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By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter Jackpot! or... What happens in Culver City stays in Culver City. Forget about the Las Vegas, Reno, Laughlin, State Line and Southern California Indian casinos. Culver City has its own brand of gambling right here in town. It's been happening for the past decade right under our noses with hundreds of good citizens throwing down their hard-earned money to help a great cause. The CCHS Booster Club presented its eighth annual Culver City High School Casino Night at...
City Manager’s Office • Cultural Affairs Foundation - The second architectureTALKS fundraiser for Veterans Memorial Auditorium was held on Monday, February 23 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. The event featured a discussion and tour with renowned architect and founding partner of Ehrlich Architects, Steven Ehrlich, FAIA and his lead project manager on the Kirk Douglas Theatre project, Whitney Wyatt, AIA. Steven Ehrlich and Whitney Wyatt (with Thomas Small as moderator) describing for the aud...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter Truman Capote might as well have written the final chapter of the 2014-15 Culver City High girls basketball story. Leveraged and borrowed and reconstructed words and phrases from his 1956 classic short story "A Christmas Memory" help wrap up a meaningful season and some distinctive careers. "Just tonight the final score dissolved into distant memories. And when it happened the Culver basketball girls knew it. The scoreboard saying so merely confirmed a departure,...
Are you looking for a fun social evening with a Las Vegas flavor? The Culver City High Booster Club invites local residents and surrounding community members to their 13th annual "Casino Night" fundraiser on Saturday March 7 from 6:30 pm to 11:30. This entertaining event will be held at Vets Auditorium and the money raised goes towards Culver High clubs and athletics. The boosters will transform the auditorium into a Vegas-style casino complete with gambling tables, chips, and slot machines....
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist Theodorsia and I are looking forward to Saturday, March 14 when from 6 p.m. to 7:30 Dr. Jeffery Clements, author and publisher of APHELION, will review, discuss, and sign his powerful science fiction thriller. This event will be held at the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum, 4130 Overland Avenue, Culver City, endorsed by Congresswoman Karen Bass and hosted by Dr. T. R. Porter, Los Angeles Unified School District Charter School Coordinator. This event will...
Culver City High School Academy of Visual & Performing Arts (AVPA) presents...A Chorus Line, the ultimate celebration of the American Musical. Share in the story of 17 dancers competing for a few coveted spots in the chorus of a Broadway musical. Through the audition they bare their souls while sharing stories of their childhood, ambitions, fears, and experiences in show business. This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning musical is for anyone who has ever put it all on the line, whether it is...
Linda L. Motyl passed away on February 17, 2015 at Southern California Hospital. She is survived by her husband of 50 Years, Vince Motyl, her children, Debbi Catallini (Jeff), Theresa Todd (Mike Puebla) and Vincent Motyl III, her grandchildren, Brandon and Brianna Catallini, Nicole Chan (Kenny) and Shawn and Kassandra Ody, and her great grandchildren, Cynthia and Phillip Chan. Linda was born in Culver City, California on July 31, 1944. She grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Venice High...
City Manager’s Office • Vice President Joe Biden at West Los Angeles College – On January 23 Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells participated in Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to West Los Angeles College (West). Vice President Biden toured West’s campus and met with college administrators to discuss improving education in the United States by making community colleges more affordable to more students. to Credit: The White House • Community Meeting on Overflights, Noise and Other Impacts of the Los Ang...
In addition to being named to the Honor Roll for the second grading period of the 2014-2015 school year Ahmed Tawfik of Culver City has been named a "Cadet of Distinction" at Army and Navy Academy. This title is given to those students who have achieved the highest citizenship grade attainable and zero demerits for the entire third grading period. Cadets of Distinction exhibit a strong commitment to the Academy's unique character education program. They exemplify the Academy's mission of...
On February 26 Culver City High will hold its Parent Engagement Night – an evening of informative workshops and discussions on a variety of topics ranging from college admissions and career pathways to social media and middle-to-high school transitions. The event will be held from 5:30 pm to 8 at Culver City High, 4401 Elenda Street in Culver City. This is an evening for CCHS parents and families to gain awareness and receive valuable resources to help students be successful in high school and b...
Two local organizations, the YMCA Summer Camp Program and the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center, will benefit from the Culver City Woman’s Club Spring Fiesta fashion show on Thursday, March 12 at the Casa Sanchez Restaurant. Last summer several members had the opportunity to visit for a day the YMCA’s Camp Whittle in Big Bear. The club is pledging the proceeds of the fashion show so disadvantaged children will have the opportunity to experience the programs in the beautiful setting. The fashion show will also benefit the Sandy Segal Youth Hea...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist As my brothers, sister and I were growing up in the southwest part of Los Angeles, Papa, like most parents, gave us good advice and taught his kids strong family values. I remember one of dad’s favorite sayings: “If you take the high road nobody can spit in your face.” Unfortunately, not everybody heard the word. Case in point. For Seat No. 1 for Los Angeles Community College Trustees, Francesca Vega falsely claims she was endorsed by the Los Angeles Count...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter It was the 2015 Ocean League girls basketball game of the year. Current three-year league champion Culver City High was on the road and on the ropes very late in the match and new-league upstart El Segundo High was the one landing the shots. The Centaur starting lineup of seniors Lindsey Tanita, Megan Yoon, Gwen Machado, Katie Lin and junior Kailey Tooke were down 40-38 with less than one minute remaining in the game. At stake was Culver's 36-game league winning...
