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For the First Time Since 2012 Culver Baseball Sweeps Santa Monica By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter It's full steam ahead as Culver City High baseball is rolling through the 2016 Ocean League schedule. The Centaurs completed their first two-game sweep of Santa Monica High since the 2012 baseball season, 9-4 and 3-0 last week. 2012 was also the last time that Culver City won the Ocean League title with a 10-0 record. The team is now 6-0 in league with four games remaining: two against Hawthorne...
The 2016 Ocean League baseball championship won't be determined for a few more weeks. Regardless, the Culver City High Centaurs are playing as if the title belongs to them after sweeping El Segundo High 6-1 on the road Tuesday, April 19 and 6-0 in a home game two days later. The Centaurs, who suffered two losses to the Eagles last season, are now 4-0 in league this season with six games remaining. Their overall record stands at 12-7 and are currently riding a six-game winning streak following a...
Sahli-Wells, Small and Eriksson Are Sworn In By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher Two new councilmembers, Thomas Small and Goran Eriksson were sworn in along with returning councilmember Mehaul O'Leary to a packed house in the Mike Balkman Council Chambers on Monday night. The new council elected Jim Clarke as Mayor and Jeff Cooper as Vice Mayor. Mayor Clarke had Sacramento Superior Court Judge David Abbott serve as his installing offer. Abbott and Clarke attended the same high school and...
On April 25 the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors presented awards to 15 grand prize and honorable mention student winners as part of the District’s annual Water is Life Student Art Contest. More than 300 entries were submitted this year from public and private schools throughout West Basin’s service area. Winning artwork was chosen based on the creativity of students’ portrayal of water conservation messages coupled with their artistic skills. One grand prize each was awarded in the elementary, middle and h...
Who remembers the movie "Lost Horizon" that came out in 1937 starring Ronald Colman, directed by Frank Capra, and based on a novel by James Hilton? It introduced us to Shangri-La, a mystical, harmonious valley in the Himalayas, an earthly paradise hidden away from the outside world. Welcome to Culver City's version, the Jackson Market at 4065 Jackson Avenue between Braddock Drive and Culver Boulevard, (jacksonmarketanddeli.com), an unexpected delight tucked away on a residential street. This...
Linwood E. Howe Elementary School has been named a Gold Ribbon School by the California Department of Education. The Gold Ribbon Awards recognize California schools that have made gains in implementing the academic content and performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education. These include the California Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics, California English Language Development Standards, and Next Generation Science Standards. Schools applied for the award based...
The 2016 Culver City High baseball team is off to a 2-0 start in Ocean League action by sweeping Lawndale High in the season opening home-and-away series, 10-1 and 3-1. The Centaurs continued their modest four-game winning streak at high noon on Saturday, April 16 when the Centaurs took care of the visiting Salesian High Mustangs from Los Angeles, 8-2. The pitching staff has been dead-on all season. They have yet to yield more than two runs in any game throwing at home. They have only given up...
Jacob Weiner, a senior at Culver City High, has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Hawaii Pacific University on an academic and athletic scholarship starting in Fall 2016. Jacob has lived his entire life in Culver City. A true scholar athlete, Jacob will graduate CCHS with a 3.9 weighted GPA. He plans to pursue a degree in journalism and mass communication. He wants to be a sports writer or to work in the field of sports management. Jacob started playing baseball when he was five...
Baseball is not the only important thing that is going on at West Los Angeles Community College. The coaching staff is trying to teach young men life lessons along with trying to improve a struggling baseball program and that's where Autism awareness comes into the picture. Before during and after the game at 1 p.m. this Saturday against Antelope Valley College there will be a lot of activities for all ages. "We want to make sure our players realize how fortunate they are just to be able to...
If you could talk to Mozart's mother, what would you ask? I found myself sitting next to the mother of a young soloist at a concert Saturday night by the Culver City Symphony Orchestra. I hadn't realized yet how special the young musician was. Then Tristan Paradee, the soloist, sat next to me when his mother changed seats. So you're sitting next to a young person about to give a solo piano performance. What would you ask? "Are you nervous before the concert?" I asked. "I do get nervous but it...
On April 12, with complete confidence and high hopes, I will be casting one of my three Culver City City Council votes for Thomas Small. My confidence stems from my long-standing and deep friendship with his family. My high hopes arise from my distinct impression that he is an expert in disciplines that matter immensely to our fair city at this important juncture. Thomas, the only non-incumbent candidate who parents children in the CCUSD, has demonstrated his commitment to our schools as both a...
Many UCLA basketball fans are so eager to see Coach Steve Alford fired that they signed a petition requesting that. It’s pretty shocking how UCLA recently finished its season, finishing 10th in the Pac 12 Conference and failing to qualify for the NCAA Tournament it used to dominate. But Bruin Athletic Director Dan Guerrero remembers that UCLA fired Ben Howland in 2013 after a poor season following three Final Four appearances. And he’s taking a cautious approach. “We’re not about creatin...
There are about 160,000 zero-emission cars in California, but Governor Jerry Brown wants 1.5 million in use by 2025. California drivers use 14 billion gallons of gasoline and four billion gallons of diesel annually. Eating more homemade meals and fewer foods from restaurants may help protect against the development of type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented in November 2015 at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions. The researchers analyzed data on almost 100,000 study p...
