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The Culver City Centaur football team defeated Beverly Hills Friday night by a score of 63 - 8. Be sure to read Fred Altieri's recap including interviews with the coaches in this week's Culver City Observer....
At the October 25 school board meeting Culver City Education Foundation (CCEF) President Wendy Hamill presented the School Board of the Culver City Unified School District with a check for $75,000- representing three new grants CCEF has received from the Fineshriber Family Foundation. Ten thousand dollars of this gift will pilot Culver Needs, which will build on programs for neediest students (i.e., Culver Closet, Backpacks for Kids, Project Prom) to ensure that all CCUSD children have the...
Senior Night 2016 at Jerry Chabola Stadium started off with a bang as the Culver City High football team rolled over visiting Santa Monica High, 56-20 on a clear and cool Friday evening, October 28. Appropriately, the Centaur seniors played a prominent role in the fourth consecutive victory over their Ocean League archrival. "Overall I'm pleased on how we played as a team. I thought our offense was clicking on all cylinders. The defense did a good job causing turnovers and played one of their be...
Dear Editor, I’m wondering if the city made the school district aware of the looming cost of the Clean Water Act when school board members were deciding how much bond money to ask from the community. In discussing how much bond money, local board members failed to heed the voices of the fiscal conservatives in the community, such as myself, not to spend our community deeper in debt beyond what we could afford or was absolutely necessary. Board members decided on asking for $106M including 12 i...
It has long been a running banter between myself and Ewan McGregor as to when he would move from in front of the camera to behind the lens. His response has consistently been, "When I find the right project." Well, the "right project" finally came along with the adaptation of Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning AMERICAN PASTORAL. Often described as a complex and challenging work, and rightly so, this 1997 Roth work is perhaps the hallmark of his prolific career. And while many of Roth's works...
The Culver City High football team will host Valley View High in Round 1 of the 2016 CIF Southern Section Division 11 Playoffs at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, November 11, at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The Centaurs ended the regular season with a 7-3 record, successfully defended and earned a share of the Ocean League title at 4-1 with El Segundo High and Lawndale High. The Valley View Eagles, located in Moreno Valley east of Riverside, finished 3rd in the Inland Valley League with a 3-2 league record...
Culver City High senior Zachary Greenberg has earned the highest possible score on the standardized ACT exam – a composite score of 36. "Zachary is the epitome of a scholar athlete who excels in the classroom and on his team," said Assistant Principal DuBois McMillan of Zachary, who is a member of the Centaurs water polo team. "Zach is captain of the water polo team and is a two-year varsity player," said Coach Nestor Dordoni. "He is also on the swim team and one of the best swimmers in the s...
Students at La Ballona Elementary School are taking part in an innovative, new learning experience designed to help them learn about mathematics in a way that is both fun and engaging. Each Tuesday after school students gather for La Ballona Math Circle, part of a movement originated in Eastern Europe that came to the United States in the 1990s. Since then, the movement has spread nationwide, with more than 180 Math Circles operating across the country, in a wide variety of formats and settings. At La Ballona the Math Circle brings students tog...
The Culver City High Centaurs moved into a four-way tie for first place in the 2016 Ocean League football season as they trounced host Lawndale High 62-35, on Friday, October 21. The Centaurs scored nine touchdowns, two each in the first three quarters yet the outcome wasn't decided until the fourth quarter when they rallied for three more touchdowns to slam the door on a much-improved and stubborn Hawthorne team which crept back into the game at 42-35 minutes into the final quarter. "My first...
One's fate can be determined by something as simple as a piece of paper pinned to a tree. Just ask Culver City Unified School District's affable and enthusiastic Superintendent, Dr. Joshua Arnold, who started July 1, 2016 (or keep reading for the answer). After earning his Bachelor of Arts in English from UCLA he obtained a Masters in Organizational Leadership from Harvard and a Doctorate in Education from USC. He and his wife, Claire, have two young children, Isabella Juliet and Anthony...
The Culver City High School Centaurs crushed the Santa Monica High School Vikings by a score of 56-20. Read the full story by Fred Altieri online or in the print edition this week....
Two years ago Culver City lost 49-0 to the Santa Monica Vikings. Last year the Centaurs returned the favor by spanking Santa Monica by the same score. This year the Centaurs have a chance to secure a piece of the Ocean League title if they beat the Vikings on Senior Night and then finish their season with a win at Beverly Hills next Friday night against the winless Normans. Last week Culver City beat Hawthorne 62-35. Early in the fourth quarter we lead only 42-35 before rolling off 20...
. . . . . . . . Results: Game 1 - West Torrance 34 - Culver City 33 (Loss) Game 2 - Culver City 49 - Torrance 14 (Win) Game 3 - Culver City 37 - North Torrance 14 (Win) Game 4 - Culver City 35 - University 7 (Win) Game 5 - Dorsey 35 - Culver City 31 (Loss) Game 6 - Culver City 24 - El Segundo 19 (Win) Game 7 - Lawndale 45 - Culver City 33 (Loss) Game 8 - Culver City 62 - Hawthorne 35 (Win) . Remaining Schedule: October 28 Santa Monica at Culver City (Senior Night) . November 4 Culver City at...
