didn’t matter much to the Boa...
Antonio (Tony) Barreto, Jr., long-time Culver City resident and retired judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, passed away in the loving presence of his family on January 15, 2018, after suffering a heart attack. He was 66. Tony was born on February 14, 1951, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the son of Portuguese immigrants, and moved to Hollywood with his parents Antonio and Maria and sister Margaret two years later. He attended Hollywood High School and graduated from UCLA in 1973 with a...
For those served by Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, it could be said that the January 23, 2018 bimonthly visit from The CC Strummers, the ukulele group headed by Cali Rose who teaches two classes a week at the Culver City Senior Center and can be reached at [email protected], was just what the doctor ordered. Participating with her were Ed Daniel, Mollie Wine, Ann Cooper, Barbara Kernochan and Michael Kohan. Their rehearsed consisted of "Carpool Ukulele" in Kohan's van as they drove north on...
WLAC Women's Basketball Team On Winning Streak CURRENTLY LEADING THE WSC-SOUTH By Destine Gibson, Student Intern West Los Angeles College's women's basketball team defeated Pierce College 100- 41 Saturday, January 27 at the WLAC gym. The Wildcats' 18-4 record is their first winning season since 2008-09. The Wildcats leaped to a 35-9 advantage by the end of the first quarter and maintained their strong lead, while the Brahmas could not close the gap by more than 23 points. Freshman guards Daija...
Laughter echoed off the walls of the Wende Museum Saturday night as a packed crowd enjoyed two comedians performing at a fundraiser for Daniel Lee's Culver City Council campaign. The event also featured rousing speeches by the candidate and by Culver City Council Member Meghan Sahli-Wells, who stressed the importance of having Mr. Lee on the Council in order to pass items that are critically important to protecting the people and environment of Culver City. Lee's campaign was in high spirits at...
Women's Club Yard Sale The Culver City Woman's Club is having a huge Yard Sale on Friday and Saturday, February 2nd and 3rd, from 8:00AM until 2:00PM at 3547 Federal Avenue, Los Angeles 90066. There will be lots of household items, clothing, shoes, books and jewelry - even a few bicycles and televisions! All proceeds will go to scholarships for graduating Culver City High School seniors. The Culver City Woman's Club is a non-profit philanthropic and social organization that supports a number of...
To be the best you have to beat the best. The Culver City high school boys' basketball team will get that opportunity during the next seven days when they take on Santa Monica and Beverly Hills. All three teams are battling for first place and all three teams play each other during the next week. The 9-8 Centaurs travel to play 9-7 Santa Monica on Friday for a 7:30 game and they play 12-4 Beverly Hills next Wednesday at home at 7:30 p.m. Santa Monica and Beverly Hills have dominated the Ocean...
League championships have become part the Culver City high school's girls basketball teams DNA. Five out of the last six years the Centaurs have won the Ocean league title and one of those years they added a CIF championship to their trophy case. Last year Lawndale won the league crown but this season the Centaurs look like the team to beat once again. They are 15-4 and 3-0 in the Ocean league and they appear to have the talent to recapture the title. "This is a resilient team'" said head coach...
Last Friday and Saturday Culver City high school varsity girls water polo team placed second in the Diamond Bar tournament. They won their first five games ( two in sudden death OT) losing the last game to Whittier securing second place....
Later this month schools, homeschool groups, organizations, and individuals in California and across America will work together to raise awareness about the importance of opportunity in K-12 education. National School Choice Week begins on January 21 and celebrates all types of schools and education environments for children. Nationwide, 32,240 different events and activities – such as open houses, school fairs, and information sessions – are being planned, with an estimated attendance of 6.7...
