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  • Centaur basketball teams start league play on Friday

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Dec 19, 2024

    The Culver City boy's and girls' varsity basketball teams open league play at home on Friday against Compton Centennial high school. The girls game starts at 6 p.m. and the boys tip off at 7:30 p.m. inside the Del Goodyear gym on the Culver City high school campus. The boys' team is currently 9-2 and the girls' team is 6-5. Both teams use an eight-person rotation. Although the starting lineups in basketball consists of five players, when you rotate players it's good for team morale. "Any one of...

  • No. 7 USC Women's Basketball Prepares for Highly Anticipated Showdown Against No. 4 UConn

    Amyn Bhai, Sports Reporter|Dec 19, 2024

    One of the most highly anticipated matchups of the women's college basketball season is set for this Saturday, as No. 7 USC travels to Hartford, Connecticut, for a rematch against No. 4 UConn at 5 p.m. on Fox. The two powerhouse teams last met in the 2024 Elite Eight, and both enter this game with top 10 offenses and defenses. The Trojans are led by sophomore sensation JuJu Watkins, who is averaging 24.7 points, 3.7 assists, and 2.5 steals per game. Forward Kiki Iriafen has been a force in the...

  • Demetrice Martin to Guide Secondary in Return to Westwood

    Dec 19, 2024

    LOS ANGELES -- Demetrice Martin has been hired as pass game coordinator and secondary coach for the UCLA football team, head coach DeShaun Foster announced Monday. The hiring represents a return to Westwood for Martin, a Pasadena, Calif. native who previously served on the Bruins' staff from 2012-2017. Martin has amassed 26 years of coaching experience, including 18 on the FBS level, in defensive backfields. He spent the 2024 season as cornerbacks coach at Michigan State, where he guided a unit...

  • Centaur basketball teams looking for improvement

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Dec 12, 2024

    In sports perfection is hard to master. In fact, it's impossible but it's something every coach dreams about. In the case of the Culver City high school girls and boys varsity basketball teams the coaches are just looking to get better every day. At press time (December 10) the girls were 5-3 and the boys are 8-2. "What I like about this team is that they are playing hard," said girls head coach Julian Anderson. This is Anderson's 17th season as the head coach. "They are willing to make...

  • Public Health Confirms Measles Case in Los Angeles County

    Dec 12, 2024

    The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has been notified of one case of measles in a non-Los Angeles County resident who traveled to Los Angeles International (LAX) airport while infectious at the end of November. This person arrived on Qatar Airways flight QR 0739 at the Tom Bradley International Airport (TBIT) Terminal B, Gate 155 on November 27th, 2024. Individuals who were at Terminal B from approximately 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. may be at risk of developing measles due to exposure...

  • Jewish Stories And Culture Have A New Home:

    Dec 12, 2024

    Grand Opening December 14 kicks off run of shows that will showcase diverse expressions and experiences of Jewish life Against the past year's sharp rise in antisemitism, a stark realization has been voiced across the Jewish world, from synagogues to social media: "we Jews have got to get better at telling our stories." Now, a new global hub for Jewish stories is opening its doors to do just that. For 17 years, The Braid has carefully innovated a new theatrical art form, turning true contemporar...

  • Informational Meeting Set for 2025-2026

    Dec 12, 2024

    The Culver City Sister City Committee (CCSCC) is looking for six students who are currently in 8th, 9th and 10th grade and are interested in participating in a student exchange program with our Sister City in Iksan City, South Korea. The program is a homestay experience which consists of visiting high school students from Iksan City in Summer 2025. The Culver City high school students then travel to Iksan City in Summer 2026 for a homestay experience. While in Culver City the students will visit...

  • Culver City high school girls and boys basketball teams are flying high

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Dec 5, 2024

    The season is still early but the initial results are very positive for the Culver City high school girls' and boys' basketball. The girls are 4-1 at press time and the boys are currently 6-1. The driving force behind both teams besides talented players is an excellent coaching staff. The girls' coach is long time head coach Julian Anderson, and the boys head coach is second year leader Ray Singleton. Both teams rely on a mixture of veteran and new players and both teams play smart basketball...