On February 7 and 8, the Culver City High School Varsity Cheer team competed in the 2015 NHSF UCA National High School Cheerleading Championships at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. The National High School Cheerleading Championship (NHSCC) is the most prestigious cheerleading championship in the country and is nationally televised on ESPN and ESPN2 to more than 100 million homes and 32 countries nationwide each year. Teams from every state enter regional competitions to qualify for a...
By John Nachbar City Manager City Manager’s Office • Cultural Affairs Foundation - The first architectureTALKS fundraiser for Veterans Memorial Building Auditorium was held on Sunday, January 25 at Studio Pali Fekete architects [SPF:a]. The event featured a discussion with Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA about the transformation of the former US Post Office building in Beverly Hills into the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. architectureTALKS continues with a second event on February 23 from 7 pm to 9 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, which wil...
By fred Altieri Sports Reporter Welcome to spring training 2015 – Centaur style. Baseball has always been alive and well throughout the Westside and South Bay high school ballparks and practice fields. For Culver City High this season that includes incorporating the campus asphalt blacktops as renovations are being completed on its playing field and facilities. While the Dodgers and Angels along with the 28 other Major League Baseball clubs are getting ready to open their training camps w...
7 ended with an outpouring of generosity from the Culver City Community. The CCUSD Backpacks for Kids program which sends food home on the weekends for families of Culver City public school students benefitted from an incredible bounty of public and community spirit. Food drives were held at all of the schools, at local organizations including The Culver Studios, Tower Insurance, Cub Scout Pack 461, the Culver City Police and Fire Departments, and the Senior Center. Generous monetary donations from Euro VAT (Britta and Goran Eriksson),...
I’m responding to your coverage of events that occurred at Culver City High School in December 2013, and were reported to school officials and police in January 2014. Your report seems to be based on allegations made in a recent lawsuit brought against the Culver City Unified School District on behalf of a female former student. At a meeting on Friday, January 22 with CCUSD leadership, Lt. Jason Simms of the Culver City Police Department (CCPD) said that three sexual assaults occurred on c...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter A Culver City High School student has filed a lawsuit against the Culver City Unified School District in regard to sexual abuse that she allegedly suffered from members of the high school football team in December, 2013. In the suit, filed on January 14 in Los Angeles Superior Court, the girl, known in the suit as "A.S." charges that in December 2013, when she was a 14-year old freshman, she was abused on the high school campus "multiple times between the...
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher Kevin Lachoff was installed as the 2015 Chair of the Culver City Board of Directors last week at the Chamber's annual installation along with the newly elected board members. Lachoff, a broker with the commercial real estate firm of Newmark, Grubb, Knight and Frank, is a lifelong Westside resident who graduated from Beverly Hills High School. He was accompanied at the ceremony by his wife Michele Serra Lachoff. Coming off a year that shown a major increase...
By LaShon Rayford, Linwood Howe Parent & Executive Assistant – Human Resources CCUSD Sailing requires the courage to Explore, Dream and Discover. The students of Linwood E. Howe Elementary School are doing just that. As the strong winds propel their ship to move forward, the Vikings are adjusting their sails, leaving the harbor and navigating toward a new destination ... The Linwood E. Howe Sailing to Success College and Career Program. "The program is designed to expose and encourage our K-5 f...
Culver City Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas praises United States Senator Barbara Boxer for her three decades of political leadership in the nation's Capitol as a member of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Sen. Boxer has announced she plans to retire from the U.S. Senate in 2016. Assemblymember Ridley-Thomas said, "Senator Boxer has left an indelible mark on many aspects of California life through her advocacy for a clean environment and the responsible stewardship of our...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter January The Culver City Expo Line station was closed for almost two hours on January 7 due to a security threat involving what police called "a suspicious package" on the station platform. The Culver City Police were alerted and dogs from the County's K-9 division sniffed out the package, which was wrapped in duct tape and appeared to be merely a cushion. On January 17 Culver City police shot and wounded a man outside a 7-11 store at Washington Boulevard and...
After spending nearly two years and 4,500 hours reviewing scientific research, New York's Department of Health concluded that fracking poses significant risks to human health and safety. With unprecedented deference to public health experts, New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo extended the state's moratorium on high-volume fracking operations. Fracking has been a concern of Culver City residents and officials for many years with meetings held regarding the safety of fracking under Culver City from...
Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City) announces plans to host the California Budget Priorities Forum | 2015 – Los Angeles | Culver City, a community public policy gathering on state budget priorities for the 54th Assembly District. The focus will be on the impact of proposed state spending on the cities of Los Angeles and Culver City in Fiscal Year 2015-2016 beginning July 1. The Budget Priorities Forum will be held on Saturday, January 24 from 9 am. to 1 pm at Susan Miller D...
