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Californians are proud of our state’s leading role in technology, entertainment and diversity. However, there is one area where California ranks almost dead last: K-12 education support. Our state ranks 48th in per-pupil spending, largely as a result of restrictions passed decades ago on property taxes [Prop. 13]. That’s why 118 California school districts have passed local parcel taxes to raise funds for their schools to ensure a high-quality education. In Los Angeles County alone, 15 sch...
What do you get when three unique museums, all within two blocks of each other, join forces to present free tours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 9 as the kick-off event of the Culver City Cultural Corridor? That's easy – an enlightening, inspiring and enjoyable experience to remember, thanks to its sponsors: Advocates of The Culver City Cultural Corridor and the Culver City Arts Foundation. The Cultural Corridor is a 1.4 mile stretch centered along Culver Blvd. and anchored in the east by the t...
The Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. in the Middle School Multipurpose Room. The featured speaker will be Dr. Sarah Carpenter, who will provide information about teen use of marijuana. Everyone is welcome to attend the meeting. The Friends group serves as the fundraising arm of the Health Center, which is located on the Middle and High School campus. Free physical and mental health services, as well as health education, are provided to children living in Culver City or...
History was on the Centaurs' side as they wrapped up the 2018 Ocean League schedule with a record-setting 70-6 victory at Beverly Hills High. The win was punctuated as head coach Jahmal Wright equaled Culver City High athletic director Tom Salter's lifetime wins by a head coach, both with 73-36 records in 10 years of coaching each. The Centaurs (8-2) set the school record for most points scored in a game that was held by the 2006 team. Led by quarterback great Derrius Banks, the 2006 Centaur...
Many thanks to Observer columnist Neil Rubinstein for his eye-opening report on compensation figures for 27 Culver City municipal employees, ranging from $284,000 to $539,000 per year! I would have also liked to see a list of the City retirees who get over $10,000 or even $15,000 per month (for life) in pension payments. Do some of these people really deserve to be paid more than double that of any U.S. congressperson or senator? Yet, at the same time, our City Council has officially declared a “fiscal emergency,” holding out their tin cup onc...
The Culver City High School Girls Varsity Volleyball team (31-3) beat Point Loma, 3-0 in the first round of the CIFSS State Tournament. The Lady Centaurs won decisively over the Pointers: 25-13, 25-22,and 25-19. Culver hosts Cypress (24-5) in the second round this Thursday at 6:00 pm in the Del Goodyear Gymnasium....
The Santa Barbara Dons were no match for the Culver City Centaurs Friday in the first round of the CIF playoffs. The Santa Barbara Independent said it all in the following news story, "A road trip to Culver City was more like an ambush for the Santa Barbara High football team. "The Dons had no answer for the shear number of elite athletes that Culver City possessed on both sides of the ball and suffered a season-ending 55-7 loss on Friday night." Read the full story and the upcoming playoff game this week in Fred Altieri's story online and in...
Culver City High football continued to roll through the 2018 Ocean League schedule as they dominated Hawthorne High, 62-14, to improve their season record to 7-2. With one game remaining on the Ocean League schedule, the Centaurs are preparing for a deep run in the CIF Playoffs beginning next weekend. "The team is clicking on all cylinders right now and playing with a lot of confidence," said Centaur head coach Jahmal Wright as the team secured second place in the league behind first place...
When lightning strikes, even the football gods listen. Culver City High's 2018-19 Homecoming Game and Senior Night was ushered away early by lightning storms in the area on Friday, Oct. 12. The Centaurs still registered a shutout over the visiting El Segundo Eagles even though the game was suspended four minutes into the second quarter. "I've been coaching 19 years and I've never seen that before. The lightning actually hit the speaker posts and ruined the system. The game was postponed as we wa...
Can I ask, “With all those millions the developers are spending on construction projects here in Culver City, why do we need to raise taxes?” You don’t need 20/20 vision to imagine City staff pushing gold-plated wheel barrels full of envelopes with big checks for sales-tax and property-tax revenue to the bank. For example, I’ve been spending a lot of hours in Ventura County these past few months, and I discovered that the Thousand Oaks sales tax is a mere 7.5 percent. If Culver City’s Measure C...
When lightning strikes, even the football gods listen. Culver City High’s 2018-19 Homecoming Game and Senior Night was ushered away early by lightning storms in the area on Friday, Oct. 12. The Centaurs still registered a shutout over the visiting El Segundo Eagles even though the game was suspended four minutes into the second quarter. “I’ve been coaching 19 years and I’ve never seen that before. The lightning actually hit the speaker posts and ruined the system. The game was postponed as we w...
The Culver City Centaurs are hosting the El Segundo Eagles, and it’s a very important night. Not only are the Cents most likely playing for second place in the Ocean League and a playoff berth, but tonight is also Homecoming and Senior Night. Since it is Homecoming, it is interesting to note that El Segundo head coach Steve Shevlin will feel right at home because he is a Culver High alum. Both teams will feel the pressure to do well in this game because the stakes are high as the results will go a long way in determining the playoff p...