Scott Wyant has secured more key endorsements with the addition of the Culver City Firefighters as well as winning the ‘Ask to Know’ straw poll conducted after hearing presentations from City Council candidates. Participants of the poll included high school, middle school and elementary school students from Culver City. Firefighters and students alike support Scott Wyant. Wyant said of the outpouring of support, “Firefighters are some of the most admired people in our community, and rightly so. I am deeply honored to have received their colle...
In a time where racial tension is high and politicians are feeding into the division of our country there is dance-a wonderful escape to a classically celebrated art. To be in the presence of an internationally recognized choreographer and dancer, as well as the first African American Principle Dancer of the American Ballet Theater was not only an honor, it was awe-inspiring. If the name Debbie Allen hasn’t been heard in your household, either for her lead role as a dance instructor on “Fame”, her live performances, or knowing someone who w...
A cool but stiff early afternoon breeze blew across the baseball field at Culver City High on Monday, March 28. The home team Centaurs had just lost another bitter low-scoring affair, this time 2-1 to St. Francis High in a third round game of the Anaheim Lions Tournament. Two days earlier a warm but windy early afternoon at Valencia High treated the Culver City nine in a similar fashion. The team suffered a 3-1 defeat to the highly ranked Vikings in the second round tournament game. The Centaurs...
When the basketball season began last year all four teams from UCLA and USC had high hopes and great expectations. When the season ended last weekend for the UCLA women in third round of the NCAA Tournament two of the four teams felt like they could have accomplished a lot more. The USC men also made the NCAA Tournament but were beaten in the first round by Providence, 70-69. The USC women who started the season 13-0 ended with a record of 19-13 and the UCLA men ended their season at 15-17. The UCLA women and USC men can hold their heads up hig...
Casino Night 2016 lived up to its billing as Culver City's most fun event of the year. Hundreds of citizens, parents, faculty, staff and administrators supporting Culver City High athletics enjoyed the annual fundraising affair Las Vegas style at Veterans Memorial Auditorium on Saturday, March 19. The action was hot as the blackjack tables, roulette wheels, crap tables, slot machines and a coaches' wheel of fortune entertained a lively decked-out crowd as they feasted on delicious food, drinks...
"We knew we gave it 100%. We hustled, played good defense, had good pitching but we just didn't manufacture any runs," said four-year Culver City High varsity baseball starter Mike Netzel after his team suffered a 1-0 biting loss at home to rival Mira Costa High on Friday, March 18. "We know Mira Costa has a very good team. We were very excited to face them. We just didn't come out on top. We had our opportunities. We made some base running mistakes, had runners in scoring position but just...
Mary Ann Bradford (nee Lealy), 77, passed away Wednesday, March 2nd at her home in Oakdale, CA with family by her side. Mary Ann was born in Los Angeles to Pete and Mary Lealy on February 20, 1939. She was reared in Culver City and graduated from Culver City High in 1957. In 1961 she graduated from California Hospital Medical Center School of Nursing in Los Angeles. She worked as an RN primarily in Pediatrics during her career and the last 12 years for Kaiser Permanente in Pleasanton and Walnut Creek, CA. Retiring in 2002. She earned her...
Somewhere a very special high court is in session and the case being heard involves Judge Hal Cherness, a prolific purveyor of wisdom, justice, and humor, who has been charged with being a genuine honest-to-God mensch. Permit me to offer my testimony. One of my earliest stories in 2005, my first year as a journalist, was about him, and when I learned that he died March 10 at the age of 93 I recalled how challenging it had been to conduct that interview and take notes while laughing non-stop. Goi...
Home field advantage Centaur-style is the order of things so far for Culver City High baseball 2016. Flashing classic home white uniforms with 'Centaurs' splashed in blue cursive across their chests, the boys have yet to yield a run in all three games played at Centaur Field this season. Their latest victim: Garfield High as Culver shut them out 9-0 on Saturday, March 12 before a very lively home crowd that included a number of professional baseball scouts. Centaur right-handed ace Nolan...
This Saturday is the biggest party of the year in Culver City. On Saturday Night, March 19 from 6:30 pm to 11:30 Veteran’s Auditorium will be transformed into Centaur Casino as the Culver City High Boosters hold their ninth annual Casino Night. Attendees can test their skills in blackjack, craps, roulette and more. Eat some of the best snack food in Culver City, purchase Golden Road, Lagunitas and other popular beer. There will also be cheerleader baked desserts and mini donuts in a dessert bar that compares favorably to the best that Vegas h...
¬¬Introducing the song "New York, New York" to audiences worldwide in its 1944 Broadway de-but, Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins' classic American musical On the Town is coming to Culver City. The spring production of AVPA's Blurred Vision Theatre Company, directed by Jill Novick, will run March 11-13 and March 18-19 in the Robert Frost Auditorium at Culver City High. An instant hit that has enjoyed multiple revivals, On the Town follows the story of three sailors on 24-hour leave in New Y...
The Culver City High baseball team began the 2016 season in fine fashion by winning consecutive shutouts at home. The Centaurs beat Marshall High 11-0 in their home opener on Saturday, February 27. Three days later they took care of Roosevelt High 4-0. Nolan Martinez started and pitched four solid innings against Marshall. He struck out the first seven batters, nine in the first three innings and allowed only one hit, a double in the fourth inning. Max Sterner pitched two scoreless innings in...