On a wind-chilled October moonlit evening at Lawndale High the Culver City High football team took one on the chin as the Centaurs lost to the Cardinals, 45-33. Marred by penalties and frequent interruptions the game lasted over three hours... three hours of spirited tackling, explosive plays and very, very hard hitting. "Lawndale was very assertive and consistent. We would get a tackle for loss and get a couple of stops but they just stayed with the run. They believed in it and ultimately were...
We have all heard about the bad water in Flint, Michigan. Many have read about the mess with water in Compton, but in Atlanta, Georgia the Atlanta Journal - Constitution filed a request through Georgia’s open records law, and guess what came up: More than half of Atlanta’s public school buildings had elevated levels of lead in drinking water, with some as high as 15 times the federal limits. What is really despicable is I also put in a public document request and I hope you are sitting dow...
City Manager’s Office • Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Convening of Mayors - On September 28 Mayor Clarke represented the City at Mayor Garcetti’s 11th Convening of Los Angeles County Mayors. The meeting took place in Cudahy. The group heard presentations about Measure M (Transportation), Measure A (Parks), and the Los Angeles Consular Corps. • City Centennial Celebration Events a Success – Many people joined in the September 24 Centennial Celebration events. The events included a community parade, opening ceremonies, and a block party...
The defending Ocean League champion Culver City High Centaurs successfully opened the 2016 league season at Jerry Chabola Stadium on Friday, October 7 by rallying to beat the El Segundo Eagles 24-19. It was a battle between the past two league champions. It was the Centaurs' Homecoming Game hosting their toughest opponent and it felt like a must-win game. The Eagles arrived with an impressive 5-0 record and a two-game winning streak between the schools since their rivalry renewed in 2014. After...
The first ever Culver City High – Dorsey High football game lived up to the hype. The Centaurs ultimately lost to the visiting Dons, 35-31 in a highly-spirited, physically-punishing, speed-infused battle on Friday night, September 30 at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The 2016 inaugural battle was decided when a Culver winning-drive was cut short by a fourth down interception at the goal line with time running out. Dorsey proceeded to use its imposing size and matching speed to methodically march d...
More than 1200 local residents marched in the Centennial Parade last Saturday to the delight of onlookers. Police cruisers, motorcycles and fire trucks were mixed in with scouts, schools, floats, clubs and local organizations, dignitaries and the Culver City High marching band. The parade began near Veteran’s Park and ended just past city hall. Culver City resident and businessman Mike Cohen announced the groups as they passed by the reviewing platform in front of city hall. The parade was f...
Autumn 2016 ushered in the Culver City High football team with a three-game winning streak as the Centaurs systematically beat University High, 35-7, on Friday night, September 23, in West Los Angeles on the Wildcats' newly installed synthetic turf field. The Centaurs jumped out to a 28-0 lead in the first half before covering the Wildcats' lone score in the second half with one of their own in the fourth quarter. Despite the margin of victory Culver missed a number of other scoring...
The 2016 Culver City High football team won their third consecutive game of the season as they went on the road to beat University High, 35-7, on Friday night, September 23. Quarterback Jonathan Martin threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Centaurs jumped to a 28-0 halftime lead. Also scoring for Culver: running back Brandon Oum and wide receivers Justin Cox, Kevin McGuire and Charles Ross. Culver kicker Carlos Barillas converted all five extra-point attempts. Oum was the team's...
Centaurs Entertain Dorsey in Historic Matchup Although Dorsey High School is only a few blocks east of Culver City the two teams have never met on the gridiron. After more than 60 years this 2016 historic matchup will finally take place this Friday night, September 30. Culver has played Dorsey in 7 on 7 summer tussles usually at Loyola High School and have done reasonable well against the Dons. Dorsey had been a long time city powerhouse under Paul Knox but the decision was made last year by...
For those of you who didn’t have their accounts depleted at Wells Fargo Bank by very nasty bank employees doing mean things, why not celebrate by taking that very special person to Las Vegas? Ever dream of commanding a gondola? The Venetian Las Vegas Gondola University offers instruction to up to nine participants per day that begins with a history of Venice followed by gondola fundamentals. Learn “Rowing 101” and the hands-on experience of rowing a vessel. At the end there is a ritual cerem...
Follow the yellow brick road in the Culver City downtown block party's family fun zone, Saturday. Sept. 24, 12:30 pm to 4 p.m., where guests will paint bricks on the famous street from the Wizard of Oz, experience a 3-D Emerald City photo exhibit, watch acclaimed street artists chalk movie scenes, and try their hand at chalking the streets themselves in celebration of the city's 100th birthday. Guests also will pose next to movie and television character standees from Culver City-based productions in the family fun zone, which is presented by...
Culver City High graduate Abel Lezcano is a member of the Colgate University Class of 2020. Of the 8,394 applications to Colgate last year, just 28.7 percent were accepted. The average high school GPA for accepted students was 3.8 out of 4.0. Colgate received applications from 50 states, Washington D.C., and 138 countries. International students make up 10 percent of the class. Colgate meets 100 percent of students' demonstrated financial need, and 41.6 percent of the Class of 2020 is receiving institutional grant funding. Colgate is ranked...