  • 2024 NFL Power Rankings – Week 14

    Bill Seals - Fred Altieri, Sports Reporters - PFWA Members|Dec 5, 2024

    1. Detroit Lions (11-1): The Lions hung on for a Thanksgiving Day win over the Bears, 23-20. The Lions snapped a seven-game losing streak on Thanksgiving. The Lions will be back in action on Thursday Night Football against the Packers. The Lions and the Bills look like two teams headed for the Super Bowl. Two teams that have never won a Super Bowl. Two California high school quarterbacks battling it out for a Super Bowl championship. Could be a great matchup. Next: -3 vs Green Bay Packers – T...

  • Culver City High Graduate Courtland Tune dies at 66

    Nov 28, 2024

    October 14, 1958 - November 16, 2024 C. Van Tune, 66, of Encinitas, CA, peacefully passed away at home on November 16,after a lengthy illness. Van was born on October 14, 1958, to Betty Joy (née Aldridge) and Jack Henry Tune in Garden Grove, CA, and spent his early years in and around Culver City. After graduating from Culver City High School in 1976, he studied at University of California (UC) Irvine and UC Riverside and graduated in 1980. With his bachelor's in photojournalism, he soon...

  • Centaur boys football knocked out of the playoffs by Apple Valley

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Nov 21, 2024

    The Culver City high school boys' varsity football team lost their Division 4 CIF Southern Section second round playoff game 48-28 to Apple Valley at Apple Valley last Friday night. The Centaurs finished their season with a record of 8-4 after playing in a tough Bay league that saw five teams make it to the playoffs. Now head coach Jahmal Wright will have to replace a group of senior starters that made up the nucleus of the of the 2024 team. On offense Culver City has to replace quarterback...

  • UCLA to take on the USC Trojans at the Rose Bowl

    Bill Seals, Sports Reporter|Nov 21, 2024

    In what has been a season of highs and lows for both teams, the UCLA Bruins will host their crosstown rival, the USC Trojans at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena this Saturday Night, November 23. The game will start at 7:30 pm and will be televised nationally on NBC. It is the 94th meeting between the two schools. USC leads the series 52-34-1, while UCLA has won two of the last three meetings between the two schools, both blowouts and both on USC's homefield, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The...

  • Assemblymember Bryan & Culver City Mayor Kick Off

    Nov 21, 2024

    Students, industry leaders, and community members converged at West Los Angeles College (WLAC) for the second annual Climate Action Palooza, a groundbreaking three-day event showcasing the intersection of technology, education, and community action in addressing climate change late last week. The event was produced by the California Center for Climate Change Education at West (The Center), a first-of-its-kind, forward-looking resource that helps prepare students for good-paying, fulfilling jobs...

  • Culver City high school boys football advances to the second round

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Nov 14, 2024

    The Culver City high school boys' varsity football team won their opening game in the CIF Division 4 playoffs last Friday night, beating Capistrano Valley 38-25 in a hard-fought high school playoff game at Capistrano Valley. Next up for the Centaurs is the quarter-final match against Apple Valley on the road at 7 p.m. "It was a back-and-forth game," said Culver City head football coach Jahmal Wright. "We just kept fighting. Our team did not want to go home with a loss. Capistrano Valley is a...

  • Centaurs hit the road in the CIF boys football playoffs on Friday

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Nov 7, 2024

    Culver City high school boys football team will travel to Orange County on Friday to face Capistrano Valley in the CIF Division 4 Playoffs. Kick off is set for 7 p.m. in the first-round game. The game is a rematch from last year's second round CIF playoff game when the Centaurs beat the Cougars 44-16. Culver City has a record of 7-3 and Capistrano Valley is 8-2. "We are playing a familiar opponent," said Culver City head coach Jahmal Wight during a telephone interview last Sunday night. "We are...

  • UCLA defeats Rider in the season opener for Men's Basketball

    Bill Seals, Sports Reporter|Nov 7, 2024

    The UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball team, with a roster full of transfers, opened up the 2024-2025 season with a rousing 85-50 victory over the Rider University Broncs at Pauley Pavillion on the UCLA campus last Monday night. The Bruins started four transfers and had two transfers come off the bench in the game. A total of 11 players saw action. Former Oregon State forward Tyler Bilodeau started at center and led the Bruins in scoring with 18 points in 22 minutes. Oklahoma State transfer Eric...