Austin Ekeler was raised on a farm in Colorado and loves to go ice fishing. He played his college football at Western State Colorado University, a Division II school. There is nothing in his background that would indicate he was going to be an NFL running back. But Los Angeles Chargers national scout Tom McConnaughey liked what he saw of Ekeler and eventually the Charger management did as well. The Chargers used a big play from Ekeler on Sunday to break a 3-3 tie late in the 2nd quarter and...
I am writing in support of the parcel tax being voted on Nov. 6. Known as Measure K, it will add $189 to each property owner’s tax bill for each of the next seven years. Five years ago, our Culver City Unified School District agreed to ensure that teaching staff salaries would be at the median level in Los Angeles County to both recruit and retain the best teachers available. Subsequently, the legislators in Sacramento passed a bill requiring school districts to contribute more for all staff p...
The Culver City High Centaurs blanked El Segundo High Friday night by a score of 28-0. Read all the details of the game from Sports Reporter Fred Altieri in this week's Culver City Observer newspaper or online at www.culvercityobserver.com...
Martin "Marty" Moosberg Jr., a longtime Culver City resident, passed away peacefully at his retirement spot in Gardnerville, Nev. He was 88. Mr. Moosberg was born March 11,1930, in New York to Martin and Ida Moosberg. At an early age, his parents moved the family to Culver City. He graduated from Hamilton High School and then joined the military, serving in the Navy for three years. Mr. Moosberg was a plumber and owned his own plumbing business for years. After retiring, he and his wife, Margare...
Michael "Mike" Nagy, a beloved and longtime fixture in Culver City's firefighting community, passed away on Sept. 18. He was 52. His wife of 12 years, Susan Preletz, was at his side. Mr. Nagy was a Battalion Chief with the Culver City Fire Department and last served as Fire Marshal. Born in Hollywood, he was a graduate of Loyola High School, a United States Air Force veteran and an alumnus of University of Redlands. In addition to wife Susan, Mr. Nagy is survived by his sister Nina (Nagy)...
California’s Public Employee Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) of 2013 has ameliorated many of the causes of concern about public employee pension costs in local school districts; however, it is a long-term set of measures which reduces the modest but not insignificant unfunded liabilities over 30 years. According to Grant Boyken, Pension Benefits Officer for the California State Treasure’s Office, neither Cal STRS (63% funded) the teachers’ pension fund or CalPers (70% funded) the public emplo...
More than 200 Culverites and others attended a gala event Saturday to celebrate the opening of the lavishly remodeled Robert Frost Auditorium, a multimillion-dollar project that has turned the venerable but aging icon on the Culver High campus into a state-of-the-art performance center. Visitors dined on appetizers and sipped champagne outside the 35-year-old building on Elenda Street as they anxiously waited to get their first glimpse of the remodeled interior. They weren't disappointed. The...
Despite sharing a name, Tito's Tacos (titostacos.com), and Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com) are not related. However, they definitely have three things in common: an unquestionable commitment to presenting the best possible product to their customers; accolades and prestigious awards reflecting the excellence of those products; and a strong philanthropic streak coupled with a desire to serve the community. With 12,000 mini tacos and 3,500 mini burritos planned, Lynne Davidson, who runs...
It was a Centaur family affair worth celebrating. The 2018 Culver City High football team trounced rival Santa Monica High, 54-14, on Friday, Sept. 28 to open the Ocean League season. It was a fitting tribute to the returning members of the school's 1978 CIF Football Championship team who were honored at halftime. "Actually, Coach (Warren) Flanagan from the 1978 championship team spoke to our team before the game. He's been following us and he's proud of how we're representing Culver City High...
It wasn't the kind of Pacific Ocean sunset that the Centaurs wanted last week, but hope the night will treat them better when they play the Downey Dons on Friday. Culver City High's 12-point lead evaporated in the fourth quarter at Palos Verdes High as the Sea Kings rallied for two late touchdowns to clip the Cents, 37-36, on a warm Friday afternoon football game in the South Bay peninsula. "It was a tough pill to swallow, being up by 12 points with under 10 minutes left in the game," said...
After absorbing their first loss of the season 37-36 in their first away game at Palos Verdes, the Cents return home to face another strong and powerful winless team in the Dorsey Dons. The reason why the Dons are winless is because they have faced highly ranked schools in their first four games. Friday's game will be the third meeting between Dorsey and Culver High. In the first meeting in 2016, Culver City jumped out on top and held the lead for most of the game until Dorsey came back and notched the win. Last year, the then-undefeated Centau...
The Culver City High School varsity football team beat Dorsey on Friday night by a score of 42-0. Read the full story with all the details by Fred Altieri in this week's Culver City Observer and online at www.culvercityobserver.com...
To honor the memory of the late, great superstar singer and guitarist Glen Campbell, his chief Grammy-winning songwriter Jimmy Webb, and his youngest banjo-strumming rising country star daughter Ashley Campbell will be appearing together at Smothers theatre on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu on Saturday, September 22. In June of 2011, Glen announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease six months earlier and decided to go on a farewell tour to say goodbye to all of...
