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Dr. Tepring Piquado, scientist, educator, and Democratic candidate for Assembly, announced today that she has been endorsed by Congressman Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton) in her bid for California Assembly District 54 in the special election on April 3rd. The seat was vacated when Assemblymember Ridley-Thomas announced his resignation due to health reasons. Congressman McNerney (D-Stockton) represents California's 9th Congressional District and serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce...
Culver City Mayor Jeff Cooper was beaming as he addressed over 400 residents and business people on Tuesday at the annual Mayor's luncheon. "Culver City is at the cutting edge of cities around the country, in terms of what we have been able to accomplish, and what we plan to accomplish going forward," he stated during the luncheon where he discussed his tenure on the City Council. The packed house listened as the introspective mayor listed the accomplishments during his eight years in office...
Alex Conte Age 8 CCUSD Student March 13 at 10:38pm; Today, we watched Air Force One land and it was really cool. Then lots of people came out of the back of the plane and the President came out of the front of the plane. It was raining so he didn't talk to the press. My favorite planes were the helicopter, Marine One, and the giant gray aircraft that carried two helicopters, a limousine they call "the beast" and a bunch of cars to California. I would have liked to ask President Trump if he...
As the late great Ernie Banks used to say: "Let's play two." Culver City High baseball swept a home daylight doubleheader against Peninisula High on Saturday, March 17. Three days later the Centaurs traveled just down the road to rout St. Bernard 9-2 in their opening game of the St. Paul Easter Tournament to run its 2018 season record to 8-1. The Centaurs won the twinbill opener 6-2 before edging out the Panthers 5-4 in the second game versus Peninsula. It was another test passed for the young...
Youth and speed are served. Culver City High track and field continued its fine early season form in the 2018 Mustang Relays at Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach on Saturday, March 17. The Centaur girls and boys respective frosh/soph and varsity squads took home five first place medals including a meet record for one young student athlete. The Culver tracksters were among 20 high school teams from nine different leagues that competed in 64 race finals for the 16 track and field events. The...
Thank you, Colin. And thanks to the Chamber for organizing this lunch. It has truly been an honor to serve as your Mayor for the past year. I would most importantly like to thank my wife Rafia and daughters for all their love, support and understanding as I served our great city for the last eight years. -- Earlier this month I represented Culver City at a conference in Austin, Texas, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, where over 30 mayors from around the U.S. –and around the w...
Alas, after 32 games the 2017-18 basketball season Culver City High girls left everything on the court. The Centaurs lost 57-45 to Carson High on Wednesday, March 7 in the first round of the California State Division 3 Championship tournament. Their staunch defensive effort kept the game close. Unfortunately, the offense suffered late in the game after a valiant comeback. For the Culver girls it was their second consecutive loss in this postseason. They lost their CIF Playoff semifinal contest,...
Culver City High and Middle School joined thousands of schools across the county to remember the 17 victims of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School that took 17 lives of students and teachers....
When I received the call on Monday at 2:40 pm that my good friend Steven Rose had succumbed to leukemia it felt like someone took the air out of the room I was in. Like many others in Culver City we relied on Steve and the loss was deep. Steve served as Mayor of Culver City and was elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004 to serve on the Culver City Council. He led the Culver City Chamber of Commerce as President/CEO for 30 years. He was 71. Steve, a lifelong Culver City resident, planned to...
Despite fielding the youngest team in a number of years the 2018 Culver City High baseball team is off to a nice start. Behind a one-hitter the Centaurs took care of Campbell Hall High, 6-0, in the fourth game of the Southern California Invitational Tournament to improve its early season record to 3-1. Having won their first two games of the tournament, the Centaurs lost their first game of the season at Granada Hills Charter, 8-3, last Thursday, March 1. It was a two-run ballgame until the...
On your mark... The 2018 Culver City Invitational Relays can only mean one thing: high school track and field is in season. The meet continues to gain in popularity as 25 Southern California schools representing 12 leagues participated at Culver City High on Saturday, March 3. Girls and boys varsity and frosh/soph teams competed for medals in 48 total events under partly cloudy, slightly windy but ideal temperature conditions. For the Culver High squads under Head Coach Jahmal Wright and Girls...
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...
An email received from Congresswoman Karen Bass. Recently teachers returned to Florida high school where gunman opened fire earlier this month. We ask a lot of teachers these days. Many pay for their own classroom supplies out of pocket. They’re responsible for young people navigating an increasingly complicated and connected world. The last thing we need to be asking of them is carry firearms in preparation for confronting school shooters. Add your name and tell Donald Trump that arming t...
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 ......
Culver City High was rewarded with a first round home-seed draw in the 2018 California State Girls Basketball Division 3 Championship tournament based on its 25-6 season record and reaching the semifinal round in the recent CIF Division 3AA Championships. The Centaurs will host Carson High at 7:00 p.m. this Wednesday, March 7, in Del Goodyear Gymnasium. The Colts won the 2018 CIFLACS Division I Girls Basketball Playoff Championship last Saturday, beating Legacy High 75-63. Carson (20-12...
Freshman pitcher Adrian Montenegro pitched six shutout innings allowing just one hit and senior Bobby Capa came in and pitched a perfect 1-2-3 seventh inning, striking out two in relief to close out the game. The Centaurs scored six runs on six hits. Mason Le and Joaquin Hines each went 2 for 3 with a double and a stolen base. Le scored twice along with Hines, Bobby Capa, Andrew Olmeda and James Roque each scoring once. The Centuars are 3-1 early in the preseason. After graduating 10 seniors...
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 City of Ventura was the end of the road for Culver City High boys basketball in 2018. The Centaurs never found their traction as they lost 80-61 to Buena High in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 3A Playoffs last Tuesday night, February 20. Trailing 18-12 after the first quarter the Centaurs responded with 22 points in the second. The only problem was the Bulldogs also scoring 22 points in the quarter to lead at half, 40-34. Yet Culver City had to feel good trailing by o...
The Culver City High girls basketball team's quest to win its second CIF Southern Section Basketball title unfortunately came to an abrupt end in the City of Downey on Saturday night, February 24. The Centaurs suffered a heartbreaking 63-59 overtime loss to the Warren High Bears in the semifinal round of the Division 3AA Playoffs. "One of the toughest losses...," said Culver Head Coach Julian Anderson. "We had the ball with three seconds to go and tried to take advantage of a miscue by their...
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...
The Centaur boys basketball team took care of business at home to advance to the third round in the 2018 CIF Playoffs. Culver City High defeated Glendale 83-69 and Torrance High, 76-57, in their opening round games last week. The Centaurs travel to play Buena High from Ventura this Tuesday, February 20, in the third round Southern Section Division 3A matchup. The Centaurs weathered strong first half shooting from the Glendale Nitros on Wednesday night to grab a commanding lead and the game in...