  • CCHS boys' varsity football team looks to upset Inglewood on Senior Night

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Oct 31, 2024

    After almost a year of practicing, lifting weights and playing spring, summer and fall games it all comes down to two games to determine if the Centaurs have a chance to make the 2024 CIF playoffs. Culver City battles first place Inglewood on Friday night at 7 p.m. at Culver City and Mira Costa travels to Palos Verdes at 3 p.m. on Friday. It's simple and complicated at the same time. If the Centaurs win or lose and if Mira Costa beats Palos Verdes, the Culver City has an excellent chance to...

  • Culver City Centaurs Football Playoff Scores

    Oct 31, 2024

    The first round of the CIF football playoffs wraps up on Friday, Nov. 8. WIN Culver City 35, Capistrano Valley 28...

  • 2nd Annual Climate Action Palooza at West LA College

    Oct 31, 2024

    Students, industry leaders, and community members converged at West Los Angeles College (WLAC) for the second annual Climate Action Palooza, a groundbreaking three-day event showcasing the intersection of technology, education, and community action in addressing climate change late last week. The event was produced by the California Center for Climate Change Education at West (The Center), a first-of-its-kind, forward-looking resource that helps prepare students for good-paying, fulfilling jobs...

  • Culver City high school boys football faces a must win situation

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Oct 24, 2024

    During a season some teams play games that can make or break their season. One game that they play can determine league standings or making the playoffs. In the case of the Culver City varsity boys football team both scenarios apply to the Centaurs when they travel to Lawndale to face the Cardinals on Friday night, at 7 p.m. in this Bay league contest. The Bay league is one of the best and most competitive football leagues in Southern California. Inglewood is in first place with a league record...

  • Pasadena Tournament of Roses Announces 2025 Rose Court

    Oct 23, 2024

    The Pasadena Tournament of Roses has announced the seven members of the 2025 Rose Court presented by Citizens Business Bank. The anticipated reveal was attended by nearly 200 people on the south lawn of Tournament House, including friends and family of the 28 finalists. The members of the 2025 Rose Court will serve as ambassadors for the Tournament of Roses, the Pasadena community and the greater Los Angeles area. Each will receive a $7,500 educational scholarship. These exceptional young...

  • Bay league football heats up on HomeComing Night at CCHS

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Oct 17, 2024

    When the CIF Southern Section office reconfigured the football leagues in the South Bay and the Westside Culver City high school knew right away, they were put in one of the toughest leagues in the CIF Southern Section. The reality is 7-0 Inglewood, 6-1 Culver City, 5-2 Leuzinger, 5-2 Mira Costa and 3-4 Palos Verdes are all very good football teams that can win games on any given Friday night. "We already knew before the season started how tough the league would be," said Culver City head boys...

  • Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles

    Oct 17, 2024

    Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles (pronounced "lee-say") was founded by my parents Raymond and Esther Kabbaz, in 1964; both were teachers at the Lycée in New York for several years. At the time the state of California prohibited schools from teaching in any language other than English. My parents petitioned in Sacramento to change the code of Education. Their historic effort paved the way for the opening of Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles and for other multilingual schools, such Armenian, Kore...

  • Services Planned for Donald Edward Jacobs,Culver High Graduate Veteran, Creative Artist

    Oct 10, 2024

    Donald Edward Jacobs passed away, Friday, Oct. 4. He was born in Mineola, N.Y., March 7, 1940, to Larry Jacobs, a reporter for the Washington Post, and Margaret M. Jacobs, a homemaker. When Don was 6, his parents divorced and his mother took him and his older brother, Tom, to California, where she had grown up. The three of them lived in a little house in West Los Angeles. When Don was 12, they moved to Culver City, Calif., where Don went to junior and senior high school. In 11th grade, Don was...

  • 2024 NFL Power Rankings – Week 6

    Bill Seals - Fred Altieri, Sports Reporters - PFWA Members|Oct 10, 2024

    1. Kansas City Chiefs (5-0): The train keeps a rolling for the Chiefs. After their Monday night win over the Saints, the Chiefs are 5-0 despite losing running back Isiah Pacheco and wide receiver Rashee Rice to injuries. The Chiefs are winning despite the struggles of quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who has thrown 6 touchdown passes and 6 interceptions in five games. Next: - Bye – Following week: N/A at San Francisco 49ers - Sun, Oct. 20, 1:25 PM PT – O/U: N/A (ATS: 2-3 – O/U: 3-2) 2. Minne...

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